Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American composer of modern classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. Goldenthal is best known for his ability to blend different musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways.

Movie works
 1979 - Cocaine Cowboys
 1980 - Blank Generation
 1989 - Drugstore Cowboy score
 1989 - Pet Sematary score
 1991 - Grand Isle
 1992 - Fools Fire (TV) - directed by Julie Taymor
 1992 - Alien³ score
 1993 - Demolition Man score
 1993 - Golden Gate score
 1994 - Interview with the Vampire score
 1994 - Roswell (TV)
 1994 - Cobb score
 1995 - Batman Forever score
 1995 - Heat score
 1996 - Michael Collins score
 1996 - A Time to Kill score
 1997 - The Butcher Boy score
 1997 - Batman & Robin (score not commercially released)
 1998 - In Dreams score
 1998 - Sphere score
 1999 - Titus score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
 2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within score
 2002 - Frida score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
 2002 - The Good Thief score
 2003 - S.W.A.T. score
 2007 - Across the Universe soundtracks - movie directed by Julie Taymor

Concert Music Works
 1980 - Brass Quintet No. 1, Brass Quintet No. 2 (No. 2 has been recorded recently by Extension Ensemble, New York)
 1988 - Pastime Variations
 1990 - Shadow Play Scherzo
 1996 - Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio (recorded in 1995, featuring Yo Yo Ma)

 Theatre Works
 Play "The King Stag" (1984 production of Carlo Gozzi's play by Andrei Serban)
 Musical "Liberty's Taken" (an original 1985 musical co-created with David Suehsdorf and Julie Taymor)
 Musical "The Transposed Heads" (adapted in 1986 by Sidney Goldfarb and Julie Taymor from the novel by Thomas Mann)
 Play (Commedia) "The Serpent Woman" (1988 production of Carlo Gozzi's Commedia)
 Musical "Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass" (1988 off-Broadway, reworked and recorded for Broadway in 1996)Co-Bookwriter, lyricist, arranger of the Latin text.
 Ballet "Othello" (a 1998 ballet with choreography by Lar Lubovitch)
 Musical "The Green Bird" (1999 on Broadway production of production of Carlo Gozzi's work)Stage director: Julie Taymor
 Opera "Grendel" (opened 2006 June at Los Angeles Opera; not released on CD yet as of August 2007)Libretto: Julie Taymor and J D. McClatchy, after the novel Grendel by John Gardner, and the poem BeowulfStage director: Julie Taymor

Awards and nominations
YearAward Subjectcategory1996Academy AwardsMichael CollinsBest Original ScoreGolden GlobeMichael CollinsBest Original ScoreASCAP awardsBatman ForeverTop Box Office Film Score1997Tony AwardsJuan Darien: A Carnival Mass (Broadway Production)Best Original Musical ScoreASCAP awardsA Time to KillTop Box Office Film ScoreGrammy Awards"Defile and Lament" ( from A Time to Kill)1998ASCAP awardsBatman & RobinTop Box Office Film ScoreChicago Film Critics AwardsThe Butcher BoyBest Original ScoreLA Film CriticsThe Butcher BoyBest Original Score1999CFCA awardsThe Butcher BoyBest Original Score2002Academy AwardsFridaBest Original ScoreAcademy Awards"Burn It Blue" (from Frida)Best Original SongGolden GlobesFridaBest Original ScoreWorld SoundtrackAwards"The Dream Within" (from Final Fantasy: The Sprits Within)Best Original Song Written for a Film2003FridaBest Original Soundtrack of the YearFridaSoundtrack Composer of the Year"Burn It Blue"  (from "Frida)Best Original Song Written for a Film2004Emmy AwardsGreat Performances: Dance in AmericaOutstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a SpecialASCAP AwardsS.W.A.T.Top Box Office Film Score2007Pulitzer Prize for MusicGrendel (opera)

Other websites
 Elliot Goldenthal at Variety.com

 Elliot Goldenthal at the Internet Broadway Dabatase
 "A Website for the Composer" 
 Elliot Goldenthal at SoundtrackNet 
 Elliot Goldenthal at Moviemusicuk.us 
 Elliot Goldenthal at Theoscarsite.com 
 Elliot Goldenthal at the All Music Guide
 An Interview with both Taymor and Goldenthal at their apartment in New York with the New York Times
 An interview with Goldenthal about his 'Titus' and 'Heat' scores et al.
 An interview with him on his score for Frida and other scores.

Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Goldenthal, Elliot
Category:Academy Award winning composers
Category:Golden Globe Award winning composers
Category:Musicians from New York City