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.
Influences
Goldenthal stated these composers influenced him, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Aaron Copeland, Ennio Morricone, Maurice Ravel, Bruce Broughton, Howard Shore, John Barry, Irwin Kostal, Maurice Jarre, Richard Wagner, Leonard Bernstein, James Horner, Randy Newman, Franz Waxman, Alex North, Victor Young and Buddy Baker as influences.
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
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.
1954 births
Living people
Goldenthal, Elliot
Academy Award winning composers
Golden Globe Award winning composers
Musicians from New York City