Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporar… Read Full Bio ↴Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2002 for his score to the motion picture Frida, directed by his longtime partner Julie Taymor.
Goldenthal was born on May 2, 1954, the youngest son of a Jewish housepainter father and a Catholic seamstress mother in Brooklyn, New York City, where he was influenced from an early age by music from all cultures and genres. Both pairs of Goldenthal's grandparents emigrated to the United States from Bucharest and Iași, Romania. Goldenthal lived in a multi-cultural part of town, and this is reflected in his works. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn where, at the age of 14, he had his very first ballet Variations on Early Glimpses performed; he continued to display his eclectic musical range, performing with rock bands in the seventies. He then studied music full-time at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with composer John Corigliano (whom he greatly admired), to earn his Bachelor of Music degree (1977) and Master of Music degree (1979) in musical composition.
Goldenthal has written works for concert hall, theater, dance and film. His work includes music for films such as Alien 3, Michael Collins, Batman Forever, Heat and the Academy Award-winning score for Julie Taymor's Frida, a movie in which Goldenthal had a small acting part as a "Newsreel Reporter". Incidentally he also had a small part in the stage show Juan Darièn as a "Circus Barker / Streetsinger".
The Tony-Award-winning Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass (1988/'96) and The Green Bird (1999), based on a story by Carlo Gozzi, are a two of the composer's theatre works. In 2006, Goldenthal completed his original three-act opera with Taymor entitled Grendel an adaptation of the John Gardner novel of the same name which told the story of Beowulf from the monster Grendel's point of view. It had its world premiere in early June 2006 at the Los Angeles Opera, the role of Grendel performed by Eric Owens, with an audience that included John Williams and Emmy Rossum; the opus was added to the Los Angeles Opera's permanent repertoire and earned Goldenthal a nomination in April 2007 for the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In 2008 Goldenthal reunited with Michael Mann to score 1930s gangster movie Public Enemies and in 2009 he scored another Julie Taymor Shakespeare adaptation, The Tempest. He cites Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu as an influence and someone he styles his own career on; Goldenthal has said that the lines between traditional concert music and orchestral film score have become more blurred which is the way he thinks it should be. He has also collaborated four times with Irish director Neil Jordan, including on his films Interview with the Vampire and In Dreams.
Elliot Goldenthal has been called the "thinking man's composer" by film-music collectors and a generally more cerebral choice for film makers and lovers of film music. He is known for his experimentation, nuances and willingness to try unconventional techniques. He has scored films in almost every genre from horror to action to Shakespeare adaptations. He has not yet scored comedy, but he has composed comedic motifs for several films such as Demolition Man and the Batman series. His eclectic output has gained him a great deal of respect in the music and film communities and with fans. He is widely appreciated for his musical abilities and distinctive style, although some find his work to be too experimental or inaccessible. His action music is brutal and atonal. Sometimes, in underscore, he uses very fast French horn passages with bending tones and whining. Goldenthal has said that he doesn't "hear" atonal and tonal, rather, "I either hear melody or I hear sonority".
Goldenthal was born on May 2, 1954, the youngest son of a Jewish housepainter father and a Catholic seamstress mother in Brooklyn, New York City, where he was influenced from an early age by music from all cultures and genres. Both pairs of Goldenthal's grandparents emigrated to the United States from Bucharest and Iași, Romania. Goldenthal lived in a multi-cultural part of town, and this is reflected in his works. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn where, at the age of 14, he had his very first ballet Variations on Early Glimpses performed; he continued to display his eclectic musical range, performing with rock bands in the seventies. He then studied music full-time at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with composer John Corigliano (whom he greatly admired), to earn his Bachelor of Music degree (1977) and Master of Music degree (1979) in musical composition.
Goldenthal has written works for concert hall, theater, dance and film. His work includes music for films such as Alien 3, Michael Collins, Batman Forever, Heat and the Academy Award-winning score for Julie Taymor's Frida, a movie in which Goldenthal had a small acting part as a "Newsreel Reporter". Incidentally he also had a small part in the stage show Juan Darièn as a "Circus Barker / Streetsinger".
The Tony-Award-winning Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass (1988/'96) and The Green Bird (1999), based on a story by Carlo Gozzi, are a two of the composer's theatre works. In 2006, Goldenthal completed his original three-act opera with Taymor entitled Grendel an adaptation of the John Gardner novel of the same name which told the story of Beowulf from the monster Grendel's point of view. It had its world premiere in early June 2006 at the Los Angeles Opera, the role of Grendel performed by Eric Owens, with an audience that included John Williams and Emmy Rossum; the opus was added to the Los Angeles Opera's permanent repertoire and earned Goldenthal a nomination in April 2007 for the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In 2008 Goldenthal reunited with Michael Mann to score 1930s gangster movie Public Enemies and in 2009 he scored another Julie Taymor Shakespeare adaptation, The Tempest. He cites Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu as an influence and someone he styles his own career on; Goldenthal has said that the lines between traditional concert music and orchestral film score have become more blurred which is the way he thinks it should be. He has also collaborated four times with Irish director Neil Jordan, including on his films Interview with the Vampire and In Dreams.
Elliot Goldenthal has been called the "thinking man's composer" by film-music collectors and a generally more cerebral choice for film makers and lovers of film music. He is known for his experimentation, nuances and willingness to try unconventional techniques. He has scored films in almost every genre from horror to action to Shakespeare adaptations. He has not yet scored comedy, but he has composed comedic motifs for several films such as Demolition Man and the Batman series. His eclectic output has gained him a great deal of respect in the music and film communities and with fans. He is widely appreciated for his musical abilities and distinctive style, although some find his work to be too experimental or inaccessible. His action music is brutal and atonal. Sometimes, in underscore, he uses very fast French horn passages with bending tones and whining. Goldenthal has said that he doesn't "hear" atonal and tonal, rather, "I either hear melody or I hear sonority".
The Departure
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A Vacant Affair And this is the last straw The time is now I…
Abigail Williams I will ride again Beyond the moon wandering in the land of…
Andy Findon This park and these houses, old streets I have walked Everyt…
Badi It seems like for days, my flight has been delayed And…
Dan McCafferty They had left the harbour of Lisbon in the early…
Dough-Boy I lift you up and I lift you down never see…
Epicurean Behind these eyes, fearful of failure Depart towards a new …
Erik Goes To Germany Verse 1: Try and find me on your side The curtains drawn…
Extent Tell me, Will we meet, Our maker soon, Through this present,…
Falling in Reverse Pray for me my friend I have reached the end Heaven, well,…
Hands of Despair It's been 800 years now Yet it feels like it happened…
Hypocrisy I came back to life Naked and tied to the floor In…
Max Richter 15 kisiye saldirdim vurdum vurdum dur ma dim on bes ki si ye…
Modern Day Satire It's getting late, you should go home now The artistry of…
Neroche Sooner or later, each of us feels the need to…
Ofln - Falling In Reverse Pray for me my friend I have reached the end Heaven, well,…
Oh Chentaku If I ever lose this I want you to know that…
Sixlight Have i lost my mind? The never skies i dragging me…
Speaking With Ghosts All my life I have waited, for someone somewhere to…
Spirit Caravan His departure on a raft of snakes Embodiment of earthly mis…
Streako & B-Squit The initial vessel launches away Eclipsing with the shadow o…
The Shills It started off with nothing left to desire It ended up…
Vernon & Burns We are in this world not of it. Spreading like…
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Alcoba Azul La noche ira sin prisa de nostalgia Habrá de ser un…
Am I Blue It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning I…
Am I Blue? It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning I…
Burn It Blue Burn this house Burn it blue Heart running on empty…
Bye Bye Blackbird No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard…
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree I wrote my mother I wrote my father And now I'm…
Estrella Oscura Why ante mis ojos Virgen del Camelo… why ella es flama que…
In Dreams A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my ro…
La Bruja Ay que bonito es volar A las dos de la mañana A…
La Llorona Todos me dicen el negro, Llorona Negro pero cariñoso. Todos …
Love Me or Leave Me This affair is killin' me I can't stand uncertainly Tell me …
Macushla Macushla! Macushla! Your sweet voice is calling, Calling m…
No One Knows No one knows what I go through And the tears I…
She Moved Through The Fair My young love said to me my mother won't mind, And…
Spirit Dreams Inside I wake from a nightmare now In the day it haunts…
Sympathy for the Devil Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of…
The Ball Game Life is a ball game Bein' played each day Life is a…
The Butcher Boy In Dublin town where I did dwell A butcher boy I…
The Dream Within Free the dream within The stars are crying a tear A sigh…
The Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
Time Is Running Out Gather round Love baby, yeah Gather round (c'mon) What's sup…
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