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Elliot Goldenthal

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Elliot Goldenthal is an Academy Award-winning composer best known for his original music scores for such films as Frida and Across the Universe, among his other works. He was born on May 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a house-painter, and his mother was a seamstress. Young Goldenthal was fond of music and theatre... See full bio »

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2010/I The Tempest
 
2010 Elliot Goldenthal: O Mistress (video short)
 
2009 Public Enemies
 
2007 Across the Universe
 
2005 The Making of 'Heat' (video documentary)
 
2003 S.W.A.T.
 
2003 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
– Lar Lubovitch's 'Othello' (2003)
 
2002/I The Good Thief
 
2002 Frida
 
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
 
2000 The Making of 'Titus' (video documentary)
 
1999 Titus
 
1999 In Dreams
 
1998 Sphere
 
1997 The Butcher Boy
 
1997 Batman & Robin
 
1996 Michael Collins
 
1996 A Time to Kill
 
1995 Heat
 
1995 Voices
 
1995 Batman Forever
 
1994 Cobb
 
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
 
1994 Roswell (TV movie)
 
1994 Golden Gate
 
1993 Demolition Man
 
1992 Alien³
 
1992/II Behind the Scenes (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1992 Fool's Fire (TV movie)
 
1991 Grand Isle
 
1990 Criminal Justice (TV movie)
 
1989 Drugstore Cowboy
 
1989 Pet Sematary
 
1980 Blank Generation
 
1979 Cocaine Cowboys
 
Show ShowMusic Department (24 titles)
2010/I The Tempest (music producer, musician: keyboards, orchestrator)
 
2009 Public Enemies (orchestrator)
 
2007 Across the Universe (additional musician, music producer, orchestrator, songs producer)
 
2006 300 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
2003 S.W.A.T. (music producer, orchestrator)
 
2002/I The Good Thief (orchestrator)
 
2002 Frida (orchestrator)
 
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (music arranger - uncredited, music producer, orchestrator)
 
2000 Por un beso (TV series) (composer: additional music - 1 episode)
– Por un beso (2000) (composer: additional music)
 
1999 Titus (music producer, orchestrator)
 
1999 In Dreams (music co-producer, orchestrator)
 
1998 Sphere (orchestrator)
 
1997 The Butcher Boy (orchestrator)
 
1996 Michael Collins (orchestrator)
 
1996 A Time to Kill (orchestrator)
 
1995 Heat (orchestrator)
 
1995 Voices (orchestrator)
 
1995 Batman Forever (orchestrator)
 
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (orchestrator)
 
1994 Golden Gate (orchestrator)
 
1992 Alien³ (orchestrator)
 
1986 The Tempest (video) (music by)
 
1980 Blank Generation (conductor: The Kramden Chamber Orchestra)
 
1979 Cocaine Cowboys (score arranger)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2010 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (short) (writer: "Agnus Dei")
 
2010/I The Tempest (music: "Darkened Sands", "Full Fathom Five", "Where The Bee Sucks", "O Mistress Mine", "Coda")
 
2009 Public Enemies (writer: "Hanna Shoots Neil" / performer: "Hanna Shoots Neil" / producer: "Bye Bye Blackbird" 1926)
 
2008 The Angry Video Game Nerd (TV series)
– Batman: Part 2 (2008) ("Batman Forever/Batman and Robin Theme" - uncredited)
 
2007 Across the Universe (producer: "Flying", "Blue Jay Way", "I Am The Walrus")
 
2006 Miami Vice (writer: "Fate Scrapes" / performer: "Fate Scrapes")
 
2006 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
– VaYechi (2006) (writer: "Heat", "Condensers", "Refinery Surveillance", "Run Uphill")
 
2004 Collateral (writer: "Steel Cello Lament" / performer: "Steel Cello Lament")
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Burn It Blue")
 
2002 Frida (music: "Alcoba Azul Tango" 2002, "Viva La Vida" 2002, "Burn It Blue" 2002)
 
2002/I The Good Thief (producer: "That's Life")
 
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (writer: "The Dream Within" / producer: "The Dream Within")
 
1999 One Day in September (documentary) (writer: "Heat")
 
1997 The Butcher Boy (performer: "SEA OF HEARTBREAK")
 
1996 Michael Collins (arranger: "She Moved Through The Fair")
 
1995 Heat (writer: "Steel Cello Lament" / performer: "Steel Cello Lament")
 
1995 Voices (writer: "Nocturne", "Gigue Diabolique" / producer: "Rest, Sweet Nymphs", "Sleep", "Gigue Diabolique" / arranger: "Rest, Sweet Nymphs", "Sleep")
 
1994 Cobb (writer: "Visit to the Wreckage")
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2010 Elliot Goldenthal: O Mistress (video short)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2002 Frida
Newsreel Reporter (voice)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2007 Lights! Action! Music! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Making of 'Heat' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Making of 'Alien³' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
 
2001 The Making of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'Titus' (video documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 

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S.W.A.T. -- An arrested drug kingpin is transported by a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team led by Jackson's character out of the city and into federal custody. Plans go awry when the kingpin offers $100 million to anyone who can free him. Frida -- A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

"Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio" (1996) (commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam War) See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Trivia:

Uncle-in-law of Danya Taymor. See more »

Trademark:

Atonal and brutal in his action music, sometimes in underscore. Tends to use very fast French horn bending tones/whining. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus