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Billy Goldenberg(1936-2020)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Billy Goldenberg and Bea Arthur
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Composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and songwriter, the son of Morris Goldenberg. He was educated at Columbia College (BA), where he composed and arranged the Columbia Varsity Shows, and also Camp Tamiment. He took private music studies with Hall Overton and he wrote incidental music for the Broadway revue "An Evening With Mike Nichols & Elaine May", and arranged dance music for "Greenwillow", "110 in the Shade", and "High Spirits". His chief musical collaborator was songwriter (and author) Larry Alexander. He joined ASCAP in 1961, and his popular-song compositions include "Shouldn't There Be Lightning?"; and "Take You For Granted". His classical compositions include "Brass Quintet"; "Woodwind Quintet"; and "String Quartet".
BornFebruary 10, 1936
DiedAugust 3, 2020(84)
BornFebruary 10, 1936
DiedAugust 3, 2020(84)
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  • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
    • 4 wins & 21 nominations total

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Known for

Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Play It Again, Sam
7.6
  • Composer(music)
  • 1972
Telly Savalas in Kojak (1973)
Kojak
7.1
TV Series
  • Composer
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
7.3
TV Movie
  • Composer
  • 1975
Vera Farmiga, Natalia Safran, Patrick Wilson, Katie Sarife, Mckenna Grace, Samara Lee, Madison Iseman, and Elena Askin in Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Annabelle Comes Home
5.9
  • Soundtrack("Cues from Circle of Fear")
  • 2019

Credits

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  • Did You Know My Husband?
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • Video Art for Conditional Malaise (2017)
    Video Art for Conditional Malaise
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • Surprise Surprise, Mr. Conovy (2011)
    Surprise Surprise, Mr. Conovy
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel' (2004)
    Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel'
    5.8
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • 'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004)
    'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg
    7.3
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
    ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
    5.2
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Monday After the Miracle (1998)
    Monday After the Miracle
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • CBS: The First 50 Years (1998)
    CBS: The First 50 Years
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Leave No Stone Unturned
    7.5
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Convictions (1997)
    Convictions
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Bess Armstrong, Robert Hays, Robert Curtis Brown, Robin Riker, Erik von Detten, Julia Whelan, and Yvonne Zima in Christmas Every Day (1996)
    Christmas Every Day
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1996
  • No Greater Love (1995)
    No Greater Love
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1995
  • Donna Mills in An Element of Truth (1995)
    An Element of Truth
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1995
  • AFI Life Achievement Award (1973)
    AFI Life Achievement Award
    5.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1995
  • Mike & Maty (1994)
    Mike & Maty
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1994

Music Department



  • Kevin Dobson and Connie Sellecca in A House of Secrets and Lies (1992)
    A House of Secrets and Lies
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • composer: cues and end title theme
    • 1992
  • Morgan Fairchild, Christopher Lee, and Patrick Macnee in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
    Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • composer: additional music
    • 1991
  • Crooked Hearts (1991)
    Crooked Hearts
    5.9
    • musical cues
    • 1991
  • Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
    Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
    5.0
    • composer: additional music: uncredited on UK print
    • 1990
  • Our House (1986)
    Our House
    7.2
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1986–1988
  • Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)
    Amazing Stories
    7.4
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • Frankenstein
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 1986
  • James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Jason Robards, Rip Torn, and Calvin Levels in The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
    The Atlanta Child Murders
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • conductor
    • 1985
  • The Hamptons (1983)
    The Hamptons
    7.8
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1983
  • Genie Francis in Bare Essence (1983)
    Bare Essence
    7.0
    TV Series
    • theme music
    • 1983
  • Swoosie Kurtz, Kaleena Kiff, and Tony Randall in Love, Sidney (1981)
    Love, Sidney
    6.5
    TV Series
    • theme song: music by
    • composer: theme song music
    • 1981–1983
  • Gangster Wars (1981)
    Gangster Wars
    6.6
    • musical cues
    • 1981
  • Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner in Entertainment Tonight (1981)
    Entertainment Tonight
    3.6
    TV Series
    • musical cues
    • 1981
  • Skag (1980)
    Skag
    7.5
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1980
  • Scavenger Hunt (1979)
    Scavenger Hunt
    5.8
    • composer: original songs
    • 1979

Actor



  • Actor (1978)
    Actor
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • The Pianist
    • 1978

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The Miracle Worker

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • William Goldenberg
  • Born
    • February 10, 1936
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • August 3, 2020
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    He composed one of the Universal Emblem themes.

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  • Trivia
    His mother Isabella was also a musician and viola teacher.
  • Quotes
    Movies are a group endeavor and people don't want to know that. They want to know that Clint Eastwood is really Superman and Richard Attenborough is Plato reincarnated.

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