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Elliot Goldenthal

Composer / Lyricist / Songwriter | * 05/02/1954 (69) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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. ()

Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. He is also a film-music composer, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2002 for his score to the motion picture Frida, directed by his long-time partner Julie Taymor.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

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Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's f ...

S.W.A.T.

PG-13

2003 | 3.1/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to ...

Demolition Man

R

1993 | 3.3/5 | 1h 55min
Crime, Action, Science Fiction
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Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her ...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

PG-13

2001 | 3.1/5 | 1h 46min
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Romance / Love, Animation
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A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. ...

Frida

R

2002 | 3.7/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Elliot Goldenthal

Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre 2x Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Pulitzer Prize for Music
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Movies with Elliot Goldenthal as Actor(4)

as himself2017 Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary
as himself2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary
2007 Lights, Action, Music
as himself2003 Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Movies with Elliot Goldenthal as Crew(37)

Sound/Original Music Composer2020 The Glorias
Sound/Music2017 Our Souls at Night
Sound/Music2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 The Tempest
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Public Enemies
Sound/Music2007 Across the Universe
Sound/Music2005 The Making of 'Heat'
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 The Good Thief
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 S.W.A.T.
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Frida
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 In Dreams
Sound/Orchestrator1999 In Dreams
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Titus
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Sphere
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 The Butcher Boy
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Batman & Robin
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Michael Collins
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 A Time to Kill
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Batman Forever
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Heat
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Voices
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Interview with the Vampire
Sound/Music1994 Cobb
Sound/Music1994 Roswell
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Demolition Man
Sound/Music1993 Golden Gate
Sound/Music1992 Fool's Fire
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Alien³
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Grand Isle
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Criminal Justice
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Drugstore Cowboy
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Pet Sematary
Sound/Music1980 Blank Generation
Sound/Conductor1980 Blank Generation
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Cocaine Cowboys

Additional Information

Official websites:
elliotgoldenthal.com
Full Name: Elliot Goldenthal
Born: Sunday, 05/02 1954 (May) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 69 years + 353 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Andries Hudde Junior High School, John Dewey High School, Manhattan School of Music
Record Label: Atlantic Records
Influenced by/Role models: Aaron Copland, John Corigliano
Elliot Goldenthal frequently works together with these people:
Matthias Gohl (17x, Crew)
Julie Taymor (15x, Crew)
Neil Jordan (11x, Crew)
Michael Mann (7x, Crew)
Stephen McLaughlin (7x, Crew)
Ulli Lommel (6x, Crew)
Robert Elhai (6x, Crew)
Mo Henry (5x, Crew)
Dana Hee (5x, Crew)
William M. Elvin (5x, Crew)
Sandy Powell (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:102593, Added: 06/21/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024