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Elliot Goldenthal Biography (1954-)

Born May 2, 1954, in New York, New York; father, a house painter; mother, a seamstress; companion of Julie Taymor (a director and puppeteer), beginning c.1980. Addresses: Agent: c/o Gorfaine/Schwartz, 13245 Riverside Dr., #450, Sherman Oaks, CA 90401.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Composer, conductor

Birth Details

May 2, 1954

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Orchestrator
• Alien 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Interview with the Vampire (also known as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles), Warner Bros., 1994
• Heat, Warner Bros., 1995
• Batman Forever (also known as Forever), Warner Bros., 1995
• (And song arranger, "She Moved through the Fair") Michael Collins,Warner Bros., 1996
• A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996
• Sphere, Warner Bros., 1997
• Batman and Robin, Warner Bros., 1997
• The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1998
• Titus, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1999
• Frida, Miramax, 2002
• The Good Thief, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002
• Film Appearances
• Himself, The Making of "Titus," 2000
• Voice of newsreel reporter, Frida, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Copland's America, PBS, 2001
• Himself, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 2003
• Himself, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
• RECORDINGS
• Soundtrack Albums
• Song performer of "Sea of Heartbreak," The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1997
• WRITINGS
• Film Scores
• Cocaine Cowboys, Media Home Entertainment, 1979
• Blank Generation, 1979
• Pet Sematary, Paramount, 1989
• Drugstore Cowboy, Avenue Pictures Productions, 1989
• Alien 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Fool's Fire, 1992
• Demolition Man, Warner Bros., 1993
• Interview with the Vampire (also known as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles), Warner Bros., 1994
• Golden Gate, TriStar, 1994
• Cobb, Warner Bros., 1994
• Heat, Warner Bros., 1995
• Batman Forever (also known as Forever), Warner Bros., 1995
• Voices (also known as Voices from a Locked Room), Voices Productions, 1995
• Michael Collins, Warner Bros., 1996
• A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996
• Sphere, Warner Bros., 1997
• Batman and Robin, Warner Bros., 1997
• The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1998
• In Dreams, DreamWorks, 1998
• Titus (also known as Titus Andronicus), Clear Blue Sky Productions, 1999
• The Making of "Titus," 2000
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (also known as Fainaru fantaji), Columbia, 2001
• Frida, Miramax, 2002
• The Good Thief, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002
• Television Scores
• Movies
• "Criminal Justice," HBO Showcase, HBO, 1990
• Grand Isle (also known as The Awakening), TNT, 1992
• Roswell (also known as the Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up andIncident at Roswell), Showtime, 1994
• Television Music Adaptor
• Movies
• Grand Isle (also known as The Awakening), TNT, 1992
• Television Scores
• Series
• Logo music, Behind the Scenes, PBS, 1992
• Specials
• Fool's Fire, PBS, 1992
• Stage Scores
• The King Stag [and] The Love of Three Oranges, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1984
• The Transposed Heads, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1986
• The Taming of the Shrew, Triplex Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Juan Darien--A Carnival Mass, Music-Theatre Group, Theatre of St.Clement's Church, New York City, 1988, revised version produced at Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1996
• Titus Andronicus, Theatre for a New Audience, Theatre of St. Clement's Church, 1994
• Othello (ballet), Metropolitan Opera Theatre, New York City, 1997
• The Green Bird, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, then New VictoryTheatre, New York City, 1996
• Also composed music for Liberty's Taken.
• Other Compositions
• Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio, Pacific Symphony Orchestra,Los Angeles, 1995, then Boston, then Carnegie Hall, New York City, then Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
• Also composed Shadow Play Scherzo, Town Hall, New York City.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Hollywood Reporter, January 26, 1995, p. S-12