Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal is a composer I return to because he treats genre boundaries as something to dissolve. Born in Brooklyn in 1954, trained under John Corigliano and mentored by Aaron Copland, he carries the bloodline of American concert music yet pours it into film and theatre scores, winning the 2003 Academy Award for Frida. What I value most is not the trophy count but the visceral chill his music delivers, the way he scores pain and shadow without flinching. He blends classical, theatrical and cinematic instincts into something that refuses to sit neatly in any box, and that restless inventiveness is exactly why he matters to me.

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Name (English)

Elliot Goldenthal

Name (Japanese)

エリオット・ゴールデンサール

Reading

えりおっと・ごーるでんさーる

Born

May 2, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

composer / lyricist / songwriter / film score composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

High school

Andries Hudde Junior High School

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Academy Award for Best Original Score
• 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
• Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre

• Official sitehttps://elliotgoldenthal.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%20Goldenthal
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264565

Tags

• New York
• composer
• lyricist
• songwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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