Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2003
- Golden Globe Award — Best Original Score · 2002
- Richard Rodgers Awards — Musical Theatre
- Pulitzer Prize — Music · 2007 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2003 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1997 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Original Score · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1995 · nominated
Filmography29 titles
Heat
Frida
A Time to Kill
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Score
Across the Universe
Drugstore Cowboy
Michael Collins
The Butcher Boy
Demolition Man
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary
Our Souls at Night
Public Enemies
Pet Sematary
The Glorias
Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alien³
S.W.A.T.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Good Thief
Sphere
Cobb
Blank Generation
In Dreams
Batman Forever
The Tempest
Batman & Robin
Golden Gate
Cocaine Cowboys