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Elliot Goldenthal
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Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an acclaimed Oscar and Golden Globe winning American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. Atonal and brutal in his action music, sometimes in underscore and tends to use very fast French horn bending tones/whining; although Goldenthal himself has said that he doesn’t “hear” atonal and tonal, rather “.…I don’t have any differentiation in my head between tonal and atonal, I either hear melody or I hear sonority — I don’t hear atonal or tonal so much.”
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He was born on May 2, 1954 as the youngest son to a Jewish housepainter father and a Catholic, seamstress mother in Brooklyn, New York; he was educated at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn where, at the age of 14, he had his very first ballet “Variations on Early Glimpses” performed; he continued to display his eclectic musical range, performing with rock bands in the 70’s. He then studied music full time at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Aaron Copland and John Corigliano (both of whom he greatly admired), to earn his BA then MA in musical composition.
He lives in New York City “happily unmarried”, as he put once it, with his partner Julie Taymor, whom he met in 1982 through a mutual acquaintance, who told him “I know a person whose work is just as grotesque as yours”; they have an office/apartment where they both live and work.
Biography:
He was born on May 2, 1954 as the youngest son to a Jewish housepainter father and a Catholic, seamstress mother in Brooklyn, New York; he was educated at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn where, at the age of 14, he had his very first ballet “Variations on Early Glimpses” performed; he continued to display his eclectic musical range, performing with rock bands in the 70’s. He then studied music full time at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Aaron Copland and John Corigliano (both of whom he greatly admired), to earn his BA then MA in musical composition.
He lives in New York City “happily unmarried”, as he put once it, with his partner Julie Taymor, whom he met in 1982 through a mutual acquaintance, who told him “I know a person whose work is just as grotesque as yours”; they have an office/apartment where they both live and work.
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PrincessOvelia wrote:
Love Elliot! Total genius in this day and age when music production becomes more of a routine and less than artistic creation.
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nemesis356 wrote:
Love The Final Fantasy Score.
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Kyotherockycar wrote:
genious!
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CloudyMemory wrote:
-DuMbGuM-: Agreed. Michael Collins is definately one of his best scores. Highly recommended!
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marlinleyla wrote:
couldn't think of a better music than he composed for Frida! one of the masterpiece scores!
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Terrasidius wrote:
Titus!
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ladyumbrella wrote:
Frida is the best!
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Terrasidius wrote:
Hey guys check out the Wikipedia page i did for the Heat score for some audio samples, including a sample of the end titles track he did, Hand In Hand! :D
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CloudyMemory wrote:
I hope he gets the chance to score something epic again. Final Fantasy style stuff...
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woitekk wrote:
im a big fan of Heat (the movie) wit de Niro etc.... one of many reasons is the music which is really unforgettable:) especially the tune from the last scene... cheers
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-DuMbGuM- wrote:
Michael Collins soundtrack.. Masterpiece
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TempusMinus wrote:
Wow, Victorius Titus rules!! :)
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Terrasidius wrote:
Victorius Titus (Vocal)!! More people should hear this song. Go. Listen to it then buy the score. :)
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TerraMax wrote:
Magnifico! Awesome! :)
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TempusMinus wrote:
In Dreams <3 Heat <3 Alien 3 <3 hes a genius. :D
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Oskares wrote:
Alien3
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CloudyMemory wrote:
Yup, those tracks from 300 are a SHAMELESS ripoff. I mean lawsuit type of stuff. Bates at least should have presented them as an homage or something ;)
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Terrasidius wrote:
Awesome, thanks BISCOOP. Love Elliot! Did you know: that the guy who scored the recent '300' soundtrack by some guy called Tyler something totally ripped off, note for note, two tracks ['Victorius Titus' & 'Finale'] from Goldenthals 'Titus' score? Note for f**king note! what a loser.
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Gankenstein wrote:
Fucking awesome.
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BISCOOP wrote:
Expanded Score you can find on Soulseek p2p
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