Elliot Goldenthal
b. 1954 (age 72)
Brooklyn, NY
Composer
Director
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.
Known For
Filmography
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Alien: Gemisi
2025 Composer
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★ 6.1
The Glorias
2020 Composer
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★ 6.9
Our Souls at Night
2017 Composer
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★ 7.5
Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014 Composer
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★ 5.3
The Tempest
2010 Composer
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★ 6.9
Public Enemies
2009 Composer
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★ 7.3
Across the Universe
2007 Composer
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★ 6.5
Lights! Action! Music!
2007 Self
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Special Gala to Celebration for Director Sidney Lumet Honorary Academy Award
2005 Self
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★ 6.1
S.W.A.T.
2003 Composer
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★ 7.3
Frida
2002 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Good Thief
2002 Composer
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★ 6.4
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 Composer
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★ 7.0
Titus
1999 Composer
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★ 5.5
In Dreams
1999 Composer
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★ 6.1
Sphere
1998 Composer
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★ 3.8
Batman & Robin
1997 Composer
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★ 7.1
The Butcher Boy
1997 Composer
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★ 7.5
A Time to Kill
1996 Composer
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★ 7.1
Michael Collins
1996 Composer
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★ 8.3
Heat
1995 Composer
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★ 5.5
Batman Forever
1995 Composer
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★ 6.2
Voices from a Locked Room
1995 Composer
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★ 7.5
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1994 Composer
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★ 6.4
Cobb
1994 Composer
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★ 6.3
Roswell
1994 Composer
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★ 5.2
Golden Gate
1994 Composer
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★ 6.7
Demolition Man
1993 Composer
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★ 6.4
Alien³
1992 Composer
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★ 7.1
Fool's Fire
1992 Composer
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★ 5.1
Grand Isle
1991 Composer
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★ 6.5
Criminal Justice
1990 Composer
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Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass
1990 Writer
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★ 6.5
Pet Sematary
1989 Composer
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★ 7.2
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 Composer
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★ 4.9
Blank Generation
1980 Composer
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★ 4.4
Cocaine Cowboys
1979 Composer