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Elliot Goldenthal

1954 - Today

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Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2002 for his score to the motion picture Frida, directed by his longtime partner Julie Taymor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elliot Goldenthal is the 1,215th most popular composer (up from 1,228th in 2019), the 7,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,584th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Elliot Goldenthal ranks 1,215 out of 1,451Before him are Dobri Hristov, Johann Nepomuk David, Joonas Kokkonen, Emilio Arrieta, Brad Fiedel, and Lepo Sumera. After him are Cláudio Santoro, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Abdylas Maldybaev, Glenn Branca, Leonard Slatkin, and Adolph Deutsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Elliot Goldenthal ranks 358Before him are Brad Cooper, Ephrem M'Bom, Aristides Gomes, Harvey Fierstein, Francis Buchholz, and Hartwig Gauder. After him are Tina Knowles, George Galloway, Alberto Malesani, Antonio Olmo, Bob Weinstein, and Lawrence Summers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elliot Goldenthal ranks 7,804 out of 20,380Before him are Brad Fiedel (1951), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), Walter Breuning (1896), Mother Angelica (1923), Allen Collins (1952), and Howard Davis Jr. (1956). After him are Anderson .Paak (1986), Tina Knowles (1954), Denis Leary (1957), George Finnegan (1881), Frederic Clements (1874), and Tony Gilroy (1956).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Elliot Goldenthal ranks 77Before him are Morton Gould (1913), Gunther Schuller (1925), Paul Whiteman (1890), Alan Hovhaness (1911), William Bolcom (1938), and Brad Fiedel (1951). After him are Glenn Branca (1948), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Frank Churchill (1901), David Diamond (1915), Milton Babbitt (1916), and William Schuman (1910).