The American composer Elliot Goldenthal has forged a unique soundtrack language that he has applied to both mainstream and more experimental films. He has also written opera and other theatrical music, sometimes collaborating with his long-term partner, theater director Julie Taymor. The range of the kinds of films he has scored is great -- from Shakespeare adaptations to horror. His music is well represented on recordings, and .
Goldenthal was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 2, 1954. Of Romanian Jewish background, he was the son of a housepainter father and a seamstress m...