Sunday, June 16, 2019

A Score To Settle Podcast - Episode 26, Listening To... Elliot Goldenthal

Welcome to the next new episode of the podcast! Yes, I've been on a bit of a hiatus during the last few months, for various and sundry reasons (mostly work). I am getting back into the swing of things with a new installment of my "Listening To.." series, this time centered on composer Elliot Goldenthal. He is one of my favorite film composers of the modern era, becoming a major influential voice in the art form since the 1990's. Goldenthal is someone who has contributed brilliant and powerful music not only to movies but also live theater, stage musicals and the concert world, the latter in the form of operas, symphonies, ballets and oratorios. In fact, he could be considered primarily a concert composer for whom film is just one slice of his musical pie, so to speak.

You might not immediately recognize his name, but Elliot Goldenthal has contributed music to some of the most notable and popular movies of the last few decades. This includes such diverse titles as HEAT (1995), A TIME TO KILL (1996), BATMAN FOREVER (1995), INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1994), ALIEN 3 (1992) and FRIDA (2002), the latter garnering him the Academy Award for Best Original Score. He showcases an eclectic style and approach ranging from large-scale orchestral music to choral pieces, to jazz, swing and rock, ethnic instrumentation and from the very tonal and melodic music to very dissonant and challenging tonalities. My primary focus in this episode will be on his score for 1999's TITUS, a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, as directed by Julie Taymor.

I hope that everyone who listens will enjoy the episode and forgive any technical or factual gaffes. Below is the embedded player from which you can listen or simply click on the website link to head directly to where the podcast is hosted on Podbean.

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