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Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman is an American film score composer and recording artist. He is the founder of Museum Music, MusicBox, and Hi-Fi Productions. In 2023 he released the album An Exquisite Moment.
Goodman was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Queens, where he learned to play his first instrument (the trumpet) from public school music educator Allen Stier. He attended high school in Manhattan at The High School of Music & Art, where he played trumpet in the orchestra, and wrote arrangements and played bass for his high school jazz band. In the summer before his final year, Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music summer program.
Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music as a double major focusing on both bass performance and jazz composition and arranging. During this time those he studied under included Herb Pomeroy, Michael Gibbs, Bob Freedman, John LaPorta, Gary Burton, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Swallow and Bruce Gertz. Goodman was also the bass player in the first Tower of Power ensemble at the college.
Goodman was also a member of the jazz/world/fusion band Ananda founded by composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi. Their first album, titled Amazonia, was recorded for the record label Sonic Atmospheres and was produced by Craig Huxley.
After graduating from Berklee in 1984, Goodman moved back to New York City and began his music career as a live and studio session bassist. In 1992 he became a staff composer for the music production house North Forty Music where he composed music for national television advertisements. Goodman worked at North Forty Music until 1999, when he left to pursue composing for film full-time.
Goodman's first score was for a documentary film called My Knees Were Jumping, came about by a chance meeting with an old high school friend on the streets of New York City. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and opened the door for many more film scoring opportunities to come.
While the music was being mixed into the film prior to its release, another film producer in the studio next door came in to inquire about the music, and this ultimately led to Goodman's next scoring project. Green Chimneys premiered at the Sundance Film Festival the following year. He was then the composer for the documentary Concert of Wills: Building the Getty Center.
Goodman has since gone on to score over 150 films and TV shows, and has collaborated with many distinguished directors and producers including Neil LaBute, Albert Maysles, Andrew Jarecki, Barbara Kopple, Wong Kar-wai, Rachel Grady, Marshall Curry, Sebastian Junger, Barak Goodman, Alexandra Pelosi, Michael Epstein, Joe Berlinger, Oren Jacoby, Irene Taylor Brodsky, Lesli lwerks, and Fisher Stevens. More than 40 of the films were broadcast on HBO/Max, and he is the composer of the theme song for the PBS series American Experience as well as the scores for several television series on A&E, Amazon, Netflix, and ESPN. In description of his music, Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called his work on the film Being Elmo an “energetic, fanciful score”.
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Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman is an American film score composer and recording artist. He is the founder of Museum Music, MusicBox, and Hi-Fi Productions. In 2023 he released the album An Exquisite Moment.
Goodman was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Queens, where he learned to play his first instrument (the trumpet) from public school music educator Allen Stier. He attended high school in Manhattan at The High School of Music & Art, where he played trumpet in the orchestra, and wrote arrangements and played bass for his high school jazz band. In the summer before his final year, Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music summer program.
Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music as a double major focusing on both bass performance and jazz composition and arranging. During this time those he studied under included Herb Pomeroy, Michael Gibbs, Bob Freedman, John LaPorta, Gary Burton, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Swallow and Bruce Gertz. Goodman was also the bass player in the first Tower of Power ensemble at the college.
Goodman was also a member of the jazz/world/fusion band Ananda founded by composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi. Their first album, titled Amazonia, was recorded for the record label Sonic Atmospheres and was produced by Craig Huxley.
After graduating from Berklee in 1984, Goodman moved back to New York City and began his music career as a live and studio session bassist. In 1992 he became a staff composer for the music production house North Forty Music where he composed music for national television advertisements. Goodman worked at North Forty Music until 1999, when he left to pursue composing for film full-time.
Goodman's first score was for a documentary film called My Knees Were Jumping, came about by a chance meeting with an old high school friend on the streets of New York City. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and opened the door for many more film scoring opportunities to come.
While the music was being mixed into the film prior to its release, another film producer in the studio next door came in to inquire about the music, and this ultimately led to Goodman's next scoring project. Green Chimneys premiered at the Sundance Film Festival the following year. He was then the composer for the documentary Concert of Wills: Building the Getty Center.
Goodman has since gone on to score over 150 films and TV shows, and has collaborated with many distinguished directors and producers including Neil LaBute, Albert Maysles, Andrew Jarecki, Barbara Kopple, Wong Kar-wai, Rachel Grady, Marshall Curry, Sebastian Junger, Barak Goodman, Alexandra Pelosi, Michael Epstein, Joe Berlinger, Oren Jacoby, Irene Taylor Brodsky, Lesli lwerks, and Fisher Stevens. More than 40 of the films were broadcast on HBO/Max, and he is the composer of the theme song for the PBS series American Experience as well as the scores for several television series on A&E, Amazon, Netflix, and ESPN. In description of his music, Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called his work on the film Being Elmo an “energetic, fanciful score”.