Joel Goodman is an American film

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, music business entrepreneur and educator. His work has appeared at every major film festival in the world and includes scores to films and television programs that have received 5 Oscar nominations, 20 Emmy awards and over 30 Emmy nominations. Prior to scoring films, Goodman composed music for advertising and produced records, including those for

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/ref> In 1999, he founded the record labe
Museum Music
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Spotlight On: Joel Goodman, composer & founder, MusicBox — Los Angeles
/ref> and in 2002 co-founded the music licensing and publishing compan
MusicBox
MusicBox Bios
/ref> Goodman conducts university master classes in the US and Europe, is a regular panelist for such organizations as

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, IFP,

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and SCL amongst others, and currently serves on the board of th
Production Music Association
About the PMA - Board Members
/ref> where he is the Chairman of the Performing Rights Committee.

Early life

Goodman was born in

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and grew up in

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, where he learned to play his first instrument (the

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) from the legendary public school music educator Allen Stier. He attended high school in

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The High School of Music & Art The High School of Music & Art, informally known as "Music & Art" (or "M&A"), was a public specialized high school located at 443-465 West 135th Street in the borough of Manhattan, New York, from 1936 until 1984. In 1961, Music & Art and the High ...

,Documentary Craft: Interview with Composer Joel Goodman
/ref> studying jazz wit
Justin DiCioccio
and orchestral performance with Sydney Baker while taking private bass lessons from Rich Samalin an
Ken Smith
As a result, Goodman played

in the orchestra, and wrote arrangements and played bass for his high school jazz band. Some notable classmates of Goodman's include

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Eric RosenbergRoey Shamir
and

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Berklee College of Music

Goodman attended the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

as a double major focusing on both bass performance and jazz composition and arranging. This gave him the opportunity to study with such greats as

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, Michael Gibbs, Bob Freedman,

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, John Abercrombie,

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an
Bruce Gertz
It was during this time that Goodman joined the jazz/world/fusion band Ananda founded by composer and guitaris

Their first album, titled ''Amazonia'', was recorded for the record label Sonic Atmospheres and was produced by Craig Huxley. The band toured regularly in the

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and occasionally included appearances by

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as a member of the live band.

Early career

After graduating from

Berklee Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level course ...

in 1984, Goodman moved back to

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and began his music career as a live and studio session bassist. In 1991 he became a staff composer for the music production hous
North Forty Music
where he composed music for hundreds of major national television advertisements including those for

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, IBM,

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and

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. Goodman worked at North Forty Music until 1999, when he left to pursue composing for film full-time.

Record producer

Beginning in 1996, Goodman produced 4 records for the acclaimed audiophile record label

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Composer for film

Goodman's first score, 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

. The film premiered at the

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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

the following year. When the editor from ''Green Chimneys'' was hired to edit the Albert Maysles film ''Concert of Wills: Building the Getty Center'', Goodman was asked to provide the music - an opportunity that played an important role in his subsequent founding of Museum Music. Goodman has since gone on to score over 100 films, and has collaborated with many distinguished directors and producers including

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and

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. In 2012, Goodman received an Emmy Award in recognition of his score to the film ''Saving Pelican #895''. The award was presented as part of the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music & Sound.

Documentary film scoring credits (partial list)

Narrative film scoring credits (partial list)

Museum Music

In 1999, Goodman founded the record labe
Museum Music
ref name="inkandescent" /> that specializes in creating custom music CDs for museums and related cultural organizations. That year, New York's

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was hosting a

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exhibition. The museum was looking to create a compilation CD of music to accompany the exhibition, and Goodman was contacted as music consultant. Seeing a unique opportunity, Goodman successfully pitched MoMA to create the compilation himself, and thus Museum Music was born. "Jackson Pollock Jazz" featured music licensed directly from the artist's personal collection, and was an immediate success. Shortly after, Museum Music landed business with the

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in Los Angeles, which was preparing for its grand opening at the time, and has since grown to service dozens of major cultural institutions around the world.

Music publishing

In 2002 Goodman and longtime college friend Daniel Stein founded the music licensing and publishing compan
MusicBox
Under Goodman's leadership, the company licensed and produced custom music for all types of visual media, ultimately growing to include 24 catalogs and over 30,000 songs with representation in more than 45 countries worldwide
Ole Music Publishing
one of the largest independent music publishers in the world, acquire
MusicBox
in 2011.
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Education and advocacy

Goodman strongly supports and advocates for the fair and just valuation of music. As a board member of th
Production Music Association
ref name="PMA" /> and chair of its Performing Rights Committee, Goodman works to educate the membership on best practices for effectively valuing and exploiting their copyrights in today's evolving music industry. He is a regular panelist for such organizations as

, IFP,

and SCL, providing insight and expertise on these same issues, and has served as an

industry representative in meetings with members of the U.S. Congress, advocating for the rights of artists. In addition, Goodman leads film music workshops at universities, conferences and film festivals around the world,Get with the Net: Licensing Music for Digital Media - NAB Panel 2013
/ref> encouraging the creative process and guiding both students and peers on effective methods for creative collaboration between composers and filmmakers.

Cycling

Goodman is an active cyclist and fan of cycling. He rides over 7,500 miles a year, has ridden the entire length of the California coast twice, and has ridden across the United States from Canada to Mexico.

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodman, Joel American film score composers American male film score composers Living people The High School of Music & Art alumni Berklee College of Music alumni Year of birth missing (living people)