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Joel Goodman

Joel Goodman

Known For Sound
Birthday None (None)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 13, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 13, 2025
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Biography

Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Goodman creates music for narrative feature films, documentaries, television, album releases, performance ensembles and other forms of collaborative media. Joel has scored over 125 films and television programs that have received 5 Oscar nominations, 20 Emmy awards a ... nd over 30 Emmy nominations. He has scored over 40 films for HBO and composed the Main Theme for the long-running and critically acclaimed PBS series American Experience. His scores can regularly be heard in movie theaters and on television around the world. Joel has collaborated with an impressive array of 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, Oren Jacoby, Irene Taylor Brodsky, and Fisher Stevens. Joel recently completed scores to: Jay Myself (Oscilloscope) about the celebrated photographer and collector Jay Maisel; Voyeur (Netflix), the story of iconic journalist Gay Talese's relationship with a motel owner that spied on guests; Q Ball (Fox Sports), about the San Quentin prison basketball team; Obit (Amazon), an endearing and uplifting look into the secret world of New York Times obituary writers; and Everything Is Copy (HBO), a candid portrait of beloved author and screenwriter Nora Ephron. A native New Yorker, Joel lives in Los Angeles, where he enjoys riding his bicycle and of course, many hours writing music.

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Filmography

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The Curve

The Curve

2020

Music

On Broadway

On Broadway

2019

Music

GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II

GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II

2018

Original Music Composer

Obit

Obit

2017

Original Music Composer

Shadowman

Shadowman

2017

Music

Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

2016

Music

Dirty Weekend

Dirty Weekend

2015

Original Music Composer

Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy

2015

Original Music Composer

Southern Rites

Southern Rites

2015

Original Music Composer

American Winter

American Winter

2013

Music

Running from Crazy

Running from Crazy

2013

Original Music Composer

Miss You Can Do It

Miss You Can Do It

2013

Original Music Composer

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011

Original Music Composer

Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee

2011

Additional Music

Gun Fight

Gun Fight

2011

Original Music Composer

The Revolutionary

The Revolutionary

2011

Music

Saving Pelican 895

Saving Pelican 895

2011

Music

Racing Dreams

Racing Dreams

2010

Music

Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

2010

Music

Lafayette: The Lost Hero

Lafayette: The Lost Hero

2010

Original Music Composer

Once Brothers

Once Brothers

2010

Original Music Composer

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

2009

Music

Kit Carson

Kit Carson

2008

Original Music Composer

Canvas

Canvas

2006

Music

Disorder

Disorder

2006

Music

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

2004

Original Music Composer

Born Rich

Born Rich

2003

Original Music Composer

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2003

Music

Undermind

Undermind

2003

Music

The Follow

The Follow

2001

Original Music Composer

Cherry

Cherry

1999

Music

Green Chimneys

Green Chimneys

1997

Music

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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