Jonathan Goldstein (composer) explained

Jonathan Goldstein
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:1968 9, df=yes
Origin:England
Death Place:Switzerland
Genre:Contemporary classical, orchestral
Occupation:Composer
Years Active:1990s–2019
Associated Acts:Balanescu Quartet
Spouse:Hannah Marcinowicz
Website:www.goldsteinmusic.com

Jonathan Goldstein (27 September 1968 – 25 August 2019)[1] was an English composer of music for film, television, advertising, theatre, and live events. His work encompassed a range of contemporary classical styles with orchestral, jazz, electro-acoustic, and world influences.

Goldstein died in a light-plane crash in the Alps along with his wife and young child.

Early life and education

Goldstein's father, who was Jewish,[2] was a West End conductor. He began composing in school, and studied music at the University of Birmingham.[1]

Career

Goldstein began his career in theatre, at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre, working with acclaimed directors including Trevor Nunn and Sir Peter Hall. Later, he began his screen career assisting on numerous important film score orchestrations including Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, and landmark re-orchestrations of classic film scores including Taxi Driver, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His debut classical album, Cyclorama, was released worldwide to critical acclaim[3] on the Brilliant Classics label and performed by The Balanescu Quartet and ensemble. In 2013, his Magical Moments reached No.1 in the Official UK Classical Charts,[4] where it stayed for three weeks over Christmas, ahead of J. S. Bach.

Film music

In his early career, Goldstein assisted the film music orchestrator Christopher Palmer, on the soundtrack orchestrations for Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, and re-recordings of classic film scores including Bernard Herrmann's music for Scorsese's Taxi Driver performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Elmer Bernstein.[5] He subsequently scored several shorts[6] [7] [8] including the BAFTA-nominated Candy Bar Kid[9] which was screened at more than 100 festivals worldwide, and the BAFTA-nominated Sunny Spells, winner of an International Silver Heron award. The documentary short Manuel De Los Santos, directed by Peter Montgomery, which featured a score by Goldstein, won the Grand Prize at the International Arnold Sports Film Festival in 2012.[10]

Advertising campaigns

In advertising, Goldstein worked for agencies in the UK including Saatchi & Saatchi, M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, Euro RSCG, Leo Burnett, DDB UK, CHI & Partners, Lowe, MCBD and WCRS, and in the USA for Droga5 and Publicis, composing music for television and cinema commercials on behalf of many national and international brands, which have been broadcast globally.[11] These included American Airlines, American Express, BMW, Ford, IG Index, Intel, ITV, Kronenbourg, Lexus, NatWest, Nokia, British Sky Broadcasting (Sky),[12] Sony, T-Mobile, Tesco, Toyota, UBS AG, Visa, Volkswagen[13] and Zurich.

Industry awards

Goldstein won a D&AD for Outstanding Use of Music, an IVCA Award for Best Music and two British Television Advertising Awards (BTA) Craft Awards for Best Original Music, as well as receiving nominations for two further BTA Craft awards.[14] He was also nominated[15] for an Ivor Novello Award in 2007, for his score to the BBC/HBO film of Primo,[16] directed by Richard Wilson[17] featuring the contemporary celloist, Nicholas Holland,[18] who has recorded with Peter Gabriel and David Byrne. Goldstein was Chairman of PCAM, the Society for Producers and Composers of Applied Music[12] [19] from 2005-2012.

Broadcast music

In television, Goldstein composed music for several BBC productions including Nunn's adaptation of Othello, David Thacker's production of Ibsen's A Doll's House with Guy Woolfenden, the prize-winning documentary series Eutopia: The United States of Europe[20] [21] filmed in 22 countries, and Playing The Wife, starring Derek Jacobi, for BBC Radio. In 2010, he created music for the Little Crackers comedy series[22] starring Meera Syal, broadcast in 3D on Sky and Sky1.[23]

Events

Goldstein composed, produced and conducted scores for major events including work for Microsoft, British Telecom, Frankfurt Motor Show, Madame Tussaud's, a suite for the Bentley Experience at the Volkswagen Theme Park, Autostadt, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates installation at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, featuring the classical vocalist Jeremy Avis[24] reedist Belinda Sykes[25] and percussionist Paul Clarvis.[26] [27] His classical work Circles was shortlisted for performance by the Society for the Promotion of New Music, and premiered at St John’s Smith Square, London, performed by Music Projects London, conducted by Richard Bernas, featuring the oboe soloist Christopher Redgate.[28] The concert also featured works by composers Judith Weir[29] and Sadie Harrison.[30]

Recording work

In 2012, Goldstein's debut classical album, Cyclorama, was released worldwide by Brilliant Classics. The music was performed by the Balanescu Quartet, founded by the violinist Alexander Bălănescu, and an ensemble of soloists including James Pearson,[31] a soloist with the Hallé, Philharmonia and BBC Concert Orchestras and Artistic Director of the London jazz club Ronnie Scott's,[32] whose collaborations include Paul McCartney and Wynton Marsalis. The recording also featured the soprano Grace Davidson, who has performed with the Early Music groups The Sixteen,[33] and Tenebrae, as well as on soundtracks such as Hans Zimmer's .

The album, which consists of a mix of contemporary classical idioms which gradually present an unfolding story, like a cyclorama (the panoramic backdrop used in film and theatre), was recorded at the Church of Saint Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, noted for its haunting acoustics.[34] The church has been the chosen venue for many important recordings of film and concert music including the Chandos Records re-recordings of William Walton’s scores for Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films,[35] performed by The Orchestra and Chorus of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and conducted by Neville Marriner, on which Goldstein worked as an assistant orchestrator.

Personal life and death

Goldstein married Hannah Marcinowicz, a saxophonist, in 2016.[1] [36] They and their 7-month-old daughter Saskia died on 25 August 2019 when their Piper plane crashed above the Simplon Pass on a flight from Switzerland to Italy.[1] [2] [37] Swiss search and rescue units found no survivors; all three were presumed to have died immediately upon impact.[38]

Awards

Awarded

Nominated

Musical works

Advertising

Film features

Film shorts

Television and radio

Theatre (composer)

Theatre (other)

Events

Associated recordings

Video

Audio

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 28 August 2019 . Jonathan Goldstein, Classical Composer Who Wrote Award-winning Music to Advertise Brands Such as Volvo and Gillette . Daily Telegraph . Obituary . 17 January 2023 .
  2. News: 8 August 2019 . British Composer and Saxophonist Wife Die in Plane Crash Alongside Their Baby . Jewish News . 17 January 2023 .
  3. Web site: Gramaphone.
  4. Web site: Official Classical Singles Chart Top 20 Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 11 July 2016.
  5. http://www.milanrecords.com/releases/releases.php?release_name=BERNARD_HERRMANN_FILM_SCORES__ELMER_BERNSTEIN_CONDUCTS_THE_ROYAL_PHILHARMONIC_ORCHESTRA "Bernard Herrmann Films Scores: From Citizen Kane To Taxi Driver, Elmer Bernstein Conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"
  6. Web site: Jonathan Goldstein, Filmography . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142316/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/683337?view=credit . dead . 22 October 2012 . Film & TV Database . 16 April 2009 . 19 October 2011.
  7. Web site: Traffic Warden, Short Film 12 mins, HDCAM London 2007. Eye-cuefilms.com . 19 October 2011.
  8. Web site: Slapped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090526140043/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/573991 . dead . 26 May 2009 . Film & TV Database . 16 April 2009 . 19 October 2011.
  9. Web site: Film Nominations 2002 . Bafta.org . 19 October 2011.
  10. http://www.arnoldsportsfilmfestival.com/ASFF_2012.html Title: "Call for Entries 1 June 2012", Arnold Sports Film Festival, "The 2012 International Arnold Sports Film Festival finished it’s [sic] second year with Peter Montgomery from London England winning the Grand Prize of the Arnie Trophy and the opportunity to spend a day on a Hollywood Movie Set with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger!", Publisher: arnoldsportsfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012
  11. Web site: Commercials, Author: jgmusic.com, Section: Commercials, Publisher: jgmusic.com, Retrieved 14 April 2011 . Jgmusic.com . 19 October 2011.
  12. Sync and Swim: Music in advertising – Songs That Sell . Gordon Masson . M Magazine . March 2011 . 35 . 19 April 2011 . 19 October 2011 . 18 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318141542/http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/featuresinterviews/features/songs-that-sell/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Campaign Screen, 1 October 2001, 12:00 am . VW – Lorry, Digger, Campaign Screen, Author: brandrepublic.com, "Music: Jonathan Goldstein", Section: Home, News, GALLERY 10:, Publisher: brandrepublic.com, Date: 1st October 2001, Retrieved 14 April 2011 . Brandrepublic.com . 1 October 2001 . 19 October 2011.
  14. http://www.britisharrows.com/award/jonathan-goldstein-weetabix-finalist Original Music - Jonathan Goldstein: Weetabix – Finalist
  15. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/21/popandrock.awardsandprizes "Full list of nominees for the Ivor Novello awards 2008"
  16. News: Full list of nominees for the Ivor Novello awards 2008 . The Guardian . UK . 19 October 2011 . 21 April 2008.
  17. http://www.leamingtonobserver.co.uk/2009/10/11/ents82827.html "Wilson prepares for RSC debut"
  18. http://sonnet155.com/cast/Nick_Holland.html Title: Sonnet 155, Section: About Nick Holland, Author: sonnet155.com, "Nicholas is a keen chamber musician having recorded flute quartets for the EMI label (BMV, Holland) and having been a member of the English String Quartet for six years, notably participating at their London Festival of Chamber Music – a regular feature of the classical music scene in London every autumn.", Publisher: sonnet155.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012
  19. Web site: Jonathan Goldstein, Author: pcam.co.uk, Section: Meet the Committee, Publisher: pcam.co.uk, Retrieved 14 April 2011 . Pcam.co.uk . 19 October 2011 . 1 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001082939/http://www.pcam.co.uk/content/6._Jonathan_Goldstein . dead .
  20. Web site: Eutopia (BBC2, 2000) . Mosaicfilms.com . 19 October 2011 . 7 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111107224512/http://mosaicfilms.com/2007/11/eutopia-bbc2-2000.php . dead .
  21. Web site: Jonathan Goldstein, Filmography . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142316/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/683337?view=credit . dead . 22 October 2012 . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . 16 April 2009 . 19 October 2011.
  22. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/little_crackers/episodes/1/12 "Episode 1.12 – Meera Syal's Little Cracker"
  23. Web site: 76 Ltd's Peter Lydon Directs Costume Drama Fairytale For Sky And WCRS . 4rfv.co.uk . 4 January 2011 . 19 October 2011.
  24. http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/65777/company-members/jeremy-avis.html{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Jeremy Avis, National Theatre, Publisher: NationalTheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2012
  25. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2008/contributors "Free thought contributors"
  26. News: Paul Clarvis/Liam Noble: Starry Starry Night . John Fordham . Paul Clarvis is the idiosyncratic classical percussionist who was Leonard Bernstein's first choice on his UK trips, and who is nowadays equally active on the jazz and contemporary-classical circuits. . 13 March 2009 . The Guardian . UK . 19 October 2011.
  27. http://soundandmusic.org/thecollection/resources/thecollection/browse/composer/11585 "Scores by Jonathan Goldstein"
  28. http://soundandmusic.org/thecollection/node/108176 SoundandMusic.org, Home – Find a score – Advanced search – Circles, "Performers: Chris Redgate (ob), Music Projects/ Richard Bernas"
  29. Web site: Graduate composer Katherine Gillham selected for spnm Shortlist . Leeds College Of Music . 18 September 2008 . 19 October 2011 . 29 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929004018/http://www.lcm.ac.uk/news/Katherine_Gillham.htm . dead .
  30. http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/reviews/cddvd/harrison_lightgarden.htm "Sadie HARRISON: The Light Garden with traditional Afghan music"
  31. News: Jazz by candlelight: Hear pianist James Pearson at St Martin-in-the-Fields . The Guardian . UK . 19 October 2011 . 9 March 2011.
  32. http://www.timeout.com/london/music/event/193140/james-pearson-ronnie-scotts-all-stars "James Pearson/Ronnie Scott's All Stars"
  33. Web site: The Sixteen at Queen Elizabeth Hall . Hilary Finch . The voices of Grace Davidson and Charlotte Mobbs were like flute and clarinet duetting in the Italianate plangency of O dive custos, an elegy on the early death of Queen Mary . The Times . 27 September 2011 . 19 October 2011.
  34. Web site: New Journal Enterprises . Triumph for any season . Camden New Journal . 7 October 2005 . 19 October 2011 . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927070056/http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/100605/music.htm . dead .
  35. Web site: CHRISTOPHER PALMER 1946–1995, Writer, Producer, Orchestrator and Arranger . Musicweb-international.com . 22 January 1995 . 19 October 2011.
  36. News: Jonathan Goldstein and Hannah Marcinowicz obituary . The Times . 13 September 2019 . 17 January 2023 .
  37. News: British musicians and baby daughter killed in Swiss plane crash . The Guardian . PA . 27 August 2019 . 17 January 2023 .
  38. News: Acclaimed British composer Jonathan Goldstein and family die in Swiss plane crash. BBC News. 27 August 2019.
  39. Web site: LIA London International Awards . 2023-02-21 . www.liaawards.com.

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