Jonathan Goldstein (composer)

Jonathan Goldstein (27 September 1968 – 25 August 2019) was an English music composer 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. Early life and education Goldstein’s father was an orchestra conductor and composer in London’s West End. Following in his father’s footsteps, Goldstein began composing in school and studied music at the University of Birmingham. In 2013, his Magical Moments reached No.1 in the Official UK Classical Charts, 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. He subsequently scored several short films including the BAFTA-nominated Candy Bar Kid which was screened at more than 100 festivals worldwide, and the BAFTA-nominated Sunny Spells, winner of an