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American composer and musical artist (born 1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Goldstein (born February 25, 1942) is an American composer, recording artist, arts philosopher and improvisational pianist.[1][2][3]
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Born | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | February 25, 1942
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Years active | 1975–present |
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Origin | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Website | www |
Goldstein has received three Emmy nominations and one Grammy nomination for his scores Fame, Hello Again, and Shocker. He has been signed as a recording artist to Motown Records and CBS Masterworks.[4][5] Goldstein has written arts commentary for public media including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and CBS News.[6][7][8][9]
Raised in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Goldstein graduated from Lakewood High School.[10] Goldstein is Jewish.
While in high school, Goldstein learned to play trumpet to join the high school band. Upon graduating, he continued on a joint program with Trenton State College in New Jersey for music education and the Juilliard School once a week to study trumpet.[11] During the draft years of the Vietnam War, he became composer in residence for the United States Army Band.
Goldstein was signed to Columbia Picture Screen Gems. He was discovered by Berry Gordy, who brought Goldstein to Los Angeles, as a Motown recording artist, composer and producer.[12][13][14] Goldstein has composed film and television soundtracks film and television, notably the television series Fame and The Twilight Zone.[15][16][17]
Goldstein also composed the soundtrack for the computer game King's Quest IV.[18] It was the first computer game to have its soundtrack written for the Roland MT-32.
Goldstein composes in real time, reviving the art of “instant composition”.He creates ballets with dancers of international renown, improvising complete scores to films that he is seeing for the first time;[19][20] In 2011, Goldstein as invited by the Transatlantyk International Film and Music Festival in Poznan, Poland, to give Master Classes on the "Art of Instant Composition". Goldstein records as a solo composer and collaboratively.
As an educator and performer of live composition, Goldstein teaches masterclasses and travels internationally.[21]
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