Miles Goodman
| Miles Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elliott Miles Goodman August 27, 1948 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, 1996 (aged 47) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Occupation | Composer, record producer |
| Years active | 1975–1996 |
| Children | 2 |
Elliott Miles Goodman (August 27, 1948 – August 16, 1996) was an American composer for television and film. He is best remembered for his frequent collaboration with film director Frank Oz, for whom Goodman scored such films as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), What About Bob? (1991) and Housesitter (1992). For his score to Oz's Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Goodman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Goodman was born in August 27, 1948 in Los Angeles. He graduated from Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with a degree in English. In 1969, he studied Shakespeare in London.
Goodman became interested in film scoring through his cousin, Johnny Mandel, an Oscar-winning film composer. Goodman at first planned to become a director, despite his strong and eclectic taste in jazz and other music. But composing for film intervened in conversations with Mandel. As a result, Goodman returned to Los Angeles and studied music and film scoring with private teachers including Albert Harris.
"He was very eclectic in his musical tastes. Before film scoring he was very attracted to jazz, Brazilian music and theater. He started life as a songwriter," Mandel said. Mandel would serve as a mentor for Goodman.
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