Miles Goodman
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| Born | Miles Goodman August 27, 1949 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | August 16, 1996 (aged 46) Brentwood, California |
- For the fictional character on Sabrina The Teenage Witch, See List of characters in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series), (Section: Miles Goodman).
Miles Goodman (August 29, 1949 – August 16, 1996) was an American musician who composed music for television programs, including Teen Wolf, and many films, notably the toe-tapping tunes from Footloose (1984) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986). As a producer, Goodman specialized in light jazz and classics. Los Angeles-born and raised, Goodman majored in theater at Antioch College. It was his cousin Johnny Mandel who led Goodman to a music career. Goodman studied under Albert Harris (composer) during the early '70s and cut his composer's teeth as an orchestrator for a few of Mandel's scores, including Being There (1979). He officially launched his career in 1977, scoring the critically acclaimed but short-lived NBC series James at 15. On this program, he created his signature technique of combining songs with original music. By 1991, after over a decade of scoring an average of four major feature films a year, Goodman decided to take a break and so became a record producer. His first production featured harmonicist Toots Thielemans working with a variety of famed Brazilian artists on The Brasil Project (1992).[1]
In addition to numerous TV and film scores Miles Goodman did the 1986 musical adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors and What About Bob?.[2]
Goodman died at age 47 on August 16, 1996, following a heart attack in his Los Angeles home.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- ^ Miles Goodman at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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