Joel Goodman is an Emmy-winning composer who has scored over 125 films that have received 5 Oscar nominations, 20 Emmy awards and over 30 Emmy nominations. He has collaborated with an impressive array of distinguished directors and producers including Neil LaBute, Albert Maysles, Andrew Jarecki, Barbara Kopple, Wong Kar-wai, Rachel Grady, Marshall Curry, Sebastian Junger, Barak Goodman, Alexandra Pelosi, Michael Epstein, Oren Jacoby, Irene Taylor Brodsky, and Fisher Stevens.

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I’m frightened of the old ones.”

– John Cage

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

– Leopold Stokowski

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

– Charlie Parker

Joel Goodman

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“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I’m frightened of the old ones.”

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

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Joel Goodman

Jay Myself

Voyeur

Obit

Everything Is Copy

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I’m frightened of the old ones.”