For which motion picture did this American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music, who composed Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass, win the Academy Award?
Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass The Obie award–winning score for Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass was first composed by Elliot Goldenthal circa 1988 when the musical first opened off-Broadway in a small former church and was subsequently reworked and refined for the on-Broadway release of the show in 1996.
Serenity (soundtrack) The soundtrack to the 2005 motion picture "Serenity" was released on September 27, 2005. The film's score was composed by David Newman, and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony under Newman's direction. According to director Joss Whedon's sleeve notes for the album, Newman was recommended by Universal's music executives when he requested a musician capable of "everything." It is of note that the acoustic guitar version of the "Ballad of Serenity", which was used at the end of the film's credits, is absent from the soundtrack.