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?
Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. He is also a film-music composer, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2002 for his score to the motion picture "Frida", directed by his long-time partner Julie Taymor.
David Newman (composer) David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning nearly forty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films.