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Jonathan (Jon) Goldsmith is a Canadian musician, arranger, producer and composer. Best known as a composer of film and television scores, he has also been associated with various projects as a musician, including Nick Buzz and the Art of Time Ensemble,[1] and production of albums by artists including Bruce Cockburn, Jane Siberry, Martin Tielli, Hugh Marsh, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir and Sarah Slean.[2]

Jonathan Goldsmith
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm and television composer, musician, record producer
Known forNick Buzz, Art of Time Ensemble

Career


In 1992, Goldsmith, along with Hugh Marsh, Martin Tielli and Rob Piltch, provided backup for a track on the album Back to the Garden; these four later formed the band Nick Buzz and produced two albums and an EP.[3] Goldsmith played piano in the group.[4][5]

For his work as a composer Goldsmith won four Gemini Awards, for his work on Pit Pony, Dead Silence, Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making[6] and The Nativity,[7] a Canadian Screen Award for Titanic,[8] and a BAFTA Award for Sex Traffic.[9] He has also received nine other Gemini Award nominations, and four Genie Award nominations for Best Original Score.

His other film and television credits include Global Heresy, Such a Long Journey, Away from Her, October 1970, Take This Waltz, Rare Birds, Visiting Hours, Casino Jack, Compulsion, Lost Souls, Above and Beyond, Jewel, Cell 213, High Life, Score: A Hockey Musical, Diplomatic Immunity and Wiebo's War.

As a record producer, he has garnered three Juno Award nominations for Producer of the Year, for Bob & Doug McKenzie's comedy single "Take Off" in 1982, Bruce Cockburn's album Stealing Fire in 1984[10] and Hugh Marsh's album Shaking the Pumpkin in 1989.[11]

At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, he won the award for Best Original Score for his work on All My Puny Sorrows.[12]


References


  1. "Finding new Beat to notorious poem". Toronto Star, October 5, 2007.
  2. "Sarah Slean's sea change" . Maclean's, September 8, 2011.
  3. "A Quiet Evening at Home unique and adventurous". Caper Times , Sep 15, 2013 page 6
  4. H. Raymond Samuels II. (2005). Compendium of the Dominion: Canada's grassroots national newspaper : May 2003 to November 2004 editions. Agora Cosmopolitan. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-894934-14-5.
  5. "Nick Buzz: Nick Buzz". Vue Weekly, July 23, 2009
  6. "Composers gaze into the crystal ball". Playback, April 30, 2007.
  7. "Gemini Award Winners in Drama, Children/Youth, Comedy and Variety". Broadcaster, September 1, 2011.
  8. "‘Bomb Girls’ wins at Canadian Screen Awards". Global News, February 28, 2013.
  9. Jerry Roberts, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8108-6138-1. p. 636.
  10. "The Juno nominees are...". Toronto Star, December 5, 1984.
  11. "Juno Nominees". Toronto Star, February 2, 1989.
  12. "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.



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Jonathan Goldsmith ist ein kanadischer Komponist und Musikproduzent.
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