Jonathan Goldsmith
Composer
Since the early 1980s, Jonathan Goldsmith has written and produced music for well over a hundred media productions, including feature films such as Burn Your Maps, Forsaken, Take This Waltz, Away From Her, Casino Jack, Sharkwater:Extinction and TV series Titanic, Sex Traffic, The Nativity, Pure and Sensitive Skin.
With a knack for sensitive and inventive scores that becomes an integral part of the storytelling, Jonathan’s music has earned him numerous wins and nominations in the gemini awards, Canadian screen awards, bafta awards and genie awards. Jonathan is a versatile composer with wide-ranging musical sensibilities as heard in films ranging from intimate dramas and quirky comedies to science fiction adventures and fantasy movies.
Jonathan is also member of the intergalactic cabaret orchestra Nick Buzz, and a founding member of the musicians collective Art of Time Ensemble in Toronto, for whom he regularly composes and arranges, and has produced albums for artists including Bruce Cockburn, Jane Siberry, Sarah Slean, Hugh Marsh and Bob & Doug Mckenzie. He has been nominated for the Juno ‘producer of the year’ award three times.
Selected Credits
AWARDS
2005 BAFTA Award, Best Original Score For Television
Four Gemini Awards, Best Original Score
Fifteen Gemini Award Nominations, Best Original Score
Four Genie Award Nominations, Best Original Score
Canadian Screen Award, Best Original Score
FILM
How to Kill Your Boss (Upcoming)
Producers: Jeff Sackman
Starring: Lara Daans
Pray for Me (Upcoming)
Director: Damian Lee, Henry Less
Producers: Henry Less, G. Scott Paterson
Starring: Angela Asher, Matia Jackett, Lara Daans
The Middle Man
Norsk Filmdistribusjon
Director: Bent Hamer
Producers: Reinhard Brundig, Nina Frese, Bent Hamer, Jacob Jarek
Starring: Don McKellar, Kenneth Welsh, Rossif Sutherland
The Devil’s Advocate (Documentary)
Metfilm Sales
Director: Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
Producers: Amar Lohana, Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
All My Puny Sorrows
Carousel Pictures
Director: Michael McGowan
Producers: Tyler Levine, Michael McGowan, Patrice Theroux
Starring: Sarah Gadon, Alison Pill, Amybeth McNulty
Sharkwater: Extinction
Sharkwater Productions
Director: Rob Stewart
Producers: Brian Stewart, Sandra Campbell, Nick Hector
Starring: Rob Stewart
Dreamland
Goodbye Productions
Director: Bruce McDonald
Producers: Amber Ripley, Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira, Philippe Logie
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Henry Rollins, Stephen McHattie
Burn Your Maps
Cinelou Films
Director: Jordan Roberts
Producer: Patrick Aiello, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Marton Csokas, Virginia Madsen
Unless
Sienna Films
Director: Alan Gilsenan
Producer: Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Tristan Lynch
Starring: Catherine Keener, Brendan Coyle, Chloe Rose
Forsaken
Falconer Pictures
Director: Jon Cassar
Producer: Kevin DeWalt, Douglas Falconer, Gary Howsam
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore
* 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
A Fighting Man
Rollercoaster Entertainment
Director: Damian Lee
Producer: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks
Starring: Dominic Purcell, Izaak Smith, James Caan
Ice Soldiers
Hideaway Pictures
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producer: David Anselmo, Jeff Sackman, Michael Baker
Starring: Adam Beach, Dominic Purcell
The Returned
TAJJ Media
Director: Manuel Carballo
Producers: George Ayoub, Julio Fernández, Gary Howsam
Starring: Emily Hampshire, Kris Holden-Ried, Claudia Bassols
Breakout
Rollercoaster Entertainment
Director: Damian Lee
Producers: Mary Eilts, Brendan Fraser, Gary Howsam
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Dominic Purcell, Ethan Suplee
Compulsion
Dimension Films
Director: Egidio Coccimiglio
Producers: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks
Starring: Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Mantegna
The Ballad of Hugh
Director: Marco DiFelice
Producers: Avi Federgreen, Nadia Tavazzani
Starring: Hugh Oliver
A Dark Truth
Vortex Words Pictures
Director: Damian Lee
Producers: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks
Starring: Kevin Durand, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates
Stories We Tell (Music Arranger, Documentary)
National Film Board
Director: Sarah Polley
Producer: Anita Lee
Echoes
Aysha Productions
Director: Sun-Kyung Yi
Producers: John Haslett Cuff
Take This Waltz
Joe’s Daughter
Director: Sarah Polley
Producers: Susan Cavan, Sarah Polley
Starring: Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman
Down the Road Again
Triptych Media
Director: Don Shebib
Producers: Robin Cass, Sandra Cunningham, Anna Stratton
Starring: Doug McGrath, Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke
Wiebo’s War (Documentary)
52 Media, Inc.
Director: David York
Producers: Bonnie Thompson, Bryn Hughes, Nick Hector
Score: A Hockey Musical
Mulmur Feed Co.
Director: Michael McGowan
Producers: Jody Colero, Richard Hanet, Avi Federgreen
Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Stephen McHattie, Wesley Morgan
* 2010 Toronto International Film Festival Opening Night Film
Casino Jack
Paradigm
Director: George Hickenlooper
Producers: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks, Dana Brunetti
Starring: Kevin Spacey, John Lovitz, Kelly Preston
* 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Cell 213
Access Motion Pictures
Director: Stephen T. Kay
Producers: Hassain Zaidi, Gary Howsam, Hartley Gorenstein
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Eric Balfour, Michael Rooker
High Life
Triptych Media / Shoreline Entertainment
Director: Gary Yates
Producers: Elizabeth Jarvis, Morris Ruskin, Anna Stratton
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Rossif Sutherland, Stephen Eric McIntyre
* Genie Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Tenderness
Lionsgate / GreeneStreet Films
Director: John Polson
Producers: Howard Meltzer, John Penotti, Charles Randolph
Starring: Russell Crowe, Laura Dern, Alexis Dziena
Passage
PTV Productions
Director: John Walker
Producers: Andrea Nemtin, Bill Nemtin, John Walker
Starring: Rick Roberts, Nigel Bennett, Patrick Godfrey, Geraldine Alexander
Away From Her
Film Farm / Foundry Films
Director: Sarah Polley
Producers: Daniel Iron, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl
Starring: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis
* 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
* 2007 Sundance Film Festival Premiere
* Dallas AFI Closing Night Film
FILM (CONTINUED)
Rock My World
GFT / Ultimate Pictures
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Producers: Gary Howsam, Mark Shorrock, Lewin Webb
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverston
Rare Birds
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson Pope Prods.
Producers: Janet York, Paul Pope
Starring: William Hurt
Such A Long Journey
The Film Works
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Paul Stevens, Simon McCorkindale, Victor Solnicki
Starring: Roshan Seth
* 1998 Toronto International Film Festival Special Presentation
* Genie Award Nomination, Best Original Score
The Girl Next Door
Fireworks Productions / BBS
Director: Eric Till
Producer: Tony Thatcher
Starring: Henry Czerny, Gary Busey
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Diplomatic Immunity
Metropolis Motion Pictures
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Sturla Gunnarsson, Steve Lucas
Starring: Wendel Meldrum
* Genie Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Visiting Hours
20th Century Fox
Director: Jean Claude Lord
Producers: Pierre David, Claude Heroux
Starring: Lee Grant, William Shatner
* Genie Award Nomination, Best Original Score
SERIES
Hey Lady!
Director: Will Bowes, Adriana Maggs, Sarah Polley
Producer: Jessica Jennings
Starring: Jayne Eastwood, Grace Lynn Kung, Zachary Bennett
Pure
WGN America, CBC
Director: Ken Girotti
Producer: David MacLeod
Starring: Ryan Robbins, Alex Paxton-Beesley, Rosie Perez
Between
Don Carmody Television / Netflix
Director: Jon Cassar, Michael McGowan
Producers: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Naveen Prasad
Starring: Jennette McCurdy, Jim Watson, Wesley Morgan
The Grim Sleeper
Lifetime
Director: Stanley M. Brooks
Producers: William H. Macy, Steven Schachter, Howard Braunstein, Michael Jaffe
Starring: Dreama Walker, Macy Gray, Ernie Hudson
Sensitive Skin
Rhombus Media / Movie Central
Director: Don McKellar
Producers: Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
Starring: Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar
Titanic (Mini-Series)
ABC
Director: Jon Jones
Producers: Nigel Stafford-Clark, Chris Thompson, Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny
Starring: Ben Bishop, Glen Blackhall, Ruth Bradley
* 2013 Canadian Screen Award, Best Original Score
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
CBC
Director: Don McKellar
Producers: Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
Starring: Martha Burns, Corey Charron, Jennifer Irwin
The Nativity (Mini-Series)
Red Planet Pictures
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Producer: Ruth Kenley-Letts
Starring: Andrew Buchan, Peter Capaldi, Al Weaver
* 2011 Gemini Award Winner, Best Original Score
Above and Beyond
Pope Productions / CBC
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producer: Paul Pope
Starring: John Stamos
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
October 1970 (Mini-Series)
Big Motion Picture Company / CBC
Director: Don McBrearty
Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David McLeod
Smokescreen
Lifetime Television
Director: Gary Yates
Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Christian Bruyere, Tom Cox
Starring: Jaime Pressly, Currie Graham, Garwin Sanford
Everything She Ever Wanted
Lifetime Movie Network
Director: Peter Svatek
Producers: Stan Brooks, Damian Ganczewski, Jim Head, Nicholas Tabarrok
Starring: Gina Gershon, Victor Garber, Ryan McPartlin
Burn Up
BBC Worldwide
Director: Omar Madha
Producers: Tom Cox, Stephen Garrett
Starring: Neve Campbell, Bradley Whitford, Rupert Penry-Jones
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making
Big Motion Picture Company / CBC
Director: Tim Southam
Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David McLeod
* 2006 Gemini Award Winner, Best Original Score
Sex Traffic
Channel 4 / CBC
Director: David Yates
Producers: Derek Wax, Wayne Grigsby, David McLeod
* BAFTA Award Winner, Best Original Score for Television
Innocent Blood: The True Story of The Salem Witch Trials
CBS
Director: Joe Sargent
Producers: Diana Kerew, John Ryan
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Kirstie Alley, Alan Bates, Henry Czerny
The Ricky Nelson Story
VH1
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein
Starring: Gregory Calpakis, Jamey Sheridan, Sara Botsford
Air India 182
52 Media Inc.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: David York, Sturla Gunnarsson
Mayerthorpe
Seven24Films
Director: Ken Girotti
Producers: Jordy Randall, Tom Cox, Jon Slan
Starring: Diane Ladd, Henry Cxerny, Adam MacDonald
Black Widow
Enigmatico Films / CBC
Director: David Mortin
Producers: Stephen Traynor, David Mortin, Patricia Fogliato
Starring: Sarah Slean, Mary Margared O’Hara, Martin Tielli
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
The Man Who Saved Christmas
CBS
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Peter Sussman, Ed Gernon, Diana Kerew, Randi Richmond, Orly Adelson
Starring: Jason Alexander, Ed Asner
SERIES (CONTINUED)
Hell On Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
CBS
Director: Ed Gernon
Producers: Peter Sussman, Howard Meltzer
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Parker Posey
Jewel
CBS
Director: Paul Shapiro
Producers: Terry Gould
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Bergin
Blackout
CBS
Director: James Keach
Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Nicholas Tabarrok
Starring: Jane Seymour, Corin Nemec
Too Young To Be A Dad
Lifetime
Director: Eva Gardos
Producers: Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Partricia Saphier, Mike Mahoney
Starring: Kathy Baker, Bruce Davison
Scorn
CBC
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Christian Bruyer, Laszlo Barna, Maryke McEwen
Starring: Erik Johnson
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
* Golden Fipa, Best Music, Biarritz 2001
Black and Blue
CBS
Director: Paul Shapiro
Producers: Gerald Abrams, Jennifer Alward
Starring: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia
Kissinger and Nixon
TNT / Warner
Director: Dan Petrie, Sr.
Producers: Dan Blatt
Starring: Ron Silver, Beau Bridges
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Behind the Mask
CBS
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Producers: Stanley Brook, Barry Morrow, Richard Hews
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Matthew Fox
Dead Husbands
Paramount Pictures
Director: Paul Shapiro
Producers: Karen Moore
Starring: Nicollette Sheridan, John Ritter
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
Power Pictures
Director: Paul Shapiro
Producers: Jennifer Alward, Julian Marks
Starring: Dana Delany
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Dead Silence
HBO
Director: Dan Petrie Jr.
Producers: John Kemeny
Starring: James Garner, Marlee Matlin, Lolita Davidovich
* 1997 Gemini Award Winner, Best Original Score
Survival on the Mountain
Hallmark
Director: Jonathan Patterson
Producers: Preston Fischer, Francis Ford Coppola, Billy Crystal
Pit Pony
CBC
Director: Eric Till
Producers: Andrew Cochrane
* 1998 Gemini Award Winner, Best Original Score
Gerrie & Louise (Documentary)
Blackstock Pictures/CBC
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: David York, Phyllis Brown, Sturla Gunnarsson
* International Emmy Winner Best Documentary
We The Jury
Network
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Larry Raskin
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Lauren Hutton, Christopher Plummer
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
Heads
Showtime
Director: Paul Shapiro
Producers: Jonathan Goodwill, Derek Mazur
Starring: Ed Asner, Jon Cryer
* Gemini Award Nomination, Best Original Score
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
CBC
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Producers: Maryke McEwen
Starring: Sandra Oh, Harrison Liu
The Guardian
HBO
Director: David Greene
Producers: Stanley Chase
Starring: Martin Sheen, Louis Gossett Jr.
RECORDINGS (as Producer)
Sarah Slean – Sea (Pheromone Recordings)
Jenn Grant – Echoes (Sixshooter Records)
Sarah Slean with the Art of Time Ensemble – Black Flowers (Pheromone Records)
Steven Page with the Art of Time Ensemble – A Singer Must Die (Pheromone Records)
Bruce Cockburn – Life Short Call Now (Rounder/Umgd)
Bruce Cockburn – Big Circumstance (Rounder/Umgd)
Bruce Cockburn – Stealing Fire (Rounder/Umgd)
Bruce Cockburn – World of Wonders
Bruce Cockburn – Waiting for a Miracle (True North Canada)
Bruce Cockburn – Silver Wheels
Jane Siberry – No Borders Here
Matin Tielli – Operation Infinite Joy
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Superior Cackling Hen
Images in Vogue – The Spell
Gregory Hoskins – Moon Come Up
Gregory Hoskins – Raids on the Unspeakable
The Nylons – Busy Tonight
The Partland Brothers – Between Worlds
Scott Dibble – One Phoebe Street
Nick Buzz – Circo
Nick Buzz – The Schoenberg Cabarets
Bob and Doug Mackenzie – The Great White North
Arraymusic – Ville Etrange
Arraymusic – Chroma
Arraymusic – New World
Art of Time – Art of Time
Continuum – Continuum Two
NOJO (Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra) – Firewater
NOJO (Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra) – You Are Here
NOJO (Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra) – Highwire
NOJO (Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra) – City of Neighbourhoods
Daniel Janke – In A Room
Hugh Marsh – Shaking the Pumpkin
Hugh Marsh – Songs For My Mother and Father
Hugh Marsh – Hugmars
David Occhipinti – David Occhipinti (Unity)
Michael Occhipinti – Surrealist Blues
Michael Occhipinti – Creation Dream (True North Records)