Joel Goodman is an Emmy winning composer who writes music for feature films, documentaries, television, album releases, performance ensembles and other forms of collaborative media.
9/28/22
Loudmouth (Theatrical Release)
Greenwich Entertainment will release the film Loudmouth on December 9, 2022. The documentary on Rev. Al Sharpton, directed by Josh Alexander was the closing night film at this years Tribeca Film Festival.
Read the Variety review here.
03/29/21
American Experience: The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (PBS)
Directed by Jamila Ephron, The Blinding of Isaac Woodard details how a vicious hate-crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman and set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.
03/03/21
Murder Among The Mormons (Netflix)
Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and Tyler Measom (An Honest Liar), and produced by Joe Berlinger and Jannat Gargi, Murder Among The Mormons tells the story of high-stakes exploits turn deadly and shakes a global church to it's core. 3-part series streaming on Netflix now.
10/22/20
Interview: The Curve (YouTube)
Directed and produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Adam Benzine, who produced it in secret over the last six months, The Curve focuses on the US government’s failed response to the global coronavirus pandemic. Relying on expert interviews and news footage, the film digs into the events of the past year. The film is set for a YouTube release on Oct 27th, 2020. Check out the American Songwriter interview here.
6/16/20
American Masters : Mae West - Dirty Blonde (PBS)
Executive Produced by Bette Midler, American Masters — Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she “climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong” to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change. The film premiered on PBS on June 16, 2020, and is also available via PBS Passport.
3/26/20
Emmy Nomination: Q BALL (Fox Sports/Netflix)
Across the Bay from the NBA champion Golden State Warriors is another Warriors team, one that plays only home games. At San Quentin State Prison, hardened convicts take their shots at redemption while navigating personal struggles by bonding through basketball. I’m honored to have received my fourth Emmy nomination for my score to this film. The film also received a nomination for Best Documentary. It originally premiered on Fox Sports and is now available for streaming on Netflix.