Goldenthal composed the original music for an acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for Theatre for a New Audience that received four Drama Desk Nominations including Outstanding Music in a Play. His Symphony in G Sharp Minor had its world premiere with the Pacific Symphony in Costa Mesa, CA, and received the Orange County Register’s Reger Award for “Best New Symphony.” An album of the Symphony was also released. A cinematic theatrical experience of A Midsummer Night’s Dream had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Goldenthal’s original two-act opera Grendel, directed by Julie Taymor, premiered at the Los Angeles Opera and was the centerpiece of the Lincoln Center Festival in New York. Goldenthal was named one of the two finalists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in music for his work on Grendel.

Goldenthal composed music for more than a dozen theatrical productions including Juan Darión: A Carnival Mass, which received five Tony nominations including Best Musical, and Original Musical Score for Goldenthal when it was produced at Lincoln Center, an Obie Award Off-Broadway for Goldenthal, as well as four Drama Desk nominations. His other theatrical credits include The Transposed Heads, The Green Bird, The King Stag, and Broadway’s M Butterfly. Goldenthal composed original music and soundscapes for the play Grounded, starring Anne Hathaway at the Public Theater in New York. Goldenthal composed the music for the Netflix-produced film, Our Souls at Night directed by Ritsh Batra. In October 2017, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia premiered a Trumpet Concerto written by Goldenthal for renowned Norwegian Trumpetist, Tine Thing Helseth. His latest film score is for the feature film of Gloria Steinem’s book, My Life On The Road, titled The Glorias, starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, and Bette Midler.