Jeffrey is an award-winning Screenwriter, Playwright, and Composer.
Playwriting and Screenwriting
Educated at Cambridge University, Westminster College, and the University of Utah, Jeffrey Gold was a member of the Playwright's Group for more than three seasons, through the auspices of the Salt Lake Acting Company (which premiered Tony Kushner's Angels in America) under dramaturg Mike Dorrell (BBC's Soldier, Soldier, Pictures of a Floating World) and playwright-in-residence Julie Jensen (Two-Headed, Last Lists of My Mad Mother, Wait!). He has had playwriting and screenwriting masterclasses with Robert McKee (Story), Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men), David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross), Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Meg LeFauve (Pixar's Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur), Lindsey Doran (Sense & Sensibility, The Firm), Gerald DiPego (Phenomenon), Ben Ripley (Source Code), Jack Epps, Jr. (Top Gun), Keith Gordon (Homeland, Mother Night), Barry Schkolnick (Law & Order), and Jon Jory (Actors Theatre of Louisville), among others. Jeffrey has pitched to Barrie M. Osborne (Lord of the Rings), Jordan Horowitz at Original Headquarters (La La Land, Counterpart), Mark Johnson at Gran Via Productions (Breaking Bad), Janet Wu (Moana) at Netflix, Chris Kuser at Dreamworks Animation (MegaMind), Beth Swofford (CAA), Rob Kenneally (CAA), and Christopher Lockhart (William Morris Endeavor).
His plays IN THE PURSUIT OF SVETLA, HORST AND GRABEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNFINISHED MAN, FITCH TODD, PERCOLATION THEORY, DEDEKIND, HORST AND GRABEN AT THE CHATEAU GODOT, EXECUTION AT PARADAIS ISLAND, DISPLACEMENT: A FISH IN WATER STORY, FAIR SHAKE, FUTURE PERFECT ("The Russian Play"), A COLD NIGHT FOR A DIVA, PURCHASE, CHAMPAGNE FOR CHEKHOV, and screenplays and teleplays THE LEAVING MAN, STEEN'S FOLLY, KLIEG LIGHT, QUANTUM DREAMS, and SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN have garnered numerous awards, readings, and productions. FAIR SHAKE was selected for the 2013 Smith & Kraus anthology The Best Ten-Minute Plays. THE CLERK was an Official Selection in the 2020 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Sydney, where it was produced, and the 2019 ALAP Annual Play Reading Festival (Los Angeles). THE CLERK was also shortlisted in the 2020 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival in Dubai, and the 2019 Short+Sweet Theatre Festivals in Manila and Hollywood.
He was an Artist-in-Residence at the Entrada Institute. With over 90 awards and recognitions in playwriting and screenwriting, he has been a Semi-Finalist in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact 2 and Impact 3, a Winner in the SLFS/USP Screenwriting Fellowship (underwritten by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences), a Finalist in the Writers Guild of America West (WGAw) Foundation Pitch Competition, twice Finalist in the Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competitions, and a Winner, Finalist, and Semi-Finalist in the Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competitions.
Music
Jeffrey creates film music in a variety of styles ranging from symphonic to ambient and electronic to minimalist. Winner (Best Composer) and Winner (Best Soundtrack) in the 2021 Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, Winner (Diamond Award) for Best Original Score at the 2021 Albuquerque Mindfield Film Festival, Winner (3rd Place) in the 2020 Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA) Short Liszt Op. 2 Two Hour Composing Challenge, Winner of the 2019 Akademia Music Award for Best Song (Ambient/Instrumental), Nominee in the 2017 American Songwriting Awards in the Instrumental category, Winner of the 2016 Akademia Music Award for Best Ambient/Instrumental Song, Winner of the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Instrumental/Acoustic Song, Winner of the 2013, 2012, and 2006 Best of State Awards for Original Music Composition, Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2011 Park City Film Music Festival, Winner of the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival, and Semi-Finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival filmscoring competition, Jeffrey Gold's works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Centres in Cardiff, Wales and in Piccadilly, London, on television in the U.K., on PBS television in the U.S., on the radio and at international film festivals.
In 2005 he was invited to participate in the 19th Annual Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference and the 3rd Annual Sundance Institute Theatre Program/Johnny Mercer Foundation Masterclass with composers and performers Melissa Manchester, Jimmy Webb, Michael Rupert, Margaret Whiting, Charles Strouse, Billy Stritch, and Don Rebic. He has had additional masterclasses with Academy award winner Hans Zimmer, film composer/orchestrator/arranger Conrad Pope (Star Wars, Munich, Memoirs of a Geisha), two-time Emmy award-winning film composer/arranger Hummie Mann (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Year of the Comet), Academy award nominee Danny Elfman, multiple Grammy and Oscar-winning musical theatre lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked), film composer Reuven Herman (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren, award-winning film composer Douglas Romayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), award-winning film composer & Sundance Institute alumnus Vincent Gillioz, and Clio award-winning guitar virtuoso Vince Lauria.
Among his influences are film composing legends John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Alan Silvestri, John Barry, Georges Delerue, Vangelis, and Peter Gabriel and classical composers such as Holst, Barber, Elgar, and Satie—to name a limited few. His musical mentor is film composer Reuven Herman.
He is a lifetime member of the Cambridge University Film & Television Society (CFTV), a full member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers (ASCAP) since 1999, a full member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), and a member of the Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA).
He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Projects
- The FieldFilm Composer Jeffrey Gold | www.jeffreygoldmusic.com Liner Notes: I'm introducing a friend to the piano, and tried to create a minimalist piece based on two notes only. I tried to keep variations down to a minimum. Jeffrey creates film music in a variety of styles ranging from symphonic to ambient and electronic to minimalist.
- THE GATHERING STORM (f. Cora Chung, Cello)The Gathering Storm is a collaboration with the amazing cellist Cora Chung, and sprung out of a collaboration with mentor film composer Reuven Herman and film composers Scot Peacock, Steven Buckner, and Fabri Novo. Cora Chung | Cello Cora (Yi-Huan) Chung is a composer and cellist from Taiwan. She started her classical music training at age four. As a cellist, she has performed with a number of professional orchestras in Asia, such as Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and Asian Youth Orchestr
- ANTARAXAntarax | Film Composer Jeffrey Gold The incredible cityscape by the brilliant concept designer Wojtek Fus from Gdansk, Poland. Wojtek Fus | Concept Designer | http://wojtekfus.com Wojtek Fus is a 23 years old Polish concept designer working on AAA video game projects since late 2011. He's been involved in a wide range of productions providing a variety of work such as promo art, character design, environment design and matte painting. Some of his recent work includes The Witcher 3: Wild Hu
- Echoes of KerberosECHOES OF KERBEROS A man gets a mysterious phone call threatening the life of his girlfriend unless he does what he is told. Echoes of Kerberos is a psychological thriller—but with a twist—because the thriller is taking place entirely inside the psyche of someone with multiple personality disorder. The writer of Echoes of Kerberos, Steve Brock, knew someone afflicted with this condition, and upon seeing the film, she stated that the film was the most accurate portrayal of what it is like to liv
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Work history
Film ComposerCorpus Polymedia
Los Angeles, United StatesFreelance
Film music publisher
Skills
- Music Composition
- Soundtrack Composition
- Sound Audio
- Sound Design
- Music Documentary
- Music
- Film Music
- Orchestral Music
- Classical Music
- Electronic Music
Education
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Master of Professional CommunicationWestminster College
- Salt Lake City, United States
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MPhil ProgrammeCambridge University (Fitzwilliam College)
- United Kingdom
Lifetime Member, Cambridge Film and Television Society (CFTV)
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Awards
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Winner - Best Song (Ambient/Instrumental)Akademia Music Awards
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Winner - Best Song (Classical)Akademia Music Awards
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