Justin Goldner
Musical artist
Justin Goldner is an American music producer , songwriter , arranger and session musician based in New York City , originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 1]
His performances have been featured on Grammy , Latin Grammy and Tony award -winning projects (Dear Evan Hansen ),[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] as well as the Golden Globe winning film The Greatest Showman and television shows including Hazbin Hotel .[ 5] He is a frequent contributor to projects by composers Pasek and Paul and Jason Robert Brown , including the latter’s Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County .[ 6] [ 4]
Goldner has been featured in mandolin performances with Sting at Carnegie Hall and live on NBC ’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center ,[ 7] as well as live performance with Ben Platt on the 60th Annual Grammy Awards telecast from Madison Square Garden .[ 8] [ 9] He also appears in Platt's Live from Radio City Music Hall concert special on Netflix .[ 10]
As a music producer and songwriter, Goldner is known for drawing upon both acoustic and electronic textures.[ 11] Since 2009, his work as producer and bandleader of Grace McLean & Them Apples has yielded three albums, combining McLean ’s vocal looping techniques with organic instruments, garnering recognition in Rolling Stone and the New York Times .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Goldner performing with Childish Gambino at Bowery Ballroom in New York
Goldner participated in developing the music for Pasek and Paul’s films The Greatest Showman, Spirited , and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile [ 16] , as well as their musical Dear Evan Hansen , which he ultimately performed on Broadway and in the 2021 film adaptation .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 17] He has been featured in other performances with Ricky Martin ,[ 18] Macy Gray , Tori Kelly ,[ 19] Donald Glover ,[ 20] Shawn Mendes ,[ 21] Ledisi ,[ 22] Bruce Springsteen ,[ 23] James Taylor ,[ 24] Natasha Bedingfield ,[ 25] Idina Menzel ,[ 26] Jordin Sparks ,[ 27] Aloe Blacc , Renée Fleming ,[ 28] Max Martin ,[ 29] Ludwig Goransson , Ariana DeBose ,[ 30] Stephen Sondheim , Lin-Manuel Miranda ,[ 31] T Bone Burnett ,[ 32] Alan Menken ,[ 29] Chris Thile ,[ 29] Matisyahu , Amanda Brown ,[ 33] Steve Martin , John Turturro ,[ 34] Allison Williams , Jane Monheit ,[ 35] Jesse McCartney , Emily Kinney ,[ 36] Audra McDonald ,[ 37] Jeremy Jordan , Cynthia Erivo ,[ 38] Milck ,[ 25] Lolo , Grace Weber , Elle Varner , Lawrence ,[ 29] and his mentor, Meshell Ndegeocello .[ 16]
Other notable production and songwriting releases have included folk-pop trio Saint Adeline 's eponymous debut album,[ 39] Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio 's Bubble Boy [ 40] [ 41] [ 42] , and "Destiny", included on Hasbro 's Jem & The Holograms tribute album.[ 43] Goldner has also performed classically with the Chelsea Symphony and Teatro Graticello, and performed live electronics and sound design with new acoustic crossover group 9 Horses .[ 11] He is known as well for collaborations with global artists, including Bollywood composers Shankar Mahadevan and Vishal Bhardwaj , Latin Grammy -winning Venezuelan vocalist/trumpeter Linda Briceño [ 44] [ 45] and Cuban rock band Del Exilio .[ 46] [ 47]
Discography
Production & Songwriting
Source:[ 5]
Grace McLean – My Lovely Enemy (2024)[ 48] [ 49] [ 50]
Mike Tedesco – Grand Delusions (2024)[ 51]
Tori Kelly – "Waving Through a Window" (2021)[ 52] [ 53]
Ariana DeBose – "Shall We Dance " (2021)[ 54] [ 55]
Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical (2020) [ 56] [ 57]
Drew Gasparini – We Aren't Kids Anymore (2020)[ 58]
Mike Tedesco – Hardly Recognizable (2019)
Hey Guy – "Stereo" (2019)
Jared Saltiel – Out of Clay (2018)
9 Horses – "The Water Understands" (2017)
Cinco Paul – Bubble Boy [Original Cast Recording] (2017)
Alice J Lee – "In Love With Drew", "Trouble" (2016)
Janet Krupin – Hipster Pinup (2016)
Saint Adeline – Saint Adeline (2016)
Barnaby Bright – "Destiny" (released on Truly Outrageous: A Tribute to Starlight Records , 2015)
Grace McLean & Them Apples – Natural Disaster (2015)
Bri Arden – All The Above (2014)
Abby Bernstein – Talk in Tongues (2012)
Ryan Amador – Symptoms of a Wide-Eyed Being (2012)
Grace McLean & Them Apples – Make Me Breakfast (2012)
Carrie Manolakos – Echo (2012)
Shaina Taub – What Otters Do (2011)
Source:[ 5]
Orchestration & Arranging
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