Adam Samuel Goldman is a Los Angeles–based

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, producer, and

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. He cowrote and produced '' For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close,'' a comedy-doc hybrid that premiered at

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in 2021, and '' Flipside'', a feature documentary premiering at the

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in 2023. His score for the

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primetime drama '' The Code'' earned an ASCAP Screen Music Award in 2020. Goldman was songwriter and producer for the art-pop band

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, which released three albums on

Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nomina ...

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label from 2009 to 2013 and was noted for its "instantly unique blend of dread and whimsy." He was also songwriter and singer for

chamber pop Chamber pop (also called baroque pop and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop) is a music genre that combines rock music with the intricate use of strings, horns, piano, and vocal harmonies, and other components drawn from t ...

band Bedroom Walls and touring guitarist for Liars on their 2008 tour opening for

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Film and television

Goldman studied

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and holds a Master's degree from

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

, where he studied with Thom Andersen and James Benning. His early work includes the 1998 documentary short ''The Mark Twain Company'', which screened at

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, Los Angeles Filmforum, and Other Cinema in San Francisco.

Craig Baldwin Craig Baldwin (born 1952) is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses found footage (appropriation), found footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional doc ...

described the film as a “deadpan inventory of the evolution of Twain’s familial and cultural bequests

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constitutes a canny critical treatise on relations between artists, estates, heirs, intellectual property, and public memory” and said it “offers crucial insights into how artistic intentions are unexpectedly transformed by historical forces.” The ''

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'' called it “a fascinating and revealing portrait of the insidious workings of capitalist enterprise.” He began composing for film in 2000 with the feature documentary '' The Target Shoots First'', directed by Chris Wilcha. His film and television credits as a composer include scoring the

military-legal drama '' The Code'', which earned him a 2020 ASCAP Screen Music Award; the documentary film '' Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro'' for

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;

Patrik-Ian Polk Patrik-Ian Polk (born July 29, 1973 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Polk, who is gay, is noted for his films and theatre work that explore the experiences and stories of African Americans, Africa ...

's feature film ''Noah's'' ''Arc: Jumping the Broom'' (

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Films); and nonfiction projects for director

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, including ''Beauty CULTure'' (co-written with

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as Fol Chen). His songs have been used in the television shows ''

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'' (Showtime), '' CSI:NY'' (CBS), ''

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'' (CBS), ''

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'' (FOX), ''

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'' (Showtime), ''

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'' (USA Network), and ''One Nation Under Dog'' (HBO). Goldman's commercial work includes music composed for

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, and

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. Goldman is also screenwriter and producer. With director Heather Ross, he cowrote and produced '' For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close'' (2020), a feature

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

hybrid about the

improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv or impro in British English, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers. In its ...

guru who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. Starring

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023) as adult ...

James Urbaniak James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Simon Grim in three Hal Hartley films: '' Henry Fool'' (1997), '' Fay Grim'' (2006) and '' Ned Rifle'' (2014), Robert Crumb in '' ...

(as Close), Matt Walsh,

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, and

Lauren Lapkus Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus (born September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedian, known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama se ...

, the film premiered at SXSW and is distributed by

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. Most recently, he cowrote, produced, and scored ''Flipside''. Directed by Chris Wilcha and executive produced by

Judd Apatow Judd Apatow (; born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films ''The 4 ...

, ''Flipside'' will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2023.

Music and Art

Goldman produced

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’s '' Echolocations: River'' (2017), which was described by

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as “darkly enchanting” and “a wholly unique experience, fusing ambient improvisations with chamber music and environmental soundscapes.” He co-wrote and co-produced ''Silver Silver'' (2012), an album by

Simone White Simone White (born February 7, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter. Life and career Simone White appeared in the 1984 comedy-drama " The Wild Life" written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson. Eddie Van Halen and Donn Landee compos ...

, released on

Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical con ...

’s Honest Jon’s imprint. Under his

pseudonym Samuel Bing, Goldman remixed Junior Vasquez’s “Insecurities” for release on the

Tommy Boy ''Tommy Boy'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Bonnie and Terry Turner, produced by Lorne Michaels, and starring soon-to-be former ''Saturday Night Live'' castmates and close friends Chris Farley and D ...

label in 2009. That same year, he produced a cover of Prince’s “

The Beautiful Ones "The Beautiful Ones" is the third track on Prince and the Revolution's soundtrack album '' Purple Rain''. It was one of three songs produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince, the other two being "When Doves Cry" and "Darling Nikki". ...

” for ''Spin'' magazine’s '' Purplish Rain'' tribute album. He teamed up with

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disc jockey Eric J. Lawrence to remix David Bowie’s “ Golden Years” as part of a deluxe reissue of Bowie’s ''

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'' album. For the 2017

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in New Zealand, Goldman organized ''Anything Could Happen'' with key figures from the

Dunedin Sound The Dunedin sound was a musical and cultural movement in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, in the early 1980s. It helped found indie rock as a genre. The scene is associated with Flying Nun Records, an independent label. Bands associated with th ...

music scene including Roy Colbert of Records Records,

Alastair Galbraith Alastair Galbraith (born 1965) is a New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin. Career Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two ...

, and members of

Straitjacket Fits Straitjacket Fits were a four-piece alternative indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1986 and broke up in 1994. They released three studio albums, ''Hail'' (1988), '' Melt'' (1990), and '' Blow'' (1993), and several EPs. Thei ...

The Chills The Chills are a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band were fronted by founding mainstay singer-songwriter, guitarist Martin Phillipps (singer), Martin Phillipps (2 July 1963 – 28 July 2024). During the mid-1 ...

Look Blue Go Purple Look Blue Go Purple were a New Zealand alternative rock band from Dunedin, active from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the "second wave" of the Dunedin sound. Their first official show was at The Broome Valley Festival on 5 March 1983. M ...

The Verlaines The Verlaines are a New Zealand rock band from Dunedin. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups. Formed at the beginning of Dunedin sound, The Verlaine ...

, and The Bats. He has collaborated with

Machine Project Machine Project was a Los Angeles based not-for-profit arts organization and community event space. History Founded by Mark Allen, Machine Project launched in 2003 with its inaugural show, 'Tom Jennings - Story Teller,' an installation produced ...

on performances and projects at the

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LACMA The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961 ...

Colgate University Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York ...

. In 2011, Goldman and Fol Chen collaborated with

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on "a crazy motion-sensitive musical pyramid" sound toy called The Tetrafol.

Discography

Fol Chen *'' The False Alarms'' (2013) *''Part II: The New December'' (2010) * ''The Holograms'' (EP) * ''In Ruins'' (EP) *'' Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'' (2009) Bedroom Walls *''All Good Dreamers Pass This Way'' (2006) *''I Saw You Coming Back To Me'' (2003)

References

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