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Justin Goldner

Justin Goldner is an American music producer, songwriter, arranger and session musician based in New York City, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

Justin Goldner
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Producer, songwriter, musician, arranger
Instrument(s)Bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, electronics
Years active2007–present
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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.[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 recognized for his mandolin performances with Sting at Carnegie Hall and live on NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center,[7] as well as his 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 two albums, combining McLean’s vocal looping techniques with organic instruments.[12] Consecutive performances at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series in 2015 and 2016 garnered recognition in the New York Times, in which Stephen Holden wrote: “In the tradition of Bobby McFerrin, [Grace McLean] is also a sonic wizard who multiplies her voice in electronic loops that can turn a singer into a one-person chorus and rhythm section. […] The electronics wove in and out of polyrhythmic jazz and swing arrangements conceived mostly by Justin Goldner, her musical director and bassist.”[13]

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[14], as well as their musical Dear Evan Hansen, which he ultimately performed on Broadway and in the 2021 film adaptation.[2][3][4][15] He has been featured in other performances with Ricky Martin,[16] Macy Gray, Tori Kelly,[17] Donald Glover,[18] Shawn Mendes,[19] Ledisi,[20] Bruce Springsteen,[21] James Taylor,[22] Natasha Bedingfield,[23] Idina Menzel,[24] Jordin Sparks,[25] Aloe Blacc, Renée Fleming,[26] Max Martin,[27] Ludwig Goransson, Ariana DeBose,[28] Stephen Sondheim, Lin-Manuel Miranda,[29] Alan Menken,[27] Chris Thile,[27] Matisyahu, Amanda Brown,[30] Steve Martin, John Turturro,[31] Allison Williams, Jane Monheit,[32] Jesse McCartney, Emily Kinney,[33] Audra McDonald,[34] Jeremy Jordan, Cynthia Erivo,[35] Milck,[23] Lolo, Grace Weber, Elle Varner, Lawrence,[27] and his mentor, Meshell Ndegeocello.[14]

Other notable production and songwriting releases have included folk-pop trio Saint Adeline's eponymous debut album,[citation needed] Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio's Bubble Boy[36][37][38], and "Destiny", included on Hasbro's Jem & The Holograms tribute album.[39] 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[40][41] and Cuban rock band Del Exilio.[42][43]

Discography edit

Production & Songwriting[5] edit

  • Grace McLean – "Albertine", "My Lovely Enemy", "Reckless", "Everybody Loves" (2023-24)[44][45]
  • Tori Kelly – "Waving Through a Window" (2021)[46][47]
  • Ariana DeBose – "Shall We Dance" (2021)[48][49]
  • Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical (2020)[50][51]
  • Drew Gasparini – We Aren't Kids Anymore (2020)[52]
  • Mike Tedesco – Hardly Recognizable (2019)
  • Hey Guy – "Stereo" (2019)
  • Neisha Grace ft. Natalie Weiss – "Lovestruck" (2018)
  • 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)

As a Performer[5] edit

Orchestration & Arranging edit

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