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name: "Miles Goodman"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "27 August 1948"
died: "16 August 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:11.288836+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Miles Goodman

Composer. Born 27 August 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 16 August 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 27 August 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 16 August 1996

## Biography

Miles Goodman was an American composer and record producer. He composed music for numerous films and television series in the 1980s and 1990s, including episodes of *Cagney & Lacey* (1982).

Goodman graduated from Antioch College in Ohio with a degree in English and studied Shakespeare in London. Early in his career he collaborated with his cousin, the composer Johnny Mandel. He frequently worked with director Frank Oz on films such as *Little Shop of Horrors* (1986), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988) and *What About Bob?* (1991). Other notable scores include *Teen Wolf* (1985), *La Bamba* (1987), *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992) and *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993). He also produced jazz recordings.

Goodman died in 1996 at the age of 47.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)

## Also known for

- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Little Shop of Horrors* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Teen Wolf* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *K-9* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Problem Child* (1990), Original Music Composer

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