Overview
- Goodwin began at Disneyland as a musician before moving into arranging and composing for major park shows and parades.
- His Disney Parks credits include Festival of the Lion King, Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, and Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade.
- He won multiple Grammys for instrumental arrangements, including work tied to The Incredibles, and earned Daytime Emmys for Animaniacs and Histeria!.
- Beyond the parks, he led Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, which won the 2014 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Life in the Bubble.
- His film and TV work spanned titles from The Great Mouse Detective and Tarzan to Incredibles 2, with a final listed credit as an additional orchestrator on The Naked Gun (2025).