William Goodchild (born 3 April 1964) is a composer, orchestrator and conductor who produces music for film, television and the concert hall.
[2] William and Rachel have two daughters: Rosa Fay Goodchild, a graduate of the University of South Wales, who is a Photographer and Videographer,[3] and Eleanor Goodchild, who studied Social Sciences at Cardiff University and who works as a Business Performance Manager at ISS World.
[7] Scores recently composed by William include four-part Netflix series, Chimp Empire (2023), feature documentary The Letter: A Message For Our Earth (YouTube Originals/ PBS, 2022), Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale (a Netflix Original, 2022), and H2O: The Molecule That Made Us (PBS and BBC, 2019).
[8] There are three original motion picture soundtrack albums composed by William currently available to stream: Chimp Empire, The Letter: A Message For Our Earth, and Africa's Fishing Leopards.
[13] On stage and in the recording studio, William has collaborated with international solo artists as diverse as guitarist John Williams,[14] saxophonist Andy Sheppard,[15] members of the Maggini Quartet, violinist Natalia Lomeiko,[16] percussionist Alasdair Malloy, O-Duo, Tom Jones,[17] and most recently Drum and Bass artist Roni Size and Reprazent.