Let's make this birthday one to remember.

71 years old (Born on March 02, 1954)

Happy Birthday, Elliot Goldenthal! To the maestro whose music made us ponder life's mysteries—like how your haunting Alien 3 score somehow became the perfect soundtrack for Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix trailer. Clearly, your compositions transcend space, time, and cinematic universes!

From winning an Oscar for "Frida" to being dubbed "the thinking man's composer," you've consistently elevated film scores into artful masterpieces. May your birthday be as timeless as your melodies and as memorable as that moment when Hollywood realized aliens and slow-motion kung fu share a common musical heartbeat.

Here's to another year of brilliant composing!