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Los Angeles, CA – February, 1st, 2026 – On a night dominated by chart metrics and viral moments, Jeff Goldblum arrived on the red carpet talking about something far more endearing: his newfound love of music. Not the manufactured kind, a rare kind that comes from decades of commitment finally aligning in public view.
While Goldblum remains one of cinema’s most recognizable figures, today’s conversation centered firmly on music, and specifically, what’s unfolding right now for the Mildred Schnitzer Orchestra.
“We’re doing okay,” he said with characteristic charm, before casually revealing just how big this moment actually is. The group’s fifth album, Night Blooms, arrives June 5 via Verve and Fontana, and Goldblum didn’t hesitate to call it the work he’s proudest of to date.
The orchestra is preparing to celebrate the release with performances at the Sydney Opera House and London’s Royal Albert Hall, backed by a 50-piece orchestra, this upcoming year. Today, Goldblum described the band as actively expanding, not something running parallel to his acting career.
He reflected, “This thing is taking off, the seeds of which were planted when I was 10 years old and started to study and started to call cocktail lounges around Pittsburgh and try to get jobs there.” Music, he explained, was always for fun, prioritizing his acting career.
Asked how he’s managed to navigate both worlds when so many actors struggle to be taken seriously as musicians, Goldblum resisted the idea of a formula. Instead, he framed it as a coming together of two passions. He spoke about feeling creatively “at the height of my powers” as an actor while simultaneously watching this musical chapter take off in unexpected ways.
He traced the roots of that continuation back briefly, not as history but as context: piano lessons at age ten, calling cocktail lounges to get gigs, playing purely for the love of it. What mattered most in the moment, though, was how those early instincts are now blooming into something larger than he ever planned after focusing on acting over the decades.
The exchange ended on a playful note when musical theater came up, specifically the question of whether The Elephant Man could ever be adapted into a musical. Goldblum didn’t dismiss it. Instead, he leaned in, amused and open, expressing his love for the genre and David Lynch’s film before joking that he’d happily sign on if the right people were involved.
Today, Jeff Goldblum isn’t explaining why he makes music, but how his career continues to evolve. The rooms are booked, the album is ready, and the orchestra is moving forward at full stride. The story isn’t how he got here, but it’s that he’s very much here now.
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