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Composer
Jonathan Tunick
- Born April 19, 1938 in New York, New York, U.S
Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. He is best known for orchestrating the works of Stephen Sondheim, their collaboration starting in 1970 with Company and continuing until Sondheim's death in 2021. Tunick has won numerous awards and became the seventh person to win an EGOT in 1997. In film, he has worked mainly as an orchestrator, including for several of Mel Brooks' early films. He composed the scores for films such as Fort Apache the Bronx (1981), Endless Love (1981), The Birdcage (1996), and Find Me Guilty (2006).
Known for
Into the Woods2014
Young Frankenstein1974
Blazing Saddles1974
The Birdcage1996
Find Me Guilty2006
Endless Love1981
Amazing Stories1985
Fort Apache, the Bronx1981
Filmography
- 2025Merrily We Roll AlongFilmOrchestrator
- 2025Little Shrew (Snowflake)FilmOrchestrator
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's BestFilmOrchestrator
- 2021Simply SondheimFilmOrchestrator
- 2020Bombshell in ConcertFilmOrchestrator
- 2017National Theatre Live: FolliesFilmOrchestrator
- 2014Into the WoodsFilmOrchestrator
- 2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York PhilharmonicFilmOrchestrator
- 2013Merrily We Roll AlongFilmOrchestrator
- 2011CompanyFilmOrchestrator
- 2006Find Me GuiltyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Elaine Stritch at LibertyFilmOrchestrator
- 2002A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy CenterFilmOrchestrator
- 2001Putting It TogetherFilmOrchestrator
- 1996The BirdcageFilmOriginal Music Composer, Music Arranger
- 1996PassionFilmOrchestrator
- 1996CompanyFilmOrchestrator
- 1994The Last Good TimeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Into the WoodsFilmOrchestrator
- 1990New York City Opera: A Little Night MusicFilmOrchestrator
- 1988TattingersSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 1987You Ruined My LifeFilmMusic
- 1985Amazing StoriesSeriesMusic
- 1985Brotherly LoveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1983I Am the CheeseFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Alice in WonderlandFilmConductor
- 1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetFilmOrchestrator
- 1982The Shady Hill KidnappingFilmMusic
- 1981Endless LoveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Fort Apache, the BronxFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Comedy of HorrorsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Blinded by the LightFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a MusicalFilmOrchestrator
- 1980The Jilting of Granny WeatherallFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Swan SongFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1979The Sorrows of GinFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1979O Youth and Beauty!FilmMusic
- 1979Rendezvous HotelFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1979The Five Forty-EightFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1979America 2100FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Flying HighFilmMusic
- 1977A Little Night MusicFilmConductor
- 1976Pacific OverturesFilmOrchestrator
- 1974Young FrankensteinFilmOrchestrator
- 1974Blazing SaddlesFilmOrchestrator
- 1956Tony AwardsSeriesOrchestrator