Person
Jonathan Tunick
Sound · Born 1938-04-19 · New York, New York, U.S
Biography
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
Tony Awards
Orchestrator
Amazing Stories
Music
Young Frankenstein
Orchestrator
Into the Woods
Orchestrator
Blazing Saddles
Orchestrator
The Birdcage
Original Music Composer
Endless Love
Original Music Composer
Tattingers
Original Music Composer
Find Me Guilty
Original Music Composer
Pacific Overtures
Orchestrator
Filmography
- 2025Merrily We Roll AlongOrchestrator
- 2025Little Shrew (Snowflake)Orchestrator
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's BestOrchestrator
- 2021Simply SondheimOrchestrator
- 2020Bombshell in ConcertOrchestrator
- 2017National Theatre Live: FolliesOrchestrator
- 2014Into the WoodsOrchestrator
- 2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetOrchestrator
- 2013Merrily We Roll AlongOrchestrator
- 2011CompanyOrchestrator
- 2006Find Me GuiltyOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Elaine Stritch at LibertyOrchestrator
- 2002A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy CenterOrchestrator
- 2001Putting It TogetherOrchestrator
- 1996CompanyOrchestrator
- 1996PassionOrchestrator
- 1996The BirdcageOriginal Music Composer
- 1994The Last Good TimeOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Into the WoodsOrchestrator
- 1990New York City Opera: A Little Night MusicOrchestrator
- 1988TattingersOriginal Music Composer
- 1987You Ruined My LifeMusic
- 1985Amazing StoriesMusic
- 1985Brotherly LoveOriginal Music Composer
- 1983I Am the CheeseOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Alice in WonderlandConductor
- 1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetOrchestrator
- 1982The Shady Hill KidnappingMusic
- 1981Comedy of HorrorsOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Endless LoveOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Fort Apache, the BronxOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Blinded by the LightOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a MusicalOrchestrator
- 1980The Jilting of Granny WeatherallOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Swan SongOriginal Music Composer
- 1979The Five Forty-EightOriginal Music Composer
- 1979O Youth and Beauty!Music
- 1979The Sorrows of GinOriginal Music Composer
- 1979America 2100Original Music Composer
- 1979Rendezvous HotelOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Flying HighMusic
- 1977A Little Night MusicConductor
- 1976Pacific OverturesOrchestrator
- 1974Young FrankensteinOrchestrator
- 1974Blazing SaddlesOrchestrator
- 1956Tony AwardsOrchestrator
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