Jonathan Tunick

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).

Most Famous Work

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Tony Awards

(1956) Orchestrator

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Amazing Stories

(1985) Music

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Endless Love

(1981) Original Music Composer

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Young Frankenstein

(1974) Orchestrator

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Tattingers

(1988) Original Music Composer

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The Birdcage

(1996) Music Arranger

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Blazing Saddles

(1974) Orchestrator

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Into the Woods

(2014) Orchestrator

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1977	Conductor	A Little Night Music 1977-09-30 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Orchestrator	Sweeney Todd: Tiny Desk Concert 2023-12-22 Movie
	Orchestrator	Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best 2023-05-12 Movie
2021	Orchestrator	Simply Sondheim 2021-02-02 Movie
2020	Orchestrator	Bombshell in Concert 2020-05-20 Movie
2017	Orchestrator	National Theatre Live: Follies 2017-11-16 Movie
2014	Orchestrator	Into the Woods 2014-12-24 Movie
	Orchestrator	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2014-09-26 Movie
2013	Orchestrator	Merrily We Roll Along 2013-10-23 Movie
2011	Orchestrator	Company 2011-06-15 Movie
2006	Original Music Composer	Find Me Guilty 2006-03-16 Movie
2004	Orchestrator	Elaine Stritch at Liberty 2004-05-29 Movie
2001	Orchestrator	Putting It Together 2001-10-14 Movie
1996	Orchestrator	Company 1996-12-10 Movie
	Orchestrator	Passion 1996-09-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Birdcage 1996-03-08 Movie
	Music Arranger	The Birdcage 1996-03-08 Movie
1994	Music	The Last Good Time 1994-10-01 Movie
1991	Orchestrator	Into the Woods 1991-03-15 Movie
1990	Orchestrator	New York City Opera: A Little Night Music 1990-11-07 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Tattingers 1988-10-26 TV Show
1987	Music	You Ruined My Life 1987-02-01 Movie
1985	Music	Amazing Stories 1985-09-29 TV Show
	Music	Brotherly Love 1985-05-28 Movie
1983	Conductor	Alice in Wonderland 1983-10-03 Movie
1982	Orchestrator	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1982-09-12 Movie
	Music	The Shady Hill Kidnapping 1982-01-12 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Endless Love 1981-07-17 Movie
	Music	Fort Apache, the Bronx 1981-02-06 Movie
1980	Music	Blinded by the Light 1980-12-16 Movie
	Orchestrator	Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical 1980-07-26 Movie
	Music	The Jilting of Granny Weatherall 1980-03-03 Movie
	Music	Swan Song 1980-02-08 Movie
1979	Music	The Five Forty-Eight 1979-11-07 Movie
	Music	O Youth and Beauty! 1979-10-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Sorrows of Gin 1979-10-24 Movie
	Music	America 2100 1979-07-24 Movie
	Music	Rendezvous Hotel 1979-07-11 Movie
1978	Music	Flying High 1978-08-28 Movie
1976	Orchestrator	Pacific Overtures 1976-09-06 Movie
1974	Orchestrator	Young Frankenstein 1974-12-15 Movie
	Orchestrator	Blazing Saddles 1974-02-07 Movie
1956	Orchestrator	Tony Awards 1956-04-01 TV Show
	Orchestrator	Merrily We Roll Along Movie
	Music Arranger	Road Show Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv