Jonathan Tunick
# Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick (Nueva York, 19 de abril de 1938) es un orquestador, compositor y director de orquesta estadounidense, ganador de los cuatro premios más importantes de la industria del entretenimiento en Estados Unidos: Premios Emmy, Premios Grammy, Premios Óscar y Premios Tony. Es conocido por orquestar las obras de Stephen Sondheim, su colaboración comenzó en 1970 con Company y continuó hasta la muerte de Sondheim, en 2021.

## Biografía

Tunick graduó de la Escuela Primaria Hunter College, la Escuela Secundaria de Artes Escénicas LaGuardia, y tiene títulos de Bard College y Escuela Juilliard.

Gran parte de su trabajo ha surgido de su participación en el teatro, y se le asocia especialmente con los musicales de Stephen Sondheim. Ha trabajado como arreglista y/o director en grabaciones con Judy Collins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Brian Asawa, Sir Neville Mariner, Itzhak Perlman, Plácido Domingo, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, and Bernadette Peters. En su reseña de la grabación de Bernadette Peters, Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (Angel Records, 2002), John Kenrick opinó que Tunick hacía arreglos brillantes. Tunick ganó el premio Grammy como "Mejor arreglo instrumental acompañante de vocalista (s) / Mejor arreglo de fondo" por su trabajo en la canción "No One Is Alone" de Cleo Laine.

Tunick ganó el primer Premio Tony a las mejores orquestaciones que fue otorgado, en 1997, por Titanic. Además de los otros premios, ganó el Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations tres veces y ganó un Drama Desk Special Award en 1982. Tunick fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Teatro Americano en enero de 2009.

## Vida personal

Tunick está casado con la actriz Leigh Beery.

## Trabajos

### Escenarios

**Sources - AllMusic; Internet Broadway Database**

| Take Five (composer: "Gristedes," "The Pro Musica Antiqua")(Julius Monk Revue) - 1957 From A to Z - 1960 All in Love - 1961 Promises, Promises - 1968 Here's Where I Belong - 1968 Dames at Sea - 1969 Company - 1970 The Grass Harp - 1971 Follies - 1971 MASS - 1971 The Selling of the President - 1972 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Concert - 1973 A Little Night Music - 1973 Smith - 1973 A Chorus Line - 1975 ("Opening," "Nothing," "At The Ballet," "...And," "What I Did For Love") Goodtime Charley - 1975 The Frogs - 1975 Pacific Overtures - 1976 Ballroom - 1978 Sweeney Todd - 1979 Merrily We Roll Along - 1981 Nine - (musical supervisor and orchestrations) 1982 Alice in Wonderland - (musical supervisor) 1982 Baby - 1983 Dance a Little Closer - 1983 The Wind in the Willows - (musical supervisor) 1985 Into the Woods - 1987 Nick & Nora - 1991 Phantom - 1992 A Grand Night for Singing - 1993 Company (re-orchestrated) - 1993 Sweeney Todd (re-orchestrated) - 1993 Passion - 1994 The Petrified Prince - Public Theater 1994 Patti LuPone on Broadway - Walter Kerr Theatre Concert 1995 Company - 1995 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (re-orchestrated; originals by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal) - 1996 Martin Guerre - 1996 Into the Woods - 1997 Titanic - 1997 Saturday Night - 1999 Minnelli on Minnelli - (orchestrations) Palace Theatre Concerts 1999 Marie Christine - 1999 Putting It Together - 1999 Napoleon - 2000 Follies (re-orchestrated) - 2001 Into the Woods (re-orchestrated) - 2002 Elaine Stritch At Liberty - 2001 Nine - (re-orchestrated) 2003 110 in the Shade (re-orchestrated from Hershy Kay's originals) - 2003 The Frogs (re-orchestrated & expanded) - 2004 Pacific Overtures - (re-orchestrated) 2004 The Color Purple - 2005 A Chorus Line - (re-orchestrated) 2006 The Apple Tree - (re-orchestrated from Eddie Sauter's originals) 2006 110 in the Shade - (re-orchestrated from Hershy Kay's originals) 2007 Lovemusik - 2007 A Catered Affair - 2008 Road Show - 2008 and 2003 The Story of My Life - 2009 Oklahoma! - (re-orchestrated from Robert Russell Bennett's originals) 2009 Bye Bye Birdie - (re-orchestrated from Robert Ginzler's originals) 2009 Paradise Found - 2010 Some Lovers - Old Globe Theatre 2011 Sweeney Todd (re-orchestrated) - 2012 Passion (re-orchestrated) - 2013 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - 2013 Waterfall - Pasadena Playhouse 2015 Dames at Sea (re-orchestrated) - 2015 Cabin in the Sky - Encores! 2016 Carousel - (re-orchestrated from Don Walker's originals) 2018 |
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### Filmografía

**Sources - AllMusic; Internet Movie Database**

* The Twelve Chairs - 1970 - musical director, orchestrator
* Blazing Saddles - 1974 - orchestrator
* Young Frankenstein - 1974 - orchestrator
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother - 1975 - orchestrator
* A Little Night Music - 1977 - composer orchestrator, conductor (winner, Academy Award)
* Columbo: Murder Under Glass - 1978 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Flying High - 1978 - (television) - composer, conductor
* 3 by Cheever: "O Youth and Beauty", "The Sorrows of Gin" and 3 by Cheever: The 5:48 - 1979 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Rendezvous Hotel - 1979 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Swan Song - 1980 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Blinded by the Light - 1980 - (television) - composer, conductor
* The Jilting of Granny Weatherall - 1980 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Fort Apache the Bronx - 1981 - composer, conductor
* Endless Love - 1981 - composer, conductor
* Reds - 1981 - orchestrator
* The Shady Hill Kidnapping - 1982 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Night of 100 Stars - 1982 - (television) - music arranger
* Sweeney Todd - 1982 - (television) - orchestrator
* Alice in Wonderland - 1983 - (television) - composer, conductor
* I Am the Cheese - 1983 - composer, conductor
* Murder, She Wrote - 1984 - (television) - series composer, conductor
* Concealed Enemies - 1984 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Brotherly Love - 1985 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories - 1985 - (television) - series composer, conductor
* The B.R.A.T. Patrol - 1986 - (television) - composer, conductor
* American Masters - 1986 - (television) - composer (theme only)
* You Ruined My Life - 1987 - (television) - composer, conductor
* Into the Woods - 1991 - (television) - orchestrator
* Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall - 1993 (televised) (concert in 1992) - (television) - orchestrator
* The Last Good Time - 1994 - composer, conductor
* The Birdcage - 1996 - music arranger and adapter, composer, conductor
* Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh - 1998 - (television) - orchestrator
* The Fantasticks - 2000 - music adaptor and arranger, conductor
* Find Me Guilty - 2006 - composer, conductor
* Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton film) - 2007 - music adaptor and orchestrator
* Into the Woods - 2014 - orchestrator
* Beauty and the Beast - 2017 - orchestrator

## Reconocimientos y premios

### Sources - Sondheim Guide; Internet Broadway Database

* 1977 Academy Award - Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
* 1982 Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
* 1988 Grammy Award - Best Instrumental Arrangement, "No One Is Alone", performed by Cleo Laine
* 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - Passion
* 1997 Tony Award - Best Orchestrations for Titanic
* 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - Titanic
* 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - Lovemusik
