Jonathan Tunick (born 19 April 1938) is an orchestrator, musical director and composer, who is a member of that small group of artists who have won all four major American performing awards: the Tony, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy. The bulk of his work has arisen from his involvement in theatre, and he is associated especially with the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award: these artists achieved the rare feat in winning all four of the major awards for show business: There are currently nine people who have won all four awards in standard competitive categories: Mel Brooks... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... An Emmy Award. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ...

He was born in New York City and is married to actress Leigh Beery. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...

Credits as Orchestrator

• Take Five (co-composer) -1957
• From A to Z - 1960
• All In One -1961
• Promises, Promises -1968
• Here's Where I Belong - 1968
• Dames at Sea -1969
• Company - 1970
• The Grass Harp - 1971
• Follies - 1971
• Mass (Bernstein) -1971
• The Selling of the President - 1972
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - 1973
• A Little Night Music - 1973
• Smith -1973
• A Chorus Line - 1975
• Goodtime Charley - 1975
• The Frogs -1975
• Pacific Overtures - 1976
• Ballroom - 1978
• Sweeney Todd - 1979
• Merrily We Roll Along - 1981
• Nine - 1982
• Baby - 1983
• Dance a Little Closer - 1983
• Into the Woods - 1987
• Nick & Nora - 1991
• Phantom -1992
• A Grand Night for Singing - 1993
• Company - 1993
• Sweeney Todd (re-orchestrated) -1993
• Passion - 1994
• The Petrified Prince -1994
• Patti LuPone on Broadway - 1995
• Company - 1995
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1996
• Martin Guerre -1996
• State Fair -1996
• Into the Woods - 1997
• Titanic - 1997
• Saturday Night -1999
• Minnelli on Minnelli - 1999
• Marie Christine - 1999
• Putting It Together - 1999
• Napoleon -2000
• Follies - 2001
• Into the Woods - 2002
• Elaine Stritch At Liberty - 2001
• Nine - 2003
• 110 in the Shade -2003

• The Frogs (re-orchestrated & expanded) -2004

Promises, Promises is a musical, based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder. ... Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ... A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. ... Smith can refer to a person who practices smithing, to a very common family name or to part of a place name or location. ... A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre July 25, 1975 and closed there April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. ... The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ... Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. ... Sweeney Todd is a fictional barber and serial killer appearing as a character in various English-language works starting in the mid-19th century. ... Merrily We Roll Along is a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and a musical loosely based on it by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Phantom could refer to any of the following. ... Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. ... Passion is a musical play, first staged on Broadway in 1994, adapted from Ettore Scolas film Passione dAmore (which was, in its turn, based on Igino Tarchettis novel Fosca). ... Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. ... A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. ... Martin Guerre was a French peasant who was at the center of a famous case of imposture in the 16th century. ... There are also three films titled State Fair A state fair is a competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. states population. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Saturday Night can refer to: Saturday Night, a 1950s Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim. ... Marie Christine starred Audra McDonald as Marie when first produced and was written by Micheal John Lachiusa. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... 110 in the Shade is a musical with lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt and book by N. Richard Nash, based on Nashs play The Rainmaker. ... The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ...

Credits as Musical Supervisor

• Nine - 1982
• Alice in Wonderland - 1982
• The Wind in the Willows - 1985

The Rat and the Mole The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature by Kenneth Grahame. ...

Television & Films

• 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
• Columbo: Murder Under Glass - 1978 - (television) - composer, conductor
• Flying High - 1978 - (television) - composer,conductor
• 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! - 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, comductor
• Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories - 1985 - (television) - series composer, conductor
• The B.R.A.T. Patrol - 1986 - (television) - composer, conductor
• You Ruined My Life - 1987 - (television) - composer, conductor
• Into the Woods - 1991 - (television) - orchestrator
• Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall - 1993 - (television) - orchestrator
• The Last Good Time - 1994 - composer
• The Birdcage - 1996 - music arranger and adapter, composer, conductor
• Passion - 1996 - (television) - orchestrator
• Hey, Mr Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh - 1998 - (television) - orchestrator
• The Fantasticks - 2000 - music adaptor and arranger, conductor

The Twelve Chairs (Двенадцать Стульев) (1928) is a very famous satirical novel by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, q. ... Blazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. ... Young Frankenstein is a 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. ... A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. ... The knotted plane was used on movie posters and VHS and DVD covers. ... A swan song is a reference to an ancient and false belief that Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) are completely mute during life, but sing one heartbreakingly beautiful song just as they die. ... Endless Love is a 1981 American dramatic/romance film directed by Franco Zeffirelli. ... Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Sweeney Todd is a fictional barber and serial killer appearing as a character in various English-language works starting in the mid-19th century. ... Alice in Wonderland is the widely known and used title for Alices Adventures in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll -- as well as several movie adaptations of the book -- and is also the setting for several short stories. ... I Am the Cheese was written by American author Robert Cormier and first published in 1977. ... Murder, She Wrote Promo Art Murder, She Wrote is an American mystery television series, starring Angela Lansbury as the lead character, Jessica Fletcher. ... Brotherly Love was first shown on September 16, 1995. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... The Birdcage is a 1996 movie (a re-make of La Cage aux Folles) which starred Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski, Calista Flockhart, Gene Hackman, Dan Futterman, and Hank Azaria. ... The Fantasticks original Off Broadway CD cover The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical comedy with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. ...

Awards

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