Jonathan Tunick

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Jonathan Tunick

Sound 88 April 19, 1938

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 collabor…

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Into the Woods

Into the Woods

5.8 2014 Movie
Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

7.9 1974 Movie
Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

7.2 1974 Movie
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

7.1 1996 Movie
Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty

6.5 2006 Movie
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

7.5 1985 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
Endless Love

Endless Love

5.7 1981 Movie
Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx

6.5 1981 Movie
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

8.1 1991 Movie
Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

6.9 2025 Movie
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

8.2 1982 Movie

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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).

Filmography

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  1. 2025
    Merrily We Roll Along

    Movie Orchestrator

  2. 2025
    Little Shrew (Snowflake)

    Movie Orchestrator

  3. 2023
    Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

    Movie Orchestrator

  4. 2021
    Simply Sondheim

    Movie Orchestrator

  5. 2020
    Bombshell in Concert

    Movie Orchestrator

  6. 2017
    National Theatre Live: Follies

    Movie Orchestrator

  7. 2014
    Into the Woods

    Movie Orchestrator

  8. 2014
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic

    Movie Orchestrator

  9. 2013
    Merrily We Roll Along

    Movie Orchestrator

  10. 2011
    Company

    Movie Orchestrator

  11. 2006
    Find Me Guilty

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2004
    Elaine Stritch at Liberty

    Movie Orchestrator

  13. 2002
    A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center

    Movie Orchestrator

  14. 2001
    Putting It Together

    Movie Orchestrator

  15. 1996
    Company

    Movie Orchestrator

  16. 1996
    Passion

    Movie Orchestrator

More credits
  1. 1996
    The Birdcage

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1994
    The Last Good Time

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1991
    Into the Woods

    Movie Orchestrator

  4. 1990
    New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

    Movie Orchestrator

  5. 1988
    Tattingers

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 1987
    You Ruined My Life

    Movie Music

  7. 1985
    Amazing Stories

    TV show Music

  8. 1985
    Brotherly Love

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1983
    I Am the Cheese

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1983
    Alice in Wonderland

    Movie Conductor

  11. 1982
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Movie Orchestrator

  12. 1982
    The Shady Hill Kidnapping

    Movie Music

  13. 1981
    Comedy of Horrors

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1981
    Endless Love

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1981
    Fort Apache, the Bronx

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1980
    Blinded by the Light

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1980
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical

    Movie Orchestrator

  18. 1980
    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1980
    Swan Song

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1979
    The Five Forty-Eight

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1979
    O Youth and Beauty!

    Movie Music

  22. 1979
    The Sorrows of Gin

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1979
    America 2100

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1979
    Rendezvous Hotel

    Movie Original Music Composer