Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick

SoundComposerActor Apr 19 (age 87) New York, New York, U.S 1956–2025 (69 year career)
7.0 avg rating

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 …

Known For

Filmography

Crew (47)

·

Movies (44)

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

2025

Orchestrator

6.8
Little Shrew (Snowflake)

Little Shrew (Snowflake)

2025

Orchestrator

9.0
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

2023

Orchestrator

2.0
Simply Sondheim

Simply Sondheim

2021

Orchestrator

Bombshell in Concert

Bombshell in Concert

2020

Orchestrator

9.3
Road Show

Road Show

2019

Music Arranger

National Theatre Live: Follies

National Theatre Live: Follies

2017

Orchestrator

8.0
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

2014

Orchestrator

5.8
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014

Orchestrator

8.1
Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

2013

Orchestrator

10.0
Company

Company

2011

Orchestrator

6.9
Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty

2006

Original Music Composer

6.6
Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

2004

Orchestrator

9.0
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center

A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center

2002

Orchestrator

Putting It Together

Putting It Together

2001

Orchestrator

6.4
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996

Music Arranger

7.1
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996

Original Music Composer

7.1
Passion

Passion

1996

Orchestrator

6.3
Company

Company

1996

Orchestrator

6.4
The Last Good Time

The Last Good Time

1994

Original Music Composer

4.7
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

1991

Orchestrator

8.1
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

1990

Orchestrator

9.2
You Ruined My Life

You Ruined My Life

1987

Music

5.3
Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

1985

Original Music Composer

7.0
I Am The Cheese

I Am The Cheese

1983

Original Music Composer

7.0
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1983

Conductor

6.8
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982

Orchestrator

8.0
The Shady Hill Kidnapping

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982

Music

Endless Love

Endless Love

1981

Original Music Composer

5.7
Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

Original Music Composer

6.5
Comedy of Horrors

Comedy of Horrors

1981

Original Music Composer

Swan Song

Swan Song

1980

Original Music Composer

Blinded by the Light

Blinded by the Light

1980

Original Music Composer

3.5
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

1980

Orchestrator

8.0
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

1980

Original Music Composer

4.0
The Sorrows of Gin

The Sorrows of Gin

1979

Original Music Composer

10.0
America 2100

America 2100

1979

Original Music Composer

6.0
The Five Forty-Eight

The Five Forty-Eight

1979

Music

O Youth and Beauty!

O Youth and Beauty!

1979

Music

10.0
Rendezvous Hotel

Rendezvous Hotel

1979

Original Music Composer

Flying High

Flying High

1978

Music

Pacific Overtures

Pacific Overtures

1976

Orchestrator

9.0
Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

1974

Orchestrator

7.2
Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974

Orchestrator

7.9