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name: "Jonathan Tunick"
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born: "19 April 1938"
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# Jonathan Tunick

## Identity

Jonathan Tunick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-tunick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-tunick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0876642
- **TMDB ID:** 60790
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3809962
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tunick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60790

Composer. Born 19 April 1938 in New York, New York, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 April 1938, New York, New York, U.S
- **Active:** 1981–2014
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 56 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $463m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tunick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60790

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Birdcage*](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md) (81)

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## Biography

Jonathan Tunick (born 19 April 1938) is an American composer, orchestrator and musical director. He studied at Bard College and the Juilliard School.

Tunick is best known for his orchestrations of Stephen Sondheim musicals, beginning with *Company* in 1970 and continuing until Sondheim’s death in 2021. His film work includes composing the score for *The Birdcage* (1996) and orchestrating several Mel Brooks films such as *Blazing Saddles* (1974) and *Young Frankenstein* (1974). He has also composed for films including *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), *Endless Love* (1981) and *Find Me Guilty* (2006).

Tunick is an EGOT recipient, winning an Academy Award for *A Little Night Music* (1978), an Emmy for *Night of 100 Stars* (1982), a Grammy for “No One Is Alone” (1988) and a Tony Award for *Titanic* (1997). He is married to actress Leigh Beery.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pro.imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Into the Woods* (2014), Fi1m 65, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-woods.md)
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Fi1m 81, Music, Music Arranger, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), Fi1m 56, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Merrily We Roll Along* (2025), Orchestrator
- *Little Shrew (Snowflake)* (2025), Orchestrator
- *Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best* (2023), Orchestrator
- *Simply Sondheim* (2021), Orchestrator
- *Bombshell in Concert* (2020), Orchestrator
- *National Theatre Live: Follies* (2017), Orchestrator
- *Into the Woods* (2014), Orchestrator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-woods.md)
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic* (2014), Orchestrator
- *Merrily We Roll Along* (2013), Orchestrator
- *Company* (2011), Orchestrator
- *Find Me Guilty* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Elaine Stritch at Liberty* (2004), Orchestrator
- *A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center* (2002), Orchestrator
- *Putting It Together* (2001), Orchestrator
- *Company* (1996), Orchestrator
- *Passion* (1996), Orchestrator
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *The Last Good Time* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Into the Woods* (1991), Orchestrator
- *New York City Opera: A Little Night Music* (1990), Orchestrator
- *Tattingers* (1988), series, Original Music Composer
- *You Ruined My Life* (1987), Music
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Music
- *Brotherly Love* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *I Am the Cheese* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1983), Conductor
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (1982), Orchestrator
- *The Shady Hill Kidnapping* (1982), Music
- *Comedy of Horrors* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Endless Love* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)
- *Blinded by the Light* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical* (1980), Orchestrator
- *The Jilting of Granny Weatherall* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Swan Song* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Five Forty-Eight* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *O Youth and Beauty!* (1979), Music
- *The Sorrows of Gin* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *America 2100* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Rendezvous Hotel* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Flying High* (1978), Music
- *A Little Night Music* (1977), as Conductor
- *Pacific Overtures* (1976), Orchestrator
- *Young Frankenstein* (1974), Orchestrator
- *Blazing Saddles* (1974), Orchestrator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1978: Best Original Song Score (won), for *A Little Night Music*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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