Jonathan Tunick
Sound
- Born
- April 19, 1938 (age 88) · 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 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).
Known for
Into the Woods
December 24, 2014
Young Frankenstein
December 15, 1974
Blazing Saddles
February 7, 1974
The Birdcage
March 3, 1996
Find Me Guilty
March 16, 2006
Endless Love
July 17, 1981
Fort Apache, the Bronx
February 6, 1981
Into the Woods
March 15, 1991
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
September 12, 1982
Company
June 15, 2011
Merrily We Roll Along
December 4, 2025
Passion
September 29, 1996
Behind the camera42
- 2025Merrily We Roll Along Orchestrator
- 2025Little Shrew (Snowflake) Orchestrator
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best Orchestrator
- 2021Simply Sondheim Orchestrator
- 2020Bombshell in Concert Orchestrator
- 2017National Theatre Live: Follies Orchestrator
- 2014Into the Woods Orchestrator
- 2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestrator
- 2013Merrily We Roll Along Orchestrator
- 2011