Jonathan Tunick (Nueva York, 19 de abril de 1938) es un orquestador, compositor y director de orquesta estadounidense, ganador de los cuatro premios más importantes de la industria del entretenimiento en Estados Unidos: Premios Emmy, Premios Grammy, Premios Óscar y Premios Tony. Es conocido por orquestar las obras de Stephen Sondheim, su colaboración comenzó en 1970 con Company y continuó hasta la muerte de Sondheim, en 2021.
Biografía Tunick graduó de la Escuela Primaria Hunter College, la Escuela Secundaria de Artes Escénicas LaGuardia, y tiene títulos de Bard College y Escuela Juilliard.Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: Orchestrator, Composer and Music Director Jonathan Tunick" playbill.com, September 16, 2005
Gran parte de su trabajo ha surgido de su participación en el teatro, y se le asocia especialmente con los musicales de Stephen Sondheim. Ha trabajado como arreglista y/o director en grabaciones con Judy Collins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Brian Asawa, Sir Neville Mariner, Itzhak Perlman, Plácido Domingo, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, and Bernadette Peters.Jonathan Tunick profile goodmantheatre.org, June 2003; accessed April 17, 2012 En su reseña de la grabación de Bernadette Peters, Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (Angel Records, 2002), John Kenrick opinó que Tunick hacía arreglos brillantes.Kenrick, John. "Solo CD's. Bernadette Peters" Musicals101.com; accessed April 18, 2012 Tunick ganó el premio Grammy como "Mejor arreglo instrumental acompañante de vocalista (s) / Mejor arreglo de fondo" por su trabajo en la canción "No One Is Alone" de Cleo Laine."Laine Sings Sondheim", allmusic.com; accessed April 18, 2012.
Tunick ganó el primer Premio Tony a las mejores orquestaciones que fue otorgado, en 1997, por Titanic.Jonathan Tunick biography, sondheimguide.com; accessed April 17, 2012. Además de los otros premios, ganó el Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations tres veces y ganó un Drama Desk Special Award en 1982. Tunick fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Teatro Americano en enero de 2009.Gans, Andrew. "Theatre Hall of Ceremonia de la fama presentada el 26 de enero; Ivey presenta" playbill.com, 26 de enero de 2009
Vida personal Tunick está casado con la actriz Leigh Beery.
Trabajos
Escenarios Sources - AllMusic; Internet Broadway DatabaseJonathan Tunick Listing", Internet Broadway Database; accessed April 17, 2012.
Take Five (composer: "Gristedes," "The Pro Musica Antiqua")(Julius Monk Revue) - 1957Hischak, Thomas S. "Chapter Two, A New Arena:The 1950's" Off-Broadway Musicals Since 1919 (2011), (books.google.com), Scarecrow Press, Inc., , p. 43 From A to Z - 1960 All in Love - 1961" 'All in Love' Listing" Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed April 17, 2012 Promises, Promises - 1968 Here's Where I Belong - 1968 Dames at Sea - 1969 Company - 1970 The Grass Harp - 1971 Follies - 1971 MASS - 1971 The Selling of the President - 1972 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - Concert - 1973" 'Sondheim: A Musical Tribute'" , SondheimGuide.com; accessed April 17, 2012 A Little Night Music - 1973 Smith - 1973" 'Smith' Listing", Internet Broadway database; accessed April 17, 2012 A Chorus Line - 1975 ("Opening," "Nothing," "At The Ballet," "...And," "What I Did For Love") Goodtime Charley - 1975 The Frogs - 1975 Pacific Overtures - 1976 Ballroom - 1978 Sweeney Todd - 1979 Merrily We Roll Along - 1981 Nine - (musical supervisor and orchestrations) 1982 Alice in Wonderland - (musical supervisor) 1982 Baby - 1983 Dance a Little Closer - 1983 The Wind in the Willows - (musical supervisor) 1985 Into the Woods - 1987 Nick & Nora - 1991 Phantom - 1992" 'Phantom' Cast Album Listing" castalbumdb.com, accessed April 17, 2012 A Grand Night for Singing - 1993 Company (re-orchestrated) - 1993 Sweeney Todd (re-orchestrated) - 1993 Passion - 1994 The Petrified Prince - Public Theater 1994Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review; Both a Sendup and an Embrace, Based on Bergman Again" The New York Times, December 19, 1994 Patti LuPone on Broadway - Walter Kerr Theatre Concert 1995Evans, Greg. "Patti Lupone on Broadway" Variety (webcache.googleusercontent.com), October 12, 1995 Company - 1995
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (re-orchestrated; originals by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal) - 1996 Martin Guerre - 1996 Into the Woods - 1997 Titanic - 1997 Saturday Night - 1999 Minnelli on Minnelli - (orchestrations) Palace Theatre Concerts 1999" 'Minnelli on Minnelli' Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed April 17, 2012 Marie Christine - 1999 Putting It Together - 1999 Napoleon - 2000 Follies (re-orchestrated) - 2001 Into the Woods (re-orchestrated) - 2002 Elaine Stritch At Liberty - 2001 Nine - (re-orchestrated) 2003 110 in the Shade (re-orchestrated from Hershy Kay's originals) - 2003 The Frogs (re-orchestrated & expanded) - 2004 Pacific Overtures - (re-orchestrated) 2004 The Color Purple - 2005 A Chorus Line - (re-orchestrated) 2006 The Apple Tree - (re-orchestrated from Eddie Sauter's originals) 2006 110 in the Shade - (re-orchestrated from Hershy Kay's originals) 2007 Lovemusik - 2007 A Catered Affair - 2008 Road Show - 2008" 'Road Show'" Internet Off-Broadway database, accessed April 18, 2012 and 2003Murray, Matthew. "Theatre Review. 'Bounce' " talkinbroadway.com, November 2, 2003, accessed April 18, 2012 The Story of My Life - 2009 Oklahoma! - (re-orchestrated from Robert Russell Bennett's originals) 2009 Bye Bye Birdie - (re-orchestrated from Robert Ginzler's originals) 2009 Paradise Found - 2010 Some Lovers - Old Globe Theatre 2011Eadie, Bill."Regional Reviews. 'Some Lovers', Old Globe" talkinbroadway.com, December 10, 2011 Sweeney Todd (re-orchestrated) - 2012 Passion (re-orchestrated) - 2013 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - 2013 Waterfall - Pasadena Playhouse 2015 Dames at Sea (re-orchestrated) - 2015 Cabin in the Sky - Encores! 2016 Carousel - (re-orchestrated from Don Walker's originals) 2018
Filmografía Sources - AllMusic;"Jonathan Tunick Credits" allmusic.com, accessed April 17, 2012 Internet Movie Database"Jonathan Tunick Listing" Internet Movie Database, accessed April 17, 2012
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 (winner, Academy Award) Columbo: Murder Under Glass - 1978 - (television) - composer, conductor Flying High - 1978 - (television) - composer, conductor 3 by Cheever: "O Youth and Beauty", "The Sorrows of Gin" and 3 by Cheever: The 5:48 - 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, conductor"Cast and Crew, 'Brotherly Love'" fandango.com, assessed April 18, 2012 Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories - 1985 - (television) - series composer, conductor The B.R.A.T. Patrol - 1986 - (television) - composer, conductor" 'The B.R.A.T Patrol' Cast and Crew" movies.amctv.com, accessed April 18, 2012 American Masters - 1986 - (television) - composer (theme only) You Ruined My Life - 1987 - (television) - composer, conductor Into the Woods - 1991 - (television) - orchestrator Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall - 1993 (televised) (concert in 1992) - (television) - orchestrator"Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall" sondheimguide.com, accessed April 18, 2012 The Last Good Time - 1994 - composer, conductor The Birdcage - 1996 - music arranger and adapter, composer, conductor Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh - 1998 - (television) - orchestrator The Fantasticks - 2000 - music adaptor and arranger, conductor Find Me Guilty - 2006 - composer, conductor Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton film) - 2007 - music adaptor and orchestrator Into the Woods - 2014 - orchestrator Beauty and the Beast - 2017 - orchestrator
Reconocimientos y premios Sources - Sondheim Guide; Internet Broadway Database
1977 Academy Award - Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music"Jonathan Tunick Listing" The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (awardsdatabase.oscars.org); accessed April 17, 2012. 1982 Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars"Awards for Night of 100 Stars" Internet Movie Database, accessed April 18, 2012 1988 Grammy Award - Best Instrumental Arrangement, "No One Is Alone", performed by Cleo Laine"1988 Grammy Awards" infoplease.com, accessed April 18, 2012 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - PassionGerard, Jeremy. "Drama Desk Nod TO 'Perestroika';Sondheim's 'Passion' top tuner", Daily Variety, June 7, 1994, p.2 1997 Tony Award - Best Orchestrations for Titanic"1997 Tony Awards", infoplease.com; accessed April 18, 2012 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - Titanic 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations - LovemusikCox, Gordon. "'Utopia' sweeps Drama Desk Awards", Variety.com, May 20, 2007.
Referencias
Enlaces externos
Jonathan Tunick Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2021)
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