#jonathan tunick

[jgroffdaily]

Photos of Jonathan at the unveiling of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick’s portrait at Sardi’s on Thursday. Jonathan is with Maria Friedman, Josh Groban, David Hyde Pierce, Michaela Diamond, Bobby Cannavale, Rachel Bay Jones and other members of the Here We Are cast, who were all representing the Stephen Sondheim shows currently on and off Broadway. Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway World.

#jonathan groff #merrily we roll along #maria friedman #josh groban #bobby cannavale #david hyde pierce #rachel bay jones #stephen sondheim #Jonathan Tunick #sardis #alex lacamoire

[caroleditosti]

'Sweeney Todd,' His Vengeful Spirit Ranges in Thomas Kail and Alex Lacamoire's Magnificent Revival

Do not miss this revival of Stephen Sondheim's timeless musical of obsession, vengeance and murder.

Josh Grogan, Annaleigh Ashford and the ensemble in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) With a nod to the original 1979 Hal Prince directed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway (1989, 2005) and off Broadway revivals (2017), Thomas Kail (director) and Alex Lacamoire (music supervision) achieve breathtaking majesty in this 2023…

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#Alex Lacamoire #Annaleigh Ashford #Christopher Bond #Gaten Matarazzo #Harold Prince #Hugh Wheeler #Jonathan Tunick #Jordan Fisher #Josh Groban #Maria Bilbao #Stephen Sondheim #Steven Hoggett #Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street #Thomas Kail

[ivovynckier]

In between, I’ve been listening to the soundtrack of the Franco Zeffirelli movie “Endless Love” (1981) with Brooke Shields.

The pop singer Lionel Richie has written an eponymous ballad for the movie, sung by him and Diana Ross - thankfully not by his daughter Nicole and her BFF Paris.

I have attended my share of weddings where the song was used for the couple’s first dance. (Film composer Craig Armstrong’s score for “Love Actually” is a fine alternative.)

Jonathan Tunick has built an orchestral score around that main theme. It’s underscoring but done with craft.

I found no other soundtracks of Tunick who’s known as an orchestrator rather than a composer. (Orchestrators tend to stay in the shadow: the one exception I know is Conrad Pope who assists John Williams and writes his own scores.)

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#brooke shields #endless love #love #romantic #romantic movie #romantic movies #franco zeffirelli #jonathan tunick #wedding music #wedding #weddings #film composer #composer #composers #lionel richi #diana ross #soundtrack #soundtracks #film score #movie music #cd #cds #cd collecti #cd collector #movie #movies #film #films #music #musician

[sondheims-hat]

Happy Birthday Jonathan Tunick (April 19, 1938)

#sondheim #jonathan tunick

[owlpuddle]

Update: made it to 76 Trombones and then had to go listen to Robert Preston instead

#bad #people on bww kept calling it lush #no offense jonathan tunick but #mmm #anemic #maybe it all feels that way because hugh sounds so low energy #if i heard this version i would not feel more inclined to see the show #but clearly that isnt a problem they have enough money already

[ourlittlesister2015]

I love my brain so much. Suddenly remembered being obsessed with this one interview years ago and I had no memory of what it was about only that it had a bunch of people discussing something and that it included Nora Ephron and George C. Wolfe. It was a debate on what’s the best musical ever and it still fucks!!!

#jonathan tunick's also there <33.

[andrewlloydwebber]

wow! the sweeney todd revival uses the original 26 piece orchestrations by jonathan tunick! wow they're really going back to the original intentions including a large ensemble! wouldn't it be a shame if they cast a tenor in the title role!

[bestmusicalworldcup]

This June, A Little Night Music in Concert plays at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall for three nights, featuring the 53-piece Orchestra of St. Lukes conducted by Jonathan Tunick, who has written new orchestrations for the concerts.

The cast includes Susan Graham as Desiree, Cynthia Erivo as Petra, Ron Raines as Fredrik, Kerstin Anderson as Anne, Jonathan Christopher as Mr. Erlanson, Jason Gotay as Henrik, Ellie Fishman as Mrs. Nordstrom, Jin Ha as Frid, Addie Harrington as Fredrika, Shuler Hensley as Count Carl Magnus, Samantha Hill as Mrs. Segstrom, Andrea Jones-Sojola as Mrs. Anderson, Ross Lekites as Mr. Lindquist, Marsha Mason as Madame Armfeldt, and Ruthie Ann Miles as Countess Charlotte.

#a little night music #musicals #broadway #not a poll

[macmanx]

"We're so grateful to sing Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece every single day," Josh Groban explains at the Tiny Desk. "He was so brilliant at juxtaposing the beautiful with the horrific."

Expect a wave of emotions throughout this performance: empathy for Sweeney (Groban) and Mrs. Lovett (Annaleigh Ashford) with their songs of vengeance and longing, "My Friends," and "By the Sea"; desire with the quartet's vocal counterpoint performed in "Johanna (Act 2 Sequence)"; laughter with the duet's performance of "A Little Priest." Incredibly, this Tiny Desk version of the musical is no less impactful — the 26-piece orchestra currently playing the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre gets a nine-piece orchestration courtesy of Jonathan Tunick, Sondheim's longtime collaborator, led by conductor Alex Lacamoire. Absolutely mesmerizing.

#music #musical #stephen sondheim #sweeney todd #josh groban #annaleigh ashford #daniel yearwood #maria bilbao #joanna carpenter #tiny desk concert

[if-only-angels-could-prevail]

hey jonathan tunick, why does your arrangement of i’ll be seeing you for judy collins make it sound like it belongs in a horror movie

[pierreism]

"Exit Music" from Here We Are (Original Cast Recording)

And here it is: the exit music for the last Sondheim show we’ll ever get to witness. Lovingly orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick, conducted by Alexander Gemignani - two close collaborators ensuring this thing sails home in safe hands. Starts with nimble pyrotechnics, moves towards that romantic waltz time he loved so much, and then... something that could be described as an elegiac goodbye. Ending on - what else - a perfect C major. An emotional listen for any Sondheim fan.

The complete cast recording arrives May 17th via Concord Theatricals Recordings.

#Stephen Sondheim #Here We Are #Broadway

[jgroffdaily]

Instagram stories from the Sardi’s event for Jonathan Tunick from Alex Lacamoire and Josh Groban.

#jonathan groff #alex lacamoire #Josh Groban #Jonathan Tunick #merrily we roll along #appearance

[caroleditosti]

'Into the Woods' Review: Glorious Revival Highlights Sondheim's Masterwork as Uproariously Funny, Sonorously Poignant

‘Into the Woods’ Review: Glorious Revival Highlights Sondheim’s Masterwork as Uproariously Funny, Sonorously Poignant

The Company of Into the Woods (photo by Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman) With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, Into the Woods is in its brilliant fourth revival on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. This iteration magnifies the greatness of Sondheim’s iconic work with unaffecting power. Thanks to the cast and creative team, the…

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#Brian D&039;arcy James Patina Miller #Cole Thompson #Gavin Creel #Into the Woods #James Lapine #Jonathan Tunick #Joshua Henry #Julia Lester #Lear deBessonet #Lorin Latarro #Phillipa Soo #Rob Berman #Sara Bareilles #Stephen Sondheim #The Encores! Orchestra

[ivovynckier]

Jonathan Tunick's soundtrack for Franco Zeffirelli's movie "Endless Love".

Do you recognize the movie's main theme? You can easily find it on YouTube if you miss it...

#brooke shields #endless love #love #romantic #romantic movie #romantic movies #franco zeffirelli #jonathan tunick #wedding music #wedding #weddings #lionel richie #diana ross #soundtrack #soundtracks #film score #movie muisc #film composer #composer #composers #cd #cds #cd collection #cd collector #movie #movies #film #films #music #musicians

[sethshead]

-- Original Cast Album: Company (1970) --

In a way, it's fortunate this was the only Original Cast Album documentary made. Could you imagine trying to top this?

Remember, cast albums are traditionally recorded after the first Sunday show of a run. Broadway theaters are dark Monday - it's the cast and crew's only day off. So this bunch has just done their eight shows of the week, and after the Sunday matinee everyone files into the studio to do it again...and again...and again...and again.

Margins on Broadway are minimal, so you can't afford to bring in the orchestra multiple days. Instead you keep chugging through the wee hours, somehow laying track after track until you turn a living show into a perfect, definitive take. That alone is maddening, anxiety-producing.

You have the drama right there - no need for the artificial antagonism of reality TV. You have the formidable Elaine Stritch, who at 50% was better than most of her colleagues at 100%, ultimately vanquished by fatigue. The battle with her pride, perfectionism, intensity, temper is a work of theater in itself.

The work itself, Company, is a masterpiece, and you can see why and how with the original cast. Listen to the serious fun the cast has with the score and lyrics, the interpolation of different styles and techniques of singing. Pamela Myers was just out of school, where she had all but constructed for herself the first music theater belter program in the country. Jonathan Tunick's orchestrations, especially in "Another Hundred People" are lush, complex, and much clearer than in the finished album. Also listen in that number to how different alternate takes are layered over one another and different feeds given prominence.

A story was told here, with no narration, little exposition, but so much intimacy and life. Bobby could have learned a lot from that.

#Youtube

[owlpuddle]

Listening to Sweeney Todd today, and I can't help but feel like -- that's my boy! Good job Steve!

#and jonathan tunick #and hugh wheeler #i listened to candide before this so we are having a sort of sondheim and wheeler day anyway