Portrait of Jonathan Tunick

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Jonathan Tunick

Career

Active from 1979 to 2006, busiest in 1979 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Last Good Time
The Last Good Time
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jonathan Tunick Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Warfare
    0.1, average 1.2
  • Mystery
    3.1, average 4.0
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.9, average 1.6
  • Spiritual
    1.4, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    43
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    5 titles ยท average score 80
    Merrily We Roll Along
    Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Orchestrator

    Little Shrew (Snowflake)
    Little Shrew (Snowflake) (2025)

    Orchestrator

    Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
    Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best (2023)

    Orchestrator

    Simply Sondheim
    Simply Sondheim (2021)

    Orchestrator

    Bombshell in Concert
    Bombshell in Concert (2020)

    Orchestrator

    2010s

    5 titles ยท average score 75
    National Theatre Live: Follies
    National Theatre Live: Follies (2017)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Orchestrator

    Into the Woods
    Into the Woods (2014)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Orchestrator

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street โ€“ In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street โ€“ In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (2014)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Orchestrator

    Merrily We Roll Along
    Merrily We Roll Along (2013)

    Orchestrator

    Company
    Company (2011)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Orchestrator

    2000s

    4 titles ยท average score 75
    Find Me Guilty
    Find Me Guilty (2006)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Original Music Composer

    Elaine Stritch at Liberty
    Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2004)
    GoodWatch score 88

    Orchestrator

    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)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Orchestrator

    1990s

    6 titles ยท average score 78
    The Birdcage
    The Birdcage (1996)
    GoodWatch score 76

    Original Music Composer, Music Arranger

    Company
    Company (1996)

    Orchestrator

    Passion
    Passion (1996)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Orchestrator

    The Last Good Time
    The Last Good Time (1994)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Original Music Composer

    Into the Woods
    Into the Woods (1991)
    GoodWatch score 87

    Orchestrator

    New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
    New York City Opera: A Little Night Music (1990)

    Orchestrator

    1980s

    13 titles ยท average score 59
    You Ruined My Life
    You Ruined My Life (1987)

    Music

    Brotherly Love
    Brotherly Love (1985)

    Original Music Composer

    I Am the Cheese
    I Am the Cheese (1983)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Original Music Composer

    Alice in Wonderland
    Alice in Wonderland (1983)

    Conductor

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Orchestrator

    The Shady Hill Kidnapping
    The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)

    Music

    Endless Love
    Endless Love (1981)
    GoodWatch score 40

    Original Music Composer

    Fort Apache, the Bronx
    Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Original Music Composer

    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

    Original Music Composer

    Blinded by the Light
    Blinded by the Light (1980)

    Original Music Composer

    Swan Song
    Swan Song (1980)

    Original Music Composer

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street โ€“ Scenes from the Making of a Musical
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street โ€“ Scenes from the Making of a Musical (1980)

    Orchestrator

    1970s

    10 titles ยท average score 70
    The Sorrows of Gin
    The Sorrows of Gin (1979)

    Original Music Composer

    The Five Forty-Eight
    The Five Forty-Eight (1979)

    Original Music Composer

    America 2100
    America 2100 (1979)

    Original Music Composer

    Rendezvous Hotel
    Rendezvous Hotel (1979)

    Original Music Composer

    O Youth and Beauty!
    O Youth and Beauty! (1979)

    Music

    Flying High
    Flying High (1978)

    Music

    A Little Night Music
    A Little Night Music (1977)
    GoodWatch score 32

    as Conductor

    Pacific Overtures
    Pacific Overtures (1976)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Orchestrator

    Young Frankenstein
    Young Frankenstein (1974)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Orchestrator

    Blazing Saddles
    Blazing Saddles (1974)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Orchestrator