Jonathan Tunick

American orchestrator, musical director, and composer

Person human Q3809962

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: April 19, 1938
Place of birth: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: composer, conductor, film score composer, music arranger
Educated at: Bard College, Juilliard School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School^[8]^[9]^[10]
Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score^[11]
Genre: musical play^[13]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score^[16]
Family name: Tunick^[14]
Given name: Jonathan^[15]
P14750: F43C-B9A8-8C14-E24A-38BA^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 57

ISNI: 0000000115741571
VIAF cluster ID: 71588556
Library of Congress authority ID: n85091682
GND ID: 13454319X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Jonathan Tunick in 2024.jpg ↗
Academy Awards Database nominee ID: 6633
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000245193
Allcinema person ID: 13281
Apple Music artist ID: 242908
AusStage person ID: 467898
Awards & Winners artist ID: 02hdqm
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139993438

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CINE21 person ID: 33056
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11471925
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1000818
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741641253248
DBC author ID: 87097992372316
Deezer artist ID: 1397844
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 13454319X
Discogs artist ID: 298609
Europeana entity: agent/base/149227
FAST ID: 157918
Film.ru person ID: dzhonatan-tyunik
Freebase ID: /m/02hdqm
GTAA ID: 262428
Grammy Awards artist ID: jonathan-tunick, jonathan-tunick/14150
Grove Music Online ID: 45947
IMDb ID: nm0876642
IdRef ID: 137102038
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 12646
Kinobox person ID: 48160
LdiF person ID: 50540
Libraries Australia ID: 35812815
MYmovies person ID: 118006
MusicBrainz artist ID: a1944d0a-2c5f-4071-b3a7-e76e8c1f85ca
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000258081
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12068012
NL CR AUT ID: pna2012692398
NLA Trove people ID: 1099122
NUKAT ID: n2010091638
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007436607405171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020S1090
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:Bemh;=CG
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810699707505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1296357
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071869530
Plex person key: 5d7768bc6f6af7001ee5c2f3
RERO ID (legacy): A003914685
SNAC ARK ID: w6r62ftm
Shazam artist ID: 242908
Songkick artist ID: 2220134
Spotify artist ID: 2uEAOrcM3CyQrKMa8uqA5N
TMDB person ID: 60790
Theatrical Index person ID: jonathan-tunick
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtcJFtqbJ9gRjyj8WhGpP
Yale LUX ID: person/1eb32e08-cd5a-43a7-8dbb-9474dc91d243
ČSFD person ID: 219186

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Mb:orchestrator 8

Being Alive, Being Alive, By the Sea, By the Sea, Not While I'm Around, Not While I'm Around, The Ladies Who Lunch, The Ladies Who Lunch

Compositions 4

Columbo, The Birdcage, Find Me Guilty, Fort Apache, The Bronx

Occupation 4

composer, musician, conductor, film score composer

Educated at 3

Juilliard School, Bard College, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Genre 1

musical play

Given name 1

Jonathan

Instance of 1

human

Place of birth 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

A Little Night Music

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Summary

Jonathan Tunick was born on April 19, 1938^[1], in New York City^[2]. He has worked as a composer^[3], conductor^[4], film score composer^[5], and music arranger^[6].

FAQs

Where was Jonathan Tunick born?

Jonathan Tunick was born in New York City^[2].

What did Jonathan Tunick do for work?

Jonathan Tunick worked as a composer^[3], conductor^[4], film score composer^[5], and music arranger^[6].

Where did Jonathan Tunick go to school?

Jonathan Tunick was educated at Bard College^[8], Juilliard School^[9], and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School^[10].

What awards did Jonathan Tunick receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Song Score^[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — place of birth (P19): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-22. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — educated at (P69): Bard College. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — educated at (P69): Juilliard School. Retrieved 2019-07-08. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — educated at (P69): Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Retrieved 2019-07-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — occupation (P106): conductor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — occupation (P106): film score composer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — occupation (P106): music arranger. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — genre (P136): musical. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — date of birth (P569): April 19, 1938. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-17. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — family name (P734): Tunick. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — given name (P735): Jonathan. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jonathan Tunick — P14750 (P14750): F43C-B9A8-8C14-E24A-38BA. wikidata.org.

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15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

CINE21 person ID → 33056

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → composer, conductor, film score composer +1

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Jonathan

Instance of → human

Sex or gender → male

Occupation → —

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