Best orchestration ever- Page 2

[magruder]

re: Best orchestration ever#25

Posted: 2/12/05 at 2:34pm

Speaking of Sid Ramin, I was chatting with him once about his arrangements for Forum, and he mentioned to me that the string section consisted entirely of violas, which is something that I had never realized.

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[magruder]

re: Best orchestration ever#26

Posted: 2/12/05 at 2:41pm

I realized that I also left Don Walker off my earlier list. His career spanned 50 years, but he contributed extraordinary orchestrations for On the Town, Carousel, Finian's Rainbow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Call Me Madam, Wonderful Town, The Pajama Game, The Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Greenwillow, The Gay Life, She Loves Me, Anyone Can Whistle, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Zorba!, The Rothschilds, 70 Girls 70 and Shenandoah. Many of those shows still sound as fresh as a daisy.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[WISHIHADATONY]

re: Best orchestration ever#27

Posted: 2/12/05 at 3:25pm

The orchestration work in PACIFIC OVERTURE (particularly Someone In a Tree) is quite remarkable.

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