Songwriter ("Early Autumn", "Bijou"), bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist, educated at the New England Conservatory. He studied piano with Marion Deviney. He was a pianist and arranger for the Charlie Barnet orchestra, and later with Woody Herman for seven years. He arranged for Broadway musicals, including "No Strings", "Little ...
June 29, 1922, Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Died
November 21, 2001, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Profession
Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
Education
New England Conservatory of Music
Siblings
Joe Burns, Nancy Lane Burns, Leon Burns, Gael Burns
Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
1
He and Douglas Besterman nominated for a 1999 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Orchestration for "Fosse" on Broadway in New York City.
2
Twice won Broadway's Best Orchestrations Tony Award in collaboration with 'Doug Besterman';: in 1999 for "Fosse," and, posthumously, in 2002 for "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Great Performances: Dance in America
2001
TV Series orchestrator - 1 episode
The Addams Family
1991
additional orchestrator
Life Stinks
1991
dance orchestrator
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
TV Movie orchestrator: songs
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
conductor
In the Mood
1987
conductor / orchestrator
A Chorus Line
1985
conductor / music arranger
Moving Violations
1985
conductor
To Be or Not to Be
1983
orchestrator
Jinxed!
1982
reunion scene arranger and orchestrator
Annie
1982
conductor / music arranger
Pippin: His Life and Times
1981
TV Movie music arranger
History of the World: Part I
1981
orchestrator: "The Spanish Inquisition"
First Family
1980
composer: additional music - uncredited / conductor / music adaptor
The Island
1980
composer: stock music - uncredited
Urban Cowboy
1980
music adaptor
Baryshnikov on Broadway
1980
TV Movie documentary music arranger
All That Jazz
1979
conductor / music arranger / music supervisor - uncredited
High Anxiety
1977
orchestrator
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
orchestrator
New York, New York
1977
conductor / musical supervisor
Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl
1977
TV Movie musical arrangements
Lucky Lady
1975
conductor
Lenny
1974
music supervisor
Mame
1974
musical director - uncredited / orchestrator
Liza with a Z
1972
TV Special musical arranger
Cabaret
1972
conductor / music arranger / music supervisor
Bananas
1971
orchestrator
Move
1970
orchestrator
Sweet Charity
1969
orchestrations
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
TV Movie
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
After the Promise
1987
TV Movie
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
TV Series 1 episode
In the Mood
1987
Amazing Stories
1986-1987
TV Series 2 episodes
The Christmas Star
1986
The Penalty Phase
1986
TV Movie
Perfect
1985
Moving Violations
1985
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
TV Movie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Star 80
1983
The Phantom of the Opera
1983
TV Movie
Lights, Camera, Annie!
1982
TV Movie documentary
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
My Favorite Year
1982
music by
Pennies from Heaven
1981
uncredited
Golden Gate
1981
TV Movie
Side Show
1981
TV Movie
Urban Cowboy
1980
Make Me an Offer
1980
TV Movie
All That Jazz
1979
uncredited
Movie Movie
1978
Lucky Lady
1975
Lenny
1974
Piaf: The Early Years
1974
Cabaret
1972
adaptation score, uncredited
The Name of the Game
1969
TV Series 2 episodes
It Takes a Thief
1968
TV Series 1 episode
Rhapsody in Wood
1947
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gangster Squad
2013
writer: "Early Autumn"
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
writer: "Early Autumn"
In the Mood
1987
music: "BABY BLUES Sonny's Theme" / producer: "IN THE MOOD"