William David Brohn Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William David "Bill" Brohn (born March 30, 1933 in Flint, Michigan) is an American arranger and orchestrator, best known for his scores of musicals such as Miss Saigon, Ragtime and Wicked. He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime and has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations three times.His work has been eclectic, orchestrating many different styles of music. His modern scores are known for their keyboard writing for the orchestra pit, and their balance between acoustic and synthesised sounds. Brohn is one of the few theatre orchestrators to use the E-bow attachment to the electric guitar, which can be heard in his orchestrations for Wicked and Mary Poppins.
New England Conservatory of Music, Michigan State University
Awards
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction
Star Sign
Aries
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Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Ragtime." He was also nominated in the same category two other times: in 2002 for "Sweet Smell of Success" and in 2004 for "Wicked."
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Great Performances
TV Series orchestrator - 2 episodes, 1989 - 1999 conductor - 1 episode, 1975
Oklahoma!
1999
TV Movie additional orchestrator
Monkey Shines
1988
orchestrator - as William D. Brohn
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
additional orchestrator - as William D. Brohn
Alexander Nevsky
1938
orchestra director, 1990 revision
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Code Name Oracle
2012
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1983
TV Series 1 episode
Great Performances
1975
TV Series 1 episode
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Anastasia
1997
arranger: "A Rumor in St. Petersburg", "Journey to the Past"
The Magical Journey of 'Anastasia'
1997
Video documentary short arranger: "A Rumor in St. Petersburg", "Journey to the Past"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 56th Annual Tony Awards
2002
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Orchestrations
Known for movies
Alexander Nevsky (1938) as Music Department
Monkey Shines (1988) as Music Department
Anastasia (1997) as Soundtrack
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) as Music Department
$16 Million
