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Studio City, California, U.S. Genres. Musical film, musical theatre, animation. Occupation (s) Songwriter, screenwriter, publisher. Years active. 1950s–1994. Irwin Kostal (October 1, 1911 – November 23, 1994) was an American musical arranger of films and an orchestrator of Broadway musicals .
Dec 1, 1994 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. Irwin Kostal, a Hollywood orchestrator and conductor who won Academy Awards for his work in “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music,” has died. He was 83.
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Irwin Kostal was an American musical arranger of films and an orchestrator of Broadway musicals, who arranged and conducted scores to Disney films, like Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, and the 1982 digital re-recording of 1940's Fantasia. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kostal...
Mar 13, 2023 · In 1961, Bernstein put together the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, having originally been orchestrated for Broadway by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal under the composer’s supervision. The new dance suite premiered in December 1961 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Lukas Foss, and Bernstein recorded it the following year.
Jan 8, 2014 · The AHC has recently processed the papers of Irwin Kostal, an American composer, orchestrator and arranger in the 20 th century. Kostal’s most well-known projects include work on The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Sail Away and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Award-winning conductor and orchestrator Irwin Kostal brought his innate musical genius to such Disney classic motion pictures as Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Pete’s Dragon. He received Oscar ® nominations in the category of Best Music, Original Song Score and Adaptation for all three films.
Irwin Kostal (1911-1994) was an American music conductor, orchestrator, and arranger during the twentieth century. This collection consists of musical scores for television shows, Broadway musicals and motion pictures written, arranged or composed by Kostal and others. Repository. American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
