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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 .
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...
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Year Inducted: 2004. 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.
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.
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.
Mini Bio. Irwin Kostal was born on October 1, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for West Side Story (1961), Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). He died on November 23, 1994 in Studio City, California, USA.
It was written by the Sherman Brothers and arranged as a barbershop quartet by Irwin Kostal, in keeping with the time and place of the story. It was covered by the Brady Kids and was chosen for release on their first single taken from The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album by producer Jackie Mills on Paramount Records. [36]
