Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 17, 2008 Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 I was watching the latest 1983 episode posted on youtube today (Grandma Kate ) and noticed in the end credits the music credit was to Sid Ramin! Is this the same Sid Ramin who's a VERY famous Broadway orchestrator--he did the original West Side Story, etc? If so--wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 17, 2008 Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 It is the same. Take a look. All My Children is somewhere down the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 Wow thanks! I saw nothing on imdb. That's pretty impressive! AMC did have great music back then (but so did a lot of soaps at least by my standards--that don't now ) For a brief while he was the only person Leonard Bernstein would trust with orchestrating his works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 17, 2008 Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 Did LB give out full sketches or just piano scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 Depended on how rushed he was. I think he did what Sondheim does--four part piano scores (ie very detailed) with suggested insturmentation. Bernstein did do what all good classical composers do and orchestrate his own classical pieces and one flop opera, but with Broadway rehearsal schedules there isn't enough time so he couldn't (especially with West Side Story as he was rehearsing Candide at the same time--which is why some songs got swapped between the two with different lyrics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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