Biography
William David "Bill" Brohn (March 30, 1933 β May 11, 2017) was 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 won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations three times.His work was 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 was 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.
Filmography
all 6
Movies 6
self 1
Orchestrator
Kipps - The New Half a Sixpence Musical (2021)
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Orchestrator
Miss Saigon : 25th Anniversary Performance (2016)
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Orchestrator
Crazy For You (1999)
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Orchestrator
Oklahoma! (1999)
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Self - Orchestrator
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon (1989)
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Composer
Beyond the Horizon (1975)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1933-03-30
Deathday2017-05-11 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceFlint, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam D. Brohn
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