Larry Blank Music
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RECORDINGS
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Larry orchestrated two songs for Marc Shaiman. One about the Iraqi leader, and the other about an infamous "Uncle."
Larry did two arrangements for Christine.
Recorded in London.
Marc Shaiman asked Larry to make a special arrangement of I HAVE DREAMED for the White House "State" Dinner.
The scene was filmed to the music being played live by the marine band.
Larry orchestrated Marc Shaiman's big band score.
Larry did a big band arrangement for a Harry Nilsson song sung by Nathan Lane.
Larry did additional orchestrations for a new song and new dance music for the London revival.
Larry shared the podium with Don Pippin for this centennial celebration in London.
Larry was the MD/arranger for the World Premiere in San Francisco.
STAIRWAY TO THE STARS. MGM stars conducted by Don Pippin and Larry Blank in London.
Larry orchestrated & arranged with Don Pippin conducting Jerry Herman's score.
Larry did the scoring for two songs in this animated sequel.
Larry, with Frank Bennett, orchestrated the main title for Marc Shaiman's score.
Larry arranges & orchestrates, Pippin conducts. Paul Sorvino sings.
Michael Feinstein gave Larry the opportunity to shine with a new arrangement of WISH YOU WERE HERE.
Michael Crawford's favorite "Christine" with Larry conducting and some new arrangements.
Marc Shaiman's score with a lot of music that crossed the line between Broadway and Hollywood with Larry stuck in the middle.
Mark Isham's eerie score.
Larry orchestrating Marc Shaiman's arrangements in the style of the great MGM orchestrators & arrangers. Salinger, Courage, Martin, Sendrey.
Mark Isham's score. Not everything has to have a song and dance.
I did some orchestration work on two songs for arranger Martin Erskine.
Michael Feinstein recorded my arrangement of I WONT SEND ROSES with the Israel Philharmonic.
Michael asked me to adapt Lenny Hayton's/Pete Rugulo's score for EASY TO LOVE.
This is the cover for A SOAP OPERA CHRISTMAS. Several soap opera stars emoting thru Christmas songs. I did one arrangement. I have found several out of print copies on Ebay. My bid of $1.75 won me a mint copy.
Another picture that I did some last minute work on for Marc Shaiman. The title "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN" is appropriate for this film.
An underated picture and score by Marc Shaiman.
I did some of the orchestrations. Marc gave me a little composition on the picture. One of my compositions is called:
TIMPANI ROLL.
I orchestrated/arranged a big band cue for this animated feature. Abe Most played the clarinet which was the best part.
I orchestrated one short cue for this picture.
The music was faxed to the music copyists page by page as the recording was in progress.
On several Marc Shaiman pictures, I had the pleasure of working with trumpeter/vocalist Jack Sheldon. Jack did a big band rendition of Count Your Blessings which I orchestrated.
He hired me as composer after I had scored symphonic arrangements for his singing appearances.
Mark Watters asked me and Ira Hearshen to orchestrate the end credits. We wrote after midnight in Los Angeles while it was 8AM in London, the parts were faxed to the recording studio in London and recorded about an hour after we finished. It's not always like this, but it happens.
