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Michael Starobin(I)

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  • Composer
  • Director
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Michael Starobin is known for Hercules (1997), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Beauty and the Beast (2017).
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    • Awards
      • 8 nominations total

    Known for

    James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)
    Hercules
    7.3
    • Music Department
    • 1997
    Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, and Jane Withers in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    7.0
    • Music Department
    • 1996
    Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
    Beauty and the Beast
    7.1
    • Music Department
    • 2017
    Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in Tangled (2010)
    Tangled
    7.7
    • Music Department
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • orchestrator
      • 1993–2026
    • The 78th Annual Tony Awards (2025)
      The 78th Annual Tony Awards
      5.9
      TV Special
      • orchestrator
      • 2025
    • Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Dee Bradley Baker, and Rachel Zegler in Spellbound (2024)
      Spellbound
      5.5
      • song orchestrator (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Blacktalon (2023)
      Blacktalon
      6.8
      TV Series
      • orchestrator
      • 2023
    • Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2019)
      Hollywood in Vienna
      9.0
      TV Series
      • orchestrator and arranger
      • 2022
    • The 75th Annual Tony Awards (2022)
      The 75th Annual Tony Awards
      6.1
      TV Special
      • orchestrator
      • 2022
    • Matthew Morrison in The Grinch Musical! (2020)
      The Grinch Musical!
      3.7
      TV Movie
      • orchestrations
      • 2020
    • Ken Jeong, Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, and Robert G. Chiu in Over the Moon (2020)
      Over the Moon
      6.3
      • song orchestrator (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Gabriel Iglesias, Wanda Sykes, Leehom Wang, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Janelle Monáe, Pitbull, and Nick Jonas in UglyDolls (2019)
      UglyDolls
      5.2
      • orchestrations by
      • 2019
    • Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Ben Whishaw, Emily Blunt, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and Joel Dawson in Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
      Mary Poppins Returns
      6.6
      • orchestrations by
      • 2018
    • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
      Live from Lincoln Center
      8.5
      TV Series
      • orchestrator
      • 2017
    • Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
      Beauty and the Beast
      7.1
      • orchestrator: songs
      • 2017
    • Royal Pains (2009)
      Royal Pains
      7.2
      TV Series
      • orchestrator
      • 2016
    • The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015)
      The 69th Annual Tony Awards
      5.9
      TV Special
      • orchestrator
      • 2015
    • Lucky Stiff (2014)
      Lucky Stiff
      5.4
      • orchestrator
      • 2014

    Composer

    • The Emperor's Newest Clothes (2018)
      The Emperor's Newest Clothes
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Judi Dench in A Dairy Tale (2004)
      A Dairy Tale
      5.0
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2004
    • Freedom: A History of US (2003)
      Freedom: A History of US
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2003
    • Echoes from the White House (2001)
      Echoes from the White House
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2001
    • Baggage
      7.0
      Short
      • Composer
      • 1997
    • The Land of the Four Winds
      Video
      • Composer
      • 1995
    • The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (1992)
      The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
      7.3
      Short
      • Composer
      • 1992
    • John Aller, Ed Askinazi, Gary Becker, Danny Gerard, Grace Johnston, Michael Sporn, Heidi Stallings, Michael Starobin, Bernard Waber, Jarrod Spector, and Bob Bushell in Ira Sleeps Over (1991)
      Ira Sleeps Over
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 1991
    • HBO Storybook Musicals (1987)
      HBO Storybook Musicals
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1987

    Director

    • Footprints
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Water for Tea
      5.4
      Video
      • Director
      • 2003
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Other works
      Orchestrator for "Sunday in the Park with George" musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater, Washington, District of Columbia, USA).

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      Won Broadway's 2004 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Assassins."

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