Ralph Burns

Composer

About

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Birth Place

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Born

June 29, 1922

Died

November 21, 2001

Cause of Death

Complications From A Stroke Including Pneumonia

Biography

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Ralph Burns worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Burns worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Cabaret" (1972) starring Liza Minnelli. In the eighties, Burns devoted his time to various credits, such as "History of the World Part I" with Mel Brooks (1981). Burns's music was also featured in the musical comedy "Bert Rig...

Filmography

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Gangster Squad (2013)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

The Addams Family (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

Life Stinks (1991)

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Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Together Again

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us

Biography

Ralph Burns worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Burns worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Cabaret" (1972) starring Liza Minnelli. In the eighties, Burns devoted his time to various credits, such as "History of the World Part I" with Mel Brooks (1981). Burns's music was also featured in the musical comedy "Bert Rigby, You're a Fool" (1989) with Robert Lindsay, the Dom DeLuise animated adventure "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (1989) and the Kevin Spacey crime feature "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (1997). Burns was most recently credited in the crime drama "Gangster Squad" (2013) with Josh Brolin. Burns won a Music (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) Academy Award for "Cabaret" in 1972 as well as a Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) Academy Award for "All That Jazz" in 1979. Burns was nominated for an Outstanding Achievement In Music Direction Primetime Emmy Award for "The Josephine Baker Story" in 1991. Burns passed away in November 2001 at the age of 79.

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

Gangster Squad (2013)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

The Addams Family (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

Life Stinks (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)

In the Mood (1987)

After the Promise (1987)

In the Mood (1987)

In the Mood (1987)

The Christmas Star (1986)

Penalty Phase (1986)

A Chorus Line (1985)

Moving Violations (1985)

Music Conductor

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

Phantom of the Opera (1983)

My Favorite Year (1982)

Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)

Music Conductor

Golden Gate (1981)

Side Show (1981)

History of the World Part I (1981)

Urban Cowboy (1980)

Music Adaptation

First Family (1980)

First Family (1980)

Music Conductor

Make Me An Offer (1980)

All That Jazz (1979)

All That Jazz (1979)

Movie Movie (1978)

Movie Movie (1978)

Movie Movie (1978)

High Anxiety (1977)

New York, New York (1977)

Music Supervisor

The World's Greatest Lover (1977)

Lucky Lady (1975)

Music; Music Director

Song ("Sur Tes Levres")

Music Supervisor

Music (Special)

From Broadway: Fosse (2002)

Liza Minnelli Live! From Radio City Music Hall (1992)

Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980)

Holiday U.S.A. (1959)

Life Events

Videos

Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Together Again Following credits over aerial video from New York to a college (Vassar, in fact) to the north, the third Muppet feature begins with Kermit, then Miss Piggy and Fozzy, on stage, song by Jeff Moss, in The Muppets Take Manhattan, 1984.

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us Sandahl Bergman, already a Broadway regular for director Bob Fosse, is a principal along with Eileen Casey, Bruce Davis, Gary Flannery, many others, with Fosse's own staging, and Roy Scheider the Fosse-based character Joe Gideon, in the tame opening section of the number, the original tune by Stanley Lebowsky and Fred Tobias, leading into the sensational

Mame (1974) -- (Movie Clip) It's Today Young Patrick (Kirby Furlong) and Jane Connell as Miss Gooch gawk at their first sighting of Lucille Ball as the title character, his Auntie, hosting an affair at her Beekman Place apartment in the 1920’s, song by Jerry Herman from the Broadway musical, in Warner Bros.’ Mame, 1974.

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