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Doug Besterman (Douglas Besterman) was born on 3 February, 1965 in United States, is an American orchestrator, musical arranger and music producer. Discover Doug Besterman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Douglas Besterman
Occupation Orchestrator Musical arranger Music producer
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 3 February 1965
Birthday 3 February
Birthplace United States
Nationality United States

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1950

"They decided to not use Strings (other than a harp) and to think in terms of a muscular jazz ensemble rather than a symphonic sound. Jo Sullivan Loesser (Frank Loesser’s widow and a renowned performer in her own right) was very excited to go down this new path with the score. Inspiration came from the work of 1950’s arranger Marty Paich, whose Dek-Tette recordings (most famously with Mel Tormé) found fresh and versatile sounds from a 10-member ensemble (5 brass, 3 saxes, bass and drums). Added to our mix were guitar (muted guitar vamp figures were a favorite of Ginzler’s, as in 'Gotta Stop That Man'), percussion (for the Latin sounds so popular at the time as exemplified by 'Coffee Break'), piano (you can’t do this show without a nod to Grieg), and harp (for over-the-top romanticism in 'Rosemary')."

He also provided orchestrations for the London, Broadway, and Hamburg productions of the musical Sister Act.

1965

Douglas Besterman (born February 3, 1965) is an American orchestrator, musical arranger and music producer.

1986

Besterman found work in New York City in 1986 as a rehearsal pianist.

1990

In 1990, he met Danny Troob, who recommended Besterman to work on an Off-Broadway musical with Alan Menken.

1992

Besterman then began an extensive career in film with Lincoln (1992), subsequently orchestrating Disney's Pocahontas in 1995.

1994

He made his Broadway debut with Damn Yankees (1994), for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations.

1997

Besterman was also nominated for the latter in 1997, with Big: the Musical.

1999

He won his first Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 1999, for orchestrating Fosse with Ralph Burns.

2000

Besterman was nominated for the Tony Award for The Music Man in 2000, for which he also received his third Drama Desk Award nomination.

2001

Besterman won his second Tony Award and his first Drama Desk Award for the Broadway and West End productions of The Producers (2001).

Burns had died in November 2001 and Besterman accepted the awards.

In 2001, Besterman orchestrated Rodgers and Hammerstein's score in the TV movie South Pacific.

2002

In 2002, he shared these awards with Ralph Burns for the original Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Sutton Foster.

In his acceptance speech at the 2002 Tony Awards, Besterman was quoted as saying, "I'm sad to be here without him."

In 2002 he served as orchestrator for the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Chicago.

In concerts, Besterman has orchestrated performances for Mel Brooks and Chita Rivera at the Kennedy Center Honors, Beyoncé Knowles' 2002 benefit concert, and the "Stephen Sondheim 75th Birthday Celebration" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In addition, he has worked with the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Orchestrations for ballets include Take Five (More Or Less) (Pacific Northwest Ballet), Double Feature (New York City Ballet), and But Not For Me (Martha Graham Dance Company); all of these were choreographed by Susan Stroman.

2003

Besterman also arranged music for the 2003 film Piglet's Big Movie.

He orchestrated songs for a musical adaptation, titled Elf the Musical, of the 2003 film Elf, which played at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway in winter 2010.

2004

In 2004, Besterman orchestrated music for the original productions of Dracula, the Musical at the La Jolla Playhouse and Broadway's Belasco Theatre.

2005

Besterman provided orchestrations and arrangements for the 2005 West End production of Guys and Dolls.

Also in 2005, Besterman reunited with The Producers composer Mel Brooks for the film version of the same name.

2007

He again worked with Brooks on his 2007 musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein, for which he was nominated for his sixth Drama Desk Award and first Grammy Award.

Besterman worked with writer Debra Fordham and composers Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez for a musical episode of Scrubs, titled "My Musical", which aired in 2007.

Many described initial misgivings that the musical concept would make the episode seem gimmicky, but these fears were, for the most part, put to rest by the fact that the episode was "logically insane."

2008

In 2008, Besterman orchestrated songs for the Houston, Texas, premiere of The Gershwins' An American In Paris, a musical adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name.

It played from April 29, 2008, to June 22, 2008.

2009

He is the recipient of three Tony Awards out of six total nominations and two Drama Desk Awards out of six total nominations, and was a 2009 Grammy Award nominee.

Besterman currently resides in New York.

Doug grew up in the New York suburb of Monsey.

He attended Ramapo High School and the University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music.

His father (Kenny Besterman) was a child performer on The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour.

Doug Besterman married Alida Michal in 2021.

He has three children from previous marriages.

2010

He wrote orchestrations to the La Jolla Playhouse's 2010 production of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin.

2011

Besterman was the orchestrator for Rob Ashford's 2011 Broadway revival of Frank Loesser's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Daniel Radcliffe, for which he has been nominated for his fifth Tony Award for Best Orchestrations.

For this production, Besterman scaled down the orchestra: "Music director David Chase and orchestrator Doug Besterman explored ways to honor the contributions of the original music team (music director Elliot Lawrence and orchestrator Robert Ginzler) while capitalizing on the assets of a streamlined 14-member orchestra."

When describing Besterman's approach for these new orchestrations, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron wrote: