Orchestrators

Film orchestration Due to the enormous time constraints of film scoring schedules, most film composers employ orchestrators rather than doing the work themselves, although these orchestrators work under the close supervision of the composer.

Police will allege these men were the orchestrators behind the network of children aged 12- 17 who stole over $2 million of cigarettes and cash.

Cats are known to be true orchestrators of chaos.

If the schedule is too demanding, a team of orchestrators (ranging from two to eight) will work on a film.

New orchestrators trying to obtain work will often approach a film composer asking to be hired.

Reasons for transposing There are several reasons that composers, orchestrators and arrangers transpose music for certain instruments.

See Simeone, Nigel (2009) "Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story", pp. 85–92: 'Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal: Orchestrating the Show' Ramin, Kostal, and Bernstein are billed as orchestrators for the show.

The experienced orchestrators Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang were entrusted with the arrangements and the show quickly went into rehearsal.

The lead orchestrator decides on the assignment of cues to other orchestrators on the team.