Lanny Meyers is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

orchestrator Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orch ...

, principal arranger and

musical director A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the ...

. He has composed the ballet ''

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' Written while Irving was living abroad in Birm ...

'' (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Oklahoma City Ballet), '' The Hunt of the Unique-Horn'' (Long Beach Ballet Co.), film scores for the 1992 Sundance Award winning documentary '' Beirut: The Last Home Movie'', New Line Cinema's '' The First Time'' (1983), and many award-winning animated films for Buzzco Assoc. He arranged and orchestrated '' The Berenstain Bears Show'' TV series, and, (with Rupert Holmes), the cable TV series ''

Remember WENN ''Remember WENN'' is a comedy-drama television series that aired from 1996 to 1998 on the cable channel American Movie Classics. Created and written by Rupert Holmes (with music also by Holmes) and set at the fictional Pittsburgh radio station WE ...

'' (1996). He also composed and orchestrated The Mendocino Music Festival Overture (2004), and created the score for the '' Psychosomatic Wellness'' CD by Dr. Candace Pert.

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy awards

*Won, 1982, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for ''

Night of 100 Stars ''Night of 100 Stars'' is an all-star variety television special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America, airing in 1982. It won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program at the 34th Primetime Emmy Awards ...

'' (shared with

Elliot Lawrence Elliott Lawrence Broza (February 14, 1925 – July 2, 2021), known professionally as Elliott Lawrence, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. Son of the broadcaster Stan Lee Broza, Lawrence led his first dance band at age 20, but he pl ...

, William Elton,

Tommy Newsom Thomas Penn Newsom (February 25, 1929 – April 28, 2007) was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', for which he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently the band's substitute dir ...

Torrie Zito Salvatore "Torrie" Zito (October 12, 1933 – December 3, 2009) was an American pianist, music arranger, composer and conductor. Life and career He is most widely known for his hugely popular work with John Lennon on the classic album ''Imagine ...

and

Jonathan Tunick Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938, New York City) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer, and one of seventeen " EGOTs" - people to have won all four major American showbusiness awards: the Tony Awards, Academy Awards, Emmy A ...

) *Nominated, 1985, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for '' Night of 100 Stars II'' (shared with Elliot Lawrence, Torrie Zito, Tommy Newsom,

Glen Roven Glen Paul Roven (July 13, 1957 – July 25, 2018) was an American two-time Emmy winning composer, lyricist, conductor and producer. He composed the music to "The Hillary Speeches" setting two of Mrs. Clinton's speeches to music which streamed o ...

Lawrence James Edwin James Lawrence (born 26 May 1943, Bath, England), most commonly known as Lawrence James, is an English historian and writer. Biography James graduated with a BA in English & History from the University of York in 1966, and subsequently u ...

and William Elton) *Won, 1986, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for '' The 40th Annual Tony Awards'' (shared with Elliot Lawrence, Jamie Lawrence, Tommy Newsom, Glen Roven, Lawrence Schwartz and Torrie Zito) *Nominated, 1987, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for '' The 41st Annual Tony awards'' (shared with Elliot Lawrence, Larry Grossman, Wally Harper, Torrie Zito and Jamie Lawrence) *Nominated, 1988, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for '' Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration'' (shared with Elliot Lawrence, Torrie Zito,

Don Sebesky Don Sebesky (born December 10, 1937) is an American arranger, jazz trombonist, and keyboardist. Biography Sebesky trained in trombone at the Manhattan School of Music; in his early career, he played with Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Do ...

, Tommy Newsom, Jamie Lawrence, Lawrence Schwartz,

Peter Matz Peter Matz (November 6, 1928 – August 9, 2002) was an American musician, composer, arranger and conductor. His musical career in film, theater, television and studio recording spanned fifty years, and he worked with a number of prominent ...

, Larry Grossman, and

Mark Hummel Mark Hummel (born December 15, 1955) is an American blues harmonica player, vocalist, songwriter, and long-time bandleader of the Blues Survivors. Since 1991, Hummel has produced the Blues Harmonica Blowout tour, of which he is also a featured p ...

) *Nominated, 1991, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for '' The 44th Annual Tony Awards'' (shared with Elliot Lawrence, Torrie Zito and Jamie Lawrence)

Daytime Emmy awards

*Won, 1982, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for ''

The Edge of Night ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...

'' TV series (shared with Jack Cortner) *Won, 1982, Outstanding Individual Achievement, Scoring ''

ABC Afterschool Special ''ABC Afterschool Special'' is an American television anthology series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most episodes were dramatically presen ...

'' for "The Unforgiveable Secret", Elliot Lawrence, composer *Won, 1983, Outstanding Music Composition in Children's Programming, ''ABC Afterschool Special'' for "Sometimes I Dont Love My Mother" with Elliot Lawrence *Won, 1995-96 Outstanding contributions to the Emmy Award winning Achievement for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'' *Nominated, 1999, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for '' Another World'' (shared with Ron Brawer, James Kowal, John Henry,

Wes Boatman Wes Boatman is an American television composer. Biography Boatman became interested in music at the age of six, and began playing such instruments as pianos and keyboards. During his adult years, he received a B.F.A. in Film and Electronic Musi ...

Dominic Messinger Dominic Messinger is an American television composer. He began his work in soap opera music on '' General Hospital'', and has since composed for reality series and documentaries including '' Intervention'', '' Brace for Impact'', and for Nickelode ...

, Rick Rhodes, Robert Sands,

Richard Hazard Richard Hazard (March 2, 1921 – December 20, 2000) was an American television composer, orchestrator, conductor and songwriter. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Los Angeles, California, of cancer. He was married to Jeanne T ...

Barry De Vorzon Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His earliest hit compositions were "Just Married" (1958), written with Al Allen and recorded by Marty Robbins, which reached number 26 on ''Billboar ...

, Allan Bellink, Ed Dzuback, Mark Breeding, and

Chieli Minucci Chieli Minucci (born April 17, 1958) is an American guitarist who co-founded the band Special EFX. Career His father, Ulpio Minucci, was a concert pianist and composer who wrote the music to the 1955 song " Domani." Chieli Minucci started Spe ...

)

Other awards

*5 CINE Golden Eagle Awards for scoring animated short films (1987, 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995) (Buzzco Assoc.) *Artist-in-residence, Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico *New York State Council of the Arts *Composer-in-residence, New York Electronic Workshop *Graduate scholarship student of

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

(UCLA) and summer fellowship student at Brandeis University, Maryland.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyers, Lanny Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers Emmy Award winners 1956 births People from Benton, Arkansas 21st-century American male musicians