Larry has received three TONY nominations for Best Orchestrations: Monty Python's Spamalot (2005), Fiddler on the Roof (2004) and A Class Act (2001). He is the lead composer for Nickelodeon's hit series, The Wonder Pets. He composed additional music for Disney's Little Mermaid II. He has composed and arranged music for two episodes of Spielberg's Amazing Stories, the TV documentaries Views of a Vanishing Frontier and Yad Vashem, as well as the films Not for Publication, The Watchman, and Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (Omnimax film). He studied theory and composition at Manhattan School of Music (B.A.), Eastman School of Music and Mannes College of Music with such noted composers as Joseph Schwantner (Pulitzer Prize winner), Benjamin Lees, Nicholas Flagello and Ludmila Ulehla.

  His orchestral work In Memoriam received its premiere in Berlin (1994) at a Holocaust commemorative concert and had its US Premiere with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra under Richard Alden Clark. It is available on CD and is published by Edward B. Marks (available on rental through Theodore Presser).

  Other original music includes The Lester Horton Warm-Up (modern dance video) and many themes for CNN, AMC and Romance Classics. His scores for the Carlin Recorded Music Library, including American Impressions and The Hollywood Project, have been widely used for broadcasts in every major country. Other original music for orchestra is featured on Millenium Mornings (Cats Paw Records).

  Orchestrations for 11 films include Lady and the Tramp II, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, Dead of Winter, On the Wing (IMAX), The Ascent, Braxton, Ransom of Red Chief, Just in Time and Grand Larceny.

  Orchestrations for Broadway include Fiddler on the Roof (additional orchestrations for the 2004 Revival), Jane Eyre, A Class Act, The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm and Late Nite Comic, and additional orchestrations for King David (Alan Menken & Tim Rice), The Music Man (Revival), Isn't It Romantic (Michael Feinstein), The Prince of Central Park and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

  Orchestrations for regional shows include Senor Discretion Himself (Frank Loesser World Premiere), Hans Christian Andersen (co-orchestrator), Marty (co-orchestrator), After You Mr. Hyde, 1492, Tales of Tinseltown, Funny You Don't Look Like a Grandmother, Phantom of the Opera (Ivan Jacobs),The Prince and the Pauper, Let Us Fly (Kings Head, London), Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues, Barry Manilow's Copacabana and Skinflint; also Suburb and Not Tonight Benevenuto (Off-Broadway).

  Larry contributed additional orchestrations for Bye Bye Birdie (ABC-TV), Cinderella (Disney), Annie (Disney), Geppetto (Disney), The Music Man (Disney, with Matthew Broderick), Stardust (tour), Goya (Maury Yeston, CBS Records) and Big (tour).

  Arrangements for recordings include Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald and Dawn Upshaw (Nonesuch Records), The Maury Yeston Songbook (PS Classics), Through the Years (PS Classics), A Tribute to Jerome Moross (PS Classics), Lauren Kennedy (Songs of Jason Robert Brown) and acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet's Reflections on Duke Ellington (Decca Records).

  Among his other arrangements are “A Sondheim Medley” (authorized by Mr. Sondheim), arrangements for Michael Feinstein (Carnegie Hall), Betty Buckley, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops Orchestra, Thomas Dolby, Gary Casucci (Carnegie Hall), Andre de Sheild, Susan Lucci, Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra, The Broadway Concert (Judy Kaye & Mark Jacoby), The Big Apple Circus and Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

  Original musicals include One Man Band, produced at Coconut Grove Playhouse and available on CD, a version of Phantom of the Opera, which premiered in 1990 as a national tour, and Newport Newport. Music composed for animation includes the HBO special Alexander and the Very Bad Day.

  His song, “ Rising Like the Sun” was performed at the Opening Ceremony for America's Millenium in Washington DC.

  His early work on Broadway as a pianist and conductor include 18 other shows; among them are Pippin, Pacific Overtures and The Magic Show.

  Other compositions include American Portraits for Orchestra, Music for Cello and Woodwind Quartet, Sonnet #2, Music for Narrator and Chamber Ensemble, 3 Dances for Chamber Orchestra, Passacaglia for Flute, 'Cello and Piano, Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Sonata for Violin, and Meditation for Solo 'Cello.

  His original music is broadcast daily on stations worldwide including AMC, CNN, HBO, Nickelodeon and Romance Classics. From 1981-1998 hundreds of his TV & radio commercials were broadcast regularly, co-composed and co-produced with Larry Gates for their company, Newfound Music Productions.

  Larry Hochman is the recipient of the New Jersey Theater Group 1998 Applause Award for over 20 years of shows with Pushcart Players.

--- And to all the fans of the "Captain Morgan's Rum" music, thanks for tracking me down!