DAVID KRANE

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Composer / Arranger for Broadway, TV & Film

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video: See FILM CLIPS // LINK: My Work With Michelle Williams on MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

audio: LOVE GOES WRONG/HEAT WAVE

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ARRANGER, PRODUCER, VOCAL COACH FOR MICHELLE WILLIAMS' MY WEEK WITH MARILYN.

LINK: Part 1 - MY MONTH WITH MICHELLE.

audio: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

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GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER & OSCAR NOMINATED!

LINK: Part 2 - MY MONTH WITH MICHELLE.

  DAVID KRANE most recently Arranged & Produced two songs for Golden Globe Winner and Oscar nominated Michelle Williams to sing as Marilyn Monroe in the acclaimed new film, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, has created the Dance Music & Additional Score Adaptation for the Oscar-winning film, CHICAGO (dir. Rob Marshall), and has written all new music arrangements with Additional Score Adaptation for the film version of NINE, (dir. Rob Marshall).
 
  He composed ASPIRE with Stephen Cole, the first ever commissioned American musical produced in the Middle East, which premiered in Doha, Qatar in November, 2005, scored for 70 piece orchestra, and his new musical comedy, THE ROAD TO QATAR (roadtoqatar.com) also with Stephen Cole is about his incredible experience writing ASPIRE,  premiered in Dallas in October, 2009 to rave reviews, won Best New Musical Award '09-10 from the Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum, was on three 10 best lists for the year, and was produced by the York Theatre in NYC in February, 2011.
 
  The Original Cast Recording has just been released by Jay Records (jayrecords.com, amazon.com)(www.roadtoqatar.com)
 
  His original movie musical, THE WHEEL GOES ROUND (www.vimeo.com/10303835) also written with Stephen Cole, premiered at the Ripfest Film Festival in New York, and was chosen for six film festivals, including The Big Apple Film Festival, and the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.
 
  He has composed dance music and arrangements for 29 Broadway shows, including 110 IN THE SHADE, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, CABARET, MAN OF LA MANCHA, OKLAHOMA! (Hugh Jackman), KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (Chita Rivera), THE MUSIC MAN, SHOWBOAT, & BIG (Susan Stroman), RAGTIME, VICTOR/VICTORIA (Julie Andrews), MINNELLI ON MINNELLI (Liza), DAMN YANKEES.
 
  Orchestrations: SHE LOVES ME, THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND (Drama Desk Nominee).
 
  For TV: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 2005 (Disney/ABC) starring Carol Burnett & Tracey Ullman, the award winning ANNIE (Disney/ABC) for which he received a special citation from the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences Primetime Emmy Awards, MRS. SANTA CLAUS (CBS) with Angela Lansbury, CINDERELLA (Disney/ABC) starring Whitney Houston, the 2003 OSCARS, & THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (CBS).
 
 

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CAST RECORDING CD ON JAYRECORDS.COM

*Hear selections from THE ROAD TO QATAR!

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With the legendary JULIE ANDREWS during VICTOR/VICTORIA

*See the two part documentary about the making of ASPIRE on YouTube, directed by David Krane

This site  The Web 

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With Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Conducted her in HAPPY END on Broadway before her first film

*See his original musical film short: THE WHEEL GOES ROUND.

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ONCE UPON A MATTRESS with the wonderful CAROL BURNETT. *CLICK ON FILM CLIPS

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CHICAGO with the Academy Award winning Catherine Zeta-Jones. *CLICK ON FILM CLIPS

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CHICAGO with Academy Award winning QUEEN LATIFAH

David has worked with Susan Stroman, Rob Marshall, Sam Mendes, Harold Prince, Kathleen Marshall, Jerry Mitchell, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Jerry Zaks, Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera, Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Julie Andrews, Katharine Hepburn, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Audra McDonald, Cy Coleman, Neil Simon, Trevor Nunn, Hugh Jackman, Mandy Patinkin, Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Dame Judi Dench, Michelle Williams, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, & Sophia Loren among many others.

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MRS. SANTA CLAUS with the magnificent ANGELA LANSBURY. *CLICK ON FILM CLIPS

THE ROAD TO QATAR!
A True New Musical Comedy, produced at the Lyric Stage in Dallas, and the York Theatre in NYC, has just released its Off-Broadway Original Cast CD on Jay Records (jayrecords.com, amazon.com).

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with my brilliant collaborator, Stephen Cole at the ROAD TO QATAR premiere

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With Liza and the late great Fred Ebb during MINNELLI ON MINNELLI.

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With the fabulous Chita Rivera. Spider Woman and a tour of Australia together.

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CINDERELLA with the adorable BERNADETTE PETERS. *CLICK ON FILM CLIPS

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MRS. SANTA CLAUS & LA CAGE AUX FOLLES with the great JERRY HERMAN



EMAIL: david@davidkrane.com
 
     
REPRESENTATION FOR FILM & TV:  
 
Robert Messinger 
First Artists Management
r_messinger@firstartistsmgmt.com
818.877.7750


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