Peter Matz Biography (1928-2002)

Born November 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, PA; son of Louis N. and Alice (maiden name, Krieger) Matz; married Janet Perry, January 20, 1960 (divorced, 1978); married Marilynn Lovell, June 21, 1987; children: (first marriage) P. Zachary,Jonas C. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish. Avocationalinterests: Sports, musical events, politics. Career: Composer, conductor, and music arranger. Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award nomination, conductor and musical director, 1962, for No Strings; GrammyAward, accompaniment arrangement, 1964, for People; Emmy Award, individual achievement by a musician, 1965, for My Name Is Barbra; Clio Award, 1965, for Lena Horne--Schaefer commercial; Emmy Award, music direction, 1970, for The Sound of Burt Bacharach(Kraft Music Hall production); Emmy Award, music direction, 1973, and Emmy Award nomination, musicdirection, 1974, for The Carol Burnett Show; Academy Award nomination, best original score, 1975, for Funny Lady; Emmy Award nomination, music direction, 1976, for Sills and Burnett at the Met; Emmy Award nomination, music composition--limited series or special, 1979, for First YouCry; Emmy Award nomination, music composition--limited series or special,1981, for Father Damien: The Leper Priest; Emmy Award nomination, music direction, 1982, for Shirley MacLaine.Illusions; Emmy Award nomination, music composition--limited series or special, 1983, for Drop-out Father; Emmy Award nomination, music direction, 1983, for Sheena Easton.Act I; Grammy Award nomination, album of the year (with Barbra Streisand),1986, for The Broadway Years; Emmy Award nomination, music direction,1986, for Kraft Salutes George Burns' 90th Birthday; Emmy Award nomination, music direction, 1987, for A Carol Burnett Special.Carol, Carl, Whoopi & Robin; Emmy Award nomination, music direction (with others), 1988, for Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration; Special Los AngelesCity Council Award, 1990, in recognition of fund-raising performances for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Addresses: Contact: Professional Musicians, Local 47, 817 North Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, music arranger
Birth Details: November 6, 1928; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Details: August 9, 2002; Los Angeles, California

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Music Director
Series
The Edie Adams Show, ABC, 1963-64
The Jimmy Dean Show, ABC, 1963-65
Hullabaloo, NBC, 1965-66
Kraft Music Hall, NBC, 1967-71
The Carol Burnett Show, CBS, 1971-78
The Tim Conway Show, CBS, 1980-81
Television Music Director, Except Where Indicated
Specials
My Name Is Barbra, CBS, 1964
Color Me Barbra, CBS, 1965
Julie and Carroll at Lincoln Center, 1971
Don Rickles--Alive and Kicking, 1972
Once upon a Mattress, 1972
Marlo Thomas in Acts of Love--and Other Comedies, 1973
Lily, 1973
Bing Crosby and His Friends, 1974
Sills and Burnett at the Met, CBS, 1976
Music arranger, Goldie and Liza Together, 1980
Arranger and conductor, Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight, I,II, and III (also known as The Spark and the Glue), PBS, 1981-85
Shirley MacLaine.Illusions, CBS, 1982
Sheena Easton.Act I, NBC, 1983
Kraft Salutes George Burns' 90th Birthday, CBS, 1986
America Picks the No. 1 Songs, ABC, 1986
Principal arranger, Kraft Salutes George Burns' 90th Birthday, CBS, 1986
Arranger, Putting It Together: The Making of The Broadway Album (also known as Barbra Streisand in "Putting It Together"), HBO, 1986
Arranger and conductor, A Carol Burnett Special.Carol, Carl, Whoopi & Robin, ABC, 1987
Arranger and conductor, Cadets (also known as Rotten to the Core), ABC, 1988
Principal arranger (with others), Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration, CBS, 1988
The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1988
The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1989
The Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1989
Arranger, Julie and Carol: Together Again (also known as AT&T Presents), ABC, 1989
Arranger, The Songwriters' Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary.The Magic ofMusic, CBS, 1989
Conductor and arranger, special material, The Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1989
Arranger, The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
Conductor, The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1990
Conductor and arranger, The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1991
Conductor and arranger, The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion, CBS, 1993
Conductor, Carol Burnett: The Special Years, CBS, 1994
Conductor and arranger, Men, Movies & Carol, CBS, 1994
Arranger and orchestrator, The Three Sopranos, PBS, 1996
Arranger, To Life! America's Celebrates Israel's 50th, CBS, 1998
Movies
Theme music adapter, Plaza Suite, ABC, 1987
When We Were Young, NBC, 1989
Arranger, Fall from Grace, NBC, 1990
Orchestrations, Bye Bye Birdie, ABC, 1995
Film Music Director, Except Where Indicated
Bye Bye Braverman, Warner Bros., 1968
Marlowe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Rivals, Avco Embassy, 1972
And music adapter, arranger and conductor, Funny Lady, Columbia, 1975
Arranger and conductor, Alice in Wonderland, 1976
Music adapter, Torch Song Trilogy, New Line Cinema, 1988
Song arranger, "I Remember You," For the Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
And arranger, "The Oscar Sequence," The Bodyguard, Warner Bros., 1991
Stage Work
Musical director and dance arranger, Sail Away, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1961-62
Musical director, conductor, and dance arranger, No Strings, Fifty- fourth Street Theatre, New York City, 1962
Ballet music composer, The Boys from Syracuse, Theatre Four, 1963
Orchestrator, Hallelujah, Baby!, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1967
Music arranger, Mike Downstairs, Hudson Theatre, New York City, 1968
Music director, Doug Henning and His World of Magic, 1985
Orchestrator, Girl Crazy, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA,1985
Orchestrator, Grand Hotel, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1989
Orchestrator, Lucky in the Rain, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1997
RECORDINGS
Albums
Arranger and conductor, The Barbra Streisand Album, Columbia, c. 1961
Arranger and conductor, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, Columbia, 1962
Arranger and conductor, People, Columbia, 1964
Arranger and conductor, Color Me Barbra, Columbia, 1965

Producer (with Streisand), arranger, and conductor, The Broadway Album, Columbia/CBS, 1986
Producer, Grand Hotel (cast album), BMG, 1992
Producer, arranger, and conductor, Elaine Paige: Romance and the Stage, RCA-BMG, 1992
Co-producer, arranger, and conductor, Kiri Sings Cole Porter, EMI,1993
Has also recorded albums with many other well-known recording artists, including Tony Bennett, Kate Smith, Joel Grey, Dionne Warwick, Bernadette Peters, John Gary, Harold Arlen, Rod McKuen, Marilyn Maye, Liza Minelli, Ruth Brown, Carmen MacRae, Sarah Vaughn, Georgia Brown, and Noel Coward.
WRITINGS
Film Composer
Bye Bye Braverman, Warner Bros., 1968
Marlowe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Rivals (also known as Single Parent), Avco Embassy, 1972
The Prize Fighter, TriStar/New World, 1979
The Private Eyes, TriStar/New World, 1980
Lust in the Dust, New World, 1985
Torch Song Trilogy, New Line Cinema, 1988
The Gumshoe Kid, Skouras Pictures, 1989
Stepping Out, Paramount, 1992
Television Music Composer
Series
Love Story, NBC, 1973-74
C.P.O Sharkey, NBC, 1976-78
Rosetti and Ryan, NBC, 1977
Operation Petticoat, ABC, 1977-79
The Harvey Korman Show, ABC, 1978
Detective School, ABC, 1979
Carol Burnett and Company, ABC, 1979
The Tim Conway Show, CBS, 1980-81
Ace Crawford, Private Eye, CBS, 1983
Amanda's, ABC, 1983
Casablanca, NBC, 1983
Mama's Family, syndicated, 1983
The Building, CBS, 1993
Specials
Christmas with the Bing Crosbys, 1974
6 Rms Riv Vu, 1974
Lily, 1975
The Lily Tomlin Special, 1975
The Ted Knight Musical Comedy Variety Special, 1976
A Special Olivia Newton-John, 1976
Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1976
Sills and Burnett at the Met, CBS, 1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years, CBS, 1976
Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1977
The Rita Moreno Show, 1978
The Lovebirds, 1979
Paul Lynde at the Movies, 1979
Cheryl Ladd.Looking Back--Souvenirs, 1979
Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1979
The Mouseketeers Reunion, 1979
Raquel, 1980
60 Years of Seduction, 1981
Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1981
Baryshnikov in Hollywood, 1982
Debby Boone: One Step Closer, 1982
Doug Henning: Magic on Broadway, 1982
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols, 1982
Shirley MacLaine.Illusions, CBS, 1982
Sheena Easton.Act I, NBC, 1983
Uncle Tim Wants You!, 1983
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business, 1983
George Burns' How to Live to Be 100, 1984
Burnett "Discovers" Domingo, 1984
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed, ABC, 1985
You Are the Jury (also known as The State of Ohio vs. James Wolsky), NBC, 1986
A Conversation with Carol, Disney Channel, 1988
Somerset Gardens, ABC, 1989
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic, ABC, 1991
Dorf's Family Stump, CBS, 1991
George Burns' 95th Birthday Party, CBS, 1991
Movies
Emergency!, 1972
I Heard the Owl Call My Name, CBS, 1973
Larry, CBS, 1974
In This House of Brede, CBS, 1975
Just an Old Sweet Song, CBS, 1976
The Great Houdini, ABC, 1976
The Dark Side of Innocence, NBC, 1976
The Call of the Wild, NBC, 1976
Terraces, NBC, 1977
The Last Hurrah, NBC, 1977
Happily Ever After, CBS, 1978
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story, CBS, 1978
Special Olympics, CBS, 1978
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, CBS, 1978
Love for Rent, ABC, 1979
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze, CBS, 1979
The Tenth Month, CBS, 1979
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, NBC, 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, CBS, 1979
First You Cry, CBS, 1979
Good Time Harry, NBC, 1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island, NBC, 1980
White Mama, CBS, 1980
Fun and Games, ABC, 1980
Crazy Times, ABC, 1981
The Killing of Randy Webster, CBS, 1981
Father Damien: The Leper Priest, NBC, 1981
Take Your Best Shot, CBS, 1982
Drop-out Father, CBS, 1983
As Is, 1986
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, CBS, 1986
Mercy or Murder, NBC, 1987
Stone Fox, NBC, 1987
Laura Lansing Slept Here (also known as Guest Appearance),NBC, 1988
When We Were Young, NBC, 1989
The Ten-Million-Dollar Getaway, USA Network, 1991
This Can't Be Love, CBS, 1994
Stage Music Composer
Ballet music, The Boys from Syracuse, Theatre Four, 1963
Composed music for Doug Henning and His World of Magic, 1985.
Other Music
Composed music for commercials, including Lena Horne--Schaefer, 1965.*

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