Daniel Kluger (composer)

Daniel Kluger
Daniel Kluger
	Kluger in 2025
Born	U.S.
Occupation(s)	Composer, orchestrator, Sound designer, music producer
Years active	2010 - present
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Daniel Kluger is an American composer, orchestrator, music producer and sound designer.^[1] He is best known for his orchestration of the Broadway revival of Oklahoma!, which was nominated for four Tony Awards and one Grammy Award.^[2]

Career

Kluger has been a lecturer in Sound Design at Yale University.^[3] In 2021, he founded the record label Archie & Fox Records, along with Ken Urban.^[3] He has collaborated with artists such as Sam Sadigursky, Bryan Carter and Riley Mulherkar. He is resident composer and producer at Renaissance Recordings.^[4]

Kluger's major Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, The Sound Inside, Marvin's Room, Significant Other and Sea Wall / A Life.^[5]^[6] He is founder of the music label, Archie & Fox Records.^[7]^[8]

Filmography

As composer

2022 – The Courtroom
2022 – The Miranda Obsession
2022 – This is Harriet
2021 – The Guilty
2019 – The Bishop
2018 – Health to the King
2018 – Doulo
2015 – Buzzer
2010 – Where Hope Works

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2023	Nominated	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Musical Direction/Supervision	Oklahoma!	^[9]
2023	Nominated	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Original Score or New Orchestrations		^[10]
2020	Nominated	Grammy Awards	Best Musical Theater Album		^[2]
	Nominated	Tony Awards	Best Original Score	The Sound Inside	^[11]
	Nominated		Best Sound Design	The Sound Inside
	Nominated		Best Sound Design	Sea Wall/A Life
2019	Nominated		Best Orchestrations	Oklahoma!	^[12]
	Won	Obie Award	Special Citations		^[13]
	Won	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Orchestrations		^[14]
	Won	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Orchestrations		^[15]

References

^ "How Daniel Kluger Put a Contemporary Twang on 'Oklahoma!'". americantheatre.org. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ ^a ^b "Daniel Kluger". grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ ^a ^b "Faculty". drama.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "John Kilgore Sound and Recording to become Renaissance Recording under new leadership". broadwaynews.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "Daniel Kluger ('The Sound Inside,' 'Sea Wall/A Life') on building 'a world and an emotional vocabulary' through score and sound design". goldderby.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "'Marvin's Room': Theater Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "Residents' Proudest Accomplishments of the 2020-2021 Season". newdramatists.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "THE PUBLIC THEATER" (PDF). publictheater.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "Nominations in full: the 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". whatsonstage.com. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ Stage, Guardian (28 February 2023). "Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ Libbey, Peter (15 October 2020). "Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "2019 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS". tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "2019 Obie Award Winners". obieawards.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". playbill.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

External links

Daniel Kluger at IMDb
Daniel Kluger at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
Official website

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[1] "How Daniel Kluger Put a Contemporary Twang on 'Oklahoma!'". americantheatre.org. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[Grammy-2] "Daniel Kluger". grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[Yale-3] "Faculty". drama.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[4] "John Kilgore Sound and Recording to become Renaissance Recording under new leadership". broadwaynews.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[5] "Daniel Kluger ('The Sound Inside,' 'Sea Wall/A Life') on building 'a world and an emotional vocabulary' through score and sound design". goldderby.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[6] "'Marvin's Room': Theater Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[7] "Residents' Proudest Accomplishments of the 2020-2021 Season". newdramatists.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[8] "THE PUBLIC THEATER" (PDF). publictheater.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[9] "Nominations in full: the 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". whatsonstage.com. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[10] Stage, Guardian (28 February 2023). "Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[11] Libbey, Peter (15 October 2020). "Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[12] "2019 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS". tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[13] "2019 Obie Award Winners". obieawards.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[14] "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[15] "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". playbill.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

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