Composer-arranger Sid Ramin, a longtime associate of Leonard Bernstein who won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Grammy for his work in film, TV and theater, died of natural causes Monday (July 1) at his home in New York City.
He was 100.Ramin won a 1961 Academy Award for adapting the music of “West Side Story,” which he had originally orchestrated for composer Leonard Bernstein on Broadway in 1957 (with fellow arranger Irwin Kostal).
He won a 1961 Grammy for the “West Side Story” soundtrack album, and a 1983 Daytime Emmy for music for TV’s “All My Children.”Ramin’s musical career encompassed every aspect of show business.
He started in the early days of live television, arranging for Milton Berle’s “Texaco Star Theatre” from 1948 to 1956.
“There was no second take,” Ramin once reminisced about the insane pace of live TV.
“What you did was on the air, good or bad.”He began
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