Random Sampler
(some orchestrations, randomly selected from the recordings below)

"Queenie Was A Blonde" (The Wild Party): PLAY MP3
"Song of Love" (Once Upon A Mattress): PLAY MP3
"Hog Tie Your Man" (Das Barbecü): PLAY MP3
"Il Mondo Era Vuoto": PLAY MP3
"(The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs"(Hairspray (the movie)): PLAY MP3
"Daddy's Girl" (Grey Gardens): PLAY MP3
"Who Do You Love? (I Hope)" (Annie Get Your Gun): PLAY MP3
"Black Is A Moocher" (The Wild Party): PLAY MP3
"Spanish Panic" (Once Upon A Mattress): PLAY MP3
"The Mark of Cain" (Children of Eden): PLAY MP3
"American Dancing" (The Light in the Piazza): PLAY MP3
"Gotta Get You Into My Life" (Earth, Wind and Fire ) (Mercedes Benz): PLAY MP3
"My Defenses Are Down" (Annie Get Your Gun): PLAY MP3
"Latin Doll" (Dance Arr: Jeanine Tesori) (Toyota): PLAY MP
"Central Park" (See What I Wanna See): PLAY MP3
"Speed Demon" (Night Riders): PLAY MP3
"Tangiers" (original -- excerpt): PLAY MP3
"Anything" (Triiumph of Love): PLAY MP3
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Audra McDonald, arr: Eric Stern): PLAY MP3
"Steelcase": PLAY MP3

For Further Listening

For more country check out DAS BARBECU and FLOYD COLLINS below.
For comedy see URINETOWN, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE
For classic Broadway: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, SOUND OF MUSIC, KING AND I and ON THE TOWN.
For legit: GREY GARDENS, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, LOLA, the Audra McDonald CD's and ARIAS AND BARCAROLLES.
For quirky, offbeat shows check out SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, URINETOWN, THE WILD PARTY, FLOYD COLLINS, THE THING ABOUT MEN, CASINO PARADISE.
For theater-pop: LESTAT, CHILDREN OF EDEN, LITTLE FISH (CD coming soon!).
For jazz/big band: JULIAN FLEISHER, DARIUS DEHAAS and specific songs from various shows (GREY GARDENS, ON THE TOWN, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN).

Shows

Grey Gardens (Original Broadway Cast Album) (PS Classics PS-642)
"Around The World": PLAY MP3
"Goin' Places": PLAY MP3
"Drift Away": PLAY MP3
"Daddy's Girl": PLAY MP3
"Will You?": PLAY MP3

Lestat (recorded but as yet unreleased).

See What I Wanna See (Off-Broadway Cast Album) (Ghostlight B000E3LHSM)
"See What I Wanna See": PLAY MP3
"Central Park" (excerpt one): PLAY MP3
"There Will Be A Miracle": PLAY MP3
"Central Park" (excerpt two): PLAY MP3

The Light in the Piazza (Broadway Cast Album) (Nonesuch 79829-2)
"Il Mondo Era Vuoto": PLAY MP3
"American Dancing": PLAY MP3
"Fable": PLAY MP3

Das Barbecu (Varese Sarabande: 30206-55932)
(a country western version of Wagner's Ring Cycle (!))
"A Ring Of Gold In Texas": PLAY MP3
"Hog Tie Your Man": PLAY MP3
"County Fair": PLAY MP3
"Rodeo Romeo": PLAY MP3
"River Of Fire": PLAY MP3

Urinetown (Broadway Cast Album) (BMG 9026-63821-2)
"Overture": PLAY MP3
"Don't Be The Bunny": PLAY MP3
"Cop Song": PLAY MP3
"Snuff That Girl": PLAY MP3

The Wild Party (Broadway Cast Album) (Decca: 012 159 003-2)
"Queenie Was A Blonde": PLAY MP3
"Black Is A Moocher": PLAY MP3
"Lowdown-Down": PLAY MP3
"The Lights of Broadway": PLAY MP3
"How Many Women in the World?": PLAY MP3
"When It Ends": PLAY MP3

Annie Get Your Gun (Angel: CDQ 7243 5 56812 2 5) GRAMMY WINNER!
"Who Do You Love? (I Hope)": PLAY MP3
"They Say It's Wonderful": PLAY MP3
"My Defenses Are Down": PLAY MP3
"I Got Lost In His Arms": PLAY MP3

Gypsy (Broadway Cast Album) (Angel 7243 5 83858 2 3)
("Gypsy Strip (Let Me Entertain You")): PLAY MP3

Once Upon A Mattress (BMG: 9026-68728-2)
"Opening for a Princess": PLAY MP3
"Spanish Panic": PLAY MP3
"Song of Love": PLAY MP3

Children of Eden (BMG: 9026-63165-2)
"Let There Be": PLAY MP3
"The Naming": PLAY MP3
"The Mark of Cain": PLAY MP3
"The Wasteland": PLAY MP3
"Close To Home": PLAY MP3

My Life With Albertine (PS Classics 03607 03132)
"The Song of Solitude": PLAY MP3

Triumph of Love (JAY Records: CDJAY 1315) (JAY Records: http://www.jayrecords.com/)
"Anything": PLAY MP3
"Classic Clown": PLAY MP3
"Serenity": PLAY MP3

The Sound of Music (BMG: 9026-63207-2)
"How Can Love Survive?": PLAY MP3

The King and I (Varese Sarabande: 30206-57632)
"The Gold Ballet" (dance music: Eric Stern): PLAY MP3

Floyd Collins (Nonesuch: 79434-2)
"Lucky": PLAY MP3
"I Landed On Him": PLAY MP3
"Through the Mountain": PLAY MP3
"Is That Remarkable?": PLAY MP3
"How Glory Goes": PLAY MP3

The Thing About Men (DRG 21471 47722)
"Take Me Into You": PLAY MP3
"The Highway of Your Heart": PLAY MP3
"Push It, Shove It": PLAY MP3 (excerpt from background music to a scene. Not on CD. Synth tracks and vocals: me).

On the Town (1999 Broadway version never recorded, but the first part of "I Can Cook, Too" is available on MY FAVORITE BROADWAY: THE LEADING LADIES (TVT Records: TVT 2010-2).)
"I Can Cook, Too" (Lea Delaria): PLAY MP3

Lola (Richardson/Elmslie)(Harbinger: HAR 1704)
"Staring": PLAY MP3
"Mirrors and Shadows": PLAY MP3
"Beauty Secrets Reprise": PLAY MP3

Casino Paradise (Koch International: 3-7047-2)
"Night Make My Day": PLAY MP3
"Ten Cent Piece of the Pie": PLAY MP3

Candide (Royal National Theatre, London) (First Night Records: Cast CD 75)

Film and Other Recordings:

FILM

Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture) (New Line Records NLR39089)
"(The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs": PLAY MP3

AUDRA McDONALD

Happy Songs (Audra McDonald) (Nonesuch 79645-2) ("See What I Wanna See", "Ain't It De Truth?", "Bambelele")
"See What I Wanna See": PLAY MP3
"Bambelele": PLAY MP3
"Ain't It Da Truth?": PLAY MP3

How Glory Goes (Audra McDonald) (Nonesuch: 79580-2) (5 songs, including "Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home")
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (arr: Eric Stern): PLAY MP3

Way Back to Paradise (Audra McDonald) (Nonesuch: 79482 2) ("Mistress to the Senator", "Allure of Silence", "Baby Moon")

JULIAN FLEISHER

Rather Big (Julian Fleisher) (Modern Records 61432 17142) ("For What It's Worth", "Rainy Days and Mondays") (NB: long excerpts)
"Rainy Days and Mondays": PLAY MP3
"For What It's Worth": PLAY MP3

DARIUS de HAAS

day dream (Darius de Haas) (PS Classics: PS-204) (I orchestrated: "My Love Is As a Fever", "Passion Flower", "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'", "Day Dream")

"Day Dream": PLAY MP3
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'": PLAY MP3
"Passion Flower/A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing": PLAY MP3

OTHER VOCALISTS

My Favorite Things (Boston Pops) ("The Sound of Music", Collin Raye, vocal)
"The Sound of Music": PLAY MP3

Let Yourself Go (Kristin Chenoweth) (Sony: ASK 89384). ("If You Hadn't But You Did", "Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me/Why Can't I?", "He's Just an Ordinary Guy").

Mamaloshen (Mandy Patinkin) ("Papirosen")(Nonesuch: 7559-79459-2)

Finishing the Act (Craig Rubano) ("Sunday", "Now You Know") (AF Records: 60355-07762)

BERNSTEIN

On the Town (London Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas) ("Gabie's Comin'", "The Intermission's Great") (DG: 28943-75162) (This CD uses the original orchestration of the show. The 2 songs I did were cut from the original before they ever got orchestrated. I orchestrated them in the same style as the others).

Arias and Barcarolles (London Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas) (DG: 439 926-2)
"Prelude": PLAY MP3
"Oif Mayne Khas'neh": PLAY MP3

Original Music:

The collected compositions in this sub-section Copyright © 2005 Bruce Coughlin (ASCAP). Copyrights on individual pieces also apply.

Electronic:
"Tangiers" (excerpt): PLAY MP3
"The Graduate" (excerpt): PLAY MP3

Concert/Chamber:

Music for Film, Dance or Plays:

"All in the Timing" (main theme excerpt) (from the play by David Ives): PLAY MP3

A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Opening": PLAY MP3
"Entrance of the Mechanicals": PLAY MP3
"Titania and Oberon": PLAY MP3

The Fish Family Presents (dance score)
"Overture": PLAY MP3
"Beach Duets": PLAY MP3

Dogs (Emmy award-winning film from Turner Home Entertainment):
"Main Theme" (excerpt) (from Dogs. Lyric: Robin Lehman): PLAY MP3

The Winter's Tale
"Bohemia Out": PLAY MP3

Antony and Cleopatra
"Battle": PLAY MP3

Corporate/Jingles:

CORPORATE (composer and/or orchestrator):
Toyota, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, KKR, others
"Latin Doll" (Dance Arr: Jeanine Tesori) (Toyota): PLAY MP
"Gotta Get You Into My Life" (Earth, Wind and Fire ) (Mercedes Benz): PLAY MP3
"Hawaii" (Coughlin; Philip Morris corporate video): PLAY MP3
"Steelcase" (Steelcase): PLAY MP3
"Speed Demon" (John Lewis; Hershey Park (Country)): PLAY MP3

JINGLES (composer and orchestrator):
AT&T, Naya Water, ACLI, Revlon, Clairol, Stovetop Stuffing, Panasonic, others
AT&T "Opera": PLAY MP3
ACLI "Age": PLAY MP3
"Get Serious": PLAY MP3
Miller Beer (demo): PLAY MP3