Sid Ramin facts for kids

Sidney Nathan Ramin (born January 22, 1919 – died July 1, 2019) was an American musician. He was very talented at creating music for movies, TV shows, and plays. He was an orchestrator, which means he decided which instruments would play which parts of a song. He was also an arranger, meaning he changed existing music to fit different groups of instruments or singers. Plus, he was a composer, so he wrote original music.

Sid Ramin's Life Story

Sidney Nathan Ramin was born in 1919. His father, Ezra Ramin, was from Russia and worked with windows. His mother was Beatrice D. Ramin. Sid grew up in a neighborhood called Roxbury in Boston.

Sid Ramin worked on many famous TV shows, movies, and theater productions. He even wrote the theme song and words for "Smile, You're on Candid Camera" for the TV show Candid Camera in the 1960s. This was a fun show that used a hidden camera to film people's reactions.

Early in his career, Sid often worked with another arranger named Robert Ginzler. They worked together on the musical Gypsy. One of his most famous projects was West Side Story. He helped arrange the music for this movie with Leonard Bernstein and Irwin Kostal. He also wrote the song "Music to Watch Girls By", which became popular in 1967.

Sid Ramin married Gloria Breit, who was a singer and a model, on January 9, 1949. They had a son named Ronald "Ron" Ramin, who also became a composer, just like his dad.

Sid Ramin lived a long life. He celebrated his 100th birthday on January 22, 2019. He passed away later that year on July 1.

Awards and Achievements

Sid Ramin won several important awards for his work in music:

• 1961: He won an Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture for the movie West Side Story.
• 1961: He also won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from Motion Picture or Television for West Side Story.
• 1983: He won a Daytime Emmy Award for his excellent work in design for a TV show called All My Children.

Sid Ramin's Professional Works

Sid Ramin's talent touched many different areas of entertainment.

Television Shows

He worked on music for these TV shows and movies made for television:

• Gypsy (a TV movie from 1993)
• Miracle on 34th Street (a TV movie from 1973)
• The Patty Duke Show (he helped write the theme song)
• Candid Camera
• The Milton Berle Show

Movies

Here are some of the movies he worked on:

• West Side Story (1961)
• Too Many Thieves (1967)
• Stiletto (1969)

Theater Productions

Sid Ramin also created music for many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows:

• Wonderful Town, Broadway, 1953
• West Side Story, Broadway, 1957
• Gypsy, Broadway, 1959
• Wildcat, Broadway, 1960
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Broadway, 1962
• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Broadway, 1976
• Smile, Broadway, 1986
• Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Broadway, 1989
• Crazy for You, Broadway, 1992

See also

In Spanish: Sid Ramin para niños