Studied composition with Howard Ferguson and Richard Rodney Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in the 1960s. He is best known as an orchestrator of musicals, particularly those of Andrew Lloyd Webber — Cats, Starlight Express, Song and Dance, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, By Jeeves, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Woman in White, Love Never Dies and most recently The Wizard of Oz.
David Cullen, Company
David Cullen, Swan Lake
David Cullen, Aspects of Love
David Cullen, Phantom of the Opera
Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for Company, Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for Swan Lake, Outstanding Orchestration (Drama Desk Awards) for Aspects of Love and Outstanding Orchestration (Drama Desk Awards) for Phantom of the Opera.
David Cullen has won the Outstanding Orchestration award at the Drama Desk Awards for Phantom of the Opera.
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