Bill Fulton String Arrangements for Randy Waldman
Bill Fulton string arrangements for Randy Waldman were created in 1998 for a recording project featuring a string section. Fulton provided arranging services as a ghostwriter for Waldman. The recording was made for an artist whose identity is no longer documented in Fulton’s records.
The project represents one of Fulton’s professional string-arranging assignments from the late 1990s. Rather than writing for a full orchestra, he arranged specifically for the string section. This type of work requires careful attention to voicing, register, texture and balance.
String Section Arranging
Strings can add warmth, movement and depth to a recording without overwhelming the rhythm section, vocals or featured instruments. An arranger can use the section for sustained backgrounds, melodic counterlines, rhythmic figures or larger dramatic passages.
For this project, Fulton worked behind the scenes as a ghostwriter. Therefore, the resulting arrangements were created professionally for the recording but were not necessarily credited publicly under his name.
Working for Randy Waldman
Randy Waldman is a pianist, arranger, composer and conductor with extensive recording and performance credits. His career has included work with major artists across jazz, pop and orchestral music.
Learn more about Randy Waldman at his official website.
Fulton’s 1998 assignment for Waldman reflects the type of collaborative arranging work that often takes place away from the public-facing album credits. In these situations, an arranger may prepare finished musical material for another arranger, producer or project leader.
Bill Fulton’s Arranging Work
Bill Fulton has written arrangements and orchestrations for many ensemble sizes. His work includes strings, chamber groups, orchestras, big bands, little big bands and commercial recording projects.
Explore more of Bill Fulton’s arranging and composing work, including projects for both instrumental and vocal ensembles.
You can also browse orchestra and chamber arrangements available through Bill Fulton Music.
Project Details
- Year: 1998
- Role: Arranger
- Ensemble: String section
- Client: Randy Waldman
- Project: Recording for an unidentified artist
- Credit type: Ghostwriting
This project remains part of Fulton’s arranging portfolio even though complete album and artist information is no longer available. It documents his professional string-section writing and his work supporting another established arranger on a commercial recording project.
Year: 1998Job Category: Arranger
Title: various
Ensemble: string section
Client: Randy Waldman
Description: CD of unknown artist ghostwriting for Randy Waldman
Get arrangement: link to arrangement (pending)
