The 89th Annual Academy Awards telecast is one to be remembered — and not just for the Best Picture snafu.

In the Oscar’s 64 years of being televised, every single person who worked on the production has been listed in the end credits — that is, except for musicians.

That changed this year, when the names of all the live orchestra musicians were listed on the end crawl.

“The Academy Awards airs to 1 billion people live,” says AFM Local 47 Vice President Rick Baptist. “That is 1 billion people watching and listening to the amazing orchestra, with no one knowing who was playing the music flawlessly to the world.”

Kudos and thanks to Vice President Baptist – who himself performed on the show for 30 years – for his work in making this happen.

During the ceremony, Local 47 composer Justin Hurwitz took home two golden statuettes for his work on La La Land, winning Best Original Score and for Best Original Song, “City of Stars.” Congratulations to all of the musicians, composers and music prep personnel who helped to create this incredible music, and to everyone who worked on all of this year’s Oscar-nominated projects and awards show! 

89th Annual Academy Awards Orchestra

Violin
Alyssa Park (concertmaster)
Charlie Bisharat
Mark Cargill
Julie Gigante
Songa Lee
Natalie Leggett
Serena McKinney
Sara Parkins
Shalini Vijayan

Viola
Darrin McCann (principal)
Karen Elaine
Lynne Richburg

Cello
Cecilia Tsan (principal)
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Tim Loo

Acoustic Bass
Mike Valerio

Woodwinds
Dan Higgins
Chris Bleth
Jeff Driskill
Gene Cipriano
Sal Lozano

Flute
David Shostac

Trumpet
Wayne Bergeron (1st)
Chris Gray
Fred Irby

Trombone
Andy Martin (1st)
Reggie Young
Craig Gosnell

Horn
Joe Meyer (1st)
Dylan Hart
Laura Brenes

Harp
Katie Kirkpatrick

Keyboard
Tom Ranier
Michael Bearden

Guitar
Dean Parks
Greg Poree

Bass
Trey Henry

Drums
Ralph Humphrey

Percussion
Dan Greco
Vanessa Brown
Don Williams (+ timpani)

Copyists
Bill Hughes
Danita Ng-Poss
Mae Crosby
Jason Poss
Bob Calderwood
Jeff Jones
Emmanuel Fratianni

Arrangers
Harold Wheeler
Dan Higgins
Tom Ranier
Ash Irwin

Librarians
Danita Ng-Poss
Jason Poss

Sound Consultant
Ash Irwin

Orchestra Contractor
Bill Hughes

Conductor
Harold Wheeler