Arnie Roth

Arnold “Arnie” Roth (born September 3, 1945) is an American Grammy award-winning composer, conductor, and music producer. He first began conducting music for Barbie movies in 2001, with Barbie in the Nutcracker.

Life and career
Arnie Roth left the Bienen School of Music as an undergraduate. In 1975, he graduated from Northwestern University. In 1977, Arnie Roth’s son Eric was born. Eric is now a composer, performer and producer like his father. Arnie Roth also has a daughter who is involved with music. Now based in Chicago, Arnie Roth has performed a large variety of musical genres with many different artists, such as Diana Ross, Andrea Bocelli, Patrick Stewart and Il Divo. Roth is a long-time member of the Grammy award-winning American music group, Mannheim Steamroller, which was founded by Chris Davis and Jackson Berkey.

Barbie Movies
Arnie Roth produced, composed, conducted and arranged the music in the first nine Barbie movies. In 2007, Arnie Roth performed a live orchestra presentation, Barbie at the Symphony show. In 2011, he did the same at Barbie in the Nutcracker Live, with the Irish Philharmonic Orchestra.