Hochman's musical
One Man Band, for which he wrote the score with Marc Elliot, was produced
off-Broadway in 1985, and was later staged at the
Coconut Grove Playhouse in
Florida.
The New York Times reviewer wrote, "The 10 musical numbers, written by Marc Elliot and Larry Hochman, and Mr. Elliot's lyrics for the songs, move the story along and provide some good comic effects...[there are] some old-fashioned songs in the show that you find yourself humming afterward, and a few stay with you a long time." In 1987, Hochman worked on the short-lived
Broadway stage musical Late Nite Comic as orchestrator and musical arranger. Though his arrangements were not recorded on the
cast recording in March 1988, they are heard on the 25th Anniversary recording. Hochman has provided additional orchestrations for the Broadway musicals
The Little Mermaid,
Prince of Central Park, and
The Music Man, among others. He served as orchestrator for
Spamalot, which garnered him a
Tony Award nomination for
Best Orchestrations, as did
A Class Act in 2001 and the 2004 revival of
Fiddler on the Roof. Working with Danny Troob, he composed additional music for
Disney's
Little Mermaid II. Hochman has composed and arranged music for two episodes of
Steven Spielberg's
Amazing Stories, the
TV documentaries Views of a Vanishing Frontier and
Yad Vashem, and the films
Not for Publication,
The Watchman, and
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild. Hochman also orchestrated
Marvin Hamlisch's score for the
2009 film The Informant!. Hochman has arranged music for concerts for
Paul McCartney,
Eric Idle,
Mandy Patinkin,
Stephen Sondheim,
Audra McDonald,
Brian Stokes Mitchell,
Barry Manilow,
Maury Yeston,
Marvin Hamlisch,
Hugh Jackman,
Betty Buckley,
Marin Mazzie &
Jason Danieley, the
Boston Pops Orchestra, the
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the
New York Philharmonic. In 2010, Hochman provided orchestrations for the musicals
The Addams Family and
The Scottsboro Boys and the video game
Sonic Colors. Later projects include
The Book of Mormon (for which Hochman won
Tony and
Drama Desk Awards), and
Death Takes A Holiday (the 2011 musical by
Maury Yeston,
Peter Stone and
Tom Meehan). In 2014, Hochman orchestrated the Colombian musical
Por siempre Navidad by . It was directed by British choreographer and director
Mitch Sebastian and repeated in 2015 due to its enormous success. In 2022, he orchestrated
Maury Yeston's
December Songs, which was recorded by
Victoria Clark. ==Personal life==