Randy Kerber

Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958 in Encino, California) is a composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema. He began his first national tour with Bette Midler in 1977, at the age of 19. Kerber was nominated for an Oscar in 1986, along with Quincy Jones and others, for Best Original Score for the motion picture, "The Color Purple". He was nominated for a Grammy for his arrangement of Over the Rainbow for Barbra Streisand. As a studio keyboardist, Randy Kerber has worked on over 800 motion pictures including "Titanic", "A Beautiful Mind", and "Harry Potter I, II, & III". The piano in the opening and closing scenes of "Forrest Gump" which features a feather floating in the wind, was played by Randy Kerber. The recognizable celeste theme in "Harry Potter" composed by John Williams, is also played by Randy Kerber. He has been an orchestrator on over 50 films, including work with Academy Award winner James Horner. He worked with Eric Clapton as keyboardist, orchestrator, and conductor on the film "Rush"-playing on the Grammy Award winning song, "Tears in Heaven", from that movie. During his career, Randy Kerber has worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Paul Anka, Natalie Cole, Elisa, Julio Iglesias, Barry Manilow, Ricky Martin, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Marta Sanchez, Frank Sinatra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Dionne Warwick; and groups including Air Supply, Manhattan Transfer and The Three Degrees. Recently, Randy Kerber has performed piano solos on Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln", Robert Zemeckis' "Flight", and Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" for which he also trained Michael Douglas. In addition to coaching Michael Douglas for his role as Liberace, Randy has been working closely with actors Jason Schwartzman for his role in the Disney film "Saving Mr. Banks" as well as Zoe Saldana for her turn as Nina Simone in the biopic, "Nina." Randy played at the Academy Awards in 2012. He has a sample library under Cinesample's "Artist Series", released February 2013, entitled "Randy's Celeste."

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