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Randy Kerber is a composer, orchestrator, keyboard player born September 25, 1958 in Encino, California, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema. He was also hired as a musician by French singer Renaud on his 1983 studio album Morgane de toi, to play the keyboards.
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. He produced the debut album for the German chanteuse, Ute Lemper, as well as played piano on Thomas Anders solo albums ("When Will I See You Again" and "Barcos de Cristal"). He has also composed commissioned works for the New Hollywood String Quartet. In addition to his studio career, Randy Kerber is a sought-after collaborator and performs regularly at concerts in the Los Angeles area and nationally.
As a studio keyboardist, Kerber has worked on over 800 motion pictures including Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Forrest Gump, and Harry Potter I, II, & III. He has been an orchestrator on over 40 films, including work with Academy Award winner James Horner. He worked alongside legend 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.
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. He produced the debut album for the German chanteuse, Ute Lemper, as well as played piano on Thomas Anders solo albums ("When Will I See You Again" and "Barcos de Cristal"). He has also composed commissioned works for the New Hollywood String Quartet. In addition to his studio career, Randy Kerber is a sought-after collaborator and performs regularly at concerts in the Los Angeles area and nationally.
As a studio keyboardist, Kerber has worked on over 800 motion pictures including Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Forrest Gump, and Harry Potter I, II, & III. He has been an orchestrator on over 40 films, including work with Academy Award winner James Horner. He worked alongside legend 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.
2012 Black Gold James Horner Orchestration
2012 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax John Powell Piano
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift [Original Motion Picture Score] John Powell Musician, Orchestration
2012 Last Night Clint Mansell Piano
2012 Men in Black 3 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Danny Elfman Piano
2012 Snow White & the Huntsman Piano
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Orchestration, Piano
2011 Arthur [2011] Keyboards
2011 Rio [Original Score] John Powell Orchestration
2011 Sucker Punch Celeste, Piano
2011 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [Music from the Motion Picture] John Williams Keyboards
2011 Tower Heist Christophe Beck Keyboards
2011 War Horse [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2011 Water for Elephants James Newton Howard Piano
2011 X-Men: First Class [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Henry Jackman Piano
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Theodore Shapiro Orchestration, Piano
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Orchestration
2010 Knight and Day John Powell Piano
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Christophe Beck Keyboards
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Piano
2009 A Single Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Abel Korzeniowski Piano
2009 Aliens in the Attic [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Debney Ondes Martenot
2009 Couples Retreat A.R. Rahman Piano
2009 Doubt [Original Score] Howard Shore Piano
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Celeste, Orchestration, Piano
2009 Nine [Original Soundtrack] Piano
2009 Watchmen [Original Motion Picture Score] Tyler Bates Piano
2009 Year One [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Theodore Shapiro Arranger, Orchestration
2008 Bolt [Original Score] John Powell Celeste, Harmonium, Orchestration, Piano
2008 Defiance James Newton Howard Orchestration
2008 Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Orchestration
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Harpsichord, Synthesizer
2008 Hancock [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Orchestration
2008 Leatherheads [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Randy Newman Piano
2008 Marley & Me [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Piano
2008 Nights in Rodanthe [Original Motion Picture Score] Jeanine Tesori Main Personnel, Piano
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2008 The Dark Knight [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [The Collectors Edition] Hans Zimmer Orchestration
2008 The X Files: I Want to Believe [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Mark Snow Orchestration
2007 Blades of Glory [Original Motion Picture Score] Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Piano
2007 Charlie Bartlett Christophe Beck Additional Personnel, Piano, Primary Artist
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2007 Hairspray [2007 Original Soundtrack] Keyboards
2007 Smokin' Aces [Original Motion Picture Score] Clint Mansell Keyboards
2006 Charlotte's Web [Music from the Motion Picture] Danny Elfman Arranger
2006 Freedomland [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Piano
2006 The Fountain [Original Sound Track] Clint Mansell Piano
2006 The New World [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2006 The Sentinel [Original Film Score] Christophe Beck Main Personnel, Piano
2006 Toy Story [Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards
2006 World Trade Center: A True Story of Courage and Survival [Original Music from the Motion Picture] Craig Armstrong Piano
2006 X2: X-Men United [Original Motion Picture Score] John Ottman Celeste, Piano
2005 An Unfinished Life [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Deborah Lurie Piano
2005 Constantine [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Brian Tyler Keyboards
2005 Flightplan [Original Score] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2005 Meet the Fockers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards, Principal
2005 Munich [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Williams Piano
2005 Robots [Original Score] John Powell Keyboards, Orchestration
2005 The Chumscrubber [Original Motion Picture Score] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2005 The Interpreter [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2005 The Legend of Zorro [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Main Personnel, Piano, Synthesizer Programming
2005 War of the Worlds [Music from the Motion Picture] Piano
2004 Bukowski: Born into This [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Wesley Stemple Piano
2004 Flight of the Phoenix [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Keyboards, Principal
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Williams Celeste, Soloist
2004 Hellboy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Orchestration
2004 I, Robot [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Keyboards, Orchestration
2004 Spider-Man 2 [Original Motion Picture Score] Piano
2004 The Bourne Supremacy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Piano
2004 The Forgotten [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2004 The Terminal [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Piano
2004 The Village (Original Score) James Newton Howard Keyboards
2004 Troy [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Arranger, Keyboards, Orchestration, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Agent Cody Banks Musician
2003 Beyond Borders [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Keyboards, Performer, Piano, Principal, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Dreamcatcher [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2003 Gigli [Original Motion Picture Score] John Powell Keyboards, Piano
2003 House of Sand and Fog [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Hulk [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Danny Elfman Synthesizer Programming
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Orchestration
2003 Paycheck [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Keyboards, Piano, Soloist
2003 Peter Pan [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Principal
2003 The Missing [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration,
2003 The Wild Thornberrys Movie [Original Score] Composer, Conductor, Producer, Score Orchestration
2003 X2 [Original Motion Picture Score] John Ottman Celeste, Piano
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets John Williams Celeste, Soloist
2002 Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone [Original Soundtrack] John Williams Celeste
2002 Iris [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Orchestration, Synthesizer
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding [Music from the Motion Picture] Piano
2002 Signs [Original Motion Picture Score] James Newton Howard Piano
2002 The Emperor's Club [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2002 The Four Feathers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2002 Tuck Everlasting William Ross Piano
2002 Windtalkers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration
2001 A Beautiful Mind [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration
2001 Clear and Present Danger (Music from the Original Motion Picture Sountrack Piano
2001 Jeepers Creepers [Original Motion Picture Score] Bennett Salvay Orchestration
2000 Diamonds [1999] Joel Goldsmith Keyboards
2000 The Grinch [Original Soundtrack] James Horner Arranger
1999 Man on the Moon Piano
1999 The Story of Us Piano
1997 The Devil's Own James Horner Piano
1997 Titanic [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Piano, Soloist
1995 Apollo 13 James Horner Programming, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
1995 Batman Forever [Original Motion Picture Score] Elliot Goldenthal Orchestration
1995 Forget Paris [Original Soundtrack] Piano
1995 Toy Story [Original Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards
1994 The Stand [Original TV Soundtrack] W.G. Snuffy Walden Piano
1993 Seaching for Bobby Fischer James Horner Piano
1993 Last Action Hero [Original Score] Michael Kamen Orchestration
1983 Doctor Detroit Synthesizer
1979 Muppet Movie The Muppets Keyboards
People Like Us Keyboards
The Tale of Despereaux [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2012 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax John Powell Piano
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift [Original Motion Picture Score] John Powell Musician, Orchestration
2012 Last Night Clint Mansell Piano
2012 Men in Black 3 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Danny Elfman Piano
2012 Snow White & the Huntsman Piano
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Orchestration, Piano
2011 Arthur [2011] Keyboards
2011 Rio [Original Score] John Powell Orchestration
2011 Sucker Punch Celeste, Piano
2011 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [Music from the Motion Picture] John Williams Keyboards
2011 Tower Heist Christophe Beck Keyboards
2011 War Horse [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2011 Water for Elephants James Newton Howard Piano
2011 X-Men: First Class [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Henry Jackman Piano
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Theodore Shapiro Orchestration, Piano
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Orchestration
2010 Knight and Day John Powell Piano
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Christophe Beck Keyboards
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Piano
2009 A Single Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Abel Korzeniowski Piano
2009 Aliens in the Attic [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Debney Ondes Martenot
2009 Couples Retreat A.R. Rahman Piano
2009 Doubt [Original Score] Howard Shore Piano
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Celeste, Orchestration, Piano
2009 Nine [Original Soundtrack] Piano
2009 Watchmen [Original Motion Picture Score] Tyler Bates Piano
2009 Year One [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Theodore Shapiro Arranger, Orchestration
2008 Bolt [Original Score] John Powell Celeste, Harmonium, Orchestration, Piano
2008 Defiance James Newton Howard Orchestration
2008 Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Orchestration
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Harpsichord, Synthesizer
2008 Hancock [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Orchestration
2008 Leatherheads [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Randy Newman Piano
2008 Marley & Me [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Piano
2008 Nights in Rodanthe [Original Motion Picture Score] Jeanine Tesori Main Personnel, Piano
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2008 The Dark Knight [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [The Collectors Edition] Hans Zimmer Orchestration
2008 The X Files: I Want to Believe [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Mark Snow Orchestration
2007 Blades of Glory [Original Motion Picture Score] Theodore Shapiro Keyboards, Piano
2007 Charlie Bartlett Christophe Beck Additional Personnel, Piano, Primary Artist
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano
2007 Hairspray [2007 Original Soundtrack] Keyboards
2007 Smokin' Aces [Original Motion Picture Score] Clint Mansell Keyboards
2006 Charlotte's Web [Music from the Motion Picture] Danny Elfman Arranger
2006 Freedomland [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Piano
2006 The Fountain [Original Sound Track] Clint Mansell Piano
2006 The New World [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2006 The Sentinel [Original Film Score] Christophe Beck Main Personnel, Piano
2006 Toy Story [Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards
2006 World Trade Center: A True Story of Courage and Survival [Original Music from the Motion Picture] Craig Armstrong Piano
2006 X2: X-Men United [Original Motion Picture Score] John Ottman Celeste, Piano
2005 An Unfinished Life [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Deborah Lurie Piano
2005 Constantine [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Brian Tyler Keyboards
2005 Flightplan [Original Score] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2005 Meet the Fockers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards, Principal
2005 Munich [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Williams Piano
2005 Robots [Original Score] John Powell Keyboards, Orchestration
2005 The Chumscrubber [Original Motion Picture Score] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2005 The Interpreter [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2005 The Legend of Zorro [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Main Personnel, Piano, Synthesizer Programming
2005 War of the Worlds [Music from the Motion Picture] Piano
2004 Bukowski: Born into This [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Wesley Stemple Piano
2004 Flight of the Phoenix [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Keyboards, Principal
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Williams Celeste, Soloist
2004 Hellboy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Orchestration
2004 I, Robot [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Keyboards, Orchestration
2004 Spider-Man 2 [Original Motion Picture Score] Piano
2004 The Bourne Supremacy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Piano
2004 The Forgotten [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2004 The Terminal [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Piano
2004 The Village (Original Score) James Newton Howard Keyboards
2004 Troy [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Arranger, Keyboards, Orchestration, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Agent Cody Banks Musician
2003 Beyond Borders [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Keyboards, Performer, Piano, Principal, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Dreamcatcher [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2003 Gigli [Original Motion Picture Score] John Powell Keyboards, Piano
2003 House of Sand and Fog [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming
2003 Hulk [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Danny Elfman Synthesizer Programming
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Orchestration
2003 Paycheck [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Keyboards, Piano, Soloist
2003 Peter Pan [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Keyboards, Principal
2003 The Missing [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration,
2003 The Wild Thornberrys Movie [Original Score] Composer, Conductor, Producer, Score Orchestration
2003 X2 [Original Motion Picture Score] John Ottman Celeste, Piano
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets John Williams Celeste, Soloist
2002 Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone [Original Soundtrack] John Williams Celeste
2002 Iris [Music from the Motion Picture] James Horner Orchestration, Synthesizer
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding [Music from the Motion Picture] Piano
2002 Signs [Original Motion Picture Score] James Newton Howard Piano
2002 The Emperor's Club [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Keyboards
2002 The Four Feathers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Synthesizer Programming
2002 Tuck Everlasting William Ross Piano
2002 Windtalkers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration
2001 A Beautiful Mind [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Orchestration
2001 Clear and Present Danger (Music from the Original Motion Picture Sountrack Piano
2001 Jeepers Creepers [Original Motion Picture Score] Bennett Salvay Orchestration
2000 Diamonds [1999] Joel Goldsmith Keyboards
2000 The Grinch [Original Soundtrack] James Horner Arranger
1999 Man on the Moon Piano
1999 The Story of Us Piano
1997 The Devil's Own James Horner Piano
1997 Titanic [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Piano, Soloist
1995 Apollo 13 James Horner Programming, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
1995 Batman Forever [Original Motion Picture Score] Elliot Goldenthal Orchestration
1995 Forget Paris [Original Soundtrack] Piano
1995 Toy Story [Original Soundtrack] Randy Newman Keyboards
1994 The Stand [Original TV Soundtrack] W.G. Snuffy Walden Piano
1993 Seaching for Bobby Fischer James Horner Piano
1993 Last Action Hero [Original Score] Michael Kamen Orchestration
1983 Doctor Detroit Synthesizer
1979 Muppet Movie The Muppets Keyboards
People Like Us Keyboards
The Tale of Despereaux [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Piano