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Kenny Ascher is a Sound American born on 26 october 1944

Kenny Ascher

Kenny Ascher
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Birth name Kenneth Lee Ascher
Nationality USA
Birth 26 october 1944 (80 years)

Kenneth Lee "Kenny" Ascher (born October 26, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He is widely known for co-writing, with Paul Williams, The Rainbow Connection — music from The Muppet Movie. Both Williams and Ascher received Oscar nominations for the 1979 Academy Awards for Best Original Song ("Rainbow Connection") and Best Original Score (The Muppet Movie Soundtrack). The song was also nominated for the Golden Globes for "Best Original Song" that same year.

Best films

A Star Is Born (1976)
(Sound)

Usually with

Paul Williams
Paul Williams
(2 films)
Jim Henson
Jim Henson
(1 films)
Jerry Juhl
Jerry Juhl
(1 films)
James Frawley
James Frawley
(1 films)
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Filmography of Kenny Ascher (2 films)

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Sound

A Star Is Born, 2h20
Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Robert Englund, Joanne Linville
Rating60% 3.049223.049223.049223.049223.04922
Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter rock star, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts dating. Believing in her talent, John gives her a helping hand and her career begins to eclipse his.