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Randy Kerber

About this Artist

RANDY KERBER is a composer, orchestrator, and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in music. 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, he has worked on over 800 motion pictures including "Titanic", "A Beautiful Mind", and "Harry Potter I, II, & III".  The piano in "Forrest Gump" which features a feather floating in the wind, was played by Randy Kerber.  The celeste theme in "Harry Potter", composed by John Williams, is also played by Randy Kerber.  Most recently, Randy has performed piano solos on Steven Soderbergh's "Behind The Candelabra" for which he also trained Michael Douglas.