- Jack Eskew
Jack Eskew (Jackson W. Eskew) (born
June 29 ,1940 ) is anarranger /orchestrator based inLos Angeles, California . He studied music at theUniversity of Southern California before beginning his career by touring theUnited States with various bands.In the 1960s, he led the band at
Disneyland that appeared nightly in the famous subterranean rising stage, playingtrumpet andpiano . He subsequently became music director at Disneyland. During the 1970s, he worked on such television shows as "The Sonny and Cher Show " and "The Mack Davis Show ".From the early 1980s, Eskew worked with film composer
Bill Conti and subsequently orchestrated such films as "The Karate Kid " series, "Broadcast News", "Huckleberry Finn", and thePierce Brosnan remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair", among others. Eskew, again working with Conti, has also worked as an orchestrator for numerous telecasts of the annualAcademy Awards .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0260648/ IMDB: Jack Eskew]
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