Jack Shaindlin was a Russian-American musician, composer, arranger, conductor, and music director.
14 Facts About Jack Shaindlin
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Jack Shaindlin's parents were Rachel and Chaim Shaindlin.
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Jack Shaindlin's father owned and operated a coal business and was possibly shot and killed during a robbery of his business.
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Jack Shaindlin came to North America, via Istanbul, on December 8,1922 and entered the US under the name Jacob Scheindlin.
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Jack Shaindlin became a naturalized US citizen July 28,1934.
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Jack Shaindlin was cited by President Truman for his war contributions for his work on the documentary Tanks.
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Jack Shaindlin was the founder and President of Triumph Publications, Inc of New York City, an extensive and progressive commercial sound music recording library with affiliation to BMI.
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Jack Shaindlin scored numerous television and cartoon music, including such classic favorites as Quick Draw McGraw, Father Knows Best and The Cisco Kid.
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Jack Shaindlin composed the 1951 fanfare for Screen Gems used from 1951.
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Jack Shaindlin was Musical Director of the Arthur Penn feature film Mickey One, starring Warren Beatty and with musical features by saxophonist Stan Getz.
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Jack Shaindlin directed a number of significant documentaries, ranging in scope from travel themes to education, health and Hollywood.
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Jack Shaindlin collaborated with famed entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee late in her career to produce a musical review in which she intended to star in New York at the El Morocco nightclub, which in the end did not materialize, reportedly due to her health issues.
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Jack Shaindlin is in some respects better known today as the conductor of two scores composed by Morton Gould for Cinerama Holiday, the second Cinerama production, Windjammer, the first film produced in the rival Cinemiracle format.
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Three other songs by Jack Shaindlin can be heard on the director's cut of "Pearl Harbor" when you look through the bonus features of the other three discs of the four disc set.