Jack Shaindlin (April 14, 1909 – September 22, 1978) was a

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musician, composer, arranger,

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, and music director. He was musical director for ''

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'' newsreel series.

Early life and career

Shaindlin was born in

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on April 14, 1909 to a Jewish family. His parents were Rachel ( Golden) and Chaim Shaindlin. His father owned and operated a coal business and was possibly shot and killed during a robbery of his business. Shaindlin came to North America, via

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, on December 8, 1922 and entered the U.S. under the name Jacob Scheindlin. Shaindlin began his musical career as a pianist in silent movie halls, having relocated to the United States as a young boy (Chicago) along with his mother and brother Leo by winning a music scholarship/piano competition in Russia. He became a naturalized US citizen July 28, 1934. In the late 1940s he was musical director of the Carnegie Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He was cited by

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for his war contributions for his work on the documentary ''Tanks.'' He 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. He scored numerous television and cartoon music, including such classic favorites as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also composed the 1951

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for

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used from 1951 He was Musical Director of the

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feature film ''

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,'' starring

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and with musical features by saxophonist

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. Shaindlin also directed a number of significant documentaries, ranging in scope from travel themes to education, health and Hollywood. Their offices were located in New York City on West 60th Street between Columbus Circle and Eighth Avenue. He collaborated with famed entertainer

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late in her career to produce a musical review in which she intended to star in New York at the

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nightclub, which in the end did not materialize, reportedly due to her health issues. Upon formal retirement in the early 1970s he became a musical consultant to

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Conductor

Shaindlin is in some respects better known today as the conductor of two scores composed by

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for ''

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'' (1955), the second

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production, ''

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'' (1958), the first (and only) film produced in the rival

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format. and ''

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'' (1962). The original soundtrack albums from these films were released on

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and

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, respectively.

In popular culture

The songs "I'm Tickled Pink" and "Let's Go Sunning" are featured in-game "Galaxy News Radio" station in the 2008 video game ''

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''. "Let's Go Sunning" was used in the February 11, 2012 episode of ''

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'' during the "Bein' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel" comedy sketch. Due to an error, the song was misattributed to the late

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in the sketch. The song was additionally featured in a trailer for the 2005 video game ''

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'' Also, the opening and closing theme of the TV series '' Adventures of Superman'' is accredited to Leon Klatzkin. For some reason, despite the ''Los Angeles Times'' listing his many compositions for television shows, some people think Klatzkin was not a composer, but a Mutel employee, a film cutter who helped film editors select appropriate tracks for their pictures and that Shaindlin may have composed the music. The song "Let's Go Sunning" is used anachronistically in the episode "The Good Listener" of ''

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s fifth season, set in 1931. It is audible when Nelson Van Alden's son is asking him a question for his science class. "Let's Go Sunning" is also used in the 2019 TV Show

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, where it is heard coming from the room of Rita Farr after she opens the door. The song "Arizona Fanfare" is used in ''

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'' associated with

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. Additionally, the song "Verve" plays on Plankton's record player in the episode of the same name. "Washington in the news" is used in Michael Bay's World War Two drama "Pearl Harbor". The song plays in the background as a newsreel is shown in a movie theater. 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. "At The Pool", "All Disc & Heaven Too" and "Let's Go Sunning" are used.

References

*Jack Shaindlin, "Don't shoot the piano player". in ''Film Music'', 14:15, January–February 1955. *''Who's who in World Jewry'', Published by Pitman Pub. Corp., 1955. Commercial Spots (LP) Cinemusic Inc. 1972 Percussion For Commercials / Electronic Station Logos – Instrumental Novelties (LP) Cinemusic Inc. 1972 Appears On: Pony Tale (7") Revell, Inc. 1969 Batman (LP) Power Records (4) 1975

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