Robbie Kondor is an American composer,

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, and

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. He has worked as a composer on '' The Significant Other'', '' Ball In The House'', '' Sally Jessy Raphael'', ''

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'' (1998), '' The Suburbans'' (1999), ''

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'' (1999), '' Drawing Angel'' (2001), '' Series 7: The Contenders'' (2001), '' Home Delivery'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2008). He has worked as a producer for '' The Sum of All Fears'' (2002), and as an arranger on '' Beaches'' (1988), and the

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(1990). He is credited as keyboard player and arranger on albums by Eric Clapton,

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Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the " Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...

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and several others. He was the band leader and announcer for ''Hot Properties'' in 1985, and participated in the House Band on five '' Pavarotti and Friends'' specials from 1998 to 2002. He filled in for Paul Shaffer ''

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'' on two episodes, in 1994 and 2003, and played keyboards in the band on many other occasions. In 2010 Kondor joined the Troubadour Reunion Tour supporting

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and

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Personal life

Kondor is married to singer and musician Emily Bindiger; they live in

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Awards and nominations

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Most Valuable Player Award Elevate Film Festival Best Original Score

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s: *Won, 1999, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "

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" (shared with

Paul F. Antonelli Paul F. Antonelli (born July 22, 1959) is an American composer, musician, music director, and music supervisor. He began his career in the entertainment world as a keyboardist and founding member of the 1980s synthpop band, Animotion, which had e ...

A.J. Gundell Andrew J. "A.J." Gundell is an American musician and music director. He has won 13 Emmy awards; his favorites being three in the "Outstanding Original Song" category. Credits *''All My Children'' *'' The Guiding Light'' Discography His songs ha ...

, Pamela Magee, Dominic Messinger, Ron Goodman, Mike Renzi, Terry Walker,

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) *Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker,

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, Dominic Messinger, Mike Renzi,

, and Ron Goodman) *Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker,

, Dominic Messinger,

, Mike Renzi, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, and Ron Goodman) *Won, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker,

, Dominic Messinger,

, Mike Renzi, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, Ron Goodman, and Peter Fish) *Won, 2003, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Andrew J. Gundell,

, Dominic Messinger,

, Mike Renzi, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, Ron Goodman,

Brian Tarquin Brian Tarquin (born December 2, 1965, New York) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, recording artist, sound engineer, record producer, and composer. He is best known as a guitar instrumentalist with several Top 10 radio hits in various genres a ...

Kim Oler Kim Oler is an American television and theatrical composer. He is a member of the BMI and Dramatists Guild.
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, Peter Fish, and

Jim Klein Jim Klein is a Los Angeles born, Philadelphia-based, Emmy Award-winning composer, music producer, recording engineer, and songwriter. Klein is best known as the producer and songwriter behind the influential freestyle group Pajama Party, whose ...

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