Emir Işılay is a Turkish

Turkey

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 Jazz and Film Composer and pianist/keyboardist. He is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 and has worked as a music arranger/orchestrator/engineer on projects including "Boomtown

Boomtown

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" NBC

NBC

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, "Eyes

Eyes (TV series)

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" ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 TV Series, and "Soul Plane

Soul Plane

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" MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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 Feature Film He also wrote additional music for the WB

The WB Television Network

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 TV series Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling

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 production Summerland

Summerland (TV series)

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for the 1st and 2nd seasons (26 Episodes) and Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television

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 feature production "Murder on Pleasant Drive". He has played performed and/or worked with artists such as David Foster

David Foster

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, Russell Ferrante

Russell Ferrante

Russell Keith Ferrante is a jazz pianist from San Jose, California who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets. During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets...

, Heitor Pereira

Heitor Pereira

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, Marco Mendoza

Marco Mendoza

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, Michael Landau

Michael Landau

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, Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips

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, and Jon Finn

Jon Finn

Jonathan M. Finn is an American rock musician and guitarist. He is the founder and leader of the Jon Finn Group, and is a professor at the Berklee College of Music; he joined the guitar faculty there in 1988...

. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

External links

• Emir Isilay Website