---
name: "Kenny Ascher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenny-ascher"
fi1m_id: "kenny-ascher"
imdb_id: "nm0038502"
tmdb_id: 84911
wikidata_id: "Q989574"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "26 October 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:35:50.430990+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kenny Ascher

## Identity

Kenny Ascher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenny-ascher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenny-ascher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0038502
- **TMDB ID:** 84911
- **Wikidata ID:** Q989574
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ascher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84911

Composer. Born 26 October 1944 in Washington, D.C..

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 26 October 1944, Washington, D.C.
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ascher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84911

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Muppet Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kenneth Ascher is an American composer, songwriter, arranger and jazz pianist. Born on 26 October 1944 in Washington, D.C., he has worked across jazz, rock, classical and film genres as a performer, arranger and studio musician.

With Paul Williams he wrote the songs and contributed to the score for *The Muppet Movie* (1979), including "Rainbow Connection". The pair received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score. Ascher also collaborated with Williams on songs for the 1976 film *A Star Is Born*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, muppet.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Muppet Script* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (1976), as Songs

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1980: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Rainbow Connection*
- 1980: Best Original Song Score (nominated), for *The Muppet Movie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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