Reggie Wilson

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Reggie Wilson is an orchestra contractor who worked on Star Trek. He previously worked with that film's composer, Michael Giacchino on Sky High (2005), Mission: Impossible (which, like Star Trek, was directed by J.J. Abrams), and Ratatouille (2007). He was also one of Giacchino's conductor on the video game Medal of Honor: Airborne.

Wilson has primarily contracted orchestras for the Buena Vista company. As such, he has worked on many films produced by the Walt Disney Company, including The Lion King (featuring the voices of Whoopi Goldberg and Madge Sinclair), Mulan (1998, featuring the voices of Miguel Ferrer, Eddie Murphy, James Hong, Freda Foh Shen , George Takei and Frank Welker), The Emperor's New Groove (2000, featuring the voices of John Fiedler, Wendie Malick, Jess Harnell and Miriam Flynn), The Jungle Book 2 (2003, featuring the voices of Haley Joel Osment, Tony Jay, John Rhys-Davies and Jimmy Bennett), Chicken Little (2005, featuring the voices of Wallace Shawn and Patrick Stewart), Sky High and Ratatouille.

In addition, Wilson was a music contractor on The Return of Jafar (1994, featuring the voice of Jason Alexander), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (featuring the voices of John Rhys-Davies and Robin Williams), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (featuring the voice of David Ogden Stiers), and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (featuring the voices of René Auberjonois, Clancy Brown, Kay E. Kuter and Kenneth Mars). He also worked on two Winnie the Pooh direct-to-video movies, both featuring the voice of John Fiedler as Piglet: Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (narrated by David Warner) and Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving.

Wilson's collaboration with Buena Vista also allowed him to work on several films from Touchstone Pictures, including What's Love Got to Do with It (1993, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, with Penny Johnson and Jenifer Lewis) Bringing Down the House (2003, featuring Michael Ensign and Missi Pyle) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, featuring Seymour Cassel). He also managed the orchestras for Annie (1999) and Geppetto (2000, starring René Auberjonois and Brent Spiner).

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