Biography
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtracks to the 1976 film The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation and All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline", are some of his best-known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film Return to Oz (the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz), and the stage musical scores of Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn.
Filmography
all 134
Movies 129
TV Shows 5
self 2
Writer 1
Director 1
Self - Composer
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022)
Movie
Writer
Maltby and Shire's Closer Than Ever (2021)
Movie
Songs
Starting Here, Starting Now (2021)
Movie
Composer
Love After Love (2018)
Movie
Composer
The American Side (2016)
Movie
Composer
Quitters (2015)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Hacked Circuit (2014)
Movie
Self
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Movie
Composer
Zodiac Deciphered (2008)
Movie
Lights, Action, Music (2007)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Zodiac (2007)
Movie
8.55
Composer
The Tollbooth (2004)
Movie
Composer
Ash Wednesday (2002)
Movie
Composer
Two Against Time (2002)
Movie
Songs
These Old Broads (2001)
Movie
Composer
Thin Air (2000)
Movie
Composer
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
Movie
6
Composer
Small Vices (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999)
Movie
Composer
Double Platinum (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rear Window (1998)
Movie
Composer
I Married a Monster (1998)
Movie
Composer
Alone (1997)
Movie
Composer
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
Movie
Composer
To Dance With Olivia (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
Movie
Composer
Jake's Women (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Streets of Laredo (1995)
TV
2
Composer
One Night Stand (1995)
Movie
Composer
Murderous Intent (1995)
Movie
Composer
The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
Movie
Composer
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (1995)
Movie
Composer
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995)
Movie
Composer
My Antonia (1995)
Movie
Composer
My Brother's Keeper (1995)
Movie
Composer
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
Movie
Composer
A Father for Charlie (1995)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Reunion (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Companion (1994)
Movie
Composer
Once in a Lifetime (1994)
Movie
Composer
Texan (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994)
Movie
Composer
Jane's House (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Journey Inside (1994)
Movie
Music
Remember (1993)
Movie
Composer
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993)
Movie
Composer
Heartbeat (1993)
Movie
Composer
Skylark (1993)
Movie
6
Composer
Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992)
Movie
Composer
Nightmare in the Daylight (1992)
Movie
Composer
The Habitation of Dragons (1992)
Movie
Composer
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
Movie
Composer
Broadway Bound (1992)
Movie
Composer
Bed of Lies (1992)
Movie
Composer
Last Wish (1992)
Movie
Composer
Bed & Breakfast (1991)
Movie
Composer
Paris Trout (1991)
Movie
4
Composer
The Boys (1991)
Movie
Composer
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
Movie
Composer
Always Remember I Love You (1990)
Movie
Composer
A Promise to Keep (1990)
Movie
Music
Common Ground (1990)
Movie
Original Music Composer
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)
TV
6
Original Music Composer
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Movie
Composer
Monkey Shines (1988)
Movie
5
Composer
Backfire (1988)
Movie
Composer
God Bless the Child (1988)
Movie
Composer
Vice Versa (1988)
Movie
5.33
Composer
Jesse (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Mayflower Madam (1987)
Movie
Music
Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
Movie
Composer
Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987)
Movie
Composer
Promise (1986)
Movie
Composer
'night, Mother (1986)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Short Circuit (1986)
Movie
5.67
Composer
The Blue Yonder (1985)
Movie
Music
Amazing Stories (1985)
TV
5.33
Composer
Return to Oz (1985)
Movie
Composer
Do You Remember Love (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
2010 (1984)
Movie
5.39
Composer
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
Movie
4.45
Composer
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
Movie
8
Composer
Paternity (1981)
Movie
Composer
Only When I Laugh (1981)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
Movie
Composer
Old Boyfriends (1979)
Movie
Composer
The Promise (1979)
Movie
Composer
Norma Rae (1979)
Movie
6
Composer
Fast Break (1979)
Movie
Composer
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Straight Time (1978)
Movie
Composer
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Movie
3.5
Composer
The Storyteller (1977)
Movie
Composer
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
Movie
Composer
Something for Joey (1977)
Movie
Composer
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Composer
Amelia Earhart (1976)
Movie
Composer
The Big Bus (1976)
Movie
3.38
Composer
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Movie
Original Music Composer
All the President's Men (1976)
Movie
3.1
Music
McNaughton's Daughter (1976)
TV
Composer
The Hindenburg (1975)
Movie
6
Composer
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Fortune (1975)
Movie
Composer
Winner Take All (1975)
Movie
Composer
The Tribe (1974)
Movie
Composer
The Godchild (1974)
Movie
Composer
Virginia Hill (1974)
Movie
Composer
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Movie
6
Composer
The Healers (1974)
Movie
Composer
Lucas Tanner (1974)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Conversation (1974)
Movie
5.4
Composer
Sidekicks (1974)
Movie
Composer
Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974)
Movie
Composer
Killer Bees (1974)
Movie
Composer
A Sunday Dinner (1974)
Movie
Composer
Isn't It Shocking? (1973)
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Composer
Showdown (1973)
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Composer
See the Man Run (1973)
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Composer
Class of '44 (1973)
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Composer
Two People (1973)
Movie
Composer
To Find a Man (1972)
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Composer
Marriage: Year One (1971)
Movie
Composer
The Impatient Heart (1971)
Movie
Composer
Skin Game (1971)
Movie
Composer
Drive, He Said (1971)
Movie
Composer
Summertree (1971)
Movie
Composer
Harpy (1971)
Movie
Composer
One More Train to Rob (1971)
Movie
Composer
Shadow Game (1969)
Movie
Music Director
The Belle of 14th Street (1967)
Movie
Composer
Amelia Earhart
TV
Ratings
Average 5.55
Based on 1.3 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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1976
1988
1978
2022
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1937-07-03 (86 years old)
Birth NameDavid Lee Shire
Birth PlaceBuffalo, United States of America
RelationshipsTalia Shire (1970-01-01 - 1980-01-01)
SpouseDidi Conn
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
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