Composer
David Shire
American songwriter
b. 1937
25 works in the index
- Born
- 1937
- Birthplace
- Buffalo
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline". 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.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; songwriter; film score composer; actor; musician; bandleader
- Education
- Yale University
- Instruments played
- piano
- Official website
- http://davidshiremusic.com/
- Birth name
- David Lee Shire
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 107541564
- ISNI
- 0000000109305677
- GND ID
- 122550374
- Library of Congress ID
- n81004404
- MusicBrainz ID
- b2283bca-ced1-4856-9cc6-a94b271062f5
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Guitar
- Genres represented
- Broadway, pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 25
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farewell, My Lovely (Marlowe's Theme) | — | — | — | Piano | — | 3 |
| Little Bit Off, A | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| With You I'm Born Again | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Another Wedding Song | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Doors | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Fandango | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fathers Of Fathers | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| First Bows And Finale Ultimo | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| I'll Get Up Tomorrow Morning | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| It's Never That Easy/ I've Been Here Before | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Like A Baby | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Next Time/ I Wouldn't Go Back | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Second Bows And Exit Music | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| She Loves Me Not | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| The Bear, The Tiger, The Hampster And The Mole | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The March Of Time | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Sound Of Muzak | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| There | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| There's Nothing Like It | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Three Friends | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Three Friends Chaser | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| What Am I Doin' | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| You Wanna Be My Friend | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Manhattan Skyline | — | — | — | — | pop | 0 |
| autumn | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 107541564. Portrait: Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.