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David Shire

David Shire
Shire in New York City with pianist and composer Andrew Gerle and bassist Danny Weller on September 20, 2013.
Born
David Lee Shire

(1937-07-03) July 3, 1937 (age 87)
OccupationComposer
Years active1960s–present
Spouses
(m. 1970; div. 1980)
(m. 1984)
Children2
Musical career
GenresFilm score
musicals
Television score
InstrumentPiano
Websitehttp://davidshiremusic.com/

David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores.[1] 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.

  1. ^ "David Shire The Official Masterworks Broadway Site". masterworksbroadway.com. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

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