David Shire



First NameDavid
Last NameShire
Age74
Date of BirthJuly 3, 1937
Star SignCancer
EthnicityWhite
Occupation CategoryComposer
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David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, are some of his best known works. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn.


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Filmography

Selected David Shire film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

2009
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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2007
Zodiac
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2004
The Tollbooth
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2002
Ash Wednesday
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2002
Two Against Time
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2000
Thin Air
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1999
Double Platinum
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1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
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1999
Spenser: Small Vices
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1998
Rear Window
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1998
I Married a Monster
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1997
Alone
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1997
Last Stand at Saber River
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1997
Ms. Scrooge
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1996
Jake's Women
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1995
One Night Stand
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1995
A Father for Charlie
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1995
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
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1995
Murderous Intent
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1995
My Antonia
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1995
My Brother's Keeper
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1995
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
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1995
Streets of Laredo
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1995
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
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1995
The Heidi Chronicles
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1994
Jane's House
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1994
Lily in Winter
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1994
Once in a Lifetime
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1994
Reunion
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1994
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
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1994
Texan
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1994
The Journey Inside
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1993
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
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1993
Heartbeat
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1993
Skylark
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1993
Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood
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1993
Remember
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1992
Bed of Lies
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1992
Broadway Bound
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1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
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1992
Nightmare in the Daylight
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1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
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1992
The Habitation of Dragons
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1992
Last Wish
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1991
Bed & Breakfast
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1991
Paris Trout
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1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall
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1991
The Boys
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1990
Always Remember I Love You
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1990
Common Ground
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1990
The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
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1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
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1990
A Promise to Keep
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1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven
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1989
The Women of Brewster Place
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1988
Backfire
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1988
Monkey Shines
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1988
Vice Versa
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1988
God Bless the Child
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1988
Jesse
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1987
Echoes in the Darkness
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1987
Mayflower Madam
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1986
'night, Mother
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1986
Short Circuit
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1985
Return to Oz
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1985
Do You Remember Love
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1985
The Blue Yonder
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1985
Amazing Stories
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1984
2010
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1984
Oh, God! You Devil
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1983
Max Dugan Returns
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1981
Only When I Laugh
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1981
Paternity
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1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
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1981
Norma Rae
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1979
Fast Break
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1979
Norma Rae
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1979
Old Boyfriends
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1979
The Promise
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1978
Straight Time
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1978
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
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1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
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1977
Something for Joey
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1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
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1977
The Storyteller
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1976
All the President's Men
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1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
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1976
The Big Bus
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1976
Amelia Earhart
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1976
Raid on Entebbe
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1976
The Oregon Trail
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1976
The Practice
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1976
McNaughton's Daughter
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1975
Farewell, My Lovely
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1975
The Fortune
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1975
The Hindenburg
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1975
Joe and Sons
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1975
Three for the Road
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1975
Winner Take All
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1974
The Conversation
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1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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1974
Killer Bees
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1974
The Virginia Hill Story
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1974
Lucas Tanner
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1974
Sidekicks
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1974
Tell Me Where It Hurts
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1974
The Godchild
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1974
The Healers
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1974
Doctor Dan
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1973
Class of '44
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1973
Showdown
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1973
Steelyard Blues
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1973
Two People
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1973
Isn't It Shocking?
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1972
To Find a Man
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1972
The Sixth Sense
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1971
Drive, He Said
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1971
Skin Game
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1971
Summertree
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
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1971
Getting Together
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1971
Sarge
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1971
Marriage: Year One
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1971
The Impatient Heart
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1971
Harpy
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1971
See the Man Run
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1970
McCloud
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1967
Ironside
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1962
The Virginian
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1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Music Department Credits

2007
Zodiac
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1985
Return to Oz
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1984
2010
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1982
The World According to Garp
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1981
Darkroom
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1978
Flying High
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1978
Flying High
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1977
Saturday Night Fever
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1977
The Force of Evil
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1977
Tales of the Unexpected
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1976
Alice
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1976
The Practice
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1975
Farewell, My Lovely
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1975
The Fortune
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1975
Three for the Road
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1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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1974
Lucas Tanner
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1971
Sarge
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1967
The Belle of 14th Street
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1966
Evening Primrose
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Soundtrack Credits

2009
Glee
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2007
Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away
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2006
Take the Lead
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2005
The Longest Yard
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2000
Kevin & Perry Go Large
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1999
Pitkä kuuma kesä
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1995
Golden Anniversary
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1989
Shining Time Station
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1986
Short Circuit
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1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
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1980
The Earthling
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1980
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards
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1979
Fast Break
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1979
Norma Rae
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1979
The Promise
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1978
Straight Time
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1977
Saturday Night Fever
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1975
The Hindenburg
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1974
Derrick
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1971
One More Train to Rob
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1971
Summertree
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1970
McCloud
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1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
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The Morning After (1972)
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We May Never Love Like This Again (1975)
You Light up My Life (1977)