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Los Angeles, California, USA
David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning nearly forty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films. Newman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mississippi-born Martha Louise (née Montgomery) and Hollywood composer Alfred Newman. He is the brother of Thomas Newman and the…
Known for
- Music by John Williams — Self - Film Composer / Conductor2024
- Inhuman Experiments: The Making of "The Kindred" — Self2021
- Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure" — Self2020
- Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary — Self2019
- Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
- Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood — Self2015
- Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner — Self - Conductor2013
- Monty and the Movies — Self
- All About Alfred — Self
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954-03-11
Discography
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- 112,723
- Total plays
- 1,477,125
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The following 3 artists are known as David Newman: 1) The son of famed Golden Age composer Alfred Newman, brother to Thomas Newman and cousin to Randy Newman. Began his Hollywood career as a studio musician and conductor, wielding the baton on James Horner's Battle Beyond the Stars in 1980. Newman's first feature score was Tim Burton's 1984 featurette Frankenweenie, which Newman co-wrote with Michael Convertino. More studio projects followed, including The Brave Little Toaster (1987) <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Newman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Alfred Newman
- Sibling
- Maria Newman
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film score
- Official website
- www.davidnewmancomposer.com
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- David Newman (composer)
- date of birth
- 1954-03-11
- nominated for
- Saturn Award for Best Music
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- relative
- Randy Newman
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films scored by David Newman (composer)
- different from
- David Newman
- birth name
- David Louis Newman
- name in native language
- David Newman
- social media followers
- 7990
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