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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 ...
Shire is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Yale, serves on the executive council of the Dramatists Guild of America and is a trustee of the Rockland Conservatory of Music. His eldest son, screenwriter Matthew Shire, lives in Los Angeles; and he, his wife and their teenage son Daniel make their home in the Hudson Valley. For more ...
Mar 8, 2019 · David Shire. At 81, Shire is still working. I caught up with him via Skype at his New York studio for a conversation focusing on his film work. Hosted by the San Francisco State University School of Creative Arts in conjunction with the CSU Entertainment Alliance, Shire is in town this week for a series of workshops and masterclasses that ...
Jan 6, 2018 · David Shire was hired to compose the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now but had a falling out with the film's director Francis Ford Coppola. Now, Shire's original electronic, all-synthesizer score is ...
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David Shire is a multi-talented composer, songwriter, and pianist known for his work on Broadway, film, and television. Born in Buffalo, New York in 1937, Shire began playing the piano at a young ...
David Lee Shire was the son of Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire. As an undergraduate at Yale University he met Maltby, his long-time theatre collaborator, and with him wrote two musicals, Cyrano and Grand Tour, which were produced by the Yale Dramatic Association. Shire, a double major in English and music ...
