David Shire

David Shire

American songwriter (1937–)

David Lee Shire 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, and the stage musical scores of Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 9 films (1968–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1979 Norma Rae Martin Ritt 104 min 16mm Color
1978 Straight Time warner brothers 113 min 16mm Color sound
1976 All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula 138 min 16mm Color
1976 The Practice M-G-M TV 30 min Color sound
1975 The Hindenburg Universal Pictures 126 min Color sound
1973 Isn’T It Shocking? American Broadcasting Companies, Inc 74 min Color sound
1971 One More Train To Rob Universal Pictures 108 min Color sound
1968 My garbage ▶ David Shire 16mm sound
My Garbage (1968) ▶ David Shire