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David Newman(I)

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In his 25 year career, David Newman has scored over 100 films, ranging from War of the Roses, Matilda, Bowfinger and Heathers, to the more recent The Spirit, Serenity, and Alvin and the Chipmonks: The Squeakuel. Newman's music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas Brokedown Palace and Hoffa; top-grossing comedies Norbit, Scooby-Doo, Galaxy Quest, The Nutty Professor, The Flinstones, Throw Mama From the Train; and award-winning animated films Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster and Anastasia. The recipient of top honors from the music and motion picture industries, he holds an Academy Award nomination for his score to the animated feature, Anastasia, and was the first composer to have his piece, 1001 Nights, performed in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's FILMHARMONIC Series, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Newman is also a highly sought-after conductor and appears with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Score Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, New Japan Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and the American Symphony. He has led subscription week with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and regularly conducts the Hollywood Bowl.

Also an active composer for the concert hall, his works have been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and at the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival.

Newman has spent considerable time unearthing and restoring film music classics for the concert hall, and headed the Sundance Institute's music preservation program in the late 1980s. During his tenure at Sundance he wrote an original score and conducted the Utah Symphony for the classic silent motion picture, Sunrise, which opened the Sundance Film Festival in 1989. As a tribute to his work in film music preservation, he was elected President of the Film Music Society in 2007, a nonprofit organization formed by entertainment industry professionals to preserve and restore motion picture and television music. Passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians, Newman services as President of the Board of the American Youth Symphony, a forty-three year-old pre-professional orchestra based in Los Angeles, where he launched the three-year "Jerry Goldsmith Project." In 2007 he wrote the children't melodrama Yoko and the Tooth Fairy for Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA, and in 2010 he served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival in the Film Scoring Program. When his schedule permits, he visit Los Angeles area high schools to speak about film scoring and mentor young composers.

The son of nine-time Oscar-winning composer, Alfred Newman, David Newman was born in Los Angeles in 1954. He trained in violin and piano from an early age and earned degrees in orchestral conducting and violin from the University of Southern California.
BornMarch 11, 1954
BornMarch 11, 1954
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Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 2021
Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Nutty Professor
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 1996
John Cusack, Meg Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, Liz Callaway, Jim Cummings, and Jonathan Dokuchitz in Anastasia (1997)
Anastasia
7.1
  • Music Department(score)
  • 1997
Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo (2002)
Scooby-Doo
5.2
  • Music Department
  • 2002

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  • Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
    West Side Story
  • Michael Douglas and Adam Devine in Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
    Green Eggs and Ham
    • (uncredited)
  • Oh! Squints III (2018)
    Oh! Squints III
  • Timothy Omundson, Eric Bauza, Jordana Largy, and Graham Verchere in Woody Woodpecker (2017)
    Woody Woodpecker
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)
    Goosebumps
    • (uncredited)
  • Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2019)
    Hollywood in Vienna
  • Tarzan (2013)
    Tarzan
  • Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
    Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    • (uncredited)
  • The Spirit (2009)
    The Spirit
  • Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett, Jaime Pressly, Steve Carell, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, Josh Flitter, Joey King, and Jonah Hill in Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
    Horton Hears a Who!
    • (uncredited)
  • Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
    Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
    • (uncredited)
  • Chris Wedge in Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
    Ice Age: The Meltdown
    • (uncredited)
  • Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)
    Serenity
  • Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, and Michael Vartan in Monster-in-Law (2005)
    Monster-in-Law

Composer

  • Michael Douglas and Adam Devine in Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
    Green Eggs and Ham
  • D5: The Mighty Ducks (2019)
    D5: The Mighty Ducks
  • Pets United (2019)
    Pets United
    • (music by)
  • Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in Night School (2018)
    Night School
  • Marlon Wayans, Loretta Devine, J.T. Jackson, Diego Ward, Melissa Collazo, Koby Griffin, Jules Haven, Kaylon Teamer, and Erika Diamond in Naked (2017)
    Naked
  • Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish in Girls Trip (2017)
    Girls Trip
    • (music by)
  • Nicolas Cage and Russell Brand in Army of One (2016)
    Army of One
  • Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, and Jessica Alba in Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)
    Some Kind of Beautiful
  • Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton in 5 Flights Up (2014)
    5 Flights Up
  • Elisabeth Shue, Mary-Louise Parker, Heather Graham, Selena Gomez, and Nat Wolff in Behaving Badly (2014)
    Behaving Badly
  • Tarzan (2013)
    Tarzan
  • Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
    • (music by)
  • Stacey Travis, Daniel Stern, Braeden Lemasters, Tiera Skovbye, Valin Shinyei, David W. Thompson, and David Michael Paul in A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
    A Christmas Story 2
  • Jack Nicholson in Hoffa: The Music of 'Hoffa': A Conversation with Danny DeVito and Composer David Newman (2012)
    Hoffa: The Music of 'Hoffa': A Conversation with Danny DeVito and Composer David Newman
  • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
    Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Actor

  • D5: The Mighty Ducks (2019)
    D5: The Mighty Ducks
  • The Runestone (1991)
    The Runestone

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The Runestone
Clip 1:46
The Runestone
The Spirit
Clip 2:08
The Spirit
The Flintstones (1994)
Trailer 1:39
The Flintstones (1994)
Rover Dangerfield
Trailer 1:44
Rover Dangerfield

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    • March 11, 1954
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Krystyna Newman? - present (1 child)
    • Martha Montgomery
    • Maria Newman(Sibling)
  • Rejected score for "Marigold" (2006).
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