David Shire
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David Shire | |
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Born | David Lee Shire July 3, 1937 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Composer |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Musical career | |
Genres | musicals Television score |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Website | http://davidshiremusic.com/ |
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage
.Education and early career
Shire was born in
After a semester of graduate work at
Film and television scoring
Shire began scoring for television in the 1960s and made the leap to scoring
The Conversation featured a score for piano. On some cues, Shire took the taped sounds of the piano and distorted them in different ways to create alternative sonic textures to round out the score. The music is intended to capture the isolation and paranoia of protagonist Harry Caul (Gene Hackman). The score was released on CD by Intrada Records.
For the "Main Title" of
Shire's television scores have earned five
Shire's film and television scoring style is often compared to his late counterpart and contemporary Jerry Fielding.
Musical theatre
As a pit pianist, Shire played for the original productions of both The Fantasticks and Funny Girl, eventually serving as Barbra Streisand's accompanist for several years. He also intermittently conducted and arranged for her (most notably for her television specials Color Me Barbra and The Belle of Fourteenth Street), and over a period of several years she recorded five of his songs.
Shire's musical theatre work, always in collaboration with lyricist
A Stream of Voices, a one-act opera, with libretto by Gene Scheer, for the Colorado Children's Chorale, premiered in June 2008 in Denver.[6]
On October 27, 2012, the Broadway-style musical Loving the Silent Tears premiered in Los Angeles, including some songs composed by Shire.[7][8]
Miscellaneous
Shire has conducted many orchestras, either for film scores or for pop concerts, including the
Shire wrote and composed many songs for the hit PBS children's TV series Shining Time Station, which starred his wife Didi Conn along with comedian George Carlin.[citation needed]
Shire serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America and is a trustee of the Rockland Conservatory of Music and the Palisades (New York) Library. He was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
Personal life
From 1970 to 1980, Shire was married to actress Talia Shire, with whom he has one son, screenwriter Matthew Shire.
He has been married to actress
David's brother, Sanford Shire (Sandy) was also a conductor most notably for Comedian/impressionist Fred Travalena. Sandy also published a book on the paintings of Choreographer Antoni Nelle'
Selected filmography
- One More Train to Rob (1971)
- Drive, He Said (1971)
- Summertree (1971)
- Skin Game (1971)
- To Find a Man (1972)
- Two People (1973)
- Class of '44 (1973)
- Showdown (1973)
- Killer Bees (1974)
- Sidekicks (1974)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- The Hindenburg(1975)
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
- All the President's Men (1976)
- Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
- The Big Bus (1976)
- Raid on Entebbe (1977)
- Something for Joey (1977)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Straight Time (1978)
- Fast Break (1979)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- The Promise (1979)
- Old Boyfriends (1979)
- Apocalypse Now (1979, rejected)
- Only When I Laugh (1981)
- Paternity (1981)
- Max Dugan Returns (1983)
- Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
- 2010 (1984)
- The Blue Yonder (1985)
- Return to Oz (1985)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- 'night, Mother (1986)
- Vice Versa (1988)
- Backfire (1988)
- Monkey Shines (1988)
- Paris Trout (1991)
- Bed & Breakfast (1992)
- Four Eyes and Six Guns (1992)
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993, rejected)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995)
- The Streets of Laredo (1995)
- Rear Window (1998)
- Ash Wednesday (2002)
- Zodiac (2007)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
- The American Side (2016)
- Love After Love (2017)
Theatre credits
- Broadway
- Anyone Can Whistle (1964) - rehearsal pianist
- Funny Girl (1964) - pit pianist and assistant conductor
- The Unknown Soldier and His Wife (1967) - incidental music
- How Do You Do, I Love You (1967) - composer
- Love Match (1968) - composer
- Company (1970) - dance music arranger
- Baby (1983) - composer - Tony Award for Best Original Scorenomination
- Big (1996) - composer - Tony Award for Best Original Score nomination; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music nomination
- Saturday Night Fever - songwriter of "Manhattan Skyline," "Salsation," and "Night on Disco Mountain"
- Off-Broadway (selected)[10]
- Graham Crackers (1963)
- As You Like It (1973)
- Starting Here, Starting Now (1977)
- Urban Blight (1988)
- Outer Critics Circle Awardwinner; NYC revival (2012)
- Smulnik's Waltz (1991)
- The Loman Family Picnic (1993)
- Visiting Mr. Green (1997)
- Take Flight (2005–2011) - productions in London (Menier Chocolate Factory), Tokyo, and Princeton (McCarter Theatre)
Notable songs
- "With You I'm Born Again" - lyrics by Carol Connors - international chart hit by Billy Preston and Syreeta
- "Starting Here, Starting Now", "Autumn" - lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. - recorded by Barbra Streisand
- "One Of The Good Girls" - lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. - recorded by Susannah McCorkle
- "Stop, Time" - lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. - recorded by Susannah McCorkle
- "What About Today", "The Morning After" - music and lyrics - recorded by Barbra Streisand
- "The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)" (Marilyn Bergman- recorded by Melissa Manchester
- "Manhattan Skyline", "Salsation" - original music contributions to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album
- "Night on Disco Mountain" - an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain", also on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
- "It Goes Like It Goes" - lyrics by Norman Gimbel - recorded by Jennifer Warnes - (Academy Award winner)
- "Coffee, Black" - lyrics by Maltby - recorded by John Pizzarelli
- "Washington Square" - words and music (with Bob Goldstein) - recorded by The Village Stompers
See also
- Coppola family tree
References
- ^ "David Shire The Official Masterworks Broadway Site". masterworksbroadway.com. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "David Shire Biography (1937-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Take Flight Takes Off at London's Menier Chocolate Factory July 13". Playbill.com. 2007-07-13. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "6/30/04: David Shire Interview". Filmscoremonthly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Rocky Mountain News". Retrieved January 30, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Jon Secada and More Set for LOVING THE SILENT TEARS in LA, 10/27". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ [1] Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Commentary: I was the 'queen of denial' on autism". CNN.com. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Lortel Archives-The Internet Off-Broadway Database". Lortel.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.