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David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtracks to the 1976 film The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation and All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as … See more
Shire was born in Buffalo, New York, to Esther Miriam (née Sheinberg) and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire. His family was Jewish. His secondary education was at the Nichols School. … See more
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 … See more
• One More Train to Rob (1971)
• Drive, He Said (1971)
• Summertree (1971)
• Skin Game (1971)
• To Find a Man (1972) See moreShire began scoring for television in the 1960s and made the leap to scoring feature films in the early 1970s. He was then married to actress Talia Shire, for whose brother Francis Ford Coppola he scored The Conversation, perhaps his best known score, in 1974. … See more
Shire has conducted many orchestras, either for film scores or for pop concerts, including the London Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra See more
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 Didi Conn since 1984. They have a son, Daniel (born October 1992), who was diagnosed with autism See moreBroadway
• Anyone Can Whistle (1964) - rehearsal pianist
• Funny Girl (1964) - pit pianist and assistant conductor
• The Unknown Soldier and His Wife (1967) - incidental music See morePeople mentioned in the articleWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Related searches for david shire wikipedia
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