David Shire

David Shire

American songwriter and composer
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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 "Manhattan Skyline", are some of his best-known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film Return to Oz (the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz), and the stage musical scores of Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn.

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David Shire was born on Saturday, 3 July 1937 in Buffalo, New York, USA. His full name at birth was David Lee Shire. He is best known as a composer. Shire's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. For university, he studied at Yale University. His religion is listed as Jewish. He has grey hair (color). David Shire is 87 years old and his zodiac star sign is Cancer.

You can find people similar to David Shire by visiting our lists Intrada Records artists and Jewish American film score composers.

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David Lee Shire
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Alice (TV series)
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Partner: Didi Conn (Married) 1 child
Feb 1984-
Didi Conn and David Shire
You can sort of be married, you can sort of be divorced, you can sort of be living together, but you can't sort of have a baby.

David Shire is known for his role in the TV series Ten Percent (2022) as writer - 1 episode.

He is also known for his role in the TV series Stars in the House (2020) as Self.

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