David Newman

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-03-11 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

David Newman

Biography

David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning nearly forty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films. Newman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mississippi-born Martha Louise (née Montgomery) and Hollywood composer Alfred Newman. He is the brother of Thomas Newman and the cousin of Randy Newman, both of whom are also composers of film scores. An accomplished violinist, and successful concert conductor, Newman was educated at the University of Southern California.

Production

1989

The War of the Roses

as Original Music Composer

2002

Ice Age

as Original Music Composer

2000

Bedazzled

as Original Music Composer

1988

Heathers

as Original Music Composer

1986

Critters

as Original Music Composer

1992

Hoffa

as Original Music Composer

1992

The Mighty Ducks

as Original Music Composer

2000

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

as Original Music Composer

1999

Galaxy Quest

as Original Music Composer

1994

My Father the Hero

as Original Music Composer

2005

Monster-in-Law

as Original Music Composer

1996

Matilda

as Original Music Composer

1990

The Freshman

as Original Music Composer

2003

The Cat in the Hat

as Original Music Composer

2002

2004

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

as Original Music Composer

2003

Daddy Day Care

as Original Music Composer

1999

Never Been Kissed

as Original Music Composer

1991

Other People's Money

as Original Music Composer

1993

The Sandlot

as Original Music Composer

1990

Fire Birds

as Original Music Composer

2009

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

as Original Music Composer

2008

The Spirit

as Original Music Composer

2002

Death to Smoochy

as Original Music Composer

1996

Jingle All the Way

as Original Music Composer

1995

Boys on the Side

as Original Music Composer

1992

Honeymoon in Vegas

as Original Music Composer

2007

Norbit

as Original Music Composer

1997

Anastasia

as Original Music Composer

1993

Coneheads

as Original Music Composer

1998

1001 Nights

as Original Music Composer

2021

West Side Story

as Music Arranger

2000

Duets

as Original Music Composer

2008

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

as Original Music Composer

1990

Mr. Destiny

as Music

1987

1991

Talent for the Game

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Kindred

as Original Music Composer

2019

Pets United

as Music

2005

Are We There Yet?

as Original Music Composer

2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Original Music Composer

1999

Bowfinger

as Original Music Composer

1995

Tommy Boy

as Original Music Composer

1987

Throw Momma from the Train

as Original Music Composer

1989

Disorganized Crime

as Original Music Composer

1993

Undercover Blues

as Original Music Composer

1994

2002

Scooby-Doo

as Original Music Composer

1991

Rover Dangerfield

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Brave Little Toaster

as Original Music Composer

1989

1994

2010

Crazy on the Outside

as Original Music Composer

1999

Galaxy Quest

as Orchestrator

2000

102 Dalmatians

as Original Music Composer

2014

Behaving Badly

as Original Music Composer

1991

The Runestone

as Original Music Composer

1987

Malone

as Original Music Composer

1994

The Air Up There

as Original Music Composer

1989

2016

Army of One

as Original Music Composer

2014

5 Flights Up

as Music

1997

Out to Sea

as Original Music Composer

1991

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

as Original Music Composer

2003

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

as Original Music Composer

2011

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

as Original Music Composer

2010

Animals United

as Original Music Composer

2017

Girls Trip

as Original Music Composer

1990

MadHouse

as Original Music Composer

2017

Naked

as Original Music Composer

2001

The Flamingo Rising

as Original Music Composer

2009

My Life in Ruins

as Original Music Composer

2018

Night School

as Original Music Composer

2012

A Christmas Story 2

as Original Music Composer

2005

Man of the House

as Original Music Composer

2003

Duplex

as Original Music Composer

2002

Life or Something Like It

as Original Music Composer

2000

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

as Original Music Composer

1994

The Flintstones

as Original Music Composer

1991

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

as Original Music Composer

2001

The Affair of the Necklace

as Original Music Composer

2009

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

as Original Music Composer

1986

Vendetta

as Music

2010

The Spy Next Door

as Original Music Composer

2024

Arthur's Whisky

as Original Music Composer

1996

The Phantom

as Original Music Composer

1989

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

as Original Music Composer

2005

Serenity

as Original Music Composer

2002

Ice Age

as Conductor

2002

Scooby-Doo

as Conductor

1984

2005

Serenity

as Conductor

1999

Brokedown Palace

as Original Music Composer

2015

Some Kind of Beautiful

as Original Music Composer

1990

Meet the Applegates

as Original Music Composer

1991

The Marrying Man

as Original Music Composer

1996

The Nutty Professor

as Original Music Composer

1996

Big Bully

as Original Music Composer

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop

as Original Music Composer

2013

Tarzan

as Original Music Composer

1992

That Night

as Music

1991

Paradise

as Original Music Composer

1989

Little Monsters

as Original Music Composer

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