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David Shire

May 01, 2023

David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores.[1] 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.

David Shire
Shire in New York City with pianist and composer Andrew Gerle and bassist Danny Weller on September 20, 2013.
Born
David Lee Shire

(1937-07-03) July 3, 1937 (age 85)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
OccupationComposer
Years active1960s–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1970; div. 1980)​

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(m. 1984)​
Children2
Musical career
GenresFilm score
musicals
Television score
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitehttp://davidshiremusic.com/

Education and early career

Shire was born in Buffalo, New York, to Esther Miriam (née Sheinberg) and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire.[2] His family was Jewish. His secondary education was at the Nichols School. He met his long-time theater collaborator lyricist/director Richard Maltby, Jr. at Yale University, where they wrote two musicals, Cyrano and Grand Tour, which were produced by the Yale Dramatic Association. Shire also co-fronted a jazz group at school, the Shire-Fogg Quintet, and was a Phi Beta Kappa honors student, with a double major in English and music. He was a member of the Pundits and Elihu and he graduated magna cum laude in 1959.

After a semester of graduate work at Brandeis University (where he was the first Eddie Fisher Fellow) and six months in the National Guard infantry, Shire took up residence in New York City, working as a dance class pianist, theater rehearsal and pit pianist, and society band musician while constantly working with Maltby on musicals. Their first off-Broadway show, The Sap of Life, was produced in 1961 at One Sheridan Square Theater in Greenwich Village. He co-wrote The Village Stompers' "Washington Square" with Bob Goldstein in 1963.

Film and television scoring

Shire 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. Additional screen credits include Two People, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Hindenburg, Farewell, My Lovely, All The President's Men, The Big Bus, 2010, Return to Oz, Short Circuit, Max Dugan Returns, and Zodiac. He composed original music for Saturday Night Fever (for which he received two Grammy Award nominations), and also worked on several disco adaptations including "Night on Disco Mountain." He won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1979 for his and Norman Gimbel's theme song for Norma Rae, "It Goes Like It Goes." He was also nominated the same year in the same category for "I'll Never Say Goodbye," from the motion picture The Promise, with lyrics jointly written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman. In 1979 his song "With You I'm Born Again," recorded by Billy Preston and Syreeta, was a top five international hit and stayed on the pop charts for 26 weeks.[citation needed]

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 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Shire set a jazz-funk groove in B-flat minor, and made the lead melodies and chords out of atonal twelve-tone rows in short bursts of variously shaped motives.[citation needed] The soundtrack album was the first-ever CD release by Film Score Monthly. The end titles contain a more expansive arrangement of the theme.

Shire's television scores have earned five Emmy nominations.[3] His hundreds of scores for television include: Killer Bees; Raid on Entebbe; The Kennedys of Massachusetts; Serving In Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story; Christopher Reeve's Rear Window; Oprah Winfrey's The Women of Brewster Place; and The Heidi Chronicles. He also composed themes for the television series Alice and McCloud and the 1976-1977 Danny Thomas situation comedy The Practice.

Shire's film and television scoring style is often compared to his late counterpart and contemporary Jerry Fielding.

Musical theatre

 
Shire at Barnes & Noble, New York with vocalist Sal Viviano.

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 Richard Maltby, Jr. includes the two off-Broadway revues Starting Here, Starting Now (Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album) and Closer Than Ever (Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Musical) and the two Broadway shows Baby (Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Score) and Big (Tony nomination for Best Score). All of these shows have had hundreds of regional and stock productions worldwide. A new musical entitled Take Flight premiered in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory in July 2007, with a separate production in Tokyo in November 2007. Previously concert versions were performed in Australia and Russia.[4][5]

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 London Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Symphony.[citation needed]

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 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 Didi Conn since 1984. They have a son, Daniel (born October 1992), who was diagnosed with autism.[9]

Selected filmography

Theatre credits

 
Shire onstage with Danny Weller (bass) and Sal Viviano (vocalist).
Broadway
Off-Broadway (selected)[10]

Notable songs

See also

References

  1. ^ "David Shire The Official Masterworks Broadway Site". masterworksbroadway.com. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. ^ "David Shire Biography (1937-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ^ "Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ . Filmscoremonthly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  6. ^ "Rocky Mountain News". Retrieved January 30, 2008.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Jon Secada and More Set for LOVING THE SILENT TEARS in LA, 10/27". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  8. ^ [1] September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Commentary: I was the 'queen of denial' on autism". CNN.com. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  10. ^ . Lortel.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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York City with pianist and composer Andrew Gerle and bassist Danny Weller on September 20 2013 BornDavid Lee Shire 1937 07 03 July 3 1937 age 85 Buffalo New York U S OccupationComposerYears active1960s presentSpouse s Talia Shire m 1970 div 1980 wbr Didi Conn m 1984 wbr Children2Musical careerGenresFilm scoremusicals Television scoreInstrument s PianoWebsitehttp davidshiremusic com Contents 1 Education and early career 2 Film and television scoring 3 Musical theatre 4 Miscellaneous 5 Personal life 6 Selected filmography 7 Theatre credits 8 Notable songs 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksEducation and early career EditShire was born in Buffalo New York to Esther Miriam nee Sheinberg and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire 2 His family was Jewish His secondary education was at the Nichols School He met his long time theater collaborator lyricist director Richard Maltby Jr at Yale University where they wrote two musicals Cyrano and Grand Tour which were produced by the Yale Dramatic Association Shire also co fronted a jazz group at school the Shire Fogg Quintet and was a Phi Beta Kappa honors student with a double major in English and music He was a member of the Pundits and Elihu and he graduated magna cum laude in 1959 After a semester of graduate work at Brandeis University where he was the first Eddie Fisher Fellow and six months in the National Guard infantry Shire took up residence in New York City working as a dance class pianist theater rehearsal and pit pianist and society band musician while constantly working with Maltby on musicals Their first off Broadway show The Sap of Life was produced in 1961 at One Sheridan Square Theater in Greenwich Village He co wrote The Village Stompers Washington Square with Bob Goldstein in 1963 Film and television scoring EditShire 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 Additional screen credits include Two People The Taking of Pelham One Two Three The Hindenburg Farewell My Lovely All The President s Men The Big Bus 2010 Return to Oz Short Circuit Max Dugan Returns and Zodiac He composed original music for Saturday Night Fever for which he received two Grammy Award nominations and also worked on several disco adaptations including Night on Disco Mountain He won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1979 for his and Norman Gimbel s theme song for Norma Rae It Goes Like It Goes He was also nominated the same year in the same category for I ll Never Say Goodbye from the motion picture The Promise with lyrics jointly written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman In 1979 his song With You I m Born Again recorded by Billy Preston and Syreeta was a top five international hit and stayed on the pop charts for 26 weeks citation needed 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 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Shire set a jazz funk groove in B flat minor and made the lead melodies and chords out of atonal twelve tone rows in short bursts of variously shaped motives citation needed The soundtrack album was the first ever CD release by Film Score Monthly The end titles contain a more expansive arrangement of the theme Shire s television scores have earned five Emmy nominations 3 His hundreds of scores for television include Killer Bees Raid on Entebbe The Kennedys of Massachusetts Serving In Silence The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Christopher Reeve s Rear Window Oprah Winfrey s The Women of Brewster Place and The Heidi Chronicles He also composed themes for the television series Alice and McCloud and the 1976 1977 Danny Thomas situation comedy The Practice Shire s film and television scoring style is often compared to his late counterpart and contemporary Jerry Fielding Musical theatre Edit Shire at Barnes amp Noble New York with vocalist Sal Viviano 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 Richard Maltby Jr includes the two off Broadway revues Starting Here Starting Now Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album and Closer Than Ever Outer Critic s Circle Award for Best Musical and the two Broadway shows Baby Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Score and Big Tony nomination for Best Score All of these shows have had hundreds of regional and stock productions worldwide A new musical entitled Take Flight premiered in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory in July 2007 with a separate production in Tokyo in November 2007 Previously concert versions were performed in Australia and Russia 4 5 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 EditShire 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 the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Symphony citation needed 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 EditFrom 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 9 Selected filmography EditOne 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 amp 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 Edit Shire onstage with Danny Weller bass and Sal Viviano vocalist BroadwayAnyone 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 Score nomination 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 Closer Than Ever 1989 Outer Critics Circle Award winner 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 Edit 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 Streisand The Promise I ll Never Say Goodbye Academy Award nominee lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman recorded by Melissa Manchester Manhattan Skyline and 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 StompersSee also EditCoppola family treeReferences Edit 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 External links EditOfficial website David Shire at IMDb David Shire at the Internet Broadway Database Board of Advisors The Buffalo Film Festival Buffalo NY United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Shire amp oldid 1148010266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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