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David Shire

Background information
Birth name David Lee Shire
Born July 3, 1937 (1937-07-03) (age 70)
Buffalo, New York
Genre(s) Film score
musicals
Television score
Occupation(s) Composer
Instrument(s) Piano
Years active 1960s - present

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Education and early career

Shire was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther Miriam (née Sheinberg) and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. [1] 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 Dramat. Richard Maltby Jr (born October 6, 1937, Ripon Wisconsin) is an American Theatre director and producer, Lyricist The Yale Dramatic Association, also known as the "Dramat" is one of the oldest college Theater companies in the country 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. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic Honor society with the mission of "fostering and recognizing excellence" in the Undergraduate Liberal arts He was a member of the Pundits and Elihu and he graduated magna cum laude in 1959. Elihujpg|left|100px|Emblem of Elihu]] Elihu, founded in 1903 is the sixth oldest secret society at Yale University, New Haven CT. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned

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. Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists The City of New York Their first off-Broadway show, The Sap of Life, was produced in 1961 at One Sheridan Square Theater in Greenwich Village. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan

Film and television scoring

Shire began scoring for television in the 1960s and made the leap to scoring feature films in the early 1970s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He was married to actress Talia Shire, for whose brother Francis Ford Coppola he scored The Conversation, perhaps his best known score, in 1974. Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award ®-nominated American Actress. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola He has since been known for creating fresh and effective scores for a wide variety of genres, including All the President's Men, The Hindenburg, Farewell My Lovely, 2010, Return to Oz, and Zodiac. All the President's Men is a 1976 film based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Farewell My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip 2010 is a Science fiction film released in 1984 directed by Peter Hyams. Return to Oz is an Academy Award -nominated 1985 film which is the semi-sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Zodiac is a 2007 American film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith 's non-fiction book of the same name He composed original music for Saturday Night Fever (for which he received 2 Grammy nominations), and also worked on several disco adaptations including "Night on Disco Mountain. Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences " He won an Oscar in 1980 for Best Song for his and Norman Gimble's title song for Norma Rae, "It Goes Like It Goes". "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union " It Goes Like It Goes " is a Song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. He was also nominated the same year in the same category for "The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)" from the motion picture The Promise, with lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman. The Promise is a 1979 film released by was a Universal Pictures, which starred Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, and Beatrice Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) is a prolific American Lyricist and Songwriter. In 1981 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.

The Conversation featured an austere score for piano. The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola 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). Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author The score was released on CD by Intrada Records.

For The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Shire used serial techniques and a funky multicultural rhythm section for the main theme. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (also known as The Taking of Pelham 123) is a thriller movie released in 1974. It is intended to evoke the bustle and diversity of New York City, and is an unofficial theme for the 6 subway line (the local Lexington Avenue Line that is depicted in the film). The City of New York The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The Lexington Avenue Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan The soundtrack album was the first ever CD release by Film Score Monthly. Film Score Monthly is an Online magazine (and former print Magazine) founded by editor-in-chief and executive producer Lukas Kendall in June 1990 The end titles contain a more expansive arrangement of the theme. Shire received two Grammy nominations for his work on the film.

Shire's television scores have earned five Emmy nominations. [2] His hundreds of scores for television include Sarah, Plain and Tall, Raid on Entebbe, The Kennedys of Massachusetts, Serving in Silence, Christopher Reeve's Rear Window, Oprah Winfrey's The Women of Brewster Place, and The Heidi Chronicles. Sarah Plain and Tall is a Children's book written by Patricia MacLachlan, and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal. Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 TV movie directed by Irvin Kershner. Serving in Silence The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story is a 1995 Television film on NBC Plot The film recounts the events in the The Women of Brewster Place is a TV Miniseries that aired on March 18, 1989 on ABC. The Heidi Chronicles is a 1995 made-for-television film by Wendy Wasserstein adapted from her play of the same name. He also composed themes for the television series Alice and McCloud. Alice was an American Television sitcom series which ran from August 31 1976 to July 2 1985 on CBS. McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977.

Musical theatre

As a pit pianist, Shire played for the original productions of both The Fantastiks and Funny Girl, eventually serving as Barbra Streisand’s accompanist for several years. The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress 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. Color Me Barbra is the title of the 10th Studio album by singer Barbra Streisand released by Columbia Records in 1966

Shire's musical theatre work, always in collaboration with lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. includes the two off-Broadway reviews 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). Richard Maltby Jr (born October 6, 1937, Ripon Wisconsin) is an American Theatre director and producer, Lyricist The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. Closer Than Ever is a musical Revue with words by Richard Maltby Jr Baby is a musical with a book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical first awarded in 1949 The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the Composers and Lyricists of the best original score written for a musical This is an article about the stage musical For the 1988 film see Big (film. 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. Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr The Menier Chocolate Factory is an award-winning 190 seat fringe studio theatre restaurant and gallery Previously concert versions were performed in Australia and Russia. [3][4]

He recently completed A Stream of Voices, a one-act opera, with libretto by Gene Scheer, for the Colorado Children's Chorale, which is scheduled to premiere in June 2008 in Denver. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States [5][6]

Miscellaneous

Shire's individual songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Melissa Manchester, Maureen McGovern, Johnny Mathis, Billy Preston, Jennifer Warnes, John Pizzarelli and Pearl Bailey, among many others. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Melissa Manchester (born on February 15, 1951 at New York, New York) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American Singer and Broadway actress, widely known for her premier John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. William Everett Preston ( September 2 1946 – June 6 2006) was an American Soul musician from Houston Texas, Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter John Pizzarelli Jr (born April 6, 1960) is an Italian-American Jazz guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter and Bandleader Pearl Mae Bailey ( March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress He co-wrote with David Pomerantz "In Our Hands", the theme song for the United Nations World Summit for Children. He has also written individual songs with lyricists Sheldon Harnick ("Everlasting Light") and Ed Kleban. Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American Lyricist best known for his collaborations with Composer Jerry Bock Edward Kleban ( April 30 1939 - December 28 1987) known professionally as Ed Kleban, was an American Musical theatre

Either for his film scores or for pop concerts of his music, he has conducted many orchestras, including The London Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The San Francisco Opera Orchestra, The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2007)[7] Irish Film Orchestra, and the Munich Symphony. The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil LAP or LAPO is an American Orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States San Francisco Opera (SFO is the second largest Opera company in North America.

He serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America [8] and is a Trustee of the Rockland Conservatory of Music and the Palisades (New York) Library. The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for Playwrights Composers and Lyricists working in the U

Personal

Shire has been married to actress Didi Conn since 1982. Didi Conn (born July 13, 1951) is an American film stage and television Actress. He has two sons, Matthew (with Talia Shire), a Los Angeles screenwriter, and Daniel (with Didi Conn). Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award ®-nominated American Actress.

Broadway credits

Off-Broadway credits (selected)

via lortel.org[9]:

Notable songs

See also

References

  1. ^ David Shire Biography (1937-)
  2. ^ IMDB awards
  3. ^ playbill.com article, July 13, 2007
  4. ^ film score monthly interview, June 2004
  5. ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/spotlight_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23962_5649161,00.html Rocky Mountain News, July 28, 2007]
  6. ^ ticketmaster description of A Stream of Voices
  7. ^ Buffalo Philharmonic announcement
  8. ^ Dramatists Guild
  9. ^ Lortel listing

External links

Closer Than Ever is a musical Revue with words by Richard Maltby Jr The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway and were begun during the 1949-1950 theater season As You Like It is a Pastoral Comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published Carol Connors is a retired American Singer-songwriter. Born as Annette Kleinbard on November 13 1940 in New Brunswick New "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) is a prolific American Lyricist and Songwriter. Marilyn Bergman (born November 10, 1929) is a Composer, Songwriter and Author. " It Goes Like It Goes " is a Song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. Norman Gimbel ( November 16, 1927) is an Oscar - and Grammy -winning American Lyricist of pop songs and movie themes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter Family tree }}}}}}}}}}}} The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel
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