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David Shire
real name David Lee Shire
American score composer
Buffalo, United States · b. 1937-07-03
David Shire is credited on 1,300 releases across 330 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,300
Credits
330
Albums
8
Decades active
282
In collections
Biography
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American composer, born July 3, 1937 in Buffalo, New York.
Among others, he scored the films "The Taking of Pelham 123" and "The Conversation".
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,300 releases · 330 albums · active 1958–2025
- Performance · 1,465
- Production · 287
- Other credits · 180
Studios: The Forum, Los Angeles · Touchwood Audio · RCA Studios, New York · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
Music To Be Murdered By
2020
Carboot Soul
1999
People
1964
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits
1970
My Name Is Barbra, Two...
1965
Late Night Guitar
1980
Company (A Musical Comedy) (Original Cast Recording)
1970
What About Today?
1969
Simply Streisand
1967
Like Drawing Blood
2006
The Motown Story (The First Twenty-Five Years)
1983
Branigan 2
1983
Live Concert At The Forum
1972
Motown Love Collection
1984
The Original Washington Square
1963
The Dance
2010
Jazz In The Key Of Blue
2009
The Piece Maker
2000
2010 (Original Music From The Motion Picture)
1984
Rainbow
1980
Woman In Love
1980
With You I'm Born Again
1979
What About You!
1978
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