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David Shire

American score composer

Buffalo, United States • b. 1937-07-03

David Shire is credited on 1,300 releases across 329 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,300

Pressings credited

329

Albums

8

Decades active

259

In collections

Biography

David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline". 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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1,300 releases · 329 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

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