David Newman

David Newman
Birth name	David Louis Newman
Born	(1954-03-11) March 11, 1954 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock new wave Film score
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, orchestrator, conductor
Instruments	Guitar, piano, keyboards
Years active	1976–present

David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and conductor. He is known for his movie scores. In his career more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature movies.

Influences

Newman stated composers like Alfred Newman, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, Dave Grusin, Alan Menken, Bruce Broughton, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Howard Shore, Irwin Kostal, Basil Poledouris, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Randy Newman, Michael Kamen, Ennio Morricone, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Mark Mothersbaugh, Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill and Buddy Baker as Influences

Awards

He received an Academy Award nomination for writing the score to the 1997 movie Anastasia.

Family

He was an cousin of Randy Newman.