David Newman
Highest Rated: 100% DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Lowest Rated: 0% Behaving Badly (2014)
Birthday: Mar 11, 1954
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
A scion of the famed Newman family who dominated Hollywood music from 1930s through the 60s, David Newman originally intended to pursue a career as a classical conductor. From his youth, he studied violin and piano and played in community orchestras. After the death of his father, nine-time Oscar-winner Alfred Newman, the younger musician attended USC and began working as a conductor for such renowned orchestras and symphonies as the New Japan Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Royal Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He began his film work gradually in the mid-80s with low-budgeters like "Critters" (1986). From 1987 to 1991, he was music director of the Sundance Institute, running workshops for aspiring film composers and conducted concerts of film music in an effort to raise awareness and funds for preservation. In the latter capacity, Newman oversaw the reconstruction of a number of classic scores, including "The Wizard of Oz" and also composed a new accompaniment for F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent classic "Sunrise."
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Filmography
Movies
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80% |
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Arthur's Whisky | Music | - | 2024 |
27% |
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Night School | Original Music | $77.2M | 2018 |
91% |
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Girls Trip | Original Music | $115.1M | 2017 |
25% |
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Army of One | Original Music | - | 2016 |
6% |
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Some Kind of Beautiful | Original Music | - | 2014 |
46% |
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5 Flights Up | Casting | $1.0M | 2014 |
0% |
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Behaving Badly | Original Music | - | 2014 |
20% |
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Tarzan | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan 3D | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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A Christmas Story 2 | Original Music | - | 2012 |
5% |
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | Original Music | $37.9M | 2011 |
25% |
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Animals United | Original Music | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Animals United | Original Music | - | 2010 |
12% |
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The Spy Next Door | Original Music | $24.3M | 2010 |
8% |
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Crazy on the Outside | Original Music | $64.4K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Animals United 3D | Original Music | - | 2010 |
21% |
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Original Music | - | 2009 |
10% |
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My Life in Ruins | Original Music | $8.7M | 2009 |
14% |
|
The Spirit | Original Music | $19.8M | 2008 |
23% |
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Original Music | $42.2M | 2008 |
9% |
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Norbit | Original Music | $95.3M | 2007 |
82% |
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Serenity | Original Music | $25.3M | 2005 |
9% |
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Man of the House | Original Music | $19.1M | 2005 |
11% |
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Are We There Yet? | Original Music | $82.3M | 2005 |
23% |
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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Original Music | $84.2M | 2004 |
35% |
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Duplex | Original Music | $9.7M | 2003 |
27% |
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Daddy Day Care | Music | $104.1M | 2003 |
42% |
|
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Original Music | $105.8M | 2003 |
32% |
|
Scooby-Doo | Original Music | $153.3M | 2002 |
28% |
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Life or Something Like It | Original Music | $14.4M | 2002 |
43% |
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Death to Smoochy | Original Music | $8.4M | 2002 |
77% |
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Ice Age | Original Music | $176.4M | 2002 |
15% |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Original Music | $430.3K | 2001 |
41% |
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Dr. Dolittle 2 | Original Music | $113.0M | 2001 |
30% |
|
102 Dalmatians | Original Music | $66.9M | 2000 |
50% |
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Bedazzled | Original Music | $37.9M | 2000 |
21% |
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Duets | Original Music | $4.7M | 2000 |
27% |
|
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Original Music | $123.3M | 2000 |
25% |
|
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Original Music | $35.2M | 2000 |
31% |
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Brokedown Palace | Original Music | $10.1M | 1999 |
90% |
|
Galaxy Quest | Original Music | $71.4M | 1999 |
81% |
|
Bowfinger | Original Music | $66.4M | 1999 |
55% |
|
Never Been Kissed | Original Music | $55.5M | 1999 |
36% |
|
Out to Sea | Original Music | $28.0M | 1997 |
83% |
|
Anastasia | Original Music | $58.4M | 1997 |
65% |
|
The Nutty Professor | Original Music | $128.8M | 1996 |
92% |
|
Matilda | Original Music | $33.1M | 1996 |
21% |
|
Jingle All the Way | Original Music | $60.6M | 1996 |
0% |
|
Big Bully | Original Music | $1.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
40% |
|
Tommy Boy | Original Music | $30.7M | 1995 |
22% |
|
I Love Trouble | Original Music | $30.8M | 1994 |
20% |
|
My Father, the Hero | Original Music | $25.3M | 1994 |
35% |
|
Coneheads | Original Music | $20.2M | 1993 |
37% |
|
Undercover Blues | Original Music | $12.0M | 1993 |
65% |
|
The Sandlot | Original Music | $31.7M | 1993 |
64% |
|
Honeymoon in Vegas | Original Music | $33.5M | 1992 |
23% |
|
The Mighty Ducks | Original Music | $50.7M | 1992 |
17% |
|
Rover Dangerfield | Music | - | 1991 |
31% |
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Other People's Money | Original Music | $24.2M | 1991 |
33% |
|
Paradise | Original Music | $18.6M | 1991 |
10% |
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The Marrying Man | Original Music | $12.4M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Talent for the Game | Original Music | $112.5K | 1991 |
94% |
|
The Freshman | Original Music | $20.7M | 1990 |
35% |
|
Mr. Destiny | Original Music | $15.4M | 1990 |
100% |
|
DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Original Music | $18.1M | 1990 |
0% |
|
Madhouse | Original Music | $20.3M | 1990 |
95% |
|
Heathers | Original Music | $1.1M | 1989 |
44% |
|
Little Monsters | Music | $542.9K | 1989 |
0% |
|
My Demon Lover | Original Music | $3.9M | 1987 |
77% |
|
The Brave Little Toaster | Original Music | - | 1987 |
64% |
|
Throw Momma From the Train | Original Music | $54.4M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
|
Vendetta | Music | - | 1986 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New Tricks | Robin (Guest Star) | 2014 |