David Newman
David Newman (born 11 March 1954) was a David Newman studied at University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music and Palisades Charter High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film score.
Also recorded as Dave Newman
David Newman

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- Full name
- David Louis Newman.
- Born
- 1954. · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- composer, musician, orchestrator, conductor and bandleader.
- Fields
- film score.
- Education
- University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music and Palisades Charter High School.
- Languages
- English.
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David Newman (born 11 March 1954) was a David Newman studied at University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music and Palisades Charter High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film score.
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Life and work
Life and work
Newman worked across composer, musician, orchestrator, film score composer and conductor and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 96 catalogued compositions, 67 published texts, 65 issued recordings, 2 digitised documents and 15 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
David Newman was born on 11 March 1954 in Los Angeles. Newman held the nationality of United States. Newman was educated at University of Southern California, USC Thornton School of Music and Palisades Charter High School. Married to: Krystyna Newman. Recorded father: Alfred Newman. Recorded mother: Martha Montgomery. Recorded child: Isaac Newman, Danny Newman and Diana Newman. Recorded sibling: Thomas Newman, Maria Newman and Tim Newman. Newman worked as composer, musician, orchestrator and film score composer, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them conductor and bandleader. Newman was active from 1977. Newman worked in English.

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Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1954
David Newman was born 11 March 1954.
Works documented in more than one form
Catalogued output
Works documented in more than one form
6 titles are catalogued under more than one form, which is to say the registers hold them both as a work and as a distinct object, score, recording or edition. Where a title is documented in several forms the evidence behind it is correspondingly wider, and the article treats those forms as separate records of the same work rather than as separate works.
Scooby-Doo
2002 — catalogued as film and film series
Ice Age
2002 — catalogued as animated film series and animated film
Curse of the Lake Monster
2010 — catalogued as film and television film
The Mystery Begins
2009 — catalogued as film and television film
Serenity
2005 — catalogued as film and album
Animals United
2010 — catalogued as film and animated film
Compositions, 1997
Catalogued output
Compositions, 1997
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. They belong to a run of 96 titles in all, from 1997 to 1997.
1 composition carry the date 1997
Once Upon a December
1997
Compositions without a settled date
Catalogued output
Compositions without a settled date
95 further compositions are catalogued under Newman's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it. Blender's Motor Is Sold. Blanket Is Blown Away. Antoinette Is Finished.
Animals in New York
Brad Burns a Critter
'i Am Soreley Disappointed'
Abusing the Help
Brawl And Ancient Greece
'You're an Accident'
Another Crime in the Making
Billy Gets Chased by Hunter
Arrival of the Necklace
'Egg on My Face'
Blanket Looks for a Place to Sleep
"I'm So Sorry". ¡Una vez en diciembre!
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Animals in New York
Brad Burns a Critter
'i Am Soreley Disappointed'
Abusing the Help
Brawl And Ancient Greece
'You're an Accident'
Another Crime in the Making
Billy Gets Chased by Hunter
Arrival of the Necklace
'Egg on My Face'
Blanket Looks for a Place to Sleep
"I'm So Sorry". ¡Una vez en diciembre!
Aunt Bea and Her Troops
Betty & Barney Make Up [5m63]
Benny Steals Home
Back to the Future (End Credits)
A View to a Kill
Animals United Part 2
After the Explosion
Angry Sarris / Into the Ducts / Omega 13 / Heroic Guy / Reveal Chompers / Opening the Airlock
Benny Defends Scotty / Scotty Talks to Mom
Dorinda Solo Flight. ‘Galaxy Quest’ TV Clip #3 / Introducing Sarris / Revealing the Universe
Amusement Park [2m16a]
Ants at a Picnic
A Lot More Than That
All You Can Eat [3m41a]
Airborne Attack (alternate)
Brad Goes After April
Big Kiss / Happy Rock Monster / Dying Thermians / Quellek's Death / Into Reactor Room / Push the Button / A Hug Before Dying
Billy The Kid
Amanda and John
Beast Under the Fence
America the Beautiful
Barbershop Death, Part 2
At the Fights [4m51]
Barbershop Death, Part 1
Billy the Scatter Brain
Benny Runs Around Bend
A Narrow Escape
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto
Billy Walks Through the Valley of Death
Billy Slides Through the Water Tube
Back to School
Abe Visits Holly
An Apparition in the Fields
Benny Coaches Scotty
Brad and Preston
Billy the Scatterbrain
A Good Life
Aunt Bea Picks an Outfit
"Digitize Me, Fred!"
Baby’s Wild Ride
Botat and Lihn
Benny Prepares for Battle
Animals Untied Part 1
Billy and Socrates
Films and moving-image works, 1984–2009
Catalogued output
Films and moving-image works, 1984–2009
These entries are catalogued as moving-image works. The 1990s are the densest part of the run, with 42 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. They belong to a run of 103 titles in all, from 1984 to 2024.
Anastasia
1997
84 films carry dates between 1984 and 2009
The run opens with Frankenweenie and closes with Scooby-Doo!
Frankenweenie
1984
Critters
1986
Vendetta
1986
The Brave Little Toaster
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
My Demon Lover
1987
Malone
1987
The Kindred
1987
Heathers
1988
The War of the Roses
1989
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84 films carry dates between 1984 and 2009
The run opens with Frankenweenie and closes with Scooby-Doo!
Frankenweenie
1984
Critters
1986
Vendetta
1986
The Brave Little Toaster
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
My Demon Lover
1987
Malone
1987
The Kindred
1987
Heathers
1988
The War of the Roses
1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989
Disorganized Crime
1989
Little Monsters
1989
Gross Anatomy
1989
Bill & Ted
1989
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
The Freshman
1990
Fire Birds
1990
Destiny
1990
Madhouse
1990
Other People's Money
1991
The Marrying Man
1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Paradise
1991
Rover Dangerfield
1991
The Runestone
1991
Meet the Applegates
1991
Talent for the Game
1991
Hoffa
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
The Mighty Ducks
1992
That Night
1992
Itsy Bitsy Spider
1992
Coneheads
1993
Undercover Blues
1993
The Sandlot
1993
The Air Up There
1993
The Cowboy Way
1994
My Father the Hero
1994
The Flintstones
1994
I Love Trouble
1994
Radioland Murders
1994
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
Boys on the Side
1995
Tommy Boy
1995
The Nutty Professor
1996
Jingle All the Way
1996
The Phantom
1996
Matilda
1996
Big Bully
1996
Anastasia
1997
Out to Sea
1997
Never Been Kissed
1999
Galaxy Quest
1999
Bowfinger
1999
Brokedown Palace
1999
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
A further 22 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.
Films and moving-image works, 2010–2024
Catalogued output
Films and moving-image works, 2010–2024
The 2010s are the densest part of the run, with 13 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself.
15 films carry dates between 2010 and 2024
The run opens with Scooby-Doo!
Curse of the Lake Monster and closes with Arthur's Whisky
The Spy Next Door
2010
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Like Father, Like Son
2011
A Christmas Story 2
2012
Tarzan
2013
Behaving Badly
2014
5 Flights Up
2014
Army of One
2016
Girls Trip
2017
Catalogued output
Writings on music
These are catalogued publications carrying the name — editions and printings, distinct from the works they contain and from writing about the subject.
67 editions carry dates between 1883 and 2024
The run opens with On malpositions of the kidney and closes with Whispers of Departure
The entries follow Open Library
On malpositions of the kidney
1883
Renal cases
1899
Extremism
1964
The forgotten path
1965
Bonnie and Clyde
1966
Three Men Went To War
1978
What We Are About to Receive
1981
The security of Gulf Oil
1982
Criminal procedure and evidence in Malawi
1982
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67 editions carry dates between 1883 and 2024
The run opens with On malpositions of the kidney and closes with Whispers of Departure
The entries follow Open Library
On malpositions of the kidney
1883
Renal cases
1899
Extremism
1964
The forgotten path
1965
Bonnie and Clyde
1966
Three Men Went To War
1978
What We Are About to Receive
1981
The security of Gulf Oil
1982
Criminal procedure and evidence in Malawi
1982
Jewish settlement in the West Bank
1982
Impact of Gush Emunim
1985
Taking on faith in the city
1986
Forecasting political events
1988
Hangman's Tale
1990
Colonia in suburbia
1991
Boundaries in flux
1995
Dynamics of Territorial Change
1997
Israel
1998
Boundaries, Territory and Postmodernity (Cass Studies in Geopolitics)
1999
Henderson collection of Japanese photographs formed 1864-76
2000
Public Policy in Asia
2001
How Asia Votes
2001
Sociology
2002
HEGEMONIES, IDENTITIES AND CHALLENGES; ED. BY ADRIANA KEMP
2004
The Dynamics of Territorial Change
2004
The Fortune Cookie Business Book
2004
Relish! For Business
2004
The Highly Authorized Guide to Life
2004
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Using Consultants
2006
Hippocrates' Shadow
2008
Dorfman
2011
Ha Yom, Ha Yom, Ha Yom
2011
Talking with Doctors, Expanded 2nd Edition
2011
Mental Bank Life Script Success Program
2013
Inference Activities
2013
Dog Training
2013
Talking with Doctors
2013
Boundaries, Territory and Postmodernity
2013
Marketing
2013
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
2014
New Success Ledger
2014
Puppy Training
2014
Inference Activities 2nd Edition
2014
Timebound Traveler
2014
Flying Fast Jets
2014
Mongolia or Bust
2015
Gen Cmb Ll Ident Ineql; Cnct
2015
Looseleaf for Identities and Inequalities
2015
Hope's Reprise
2015
Part Time Real Estate Agent StartUp
2016
Language Comprehension Success with Shared Strategic Reading
2016
Identities and Inequalities with Connect Access Card
2016
Loose Leaf for Identities and Inequalities with Connect Access Card
2016
High G Flight
2016
Making Music for Games
2016
Emotional Manipulators
2017
Get What You Want
2017
A further 9 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.
Catalogued output
Films and moving-image works without a settled date
4 further films are catalogued under Newman's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it.
Vicky & Johnny
Scooby-Doo in film
Green Eggs and Ham
Primary material
Recordings and discography
The discography assembled here shows how Newman's work has been published in sound, not what Newman made. 62 sound issues are catalogued, carrying dates from 1987 to 2024. An issue is a published recording, distinct from the composition it carries, from a printed score of that composition and from any single performance of it; none of the entries below is counted in the catalogue of compositions above, and several of them carry the same work in different readings. The 2000s are the densest decade of publication, with 17 issues. The performers and issuing labels are as the discographic register states them; where it names no performer the article names none.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2005
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Select Music From the Film
2005
Hollywood
2024
Anastasia (Music from the Motion Picture)
1997
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2007
1985 at the Movies
2015
Música original de la película
1997
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead: Original Motion Picture Score
1991
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2017
Original Motion Picture Score
1994
Serenity Expanded Motion Picture Score
2006
Original Film Score
Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
2003
Pets United
2020
Authority records
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
institutional register
Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 13925909bBibliothèque nationale de France
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GND (German National Library) authority file 135084334GND (German National Library)
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IdRef (French universities) authority file 079038395IdRef (French universities)
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Library of Congress authority file n92002729Library of Congress
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Secondary witness
Every cited source · 9
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Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 13925909b
institutional register · General reference · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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- 03
GND (German National Library) authority file 135084334
institutional register · General reference · GND (German National Library)
Consult the source - 04
IdRef (French universities) authority file 079038395
institutional register · General reference · IdRef (French universities)
Consult the source - 05
ISNI authority file 0000000116814840
institutional register · General reference · ISNI
Consult the source - 06
Library of Congress authority file n92002729
institutional register · General reference · Library of Congress
Consult the source - 07
MusicBrainz artist authority
institutional register · General reference · MusicBrainz
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- 09
Wikidata, structured authority record Q952428: David Newman
institutional register · General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
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