David Newman

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.

David Newman
Birth name	David Louis Newman
Born	11 March 1954 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Composer, orchestrator, conductor
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1984–present

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1984	Frankenweenie	Tim Burton	Walt Disney Pictures	Short film
1986	Critters	Stephen Herek	New Line Cinema	N/A
	Vendetta	Bruce Logan	Vestron Pictures	N/A
1987	The Kindred	Stephen Carpenter Jeffrey Obrow	FM Entertainment	N/A
	My Demon Lover	Charlie Loventhal	New Line Cinema	N/A
	Malone	Harley Cokeliss	Orion Pictures	N/A
	The Brave Little Toaster	Jerry Rees	The Kushner-Locke Company Hyperion Pictures Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (US theatrical release) ITC Entertainment (UK theatrical release) Walt Disney Home Video (US video release)	David Newman's first score for an animated film
	Throw Momma from the Train	Danny DeVito	Orion Pictures	N/A
1988	Heathers	Michael Lehmann	New World Pictures	N/A
1989	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Stephen Herek	Nelson Entertainment Interscope Communications Orion Pictures (US) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (International)	N/A
	Disorganized Crime	Jim Kouf	Silver Screen Partners IV Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	Little Monsters	Richard Alan Greenberg	Allied Stars Ltd Davis Entertainment Vestron Pictures (original production and distribution company) United Artists (theatrical distribution; Vestron sold the movie to United Artists)	N/A
	Gross Anatomy	Thom Eberhardt	Sandollar Productions Silver Screen Partners IV Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	The War of the Roses	Danny DeVito	Gracie Films 20th Century Fox	N/A

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1990	Madhouse	Tom Ropelewski	Orion Pictures	N/A
	Fire Birds	David Green	Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	The Freshman	Andrew Bergman	TriStar Pictures	N/A
	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Bob Hathcock	DisneyToon Studios Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
	Mr. Destiny	James Orr	Silver Screen Partners IV Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	Meet the Applegates	Michael Lehmann	New World Pictures	N/A
1991	The Marrying Man	Jerry Rees	Silver Screen Partners IV Hollywood Pictures	N/A
	Talent for the Game	Robert M. Young	Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead	Stephen Herek	HBO Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey	Peter Hewitt	Nelson Entertainment Interscope Communications Orion Pictures	N/A
	Rover Dangerfield	James L. George Bob Seeley	Hyperion Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Paradise	Mary Agnes Donoghue	Interscope Communications Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	Other People's Money	Norman Jewison	Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	The Runestone	Willard Carroll	Hyperion Pictures LIVE Entertainment	N/A
1992	Itsy Bitsy Spider	Matthew O'Callaghan	Hyperion Pictures Paramount Pictures	Short film
	Honeymoon in Vegas	Andrew Bergman	Castle Rock Entertainment New Line Cinema Columbia Pictures	N/A
	The Mighty Ducks	Stephen Herek	Avnet-Kerner Productions Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
	That Night	Craig Bolotin	Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Alcor Films Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Hoffa	Danny DeVito	Le Studio Canal+ Jersey Films 20th Century Fox	N/A
1993	The Sandlot	David Mickey Evans	Island World 20th Century Fox	N/A
	Coneheads	Steve Barron	NBC Films Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Undercover Blues	Herbert Ross	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
1994	The Air Up There	Paul Michael Glaser	Nomura Babcock & Brown Interscope Communications PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Hollywood Pictures	N/A
	My Father the Hero	Steve Miner	Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	The Flintstones	Brian Levant	Hanna-Barbera Productions Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	The Cowboy Way	Gregg Champion	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	I Love Trouble	Charles Shyer	Caravan Pictures Touchstone Pictures	N/A
1995	Boys on the Side	Herbert Ross	Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Tommy Boy	Peter Segal	Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Operation Dumbo Drop	Simon Wincer	Interscope Communications PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
1996	Big Bully	Steve Miner	Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	The Phantom	Simon Wincer	The Ladd Company Village Roadshow Pictures Paramount Pictures	N/A
	The Nutty Professor	Tom Shadyac	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	Matilda	Danny DeVito	Jersey Films TriStar Pictures	N/A
	Jingle All the Way	Brian Levant	1492 Pictures 20th Century Fox	N/A
1997	Out to Sea	Martha Coolidge	Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox	N/A
	Anastasia	Don Bluth Gary Goldman	20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Animation Fox Animation Studios	N/A
1999	Inspector Gadget	David Kellogg	Walt Disney Pictures Caravan Pictures	N/A
	Bowfinger	Frank Oz	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	Brokedown Palace	Jonathan Kaplan	20th Century Fox	N/A
	Galaxy Quest	Dean Parisot	DreamWorks Pictures	N/A
	Fantasia 2000	Various	Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Pictures	Score for the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2000	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Brian Levant	Hanna-Barbera Productions Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Peter Segal	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	Duets	Bruce Paltrow	Hollywood Pictures	N/A
	Bedazzled	Harold Ramis	Regency Enterprises 20th Century Fox	N/A
	102 Dalmatians	Kevin Lima	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
2001	The Flamingo Rising	Martha Coolidge	CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame	Television film
	Lost Soul	David Mickey Evans	Brocita Entertainment (S) Pte Ltd Onetree Pictures United International Pictures	N/A
	Dr. Dolittle 2	Steve Carr	Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox	N/A
	The Affair of the Necklace	Charles Shyer	Alcon Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
2002	Ice Age	Chris Wedge	Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Fox Animation 20th Century Fox	N/A
	Death to Smoochy	Danny DeVito	Jersey Films Film4 Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Life or Something Like It	Stephen Herek	Regency Enterprises Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox	N/A
	Scooby-Doo	Raja Gosnell	Atlas Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
2003	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Donald Petrie	Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Daddy Day Care	Steve Carr	Revolution Studios Davis Entertainment Columbia Pictures	N/A
	Duplex	Danny DeVito	Flower Films Red Hour Productions FilmColony Miramax Films	N/A
	The Cat in the Hat	Bo Welch	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures (North America) DreamWorks Pictures (International)	Replaced Marc Shaiman
2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Raja Gosnell	Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
2005	Are We There Yet?	Brian Levant	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	N/A
	Man of the House	Stephen Herek	Bel Air Entertainment Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	N/A
	Monster-in-Law	Robert Luketic	Allied Stars Ltd New Line Cinema	N/A
	Serenity	Joss Whedon	Universal Pictures	N/A
2007	Norbit	Brian Robbins	Tollin/Robbins Productions Davis Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures	N/A
2008	Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins	Malcolm D. Lee	Spyglass Entertainment Universal Pictures	N/A
	The Spirit	Frank Miller	OddLot Entertainment Lionsgate	N/A
2009	My Life in Ruins	Donald Petrie	Playtone Echo Bridge Entertainment Fox Searchlight Pictures	N/A
	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Brian Levant	Cartoon Network Warner Premiere	Television film
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Betty Thomas	Bagdasarian Productions Dune Entertainment Regency Enterprises 20th Century Fox	N/A

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Crazy on the Outside	Tim Allen	Freestyle Releasing	N/A
	The Spy Next Door	Brian Levant	Relativity Media Lionsgate	N/A
	Animals United	Reinhard Klooss Holger Tappe	Ambient Entertainment Constantin Film	N/A
	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster	Brian Levant	Atlas Entertainment Warner Premiere	Television film
2011	Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son	John Whitesell	Regency Enterprises 20th Century Fox	N/A
2012	A Christmas Story 2	Brian Levant	Warner Premiere Warner Bros. Pictures	Direct-to-video film
2013	Tarzan	Reinhard Klooss	Ambient Entertainment Constantin Film	N/A
2014	Behaving Badly	Tim Garrick	Vertical Entertainment	N/A
	5 Flights Up	Richard Loncraine	Focus World	N/A
2016	Army of One	Larry Charles	Conde Nast Entertainment Endgame Entertainment Kasbah-Film Tanger	N/A
2017	Girls Trip	Malcolm D. Lee	Universal Pictures Will Packer Productions	N/A
	Naked	Michael Tiddes	Netflix Wayans Alvarez Productions	N/A
2018	Night School	Malcolm D. Lee	Universal Pictures	N/A
2019	Pets United	Reinhard Klooss	Netflix	N/A

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2021	West Side Story	Steven Spielberg	20th Century Studios Amblin Entertainment	As arranger and adapter. Original themes and songs by Leonard Bernstein. Fifth Steven Spielberg film without his long-time collaborator, John Williams, since Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), The Color Purple (1985), Bridge of Spies (2015) and Ready Player One (2018). Bridge of Spies was composed by Thomas Newman, David Newman's younger brother.

Television

Year	Title	Creator	Studio(s)	Notes
2019-2022	Green Eggs and Ham	Jared Stern	Gulfstream Pictures A Stern Talking To A Very Good Production Warner Bros. Animation Netflix	Newman's first score for an animated series

Awards

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

Family

He was an cousin of Randy Newman.