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David Newman

1954 - Today

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David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films, as well as the 1997 and 1998 versions of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. He received an Academy Award nomination for writing the score to the 1997 film Anastasia, contributing to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 92 nominations in various music categories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Newman is the 1,382nd most popular composer (down from 1,380th in 2019), the 12,645th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,000th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, David Newman ranks 1,382 out of 1,451. Before him are Raymond Scott, Alexander Goehr, Oliver Knussen, Olga Neuwirth, Arne Nordheim, and George Whitefield Chadwick. After him are Alan Bush, Peter Sculthorpe, George Butterworth, Jerry Bock, Christophe Beck, and Jesper Kyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, David Newman ranks 614. Before him are Carita Holmström, Peter Laird, Alex Cox, Ken Wahl, Helen Volk, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. After him are Julie Carmen, Cass Sunstein, Anuradha Paudwal, Roxanne Seeman, Glen Keane, and Mike Hagerty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Newman ranks 12,649 out of 20,380. Before him are David Thompson (1953), Cathy Downs (1926), Kathryn McGuire (1903), Tim Thomerson (1946), Deran Sarafian (1958), and Robert J. Bentley (1943). After him are Amy Grant (1960), Andrew Wood (1966), Mauri Rose (1906), Julie Carmen (1954), Slide Hampton (1932), and Jim Wynorski (1950).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, David Newman ranks 127. Before him are Eubie Blake (2), George Perle (1915), Angus MacLise (1938), Fred Ebb (1928), Raymond Scott (1908), and George Whitefield Chadwick (1854). After him are Jerry Bock (1928), William Grant Still (1895), Bernie Worrell (1944), Don Davis (1957), Ned Rorem (1923), and Charles Wuorinen (1938).

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