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name: "David Nessim Lawrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-lawrence"
fi1m_id: "david-lawrence"
imdb_id: "nm0492714"
tmdb_id: 21587
wikidata_id: "Q4267452"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:16:19.656843+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Nessim Lawrence

## Identity

David Nessim Lawrence

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-lawrence
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-lawrence
- **IMDb ID:** nm0492714
- **TMDB ID:** 21587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4267452
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4267452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21587

Composer. Born 1 January 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1960
- **Active:** 2006–2015
- **Also known as:** David Lawrence, David N. Lawrence
- **Frequently works with:** [Kenny Ortega](https://film.one/person/kenny-ortega.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4267452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21587

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High School Musical*](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md) (70), [*Descendants*](https://film.one/film/descendants.md) (60)

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## Biography

David Nessim Lawrence, also credited as David N. Lawrence or David Lawrence, is an American composer of film and television scores. He is the son of singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé.

Lawrence composed the score for the Disney Channel films *High School Musical* (2006), *High School Musical 2* (2007) and *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), as well as *Descendants* (2015), *Descendants 2* (2017) and *Descendants 3* (2019). His other credits include the *American Pie* films (1999–2009) and various other Disney Channel productions.

He received ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for *American Pie 2* (2002) and *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2009), and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his score for *Descendants* (2016).

*Sources: filmmusic.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Descendants* (2015), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/descendants.md)
- *High School Musical* (2006), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *1660 Vine* (2022), Music Supervisor
- *Julie and the Phantoms* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Descendants 3* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Freaky Friday* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Descendants 2* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Descendants* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/descendants.md)
- *Teen Beach 2* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Teen Beach Movie* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Starstruck* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *12 Men of Christmas* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *American Pie Presents: The Book of Love* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Christmas, Inc.* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Cheetah Girls: One World* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Snowglobe* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *High School Musical 2* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Cheetah Girls 2* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *High School Musical* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)
- *Getting Played* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Ambulance Girl* (2005), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Jiminy Glick in Lalawood* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Snow* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel* (2004), Music
- *Pop Rocks* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Knee High P.I.* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *National Lampoon's Van Wilder* (2002), Music
- *Life Without Dick* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *American Pie 2* (2001), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *The Shrink Is In* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Company Man* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Caseys* (1999), Music
- *The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play* (1999), Additional Music
- *American Pie* (1999), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Hi-Life* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Steel Sharks* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Sexual Roulette* (1997), Music
- *Dog's Best Friend* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Maximum Security* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Moving Target* (1996), Music Arranger
- *Terminal Rush* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Encino Woman* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree* (1995), Music Arranger, Music Supervisor
- *Hits!* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Muppet Classic Theater* (1994), Music
- *Sleep with Me* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Camp Nowhere* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Skeeter* (1993), Original Music Composer

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