David Newman

Composer. Born 11 March 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

11 March 1954, Los Angeles, California, USA

Active

1987–present

Frequently works with

Danny DeVito, Michael J. Wilson

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

63Fi1m

59Critics

We rate David’s work 4 points above the press, across 10 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 797

Under 603

Of 11 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 11 films
Screen time: 19 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.7bn across 11 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1987–present

Genres

Comedy7
Adventure5
Animation4
Family4
Crime3
Fantasy3

Best and worst on Fi1m

80BestHeathers1989

31WorstNorbit2007

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

201980s

421990s

272000s

162010s

22020s

Directors most worked with

Danny DeVito2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1998Best Original Musical or Comedy Score · Anastasia

Other awards2 nominated

Nominated2000Saturn Awards: Best Music · Galaxy Quest
Nominated1998Satellite Award for Best Original Score: Satellite Award for Best Original Score · Anastasia

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.