David Shire

Composer. Born 3 July 1937 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar1 won

Born

3 July 1937, Buffalo, New York, USA

Active

1974–2007

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The arc

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

Fi1m against the critics

88Fi1m

78Critics

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

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 5 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films
Screen time: 11 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $420m across 5 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won
Active: 1974–2007

Genres

Drama4
Mystery3
Crime2
Thriller2

Best and worst on Fi1m

92BestThe Conversation1974

78WorstSaturday Night Fever1977

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

31960s

431970s

251980s

441990s

72000s

62010s

22020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 won

Won1980Best Original Song · It Goes Like It Goes

Other awards1 won · 2 nominated

Nominated1996Tony Award for Best Original Score: Tony Award for Best Original Score · Big (musical)
Nominated1984Tony Award for Best Original Score: Tony Award for Best Original Score · Baby
Won1982Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song · Baby Talk

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