Biography: David Shire is one of the more prolific American composers who has written music for stage, screen, and television. Though he continues to occasionally compose for films, he was most prolific during the '70s and early '80s. In 1979 he won an Oscar for his song "It Goes Like It Goes" from the film Norma ...Read full biography
As David Shire acknowledges in his liner notes to this album of his piano renderings of music from his film scores, there tends to be a disconnect between a movie composer's filmography and his discography. ...Read full review
As urban thrillers became grittier affairs during the late 1960s and early 1970s, so did their soundtracks: hit films like Bullitt and The French Connection threw aside classical-styled orchestral soundtracks ...Read full review