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Ira Newborn
American musician and composer

Ira Newborn

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American musician and composer
Gender
Male
Place of birth
New York City
Age
75 years
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Biography

Ira Newborn (born December 26, 1949 in New York City) is an American musician and composer, best known for his work composing motion picture soundtracks.
Among the many movies Newborn has scored or for which he has written songs are Sixteen Candles; Weird Science; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Uncle Buck; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Mallrats; the smoky jazz score for Into the Night, for which he wrote music for B.B. King; and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He frequently worked with director John Hughes. He also stepped in as musical director and producer for The Blues Brothers. Newborn's many film credits also include a small acting role in Xanadu, in which he appears as a 1940s band leader.
Newborn’s most famous association is possibly as the soundtrack composer for the Naked Gun series of police satires starring Leslie Nielsen. Newborn’s brassy big band/blues theme song for the franchise first appeared on the TV series that inspired the movies, 1982’s Police Squad!.
Newborn has also worked in concerts and commercials, on Broadway, and in the recording industry as performer, arranger, composer, and conductor.
Newborn is also a professor at New York University, from which he received his bachelor's degree in 1972. Influenced by everything from Johann Sebastian Bach to James Brown to the Beatles, guitarist Newborn led and played in several musical groups before signing on as the musical director for the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.
Among the many artists on whose records Ira Newborn has worked are Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Billy Joel, and The Pointer Sisters.

As a songwriter

Newborn wrote two songs performed by B.B. King for the Into the Night soundtrack: "My Lucille" and "Into the Night". Two songs co-written by Newborn appeared on the Into the Night LP, but not in the film: "Don't Make Me Sorry", co-written by Joe Esposito and performed by Patti La Belle; and "Keep It Light", co-written by Reginald "Sonny" Burke and performed by Thelma Houston.

Newborn also co-wrote "Clap Your Hands" for The Manhattan Transfer. He co-wrote the song "Get It On And Have A Party" with singer Patti Brooks for the Dr. Detroit soundtrack. Both "Geek Boogie" from Sixteen Candles and "Geek Romance" from Weird Science were credited to Ira and the Geeks.

He co-wrote "I Guess I'm Just Screwed" for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear with David Zucker and Robert LoCash. With Peter Segal, he co-wrote "The Food Song" for the Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult soundtrack.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirector(s)Studio(s)Notes
1981All Night LongJean-Claude TramontUniversal Pictureswith Richard Hazard and José Padilla
1984Sixteen CandlesJohn HughesUniversal Pictureswith Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall
1985Into The NightJohn LandisUniversal PicturesN/A
Weird ScienceJohn HughesUniversal PicturesN/A
1986Wise GuysBrian De PalmaMetro-Goldwyn-MayerN/A
Ferris Bueller's Day OffJohn HughesParamount PicturesN/A
1987DragnetTom MankiewiczUniversal PicturesN/A
Amazon Women on the MoonJoe Dante
Carl Gottlieb
Peter Horton
John Landis
Robert K. Weiss
Universal PicturesN/A
Planes, Trains and AutomobilesJohn HughesParamount Pictureswith Steve Martin and John Candy
1988Caddyshack IIAllan ArkushWarner Bros.with Jackie Mason and Robert Stack
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!David ZuckerParamount PicturesN/A
1989Collision CourseLewis TeagueDe Laurentiis Entertainment Groupwith Jay Leno and Pat Morita
Uncle BuckJohn HughesUniversal Pictureswith John Candy and Macaulay Culkin
1990Short TimeGregg Champion20th Century Fox
Gladden Entertainment
with Dabney Coleman and Matt Frewer
My Blue HeavenHerbert RossWarner Bros.N/A
1991The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearDavid ZuckerParamount PicturesN/A
1992Brain DonorsDennis DuganParamount PicturesN/A
Innocent BloodJohn LandisWarner Bros.N/A
1993The Opposite Sex and How to Live with ThemMatthew MeshekoffMiramaxN/A
1994Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveTom ShadyacWarner Bros.
Morgan Creek Productions
N/A
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final InsultPeter SegalParamount PicturesN/A
1995The Jerky Boys: The MovieJames MelkonianTouchstone PicturesN/A
MallratsKevin SmithGramercy PicturesN/A
1996High School HighHart BochnerTriStar PicturesN/A
1997Bad MannersJonathan KauferPhaedra CinemaN/A
1998BASEketballDavid ZuckerUniversal PicturesN/A

Television

  • SCTV (1981) (TV)
  • Police Squad! (1982) (TV)
  • Tales from the Crypt (1992) (TV)
  • The Late Shift (1995) (TV)

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