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Ira Newborn
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American musician, actor, orchestrator and composer
Film & TV
New York City, New York
James Ira Newborn (born December 26, 1949) is an American musician known for scores for comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s, including many with director John Hughes.
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- America's Blues2015
- ivans xtc. — Rabbi No. 22000
- Junior — Lyndon Executive1994
- Amazon Women on the Moon — Fred (segment "Silly Paté")1987
- Xanadu — 40's Band Leader1980
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Ira Newborn (1949- ) 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’s 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 also stepped in as musical director and producer for The Blues Brothers.
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- human
- Given name
- Ira
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1949-12-26
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- writing language
- English language
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Ira Newborn
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