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David Newman

1954 - Today

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David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films, as well as the 1997 and 1998 versions of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Newman has received more than 38,377 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Newman is the 1,380th most popular composer (down from 1,259th in 2019), the 12,001st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,727th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, David Newman ranks 1,380 out of 1,451. Before him are Yuzo Koshiro, Hans Abrahamsen, Poul Ruders, Inon Zur, Cecilia Seghizzi, and Christophe Beck. After him are Jimmy McHugh, Joseph Lamb, Don Davis, Ray Noble, Olga Neuwirth, and Charles Tomlinson Griffes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, David Newman ranks 595. Before him are Mike Hagerty, Costică Dafinoiu, Kimmy Robertson, Karl Schnabl, Park Chang-sun, and Brigitte Rohde. After him are Eugenio Leal, Rustem Khamitov, Al Sharpton, Zdeněk Šreiner, Julie Carmen, and David Barron.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Newman ranks 12,001 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Forward (1786), Art Clokey (1921), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Charles Erwin Wilson (1890), Redfoo (1975), and Joel Barlow (1754). After him are Kitty Kallen (1921), J. Smith-Cameron (1957), Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Mike DeWine (1947), Duke Pearson (1932), and Dan Fogelberg (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, David Newman ranks 125. Before him are Shirley Walker (1945), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Angus MacLise (1938), Lou Harrison (1917), Fred Ebb (1928), and Norman Dello Joio (1913). After him are Jimmy McHugh (1894), Joseph Lamb (1887), Don Davis (1957), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), and Charles Wuorinen (1938).

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