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David Spear Biography (1953-)

Born November 23, 1953, in Newark, NJ; son of Jack (a producer and director)and Phyllis (a musician and pianist; maiden name, Gomberg) Spear; married Daniele Baranz (a French teacher), May 4, 1980. Addresses: Home--New YorkCity. Office--c/o American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1 Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023.

Spear told CTFT: "I am deeply grateful to Elmer Bernstein who 'discovered' meand took me on as his orchestrator and music director."

Nationality

American

Birth Details

November 23, 1953

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Work
• (London debut) Composer and conductor, Ballet Robotique, Abbey Road Studio, Royal Philharmonic, 1982.
• Conductor and musical director, Merlin, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983.
• Also worked as conductor and musical director, Festival (stage debut), Las Palmas, Los Angeles, CA, and subsequent four month tour at Ford Theatre, Washington, DC, City Center, NY; conductor and musical director, True Romances,Mark Taper Lab Production, Los Angeles, CA; and conductor and musical director, The Sound of Music, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center, Los Angeles,CA.
• Credits; Film Work
• (Film debut) Composer of source music, Empire of the Ants, American International, 1977.
• Orchestrator, National Lampoon's Animal House, Universal, 1978.
• Composer of source music and three songs, Bloodbrothers, Warner Bros., 1979.
• Source music, The Great Santini, Warner Bros., 1979.
• Orchestrator, Airplane!, Paramount, 1980.
• Composer, Spaceship (also known as Naked Space and The Creature Wasn't Nice), Live Home Video, 1981.
• Complete score, Fear No Evil, Avco-Embassy, 1981.
• Orchestrations, Heavy Metal, Paramount, 1981.
• Honky Tonk Freeway, EMI, 1981.
• Force Five, Media Home Entertainment, 1981.
• Composer, Kiss Daddy Goodbye (also known as Revenge of the Zombie and Vengeful Dead), Genesis Home Video, 1981.
• Ballet Robotique (documentary), 1982.
• An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982.
• Composer, Exterminator II, Cannon, 1983.
• Orchestrations, Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984.
• Orchestrations, My Science Project, Buena Vista, 1985.
• Composer, Rainbow War, 1985.
• Composer, No Retreat, No Surrender II, Shapiro-Glickenhaus, 1989.
• Composer, Mortuary Academy, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1992.
• Composer, Pentathlon, Live Home Video, 1994.
• Orchestrations, Alaska, Columbia, 1996.
• Also work on Misdeal; Mad Shadows (ballet filmed by CBC); The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Roger Tilton Films; The Late Great Planet Earth; composer, The Ceremony, UCLA Film Department production; Mr.
• Strowger and the Automatic Telephone, General Telephone Productions; Soap, Scents, and the Hard, Hard Sell, Al Higgins Productions; Let's Do Somethingfor Ecology, Producers Associates; It All Goes By So Fast, Producers Associates; score composer, Moviola, Warner Bros.; and composer and conductor, Our British Columbia.
• Credits; Television Work; Series
• Music, Delta House, Universal Television, ABC, 1979.
• Music, The American Dream, Universal Television, 1981.
• Also work on The Optimist (British series).
• Credits; Television Work; Movies
• Music, The Ratings Game, Showtime, 1984.
• Credits; Television Work; Specials
• Music director, Live From Planet Earth, HBO, 1987.
• Music, The Triumph of Memory, PBS, 1989.
• Music, Public Enemy Number 2, Showtime, 1991.
• Also work on source music, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, NBC, and "Golden Honeymoon," American Short Story, PBS.
• Credits; Albums
• Music composer and conductor, Our British Columbia (from the original motion picture), Exposition Records, 1986.
• Also work on Festival (cast album).