Ira Newborn

Ira Newborn (born 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 mu... more

Ira Newborn (born 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. Newborn's many film credits also include a small acting role in Xanadu, in which he appears as a 1940's band leader. Newborn’s most famous association may be (but may not be) 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, commercials, Broadway, and the recording industry... less