Ira Newborn

1949 (76) • Sound

Born: 12/26/1949 (76) in New York City, New York

Known for: Sound

Ira Newborn

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.

Known For

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

66%

Original Music Composer

1994

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

76%

Music

1986

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

73%

Original Music Composer

1988

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

68%

Original Music Composer

1991

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

65%

Original Music Composer

1994

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

72%

Original Music Composer

1987

Sixteen Candles

68%

Original Music Composer

1984

Weird Science

65%

Original Music Composer

1985

America's Blues

83%

2015

ivans xtc.

56%

Rabbi No. 2

2000

Angels in the Infield

56%

Original Music Composer

2000

Autopsy: Through the Eyes of Death's Detectives

80%

Music

1999

Bad Manners

48%

Original Music Composer

1998

BASEketball

61%

Original Music Composer

1998

The Pest

47%

Music Consultant

1997

High School High

55%

Original Music Composer

1996

The Late Shift

64%

Original Music Composer

1996

Mallrats

68%

Original Music Composer

1995

The Jerky Boys

44%

Original Music Composer

1995

Junior

52%

Lyndon Executive

1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

65%

Original Music Composer

1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

65%

Conductor

1994

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

66%

Original Music Composer

1994

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

56%

Original Music Composer

1992

Innocent Blood

62%

Original Music Composer

1992

Brain Donors

61%

Music

1992

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

68%

Original Music Composer

1991

My Blue Heaven

61%

Original Music Composer

1990

Short Time

65%

Original Music Composer

1990

Cast the First Stone

70%

Original Music Composer

1989

Uncle Buck

68%

Original Music Composer

1989

Tales from the Crypt

80%

Music

1989

Collision Course

42%

Original Music Composer

1989

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

73%

Original Music Composer

1988

Caddyshack II

42%

Original Music Composer

1988

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

72%

Original Music Composer

1987