Sound • AGE 76
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.


America's Blues
2015

ivans xtc.
Rabbi No. 2
2000

Angels in the Infield
Original Music Composer
2000

Autopsy: Through the Eyes of Death's Detectives
Music
1999

Bad Manners
Original Music Composer
1998

BASEketball
Original Music Composer
1998

The Pest
Music Consultant
1997

High School High
Original Music Composer
1996

The Late Shift
Original Music Composer
1996

Mallrats
Original Music Composer
1995

The Jerky Boys
Original Music Composer
1995

Junior
Lyndon Executive
1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Original Music Composer
1994

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Original Music Composer
1994

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Original Music Composer
1992

Innocent Blood
Original Music Composer
1992

Brain Donors
Music
1992

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Original Music Composer
1991

My Blue Heaven
Original Music Composer
1990

Short Time
Original Music Composer
1990

Cast the First Stone
Original Music Composer
1989

Uncle Buck
Original Music Composer
1989

Tales from the Crypt
Music
1989

Collision Course
Original Music Composer
1989

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Original Music Composer
1988

Caddyshack II
Original Music Composer
1988

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Original Music Composer
1987

Amazon Women on the Moon
Fred (segment "Silly Paté")
1987

Dragnet
Original Music Composer
1987

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Music
1987

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Music
1986

Wise Guys
Original Music Composer
1986

Weird Science
Original Music Composer
1985

Into the Night
Original Music Composer
1985

Sixteen Candles
Original Music Composer
1984

Police Squad!
Original Music Composer
1982

All Night Long
Music
1981

Xanadu
40's Band Leader
1980