Not many people can claim the kind of Trekkie credibility that composer-conductor David Newman can. As a studio violinist, Newman played on the soundtrack of the half-century-old franchise’s first ...

Comicbook movies always seem to need a lot of music. But it need not always be heroic, or even action-oriented. For “The Spirit,” Frank Miller’s adaptation of the Will Eisner strip, composer David ...

What an apt name The Blessing is for David Newman's final recording before his death ended a long career last January (2009). He played for more than a decade with Ray Charles and alongside Herbie ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Dec 17, 2021, 05:30pm EST Dec 21, 2021, 03:42am EST This article ...