He has scored or written songs for films such as Sixteen Candles,[1] Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off,[2][3] Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Mallrats, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective[4] and Into the Night, for which he wrote music for B.
Newborn's brassy big band/blues theme song for the franchise first appeared on the TV series that inspired the films, 1982's Police Squad!.
Newborn has contributed to albums by many artists such as Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Billy Joel and the Pointer Sisters.
Newborn co-wrote "Clap Your Hands" for the Manhattan Transfer and "Get It On and Have a Party" for Pattie Brooks on the Doctor Detroit soundtrack.
He co-wrote "I Guess I'm Just Screwed" for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear with David Zucker and Robert LoCash.