Thomas Newman
- Sound
- October 20, 1955 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is best known for his film scores, earning accolades of six Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, and 15 Academy Award nominations. In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including The Player (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Little Women (1994), Meet Joe Black(1998), American Beauty and The Green Mile (both 1999), Pay It Forward (2000), In the Bedroom (2001), Road to Perdition and White Oleander (both 2002), Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), WALL-E (2008), the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015), 1917 (2019), and Elemental (2023). In television, Newman has composed music for the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2001), the 2003 miniseries Angels in America, and the Netflix biographical crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024). In the latter, he co-composed with his daughter Julia Newman. He has collaborated with directors such as Robert Altman, Jon Avnet, Martin Brest, Frank Darabont, Todd Field, John Lee Hancock, John Madden, Sam Mendes, Andrew Stanton, and Steven Soderbergh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Star Wars: Starfighter · Music
- Anxious People · Music
- Onwards and Sideways · Music
- No Man's Mind · Music
- In the Blink of an Eye · Music
- The Thursday Murder Club · Music
- Music by John Williams · Self
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story · Music
- WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko · Music
- White Bird · Music
- Elemental · Music, Conductor
- A Man Called Otto · Music
- The Sound of 007 · Self
- Operation Mincemeat · Music
- Dog · Music
- The Little Things · Music
- Let Them All Talk · Music
- Allied Forces: Making 1917 · Self
- 1917 · Music
- Tolkien · Conductor, Music
- The Highwaymen · Music
- Castle Rock · Main Title Theme Composer
- Thank You for Your Service · Music
- Victoria & Abdul · Music
- Five Came Back · Music
- Five Came Back · Music
- Score: A Film Music Documentary · Self
- FEUD · Music
- Passengers · Music
- Finding Dory · Music
- Spectre · Music
- Bridge of Spies · Music
- He Named Me Malala · Music
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · Music
- Walking the Mile · Music
- The Judge · Music
- Get On Up · Music
- Saving Mr. Banks · Music
- Paloma · Main Title Theme Composer
- Side Effects · Music
- Gumdrop · Music
- Skyfall · Music
- Ruth & Erica · Main Title Theme Composer
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · Music
- The Iron Lady · Music
- Alien · Music
- The Help · Music, Songs
- The Adjustment Bureau · Music
- The Debt · Music
- Brothers · Music
- Revolutionary Road · Music
- Towelhead · Music
- WALL·E · Music, Songs
- Sicko · Thanks
- The Good German · Music
- Little Children · Music
- Jarhead · Music
- The Woman in the Room · Music
- Supernatural · Salinger
- Cinderella Man · Music
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · Music, Conductor
- Angels in America · Music
- Finding Nemo · Music
- White Oleander · Music
- Road to Perdition · Music
- The Salton Sea · Music
- The Execution of Wanda Jean · Music
- In the Bedroom · Music
- Boston Public · Music
- Pay It Forward · Music
- Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile · Music
- Erin Brockovich · Music
- The Green Mile · Music
- American Beauty · Music
- Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes · Self
- Meet Joe Black · Music
- The Horse Whisperer · Music
- Oscar and Lucinda · Music
- Red Corner · Music
- Mad City · Music