Thomas Newman is an American composer known for his many film score. Most notably The Player (1992); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); American Beauty and The Green Mile (both 1999); In the Bedroom (2001); Finding Nemo (2003); Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004); Cinderella Man (2005); WALL-E (2008); the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), 1917 (2019), and Elemental (2023).
As a composer
editFeature films
edit1980s
edit1990s
edit| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | Geffen Pictures Warner Bros. |
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| Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Jim Abrahams | Paramount Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 1991 | Career Opportunities | Bryan Gordon | Hughes Entertainment Universal Pictures |
Song album with three Newman tracks released by Curb |
| The Linguini Incident | Richard Shepard | Academy Entertainment | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| Naked Tango | Leonard Schrader | New Line Cinema | — | |
| The Rapture | Michael Tolkin | Fine Line Features New Line Cinema |
Song album with ten Newman tracks | |
| Deceived | Damian Harris | Touchstone Pictures | — | |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Jon Avnet | Act III Communications Universal Pictures |
Song album with three Newman tracks and separate score album, both released by MCA | |
| 1992 | The Player | Robert Altman | Avenue Pictures Spelling Films Fine Line Features (US) Pathé (International) |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| Whispers in the Dark | Christopher Crowe | Paramount Pictures | Varèse Sarabande album release cancelled; released by Intrada in 2012 | |
| Scent of a Woman | Martin Brest | City Light Films Universal Pictures |
Soundtrack released by MCA | |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone | Steve Kloves | Paramount Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| Josh and S.A.M. | Billy Weber | Castle Rock Entertainment New Line Cinema Columbia Pictures | ||
| 1994 | Threesome | Andrew Fleming | Motion Picture Corporation of America TriStar Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Twinned with American Buffalo |
| The Favor | Donald Petrie | Orion Pictures | — | |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Frank Darabont | Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Epic Soundtrax | |
| The War | Jon Avnet | Universal Pictures | Song album with 12 Newman tracks released by MCA | |
| Little Women | Gillian Armstrong | Columbia Pictures | Soundtrack released by Sony Classical | |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Diane Keaton | Hollywood Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| How to Make an American Quilt | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures |
Soundtrack released by MCA | |
| 1996 | Up Close & Personal | Jon Avnet | Cinergi Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| Phenomenon | Jon Turteltaub | Touchstone Pictures | Song album with one Newman track released by Reprise | |
| American Buffalo | Michael Corrente | Capitol Films Channel Four Films The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Twinned with Threesome | |
| The People vs. Larry Flynt | Miloš Forman | Phoenix Pictures Columbia Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Angel Records | |
| 1997 | Red Corner | Jon Avnet | Avnet-Kerner Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Soundtrack released by EAR |
| Mad City | Costa Gavras | Warner Bros. | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| Oscar and Lucinda | Gillian Armstrong | Australian Film Finance Corporation Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Sony Classical | |
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Robert Redford | Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest | City Light Films Universal Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Universal Records | |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Sam Mendes | DreamWorks Pictures | Soundtrack released by DreamWorks Records |
| The Green Mile | Frank Darabont | Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros. |
Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records. |
2000s
edit| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh | Jersey Films Universal Pictures (US) Columbia Pictures (International) |
Soundtrack released by Sony Classical |
| Pay It Forward | Mimi Leder | Bel Air Entertainment Tapestry Films Pathé Warner Bros. |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Todd Field | Good Machine Miramax Films | |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | D. J. Caruso | Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros. | |
| Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | The Zanuck Company DreamWorks Pictures (US) 20th Century Fox (International) |
Soundtrack released by Decca Records | |
| White Oleander | Peter Kosminsky | Umbrella Entertainment Warner Bros. |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
Newman's first score for an animated film Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Brad Silberling | Nickelodeon Movies Paramount Pictures (US) DreamWorks Pictures (International) |
Soundtrack released by Sony Classical |
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Miramax Films Universal Pictures (North America) Buena Vista Pictures (International) |
Soundtrack released by Decca Records |
| Jarhead | Sam Mendes | Universal Pictures | ||
| 2006 | Little Children | Todd Field | New Line Cinema | Soundtrack released by Silva Screen Records |
| The Good German | Steven Soderbergh | Virtual Studios Section Eight Productions Warner Bros. |
Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 2007 | Towelhead | Alan Ball | Scott Rudin Productions This is that Corporation Warner Independent Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records |
| Revolutionary Road | Sam Mendes | BBC Films DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Vantage (US) United International Pictures (International) |
Soundtrack released by Nonesuch | |
| 2009 | Brothers | Jim Sheridan | Relativity Media Lionsgate |
Soundtrack released by Relativity Music Group |
2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Let Them All Talk | Steven Soderbergh | HBO Max | — |
| 2021 | The Little Things | John Lee Hancock | Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
| Operation Mincemeat | John Madden | FilmNation Entertainment Netflix |
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| 2022 | Dog | Channing Tatum Reid Carolin |
FilmNation Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists Releasing |
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| A Man Called Otto | Marc Forster | Columbia Pictures TSG Entertainment II Stage 6 Films SF Studios Playtone Artistic Films |
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| 2023 | Elemental | Peter Sohn | Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios |
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| 2024 | White Bird | Marc Forster | Lionsgate Mandeville Films Participant Media |
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| 2025 | Black Bag | Steven Soderbergh | Focus Features Universal Pictures |
Composed with James Newton Howard |
TBA
edit| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | In the Blink of an Eye | Andrew Stanton | Searchlight Pictures Mighty Engine |
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Television
edit| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Paper Chase | Various | "A Case Of Detente" (season 1, episode 21) Probably Thomas Newman's first film score |
| 1987 | Amazing Stories | Episode "Santa '85." Soundtrack released by Intrada | |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Kevin Hooks | |
| 1992 | Those Secrets | David Manson | Soundtrack released by Masters Film Music |
| Citizen Cohn | Frank Pierson | ||
| 2000 | Boston Public | Various | Main title theme |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | ||
| 2003 | Angels in America | Mike Nichols | Soundtrack released by Nonesuch |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Various | Main theme and pilot |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Main theme | |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Main theme and six episodes | |
| 2024 | Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | Various | Main Title Theme |
| Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Various | Co-composed with Julia Newman |
Additional soundtracks and music
edit- 2001: Hearts in Atlantis (Trailer) (from How to Make an American Quilt)
- 2003: Finding Nemo (Teaser Trailer) (from Scent of a Woman)
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain (Trailer) (from The Shawshank Redemption)
- 2005: Corpse Bride (Trailer) (from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- 2005: Madagascar (from American Beauty)
- 2005: Fun with Dick and Jane (from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- 2006: Eight Below (Trailer) (from Finding Nemo)
- 2007: Sicko (from Little Children, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and In the Bedroom)
- 2007: No Reservations (Trailer) (from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and American Beauty)
- 2009: Bigfoot (Trailer) (from WALL-E)
- 2010: Alice in Wonderland (Teaser Trailer) (from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Newman has also composed music for television, including theme music for the series Boston Public and the miniseries Angels in America. His theme music for the television show Six Feet Under won two Grammy Awards in 2003, for Best Instrumental Composition as well as Best Instrumental Arrangement. He also wrote the theme for the HBO series Newsroom.
Newman also wrote a commissioned concert work for orchestra, Reach Forth Our Hands, for the 1996 Cleveland Bicentennial. The Los Angeles Philharmonic commissioned an orchestral work by Newman, It Got Dark,[2] which was performed by the Kronos Quartet and Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by Leonard Slatkin during the orchestra's 2009–2010 season.[3][4]
He composed the incidental music for the Washington Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2014 production of As You Like It, directed by Michael Attenborough and starring Zoe Waites.[5]
He also collaborated with composer and multi-instrumentalist Rick Cox in an electro-acoustic album 35 Whirlpools Below Sound; which is released under the label Cold Blue Music in 2014.[6]
References
edit- ^ Barcomb, James (June 6, 2014). "Thomas Newman to score Finding Dory". The Whale. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "It Got Dark (LAPA commission; world premiere) (Thomas Newman)". LA Phil. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Scheinin, Richard (2013-07-17). "Hollywood composer Thomas Newman writes for Kronos". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Groves, Martha (2009-12-03). "A member of a musical dynasty writes a postcard about the past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Marks, Peter (November 4, 2014). "Into the often drab woods with Shakespeare Theatre Company's 'As You Like It'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ "CB0040 | Cold Blue Music". Retrieved 2019-07-23.