Thomas Newman
Born: 1955-10-20 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Sound
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.
Filmography
2027
- Star Wars: Starfighter ... (Original Music Composer)
2026
- In the Blink of an Eye ... (Original Music Composer)
- Onwards and Sideways ... (Original Music Composer)
- Anxious People ... (Original Music Composer)
- No Man's Mind ... (Music)
2025
- The Thursday Murder Club ... (Original Music Composer)
2024
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- Music by John Williams as Self - Composer
2023
- Elemental ... (Original Music Composer)
- White Bird ... (Original Music Composer)
- WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko ... (Original Music Composer)
2022
- A Man Called Otto ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dog ... (Original Music Composer)
- Operation Mincemeat ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Sound of 007 as Self
2021
- The Little Things ... (Original Music Composer)
2020
- Let Them All Talk ... (Original Music Composer)
- Allied Forces: Making 1917 as Self
2019
- 1917 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Highwaymen ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tolkien ... (Conductor)
2018
- Castle Rock ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
2017
- FEUD ... (Original Music Composer)
- Victoria & Abdul ... (Original Music Composer)
- Thank You for Your Service ... (Original Music Composer)
- Five Came Back ... (Music)
- Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- Five Came Back ... (Music)
2016
- Finding Dory ... (Original Music Composer)
- Passengers ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
- Bridge of Spies ... (Original Music Composer)
- Spectre ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ... (Original Music Composer)
- He Named Me Malala ... (Original Music Composer)
2014
- The Judge ... (Original Music Composer)
- Get On Up ... (Original Music Composer)
- Walking the Mile ... (Music)
2013
- Side Effects ... (Original Music Composer)
- Saving Mr. Banks ... (Original Music Composer)
- Paloma ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
2012
- Skyfall ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ruth & Erica ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Gumdrop ... (Music)
2011
- The Help ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Adjustment Bureau ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Iron Lady ... (Original Music Composer)
- Alien ... (Original Music Composer)
2010
- The Debt ... (Original Music Composer)
2009
- Brothers ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- WALL·E ... (Original Music Composer)
- Revolutionary Road ... (Original Music Composer)
- Towelhead ... (Original Music Composer)
2007
- Sicko ... (Thanks)
2006
- Little Children ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Good German ... (Original Music Composer)
2005
- Supernatural as Salinger
- Cinderella Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jarhead ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Woman in the Room ... (Music)
2004
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ... (Original Music Composer)
2003
- Finding Nemo ... (Original Music Composer)
- Angels in America ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- Road to Perdition ... (Original Music Composer)
- White Oleander ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Salton Sea ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Execution of Wanda Jean ... (Music)
2001
- In the Bedroom ... (Original Music Composer)
2000
- Boston Public ... (Original Music Composer)
- Erin Brockovich ... (Original Music Composer)
- Pay It Forward ... (Original Music Composer)
- Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile ... (Music)
1999
- The Green Mile ... (Original Music Composer)
- American Beauty ... (Original Music Composer)
1998
- Meet Joe Black ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Horse Whisperer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self
1997
- Red Corner ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mad City ... (Original Music Composer)
- Oscar and Lucinda ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- Phenomenon ... (Original Music Composer)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt ... (Original Music Composer)
- Up Close & Personal ... (Original Music Composer)
- American Buffalo ... (Original Music Composer)
1995
- How to Make an American Quilt ... (Original Music Composer)
- Unstrung Heroes ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- The Shawshank Redemption ... (Original Music Composer)
- Little Women ... (Original Music Composer)
- The War ... (Original Music Composer)
- Corrina, Corrina ... (Music)
- Threesome ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Favor ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- Flesh and Bone ... (Original Music Composer)
- Josh & S.A.M. ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Scent of a Woman ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Player ... (Original Music Composer)
- Whispers in the Dark ... (Original Music Composer)
- Citizen Cohn ... (Original Music Composer)
- Those Secrets ... (Original Music Composer)
1991
- Fried Green Tomatoes ... (Original Music Composer)
- Career Opportunities ... (Original Music Composer)
- Deceived ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Rapture ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Linguini Incident ... (Original Music Composer)
1990
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael ... (Original Music Composer)
- Men Don't Leave ... (Original Music Composer)
- Naked Tango ... (Original Music Composer)
- Heat Wave ... (Original Music Composer)
1989
- Cookie ... (Original Music Composer)
1988
- The Great Outdoors ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Prince of Pennsylvania ... (Original Music Composer)
1987
- The Lost Boys ... (Original Music Composer)
- Less Than Zero ... (Original Music Composer)
- Light of Day ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Gung Ho ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash ... (Original Music Composer)
- American Geisha ... (Original Music Composer)
1985
- Amazing Stories ... (Music)
- Real Genius ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Man with One Red Shoe ... (Original Music Composer)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun ... (Original Music Composer)
- Desperately Seeking Susan ... (Original Music Composer)
- Summer's End ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- Revenge of the Nerds ... (Original Music Composer)
- Grandview, U.S.A. ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Seduction of Gina ... (Original Music Composer)
- Reckless ... (Original Music Composer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self