Not to be confused with Tom Newman | Origin = Los Angeles, California U.S. | Occupation = Film score composer | Years_active = | Associated_acts = | URL = | afiawards = Best Original Score1997 Oscar and Lucinda | baftaawards = Best Film Music1999 American Beauty | emmyawards = Outstanding Main Title Theme Music2001 Six Feet Under | grammyawards = Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media2001 American Beauty }} Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his many film scores. He is one of the most respected and recognised composers for film and has scored over fifty feature films in a career which spans nearly three decades. Newman has received a total of ten Academy Award nominations, although as of 2010, he has yet to win the award. He has also won a BAFTA, two Grammy's, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe. ContentsEarly Life Film scoring career Other work Awards & nominations Film compositions Additional soundtracks External links Early Life Newman was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Mississippi-born Martha Louise Montgomery and legendary Hollywood composer Alfred Newman, who died in 1970. He is a member of a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood that includes his father, his uncle Lionel Newman, his brother David Newman, and his cousins Joey Newman and Randy Newman, (who is best known as a singer and songwriter) and his sister Maria Newman. Film scoring career Newman was educated at Yale University, and began his film-scoring career in 1984 with his score for Reckless. His breakthrough came in 1994, when he earned two Academy Award nominations for his scores to Little Women and The Shawshank Redemption; he was the only double-nominee that year, although he lost to Hans Zimmer for The Lion King. He received his third Academy Award nomination in 1996 for the score to Diane Keaton's comedy Unstrung Heroes, but again lost, this time to Alan Menken. In 1999, Newman composed the score to Sam Mendes' first feature film American Beauty, created using mainly percussion instruments. Newman believed the score helped move the film along without disturbing the "moral ambiguity" of the script, saying "It was a real delicate balancing act in terms of what music worked to preserve that. This was he first collaboration with Mendes, and he would go on to score all of the director's subsequent films except for Away We Go. He received a fourth Oscar nomination for this score, and although he again failed to win, he did receive a Grammy and a BAFTA. His critical and commercial success has continued in recent years with his scores for films such as The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In the Bedroom, and The Salton Sea. He was nominated consecutively for a further three Academy Awards, for Road to Perdition (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). However, he lost on each occasion, to Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek respectively. He was again nominated for an Oscar for scoring Steven Soderbergh's The Good German (2006). At the Oscar ceremony, he appeared in the opening segment by Errol Morris, who jokingly stated that Newman had been nominated for and failed to win an Oscar eight times. Newman replied: "No, I've failed seven but this will be my eighth", and indeed, he again lost, this time to Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel. His first score since The Good German was for the 2008 animated film WALL-E, collaborating for the second time with director Andrew Stanton (for whom he had previously scored Finding Nemo. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (as had "Nemo"). Newman received two Oscar nominations: one for Best Original Score, and another for Best Original Song for "Down to Earth", which he co-wrote with Peter Gabriel. He was nominated in the Original Score category with two other veteran composers, James Newton-Howard and Danny Elfman, both of whom have also been nominated for several Oscars but each time unsuccessfully. Newman lost both the score and song nominations to A R Rahman for his work on Slumdog Millionaire. He and Peter Gabriel did however win a Grammy for "Down to Earth". During 2008 Newman also scored Towelhead and Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road. He scored Brothers in 2009. Newman's next project is the score to John Madden's The Debt. He is also set to compose the score to the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau. Other work Newman has composed music for television as well, 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. Newman also wrote a commissioned concert work for orchestra, Reach Forth Our Hands, for the 1996 Cleveland Bicentennial. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has commissioned a new work by Newman to be performed by the Kronos Quartet and Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, during the orchestra's 2009-2010 season. Awards & nominations Newman has received a total of ten Academy Award nominations, however as of 2010 he has yet to win the award, making him the most nominated living composer to have never won an Oscar, and behind Alex North, who received 14 unsuccessful nominations. Nine of his nominations are in the Best Original Score category, while one is for Best Original Song. Regarding his losing Oscar streak, Newman stated, "Losing makes you strong. I like being the underdog".[1] He has also received one Golden Globe nomination for 1999's American Beauty, but did not win, as well as six Grammy nominations and two wins. AwardYearCategoryProjectOutcome Academy Award1995Best Music, Original ScoreLittle WomenNominated Best Music, Original ScoreThe Shawshank RedemptionNominated 1996Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy ScoreUnstrung HeroesNominated 2000Best Music, Original ScoreAmerican BeautyNominated 2003Best Music, Original ScoreRoad to PerditionNominated 2004Best Music, Original ScoreFinding NemoNominated 2005Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsNominated 2007Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreThe Good GermanNominated 2009Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreWALL-ENominated Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"Nominated Annie Award2004Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature ProductionFinding NemoWon BAFTA Award2000Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicAmerican BeautyWon 2009Best MusicWALL-ENominated Classical Brit Award2010Soundtrack of the YearRevolutionary RoadWon Emmy Award1991Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme MusicAgainst the LawNominated 2002Outstanding Main Title Theme MusicSix Feet UnderWon Golden Globe Award2000Best Original Score - Motion PictureAmerican BeautyNominated 2009Best Original Song - Motion Picture (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"WALL-ENominated Grammy Award1995Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionThe Shawshank RedemptionNominated 1997Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionUnstrung HeroesNominated 2001Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual MediaAmerican BeautyWon 2003Best Instrumental Composition for Title ThemeSix Feet UnderWon Best Instrumental Arrangement for Title ThemeSix Feet UnderWon 2005Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaAngels in AmericaNominated 2009Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaWALL-ENominated Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"Won Best Instrumental Arrangement (with Peter Gabriel) for Score Track, "Define Dancing"Won World Soundtrack Awards2003Best Original Soundtrack of the YearRoad to PerditionNominated 2005Soundtrack Composer of the YearLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsNominated 2008Best Original Song Written Directly for Film (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"WALL-EWon Best Original Score of the YearNominated Film compositions(*) = soundtrack available on CD 1980s 1984: Reckless 1984: Revenge of the Nerds * 1984: Grandview, U.S.A. 1985: Desperately Seeking Susan * 1985: Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1985: The Man with One Red Shoe 1985: Real Genius 1986: Jumpin' Jack Flash 1987: Less Than Zero 1987: Light of Day * 1987: The Lost Boys * 1988: The Prince of Pennsylvania 1990s 1990: Men Don't Leave 1992: The Player 1992: Fried Green Tomatoes * 1992: Scent of a Woman * 1993: Josh and S.A.M. * 1993: Flesh and Bone * 1994: Little Women * (Academy Award nomination) 1994: The Shawshank Redemption * (Academy Award nomination) 1994: The War 1995: How to Make an American Quilt * 1995: Unstrung Heroes (Academy Award nomination) 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt * 1996: American Buffalo * 1996: Phenomenon * 1996: Up Close & Personal * 1997: Red Corner * 1997: Mad City * 1997: Oscar and Lucinda * 1998: The Horse Whisperer * 1998: Meet Joe Black * 1999: American Beauty * (Academy Award nomination; Grammy Award; BAFTA Award) 1999: The Green Mile * 2000s 2000: Erin Brockovich * 2000: Pay It Forward * 2000: Boston Public (TV; main theme) 2001: In the Bedroom * 2001: Six Feet Under * (TV; main theme) (Emmy Award; Grammy Awards; remixes by Photek and Rae & Christian are available) 2002: The Salton Sea * 2002: Road to Perdition * (Academy Award nomination) 2002: White Oleander * 2003: Finding Nemo * (Academy Award nomination) 2003: Angels in America * (TV) 2004: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events * (Academy Award nomination) 2005: Cinderella Man * 2005: Jarhead * 2006: Little Children * 2006: The Good German * (Academy Award nomination) 2008: WALL-E * (Academy Award nomination - Best Original Score, Best Original Song; Grammy Award nomination) 2008: Towelhead * 2008: Revolutionary Road * 2009: Brothers 2010s 2010: The Debt (pre-production) 2011: The Adjustment Bureau Additional soundtracks 2005: Madagascar (from American Beauty) 2007: Sicko (from Little Children, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and In the Bedroom) 2010: Alice in Wonderland (Teaser Trailer) (from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) External links Thomas Newman Complete Thomas Newman at Filmreference.com Thomas Newman at Soundtrackguide.net ↑http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002353/bio ar:توماس نيومان ca:Thomas Newman de:Thomas Newman et:Thomas Newman es:Thomas Newman fr:Thomas Newman it:Thomas Newman nl:Thomas Newman ja:トーマス・ニューマン pl:Thomas Newman pt:Thomas Newman ro:Thomas Newman ru:Ньюман, Томас fi:Thomas Newman sv:Thomas Newman

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