Thomas Newman
Known for: Sound
Born: October 20, 1955
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
117 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
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Star Wars: Starfighter
2027NR
Anxious People
2026NR
Onwards and Sideways
2026
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No Man's Mind
2026
5.9
In the Blink of an Eye
2026
6.6
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
8.0
Music by John Williams
2024
7.6
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024
6.2
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
2023
7.8
White Bird
2023
7.6
Elemental
2023
7.7
A Man Called Otto
2022
7.3
The Sound of 007
2022
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
2022
7.3
Dog
2022
6.4
The Little Things
2021
5.6
Let Them All Talk
2020
6.5
Allied Forces: Making 1917
2020
8.0
1917
2019
6.9
Tolkien
2019
6.8
The Highwaymen
2019
7.2
Castle Rock
2018
6.6
Thank You for Your Service
2017
6.9
Victoria & Abdul
2017
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
7.2
Five Came Back
2017
7.2
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
7.6
FEUD
2017
7.0
Passengers
2016
7.0
Finding Dory
2016
6.6
Spectre
2015
7.2
Bridge of Spies
2015
6.7
He Named Me Malala
2015
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
5.0
Walking the Mile
2014
7.3
The Judge
2014
6.8
Get On Up
2014
7.3
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
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Paloma
2013
6.6
Side Effects
20137.0
Gumdrop
2012
7.3
Skyfall
2012
8.0
Ruth & Erica
2012
7.0
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
6.4
The Iron Lady
2011
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Alien
2011
8.2
The Help
2011
6.8
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
6.5
The Debt
2010
7.3
Brothers
2009
7.0
Revolutionary Road
2008
6.2
Towelhead
2008
8.1
WALL·E
2008
7.4
Sicko
2007
5.8
The Good German
2006
7.1
Little Children
2006
6.7
Jarhead
2005
7.5
The Woman in the Room
2005
8.3
Supernatural
2005
7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
7.6
Angels in America
2003
7.8
Finding Nemo
2003
7.0
White Oleander
2002
7.4
Road to Perdition
2002
6.6
The Salton Sea
2002
5.3
The Execution of Wanda Jean
2002
6.9
In the Bedroom
2001
7.7
Boston Public
2000
7.4
Pay It Forward
20007.2
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
7.4
Erin Brockovich
2000
8.5
The Green Mile
1999
8.0
American Beauty
1999
9.0
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
7.4
Meet Joe Black
1998
6.9
The Horse Whisperer
1998
6.4
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
6.3
Red Corner
1997
6.2
Mad City
1997
7.0
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
5.4
American Buffalo
1996
6.5
Phenomenon
1996
6.3
Up Close & Personal
1996
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
6.1
Unstrung Heroes
1995
7.3
Little Women
1994
6.7
The War
1994
8.7
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994
4.9
The Favor
1994
6.4
Threesome
1994
4.9
Josh & S.A.M.
1993
6.0
Flesh and Bone
1993
7.8
Scent of a Woman
1992
6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
4.9
Whispers in the Dark
1992
7.2
The Player
1992
4.0
Those Secrets
1992
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
5.7
The Rapture
1991
5.8
Deceived
1991
6.6
The Linguini Incident
1991
6.9
Career Opportunities
1991
6.2
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
6.4
Naked Tango
1990
6.8
Heat Wave
1990
6.3
Men Don't Leave
1990
5.6
Cookie
1989
5.6
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988
6.4
The Great Outdoors
1988
6.4
Less Than Zero
1987
7.1
The Lost Boys
1987
5.5
Light of Day
1987
6.1
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
8.0
American Geisha
1986
6.1
Gung Ho
1986
8.0
Summer's End
1985
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
6.7
Real Genius
1985
5.7
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
6.1
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
5.8
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
6.4
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
5.8
Reckless
1984
5.9
The Seduction of Gina
1984
7.0
The Oscars
1953