History Music / ThomasNewman

* ''Film/TheLastVoyageOfTheDemeter''

A classical training, inspired by Newman's desire to master the piano and violin, led to an informal Hollywood apprenticeship in the early 1980's due his family ties with his uncle Music/LionelNewman, who was head of music at Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox during Thomas' high school and college years. The apprentice had previously watched Music/JohnWilliams conduct and record several major scores, including ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' and ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' in the early 1970's. Through that connection, Newman was responsible for orchestrating Darth Vader's death scene cue for ''Film/ReturnoftheJedi'' in 1983, although Newman claims that Williams' composition was so complete that his own influence on the task was minimal.

His breakthrough came in 1995 when he earned 2 Academy Award nominations in film scoring, ''Film/LittleWomen1994'' (1994) and ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (1994). He was the only double nominee that year. Some of his notable film scoring includes, ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999), ''Film/PayItForward'' (2000), ''Film/ErinBrockovich'' (2000), ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (2008). 2015 marked his first collaboration with Creator/StevenSpielberg, with Newman composing the score for his Cold War thriller ''Film/BridgeOfSpies''.

A classical training, inspired by Newman's desire to master the piano and violin, led to an informal Hollywood apprenticeship in the early 1980's due his family ties with his uncle Music/LionelNewman, who was head of music at [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox]] during Thomas' high school and college years. The apprentice had previously watched Music/JohnWilliams conduct and record several major scores, including ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' and ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' in the early 1970's. Through that connection, Newman was responsible for orchestrating Darth Vader's death scene cue for ''Film/ReturnoftheJedi'' in 1983, although Newman claims that Williams' composition was so complete that his own influence on the task was minimal.

* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (theme)

His breakthrough came in 1995 when he earned 2 Academy Award nominations in film scoring, ''Film/LittleWomen'' (1994) and ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (1994). He was the only double nominee that year. Some of his notable film scoring includes, ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999), ''Film/PayItForward'' (2000), ''Film/ErinBrockovich'' (2000), ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (2008). 2015 marked his first collaboration with Creator/StevenSpielberg, with Newman composing the score for his Cold War thriller ''Film/BridgeOfSpies''.

A classical training, inspired by Newman's desire to master the piano and violin, led to an informal Hollywood apprenticeship in the early 1980's due his family ties with his uncle Music/LionelNewman, who was head of music at [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]] during Thomas' high school and college years. The apprentice had previously watched Music/JohnWilliams conduct and record several major scores, including ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' and ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' in the early 1970's. Through that connection, Newman was responsible for orchestrating Darth Vader's death scene cue for ''Film/ReturnoftheJedi'' in 1983, although Newman claims that Williams' composition was so complete that his own influence on the task was minimal.

His breakthrough came in 1995 when he earned 2 Academy Award nominations in film scoring, ''Film/LittleWomen'' (1994) and ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (1994). He was the only double nominee that year. Some of his notable film scoring includes, ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999), ''Film/PayItForward'' (2000), ''Film/ErinBrockovich'' (2000), ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (2008). 2015 will also mark his first collaboration with Creator/StevenSpielberg, with Newman composing the score for his Cold War thriller ''Film/BridgeOfSpies''.

* ''Film/CareerOpportunities''
* ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe''
* ''Film/TheRapture''

* ''Film/TheIronLady''

* ''Film/TheGreenMile''

* ''Series/TheNewsroom'' - (theme and pilot score)

* ''Film/{{NineteenSeventeen}}''

!!Some of his scores:

* ''Film/{{Brothers 2009}}''

* ''Oscar and Lucinda''

* ''Up Close and Personal''
* ''Unstrung Heroes''

* ''Reckless''

* ''The Good German''
* ''Cookie''

* ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica''

* ''{{Otherworld}}'' - (1 episode)

* ''Film/{{Cookie}}''

Newman spent time writing for off-Broadway productions, theatre, and pop bands such as "The Innocents" and "Tokyo 77." He was mentored by Broadway great Music/StephenSondheim and backed into a film scoring career when producer Scott Rudin hired him as a musical assistant on the 1984 teen-angst drama Reckless. He wound up scoring the movie, the first of a batch of hip and popular films to boast Newman scores, including ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' the same year, ''DesperatelySeekingSusan'' in 1985, and ''Film/TheLostBoys'' in 1987.

* ''Series/SixFeetUnder''