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Thomas Newman

Info
10/20/1955
Los Angeles, California
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USA
20th Century
Film/Television Music

Biography
 

Thomas Newman is the youngest son of the legendary Alfred Newman, the nephew of the equally legendary Lionel Newman, cousin of singer/songwriter and film composer Randy Newman, and brother of film composer David Newman.

Newman studied composition and orchestration at USC with professors Frederick Lesemann and noted film composer David Raksin, and privately with George Tremblay; he completed his academic work at Yale, studying with Jacob Druckman, Bruce MacCombie and Robert Moore. Stephen Sondheim, however, was Newman's mentor and championed one of Newman's earliest works, a musical theatre piece entitled Three Mean Fairy Tales.
 
Since the 1980s, Newman has worked primarily in film and television, and his filmography includes over 50 movies. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score four times, for his scores to American BeautyThe Shawshank RedemptionLittle Women and Unstrung Heroes.

Main Works

Film Music:
Reckless (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
Men Don't Leave (1990)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Player (1992)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Little Women (1994)
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Phenomenon (1996)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Horse Whisperer, The (1998)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Pay It Forward (2000)
Road to Perdition (2002)
White Oleander (2002)
Finding Nemo (2003)

Television:
The Paper Chase (1978) TV Series
Amazing Stories (1985) TV Series (episode "Santa '85")
Heat Wave (1990) TV Movie
Against the Law (1990) TV Series
Citizen Cohn (1992) TV Movie
Arli$$ (1996) TV Series
Boston Public (2000) TV Series (main theme)
Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series (main title theme)
Angels in America (2003) TV Mini-Series

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