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Has scored at least one Oscar-nominated film every year since 1994: 1994: The Shawshank Redemption (Nominee: Best Pic, etc.), Little Women (Nominee: Best Score, etc.) 1995: Unstrung Heroes (Nominee: Best Score) 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt (Nominee: Best Director, etc.) 1997: Oscar and Lucinda (Nominee: Best Costume Design) 1998: The Horse Whisperer (Nominee: Best Song) 1999: American Beauty (Winner: Best Pic... See more trivia »

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Thomas Montgomery Newman
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2013 The Bitter Pill (filming)
 
2012 Skyfall (post-production)
 
2011 The Iron Lady
 
2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
 
2011 The Help
 
2011 The Adjustment Bureau
 
2010 La siesta de Jacinto (short)
 
2010/I The Debt
 
2009/I Brothers
 
2009 Autumn of Youth (short)
 
2008 Revolutionary Road
 
2008 WALL·E
 
2007 Towelhead
 
2006 The Good German
 
2006 Little Children
 
2005 Jarhead
 
2005 La femme dans la chambre (short)
 
2005 Cinderella Man
 
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
 
2004 Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' (video documentary short)
 
2004 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– Bomb Shelter (2004)
 
2004 A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - Costumes and Other Suspicious Disguises (documentary short)
 
2004 A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - A Woeful World (video documentary)
 
2003 Angels in America (TV mini-series)
– Part 2 Perestroika (2003)
– Part 1 Millennium Approaches (2003)
 
2003 Finding Nemo
 
2002 White Oleander
 
2002 Road to Perdition
 
2002 The Salton Sea
 
2002 The Execution of Wanda Jean (documentary)
 
2001 In the Bedroom
 
2000 Pay It Forward
 
2000 My Khmer Heart (documentary)
 
2000 Walking the Mile (video documentary short)
 
2000 Erin Brockovich
 
1999 The Green Mile
 
1999 American Beauty
 
1998 Meet Joe Black
 
1998 The Horse Whisperer
 
1997 Oscar and Lucinda
 
1997 Red Corner
 
1997 Mad City
 
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt
 
1996 American Buffalo
 
1996 Phenomenon
 
1996 Up Close & Personal
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt
 
1995 Unstrung Heroes
 
1994 Little Women
 
1994 The War
 
1994 The Shawshank Redemption
 
1994 The Favor
 
1994 Threesome
 
1993 Josh and S.A.M.
 
1993 Flesh and Bone
 
1992 Scent of a Woman
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
 
1992 Whispers in the Dark
 
1992 The Player
 
1992 Those Secrets (TV movie)
 
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes
 
1991 Deceived
 
1991 The Rapture
 
1991 The Linguini Incident
 
1991 Career Opportunities
 
1990 Naked Tango
 
1990 Against the Law (TV series)
 
1990 Heat Wave (TV movie)
 
1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
 
1990 Men Don't Leave
 
1990 Rhythm Nation 1814 (short)
 
1989 Cookie
 
1988 The Great Outdoors
 
1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania
 
1987 Less Than Zero
 
1987 The Lost Boys
 
1987 Light of Day
 
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash
 
1985-1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– The Creeper (1986)
– The Human Interest Story (1985)
 
1986 Gung Ho
 
1985 Amazing Stories (TV series)
– Santa '85 (1985)
 
1985 Summer's End (short)
 
1985 Real Genius
 
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe
 
1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun
 
1985 Desperately Seeking Susan
 
1984 Grandview, U.S.A.
 
1984 Revenge of the Nerds
 
1984 Reckless
 
1984 The Seduction of Gina (TV movie)
 
1979 The Paper Chase (TV series)
– A Case of Detente (1979)
 
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2012 Wreck-It Ralph (conductor, song: music by) (post-production)
 
2011 The Iron Lady (conductor)
 
2010/I The Debt (conductor)
 
2009 A Son's War (short) (music consultant)
 
2008 WALL·E (conductor)
 
2006 Little Children (conductor)
 
2006 Life and Loss: The Impact of 'Six Feet Under' (TV documentary) (composer: title theme)
 
Six Feet Under (TV series) (composer: main title theme - 23 episodes, 2002-2005) (composer: theme music - 6 episodes, 2003) (composer: title theme - 1 episode, 2005)
– Everyone's Waiting (2005) (composer: main title theme)
– Ecotone (2005) (composer: title theme)
– Singing for Our Lives (2005) (composer: main title theme)
– The Silence (2005) (composer: main title theme)
– The Rainbow of Her Reasons (2005) (composer: main title theme)
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2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (conductor)
 
2003-2004 Boston Public (TV series) (composer: main theme - 22 episodes, 2003-2004) (composer: main title theme - 2 episodes, 2003-2004)
– Chapter Eighty-One (2004) (composer: main theme)
– Chapter Eighty (2004) (composer: main theme)
– Chapter Seventy-Nine (2004) (composer: main title theme)
– Chapter Seventy-Eight (2004) (composer: main theme)
– Chapter Seventy-Seven (2004) (composer: main theme)
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2002 3.z (TV documentary) (composer: song "Any Other Name")
 
2002 The Salton Sea (conductor, musician: piano)
 
2001 Pasadena (TV series) (composer: promotions)
 
1999 American Beauty (musician: piano/saxophone - uncredited)
 
1996 American Buffalo (musician, orchestrator)
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (composer: themes)
 
1992 Whispers in the Dark (conductor)
 
1987 Less Than Zero (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (27 titles)
2012 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV series)
– The Amazing Spider-Man on Bullying Prevention #1 (2012) ("Loverly Spring")
 
2011 The Adjustment Bureau (writer: "FUTURE'S BRIGHT")
 
2010 Nature (TV series documentary)
– Cuba: The Accidental Eden (2010) (writer: "Root Beer")
 
2009 A Perfect Day (video short) (writer: "Bloodless Freak", "Still Dead")
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (music: "Down to Earth")
 
2008 WALL·E (music: "Down to Earth", "BNL Jingle" / producer: "Down to Earth")
 
2007 Sicko (documentary) (writer: "Baseball", "Loverly Spring", "The Bad Beginning", "Chez Olaf", "Lucy", "The Baudelaire Orphans", "Can't Sleep #2")
 
2006 An Inconvenient Truth (documentary) (writer: "Blocks", "Can't Sleep" / music: "Blocks", "Can't Sleep")
 
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane (writer: "The Wide Window")
 
2005 Madagascar (writer: "Dead Already")
 
2005 The Longest Yard ("Creek House")
 
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (writer: "One Kiss")
 
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ("Loverly Spring")
 
2004 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
– A Family Undertaking (2004) (writer: "There Was Snow", "Creek House", "Hobble")
 
2004 The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV movie) (writer: "Bloodless Freak")
 
2002 3.z (TV documentary) (writer: "Any Other Name")
 
1999 Three Kings (writer: "Outside 2B", "The Beast Is Coming", "Flesh & Bone")
 
1999 Cold Hearts ("To the Shock of Miss Louise")
 
1996 Phenomenon (writer: "The Orchard")
 
1995 Grumpier Old Men (writer: "Liar's Polka")
 
1994 Little Women ("Orchard House")
 
1993 Grumpy Old Men (writer: "LIAR'S POLKA")
 
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes ("A Charge to Keep I Have")
 
1990 Men Don't Leave (producer: "CAFE POLKA")
 
1987 The Lost Boys (music: "Back To The Carnival" - uncredited, "To The Shock Of Miss Louise" - uncredited)
 
1986 Quicksilver (performer: "Suite Streets Main Titles" Instrumental)
 
1984 Reckless (music: "UNDERSTANDING GRAVITY" / lyrics: "UNDERSTANDING GRAVITY" / performer: "UNDERSTANDING GRAVITY")
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2011 Kobresia: Fragments (short) (inspirational thanks)
 
2007 Sicko (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2006 Horrors of War (thanks)
 
2001 Rennie's Landing (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score & Best Original Song
 
2007 The 79th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee
 
2004 Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score
 
1998 'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery (video documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Regarding hearing a remix of his score to American Beauty: "I was flattered and horrified. We don't own our own music, it's typically owned by the companies that hire you." See more »

Trivia:

Has scored at least one Oscar-nominated film every year since 1994: 1994: The Shawshank Redemption (Nominee: Best Pic, etc.), Little Women (Nominee: Best Score, etc.) 1995: Unstrung Heroes (Nominee: Best Score) 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt (Nominee: Best Director, etc.) 1997: Oscar and Lucinda (Nominee: Best Costume Design) 1998: The Horse Whisperer (Nominee: Best Song) 1999: American Beauty (Winner: Best Pic... See more »

Trademark:

Almost always plays piano on his own scores, typically during slow, moody passages. See more »

Nickname:

Tommy See more »

Star Sign:

Libra