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Also known as Tom Newman

American composer and conductor (born 1955)

Person · Open Library

Works
19

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1955-10-20

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Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer best known for his many film scores. Newman has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards and 4 Golden Globes, and has won 2 BAFTAs, 6 Grammys and an Emmy Award. Newman was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the 2000 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Born in Los Angeles, California <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+

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Key facts

Born
Thomas Montgomery Newman , ( 1955-10-20 ) October 20, 1955 (age 70) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Occupations
Composer conductor orchestrator
Years active
1979–present
Spouse
Ann Marie Zirbes ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ) ​
Father
Alfred Newman
Relatives
David Newman (brother) Maria Newman (sister) Randy Newman (cousin) Joey Newman (cousin) Lionel Newman (uncle) Emil Newman (uncle)

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Encyclopedic overview

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).

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