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Thomas Newman

Birth Name:	Thomas Montgomery Newman
Nickname:	Tommy
Alt Names:	Tom Newman
Born:	October 20, 1955
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California
Age Today:	69 years and 163 days
Height:	5’ 10” (1.78 m)
More Info:	Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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1994	Music (Original Score). Little Women, Di Novi Pictures Production; Columbia. (USA, Canada) Thomas Newman.
1994	Music (Original Score). The Shawshank Redemption, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. Thomas Newman.
1995	Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score). Unstrung Heroes, Hollywood Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Thomas Newman.
1999	Music (Original Score). American Beauty, Jinks/Cohen Company Production; DreamWorks. Thomas Newman.
2002	Music (Original Score). Road to Perdition, Zanuck Company Production; DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox. Thomas Newman.
2003	Music (Original Score). Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) Thomas Newman.
2004	Music (Original Score). Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Parkes/MacDonald/Nickelodeon Movies Production; Paramount and DreamWorks. (Germany, USA) Thomas Newman.
2006	Music (Original Score). The Good German, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Thomas Newman.
2008	Music (Original Score). WALL-E, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Thomas Newman.
2008	Music (Original Song). Down to Earth from WALL-E, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; lyric by Peter Gabriel.
2012	Music (Original Score). Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Thomas Newman.
2013	Music (Original Score). Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney. (USA, UK, Australia) Thomas Newman.
2015	Music (Original Score). Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Thomas Newman.
2016	Music (Original Score). Passengers, An LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Wanda Pictures/Original Film/Company Films/Start Motion Pictures production; Columbia Pictures. (USA, Australia) Thomas Newman.
2019	Music (Original Score). 1917, A DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal/Amblin Partners. (UK, USA) Thomas Newman.

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