For Pixar‘s Elemental, composer Thomas Newman was given the challenge of scoring for ‘elemental’ cultures that don’t exist in the real world, while instilling a sense of familiarity for the viewer. He ...

When composer Thomas Newman was having early conversations about the music of Pixar’s “Elemental,” he looked for a connecting thread between the film’s imaginary world, where elements are characters, ...

From Academy Award-nominated and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Skyfall) comes the premiere recording of his debut ballet score, Of Mice and ...

Left: Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray on the set of “Star Wars: Straighter” (Shawn Levy/Instagram, Right: Composer Thomas Newman (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Director Shawn Levy revealed that “Star Wars: ...

James Bond website MI6 has learned that Thomas Newman - who has scored films such as Road To Perdition and The Shawshank Redemption - has replaced David Arnold as the composer of Sam Mendes' upcoming ...

“Skyfall” could land a surprising number of Oscar nominations when they are announced on January 10. James Bond films, while they have been popular over the decades with Academy voters as popcorn ...

If Thomas Newman’s name does not immediately ring a bell, I can almost guarantee that his emotionally epic and sweeping melodies at least do, as he has crafted the Hollywood soundtracks to many of our ...

With 93 credits to his name, and having worked on Pixar movies like “Wall-E” and “Finding Nemo,” Newman is no stranger to scoring music for otherness-type characters. Peter Sohn’s story builds a city ...

“One of the things that has always interested me about writing music for film is a sense of empathy towards characters and an ability to relate to story,” says Newman. “So, in some ways it's not much ...