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, ...

Through four films in the Pixar canon, composer Thomas Newman has delighted audiences with sonic landscapes that have accompanied pivotal moments in animation history. Most recently, the Finding Nemo ...

Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” boasts one of the greatest casts of the TV season. But it has also broken new ground on the music side: a father-daughter team providing ...

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 ...

A father-daughter composing team was nominated, Hans Zimmer could win his first Emmy, and a music supervisor was nominated for three different shows — just some of the surprises among nominations for ...

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 ...

The Newman family is a dynasty in the world of film music, and the score to “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is an illustration of the latest chapter in the Newman saga. The score to the ...

A galaxy far, far away gave Thomas Newman an amazing memory to look back on. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When I sat down to ...

“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 ...

Music truly can change everything, even music itself! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Speaking with CinemaBlend about his process ...

“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 ...