Thomas Newman

Thomas Montgomery Newman is an American film composer, usually for Pixar films. He is the cousin of Randy Newman, who has also composed soundtracks for Pixar and Disney. Thomas has had achievements and awards for his works in Finding Nemo and WALL-E (both directed by Andrew Stanton), and was also nominated for an for Saving Mr. Banks.
His compositions are easily recognized for his heavy use of strings, tuned percussion instruments, and an almost ethereal electronic sound that gives his works an other worldly feel. He also frequently plays piano in his own compositions, usually during soft mellow scenes.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
1995	Unstrung Heroes 	Music 	Hollywood Pictures
1996	Up Close & Personal	Music 	Touchstone Pictures
1996	Phenomenon 	Music 	Touchstone Pictures
1998	The Horse Whisperer	Music 	Touchstone Pictures
2001	In the Bedroom 	Music 	Miramax Films
2003	Finding Nemo 	Music 	Pixar
2008	WALL-E 	Original Score Composed and Conducted	Pixar
2011	The Help 	Music 	Touchstone Pictures
2013	Saving Mr. Banks 	Music 	Walt Disney Pictures
2016	Finding Dory 	Music 	Pixar
2023	Elemental 	Original Score Composed and Conducted	Pixar
==Trivia==
*He was originally picked to score Wreck-It Ralph, but was replaced by Henry Jackman. This may be because he was too busy working on the score for .
*He was originally scoring The Good Dinosaur as the third collaboration with Pixar when it was set to be directed by Bob Peterson with Peter Sohn, but following Peterson's exit, due to story problems, and Sohn being announced as the project's sole director, Newman was replaced by Mychael and , resulting being scored Finding Dory as the third collaboration with the studio.
**However, Newman would eventually provide the musical score for Elemental as the fourth collaboration with the studio; coincidentally, also being directed by Sohn.
*Newman is the second out of six composers to work on a Pixar film (the first being his cousin, Randy).
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