Posted on 01/05/2012 6:45:37 PM PST by Perdogg
Thomas Newman had his first feature job as an Orchestrator on Return of the Jedi, and has since crafted a career scoring more movies than you can shake a stick at (go ahead, try it). His most recent work includes moving music for Wall-E, The Help, Revolutionary Road and Little Children. He’s got a moderate spectrum of style, but it’s clear he focuses on dramatic, sweeping work.
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hats off to GSP.fan!!!
I have at least 9 of his movie soundtracks. Love his work. Road to Predition and Horse Whisperer among my favorites.
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Adele would be an awesome choice.
The rumors are it is going to be either Adele or Michael Bublé.
The best film score composer working today IMO. His scores for Road to Perdition, Shawshank Redemption and Little Women were masterpieces.
Maybe this would be a good excuse to discuss the Best and Worst Bond theme songs. I’ll start off:
BEST
1. Live and Let Die
2. Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
3. Goldfinger
4. You Only Live Twice
5. For Your Eyes Only
WORST
1. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. All Time High
3. You Know My Name
4. The Living Daylights
5. License To Kill
The original James Bond movie was rather cheesy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myoVLMnKw2M
The acting was almost as wooden as the props. And in the trailer, Sean Connery came off as a British knockoff of Peter Gunn.
Great score.
Is this Newman feller related to Randy and the family of film composers?
What about the Herb Alpert/Burt Bacharach “Casino Royale”?
Good song, but not sure if that counts.
The Newman film/television composer dynasty: Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman, Emil Newman, David Newman, Thomas Newman, and Randy Newman. It’s a family business.
Don’t tell me who’s the best until you’ve heard Ludovic Bourse.
Seems I missed one, Joey Newman. They are all related.
Adele would do a great job have been listening to her 2 cds great voice in the vein of Shirley Bassey.....
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