Thomas Newman

Thomas Montgomery Newman born October 20 1955 is an American composer best known for his many film scores In a career that has spanned over four decades he has scored numerous classics including The Player The Shawshank Redemption Cinderella Man American Beauty The Green Mile In the Bedroom Angels in America Finding Nemo WALLE the James Bond films Skyfall Spectre and the war film 1917 Newman has been nominated for fifteen Academy Awards tying him with fellow composer Alex North for the most nominations without a win He has also been nominated for four Golden Globes and has won two BAFTAs six Grammys and an Emmy Award Newman was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the 2000 BMI Film and TV Awards The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music His achievements have contributed to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family with a collective 92 nominations in various music categories Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Newman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia