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Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman
American Composer
Born: Oct 20, 1955
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Related authors: Eubie Blake George Crumb John Cage John Williams Leonard Bernstein Oscar Levant Stephen Sondheim Virgil Thomson
Part of me wants to stay hidden; it's no coincidence that I write movie music. It lets me stay in the shadows, in a way, but still lets me be expressive. Thomas Newman
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There's nothing like desperation to sharpen your sense of focus. Thomas Newman
Desperation Focus Sense Nothing Sharpen Like Your
With film music, endings are often more difficult than beginnings, because a beginning is an underline, a way of exciting a moment, and then you have to find a way to dissipate that. Thomas Newman
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The experience of a film is immersive, and music is supposed to underline and help that experience. Thomas Newman
Music Experience Supposed Help Film
When you see an early edited version, you're not sure what it is. The movie is getting on its wobbly legs. Thomas Newman
You See Sure Edited Wobbly Version Getting Movie Legs Early
Music is such an odd thing when you think about it - behind an image until you take it away, and then you realize a movie sounds blank without it. Thomas Newman
Music You Think About Blank Take Until Without Sounds Odd Odd Thing Behind Movie Realize Then Away Thing Image
The rare opportunity of writing music for a movie about the making of 'Mary Poppins' was impossible to ignore. The fact that it could provide emotional content in relief of the struggles that the Sherman brothers and Walt Disney endured was reason enough to take on the challenge. Thomas Newman
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It's a practical matter. If you're useful to others, you'll be hired. Thomas Newman
You Matter Others Practical Hired Useful
There were certain things in 'Nemo' - just this low hum of ocean and watery sound - that was enough to imply water, as opposed to restating it over and over again. Thomas Newman
Water Ocean Enough Over Imply Sound Opposed Were Hum Just Again Low Certain Certain Things Things
In live action, sometimes a mood or a feeling can go on for quite a while. Animation is a lot more effort. There are a lot more notes. Thomas Newman
Sometimes Feeling Action Live Mood More Animation Go Lot Effort Quite Quite A While While Notes Live Action
You want to say as little as you can and get the most punch out of it, always with the knowledge that people are not in the theater to listen to your music so much as to respond to the movie. You're a part of that experience. Thomas Newman
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I didn't listen to any of my dad's scores. Thomas Newman
Scores Any Listen Dad
I just want my music to involve an audience in what's taking place onscreen. Thomas Newman
Music Onscreen Taking Involve Audience Just Want Place
The golden age of Hollywood was the conceit of the movie and the style of the movie. Thomas Newman
Age Style Conceit Golden Golden Age Movie Hollywood
I know what my taste is, and I do like my touch on the piano. Thomas Newman
Touch Piano Like Know Taste
I flew to England to see the rough cut of 'Revolutionary Road.' I was quite moved. As a married man, it's kind of disturbing to see a couple try so hard to work things out and fail so miserably. Thomas Newman
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The fun for me musically is that you never quite know what works and why. So why pretend you do? Why not just put things together and discover, in the creative process, if and why they work? That approach has served me well. Thomas Newman
Work Me You Together Creative Creative Process Approach Musically Pretend Never Put Know Well Discover Quite Just Process Fun Works Why Why Not Served Things
The thing I don't want to do as a film composer is reiterate. I prefer to subtextualize or to underline rather than to say, 'This is what you should be feeling.' Thomas Newman
You Feeling Say Composer Rather Than Want Prefer Should Film Thing
Movie music allows me to work with players as creatively as I can. Thomas Newman
Work Music Me Movie Creatively Players
What satisfies me most are those nonverbal moments with players, when I sense them thinking and responding. And I think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' Hollywood gives us the money to do this. I want to be grateful for that, and I also don't want to waste it. Thomas Newman
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There was no way I could not do 'Finding Dory.' Thomas Newman
Way Finding Could
When you go into something like a space movie, you think there's going to be no music or little music. Thomas Newman
Music You Space Think Something Like Go Going Movie Little
In 'Saving Mr. Banks,' the challenge was just transitions. Time transitions from 1961 to 1906; how do you follow a character in one environment to another? And sometimes these transitions were quick, so how do you do that? Thomas Newman
Time Character You Sometimes Challenge Saving Follow Environment Another How Were Quick Just Banks Transitions
The thing about the creative process is it's so chaotic. Thomas Newman
Creative Creative Process Chaotic About Process Thing
Post-production is kind of the death of hope. The money has been spent. The grand ideas are either there or they're not there. So music oftentimes has to compensate if there are issues, or it has to stay out of the way if the movie is working really well. Thomas Newman
Death Hope Music Money Way Spent Out Has-Been Kind Post-Production Stay Ideas Well Issues Been Oftentimes Movie Either Grand Really Working Compensate
Whatever you say to yourself about it being just another movie, and you're going to do the job you always do, it ends up being a 'Bond' movie and a sense of what it is to put music to James Bond and to honor the music that exists. Thomas Newman
Music You Yourself Honor Job Whatever Sense Say About Put Another Always Exists Up Going Just Being Ends James Movie James Bond Bond Bond Movie
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