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Dreamcatcher
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Joined: Mar 22, 2005
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Location: Dallas, TX USA
   
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject: |
 
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Personally I enjoy American Beauty, Pleasantville, and Road to Perdition equally.
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 Twopop 
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Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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Posts: 2673
Location: Oregon
 
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Thomas Newman is very high on my Fave Composers list as well. I think I have most, if not all, of his scores that have been released on CD.
Here's a link to the most official of the unofficial Thomas Newman fan sites - Thomas Newman Complete
http://users.pandora.be/obelisk/tnc/
Many years ago I collaborated with Mr. Taets on this site, and even have a credit or two 
And I agree with Pete about the stylistic similarities between Tom, David, and Michael Convertino, all of whom were buddies in college and family friends. They even had a rock band together when they were in their early twenties. My, how times have changed.  |
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Francel
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Joined: Sep 02, 2004
Member#: 7814
Posts: 40
Location: Mexico City, MX / Wellington, NZ
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Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Tom is certainly a most wonderful composer and one of the nicest guys in the industry. The fact that the has reached a level of creativity unsurpassed by many and possessing a knack for constant experimentation as well as the skill to build his own really strange instruments, have given him the chance to go beyond the status of your regular film composer.
Two is right on the money about Convertino and both Newman brothers going to college together, however in honest truth I don't find many similarities in Tom's, David's and Michael's work. Tom struggled hard in the beginning to find his own particular voice which he succeeded based on constant experimentation and sound manipulation (and always favoring oboe, marimba, his is a much more percussive, contemporary style), while Michael's style has mostly remained consistently the same (dreamy strings and synth, hardly any percussion at all, much more interested in creating an ambience than following actions on screen). David, in comparison, is a much more traditional-sounding composer, more interested in live recordings, in catching all the little snippets of action on the screen, in supporting the whole orchestra).
Of course. Tom is the one who jumped into the A+ list of composers, while Michael and David have remained somewhat in the backburner. Getting gigs in film is one of the hardest things to achieve, and the new studio system is not an open field for composers, they are mostly subject to typecasting, so David gets the comedy gigs (with some action-adventure in-between), Tom will get the dramas and Michael has, of late, having to conform to score independent movies, with the liabilities this supposes (non-existent music budget, five or six freelance musicians, no orchestras, etc).
Anyway, Tom's evolving style is truly interesting. It's sad that most of his early works are not available, but nonetheless it would be cool to have a day for him at SST chronologically arranged, there are a lot nuances here and there where he played with a certain style in his early scores only to reassure it with the next ones or make variations on it.
Oh, and an interesting note for the trivia hounds, Tom orchestrated the "Darth Vader's Death" cue on Return of the Jedi.
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Tomi
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Joined: May 10, 2005
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Location: Somewhere near Hannover, Germany
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:09 am Post subject: |
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I think it´s no secret that Tom Newman is my favorite composer. I could get lost in his music forever. There´s so much emotion, sense of longing... and life within his compositions.
He´s able to pull at your heart´s strings with one single note and let it resonate it for a long time.
The most wonderful thing about his music is that you rather have to feel it than hear it.
But enough of this fanboy talk!
There´s not much to add to the things that´s been posted in this thread already, maybe except two things. Here are two links to articles/interviews about/with Thomas Newman... for those who´d like to delve deeper into his soundscapes.
THE FILM MUSIC OF THOMAS NEWMAN
COLOR, MELODY... AND PERFUME
Take care,
Tomi
PS: My all-time favorite Tom Newman score is JOSH & S.A.M. ... and it´s such a pity that this wonderful quirky and heartfelt score isn´t included on the SST-playlist.  |
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Tomi
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Joined: May 10, 2005
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Location: Somewhere near Hannover, Germany
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Just as a passing remark... Top Newman-scores which are still missing at SST:
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (tender early work)
- Red Corner (Newman goes far east)
- Mad City (busy multi-culti urban drama score)
and... of course
- Josh & S.A.M. (wonderful new-age roadmovie music)
Tomi
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zirael
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Joined: Feb 05, 2004
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Posts: 795
Location: North Carolina
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:15 am Post subject: |
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I think we used to have a few of these scores but they weren't played as often and were removed. I would support adding back Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, The Player, Josh & Sam to have a better Newman retrospective short program or composer day. |
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Trinity3777
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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Location: La La Land
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I think this is my favorite thread
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