pete 950 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Quote inspired by John Lennon’s & Yoko Ono’s song Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and centers on a chess game played across enemy lines with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon. Lennon & Ono also serve as executive producers and ElectroLeague CEO Brad Booker is producing the project What? He's alive? Oh I think they probably mean one of his sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,199 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 It was a typo on FMR's website. They've fixed it now to this: Ono also serves as executive producer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 733 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,728 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Thomas is doing his part to keep the Newman dinasty strong. http://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/12/22/fxs-feud-capote-vs-the-swans-to-feature-theme-by-thomas-newman-and-score-by-julia-newman/ Mr. Who 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I just noticed that Newman is credited on both Wikipedia & IMDB as the composer of Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Kinds Of Kindness. Has this been known for a while, because I missed an announcement. Or is it just speculation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,199 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 11 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said: I just noticed that Newman is credited on both Wikipedia & IMDB as the composer of Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Kinds Of Kindness. Has this been known for a while, because I missed an announcement. Or is it just speculation? It's been known since it appeared here in 2023: https://www.gsamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/Newman_Tom.pdf (The film's been retitled from "And" to "Kind of Kindness" since then) tomsmoviemadness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis 2,769 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 10 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: I just noticed that Newman is credited on both Wikipedia & IMDB as the composer of Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Kinds Of Kindness. Has this been known for a while, because I missed an announcement. Or is it just speculation? After POOR THINGS being such a success at the Oscars (and financially), maybe Lanthimos will stay with Jerskin Fendrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 No more Newman indeed. Davis, Mr. Who, Once and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,199 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Thomas will instead score Andrew Stanton's new film In the Blink of an Eye starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs https://www.gsamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/Newman_Tom.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,091 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 It seems like it’s a straight to Hulu movie Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 5 hours ago, DangerMotif said: It seems like it’s a straight to Hulu movie Thats a shame if it’s not being released in cinemas this year. Is there confirmation? Not sure if we might get a third film from Tom this year along with White Bird. Wonder if this was the reason he didn’t continue with Kinds of Kindness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 He didn't continue with Kinds Of Kindess because Lanthimos chose to use his previous composer. That's it. Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Maybe it’s an April Fool’s Joke… But IMDB is showing Thomas Newman as composer for an upcoming documentary called TIGER https://m.imdb.com/title/tt31497750/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 6 hours ago, cwg24 said: Maybe it’s an April Fool’s Joke… But IMDB is showing Thomas Newman as composer for an upcoming documentary called TIGER https://m.imdb.com/title/tt31497750/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_com Would be nice if it's true; Disneynature has yielded some quality scores. I'll certainly take more Indian-flavoured Newman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 136 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 The director has previously worked with Ramin Djawadi (Elephant) and Harry Gregson-Williams (Penguins, Monkey Kingdom) so it's not implausible - Disney isn't skimping on the music budget, at least. If it does happen it will be a good excuse for Jon Burlingame to invite Newman back on his For Scores podcast. White Bird feels so far away, and even considering the Hollywood strike the release schedule is bizarre. Why release it only in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia in January and then sit on it for 10 months? Just delay it everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, Quppa said: The director has previously worked with Ramin Djawadi (Elephant) and Harry Gregson-Williams (Penguins, Monkey Kingdom) so it's not implausible - Disney isn't skimping on the music budget, at least. If it does happen it will be a good excuse for Jon Burlingame to invite Newman back on his For Scores podcast. White Bird feels so far away, and even considering the Hollywood strike the release schedule is bizarre. Why release it only in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia in January and then sit on it for 10 months? Just delay it everywhere. That’s good there’s a possibility it could be accurate and we get a new TN score at the end of this month. White Bird baffles me so much, it’s the worst release schedule plan. So many countries have had it released yet no score release yet. The late October date for the USA and nothing yet for the UK is a strange one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 6 hours ago, Quppa said: If it does happen it will be a good excuse for Jon Burlingame to invite Newman back on his For Scores podcast. It would be cool, but that podcast is done. Williams was his final guest. He's doing a podcast for Dolby now I believe Quppa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 https://filmstories.co.uk/news/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-digging-into-wall-e-director-andrew-stantons-ambitious-upcoming-sci-fi/ Really interesting article about Newman’s next film. Seems really suited to his strengths, especially the lack of dialogue in places and the description of the tone of the end of the script. A nice read… Tom Guernsey and Thor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,202 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Although I'm not as big a fan of his WALL-E score as everyone else (although I adore the film), and thought PASSENGERS only had moments of brilliance, I'm still excited to hear more sci fi Newman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 4,109 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Wall-E is a beautiful score but with an album that would've benefitted from a little bit of trimming. Passengers... hmm. It has bits that work very well on album but it's largely a background thing for me. Also messes with chronology in a way that bizarrely loses you narratively but also doesn't seem to me to help with the listening experience either. I'm not sure what Newman was trying to do here. Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 136 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 02/04/2024 at 12:50 AM, cwg24 said: Maybe it’s an April Fool’s Joke… But IMDB is showing Thomas Newman as composer for an upcoming documentary called TIGER https://m.imdb.com/title/tt31497750/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_com No Newman, after all - Nitin Sawhney had scoring duties for this. There's an album out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 10 hours ago, Quppa said: No Newman, after all - Nitin Sawhney had scoring duties for this. There's an album out now. And very nice it is too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TSMefford 1,526 Posted June 26 Popular Post Share Posted June 26 Just realized that this year marks the 20th anniversary of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events! Love Newmans score for that film and would love some of the missing cues as well as all the source cues to be released. Perfect opportunity... 20 Years... just putting that out into the world! Trope, Sam the Music Man, Once and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Dutton 7,280 Posted June 26 Popular Post Share Posted June 26 It's the 26th anniversary of Meet Joe Black, his best score. GerateWohl, Trope, TSMefford and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TSMefford 1,526 Posted June 26 Popular Post Share Posted June 26 1 hour ago, Brock Lovett said: It's the 26th anniversary of Meet Joe Black, his best score. Another good one. Good year for some Thomas Newman expansions. Here's hoping! Edmilson, Quppa, Davis and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Fingers crossed that there is some new Newman on the horizon in 2024. We should have the score for White Bird in October and maybe In The Blink of an Eye if the release date is confirmed soon. Trope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 733 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Give us something New, Man! Honestly, Thomas Newman and JW are the only film composers whose new albums I am willing to stay awake until midnight for and listen to immediately upon release. I can't believe Elemental and Dial of Destiny are already a year old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davis 2,769 Posted June 26 Popular Post Share Posted June 26 I need TN’s Little Women 30th Anniversary expansion. Once, Quppa, Trope and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,728 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Another Emmy nomination for Newman, this time for the main title theme of Feud: Capote vs Swans. Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: Feud: Capote vs. The Swans – Thomas Newman Lessons in Chemistry – Carlos Rafael Rivera Masters of the Air – Blake Neely Palm Royale – Jeff Toyne Shogun – Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/07/17/2024-emmy-awards-nominations-announced/ Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwg24 4 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Good see him getting a nomination, it’s a lovely piece of music. He might even win! The new Newman drought continues from Elemental. Black Bag seems to have been removed from his IMDB and there is zero buzz around In The Blink of an Eye. Trope and TSMefford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 136 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I got around to watching Meet Joe Black - certainly not a good film, despite Anthony Hopkins' best efforts, but what a score. I'm not sure how much unreleased music there is (the pizzicato strings piece from ~0:41:53 stood out), but bring on a remaster/expansion. It's also a shame the Anything Goes arrangement didn't appear on the original soundtrack release. Is there a list of expanded/recent Thomas Newman soundtracks? I can think of: 1985 - The Man with One Red Shoe (La-La Land Records, 2018) 1987 - Less Than Zero (La-La Land Records, 2016) 1992 - Whispers in the Dark (Intrada, 2012) 1993 - Flesh and Bone (La-La Land Records, 2022) 1995 - The Shawshank Redemption (La-La Land Records, 2016) Trope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 This is nice Trope and Quppa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 525 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 40 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said: This is nice amazing, especially there is so little leaked sheet music from his scores. His whole work sometimes feels like a mystery – compared to John Williams' music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Quppa and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thor 8,202 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Yeah, listening to it now. Very underwhelming. Trope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsmoviemadness 3,466 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Same. Why is Newman suddenly doing all these thriller projects. It's like he doesn't want to do other stuff where he gets to write more broader music. Really miss that Newman. Elemental showed a bit of that, but it still wasn't like he did back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,202 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Indeed. Although I really liked LET THEM ALL TALK (2020), TOLKIEN (2019) is the last time I heard the Newman I love. OK, it's only 5 years ago, so no need to call the ambulance yet, but still. Newman fairly recently entered my top 10 film composers at an 8th place, after much consideration, so he lives "dangerously" at the moment if he keeps this up. Need to eye the much belated WHITE BIRD now instead. Maybe that turns things around. tomsmoviemadness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 733 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 It is exactly what I thought it would be: a close relative to his The Little Things score. That being said, I have to confess that I still love Newman's sound palette, unique textures, rhythmic grooves, unnerving atmospheres, and stellar production. The man has such a unique compositional voice (and it seems he has passed a lot of that on to his daughter as well!). But even then, this kind of score does not necessarily merit a 72 minute album! The Little Things was pushing it at 55 minutes but also had several moments of Newman reflective/emotional catharsis (which Monsters sadly does not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I’m really hoping Andrew Stanton’s upcoming IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE has given him some melodic scope at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 4,109 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Looks like he's co-composing with his daughter, so maybe Newman's just taking the initial steps towards choosing fewer projects and retiring? Not everyone keeps working like Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,728 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 5 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: so maybe Newman's just taking the initial steps towards choosing fewer projects and retiring? Not only he's doing that but also making sure his daughter have a future in the industry (and thus continuing the Newman family legacy). I think most composers from his "generation" are at a point where they're more interested in doing concerts, personal works, fewer movies, less blockbusters... And those who have musically inclined offspring (like Giacchino and Beltrami) are trying to help them succeed in the career. Richard Penna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 733 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Keen to check this out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,202 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 As it happens, I'm listening now, and playlisting like there's no tomorrow. Has some nice cues, but is much too long. Will comment later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 733 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Based on my first listen, I really enjoyed this (surprise, surprise from a die-hard Newman fan). Thor is correct, the album is a little long (it is strangely one of the longest Newman OSTs), mainly dragging during a handful of slower ambient/drone-based cues. But there is some excellent material to be found in the score as well, including iconic Newman chords and emotional atmospheres/textures (and even cues where the orchestra plays a major role!). It's definitely a highlight amongst his recent works, and sits comfortably alongside Elemental, 1917, and Tolkien in the upper echelon of modern Newman. Hoping for more good stuff to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 I'm glad I went into this with such low expectations! It's still a comfortably average effort from Newman but there are some lovely moments that I will return to. Going forward, I'm now keenly anticipating his score for Andrew Stanton's In The Blink Of An Eye, whenever that is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,202 Posted Friday at 07:35 AM Share Posted Friday at 07:35 AM There are some good things in this score -- shades of the slow, shimmering, magical textures that only T. Newman can do so well, and similar to TOLKIEN from a few years ago (although that score is on a much higher level). Also a little bit of those SHAWSHANK string chords that he also does well, especially towards the end of the album. But it also falls into some of his usual traps, like having many short tracks that are over before they've properly settled. And the album is much, much too long for the type of music on display. And the narrative flow seems confused. I've tried to whittle it down to make it work better. Down to 40 minutes out of the 70+ something, and since the title track is the perfect album ender, I put the "Songbird" track earlier in the album. This will have to do for now. LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted Friday at 06:16 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:16 PM Second listen based on Thor’s condensed playlist. Liking it a lot more. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 1,020 Posted Friday at 09:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:21 PM Does anybody remember this… I think this is a great score, and the one that truly put him in the era he is in now sonic-wise. Having said that, in my 34 years, I would never have expected a collaboration of Thomas Newman and Richard Ashcroft. Even after Peter Gabriel Trope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 600 Posted Sunday at 09:16 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:16 PM Yes, I love The Adjustment Bureau! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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