Newman has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards and 4 Golden Globes, and has won 2 BAFTAs, 6 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.
Born in Los Angeles, California, he is the youngest son of Martha Louis Montgomery (1920–2005) and composer Alfred Newman (1900–1970), who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score nine times. He is a member of a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood that includes his father Alfred, brother David Newman, sister Maria Newman, uncles Lionel Newman and Emil Newman, cousin Randy Newman (also known as a singer and songwriter), and his first cousin, once removed, Joey Newman. His paternal grandparents were Russian immigrants, and his mother was from Mississippi.
During their upbringing, Martha herded her sons into violin lessons in the San Fernando Valley every weekend. Newman later studied composition and orchestration for two years at the University of Southern California, before transferring to Yale University, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and a Master of Music in 1978. While at Yale, he met composer Stephen Sondheim, who became an early mentor.
Newman and his wife, Ann Marie, have three children. They reside in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
At first, Newman was more interested in musical theater than in film composition, working with Sondheim in Broadway plays. Lionel, who succeeded Alfred as music director for 20th Century Fox, gave Thomas his first scoring assignment on a 1979 episode of the series The Paper Chase. In 1983, John Williams, who was a friend of both Alfred and Lionel, invited Newman to work on Return of the Jedi, orchestrating the scene where Darth Vader dies. Afterwards Newman met in New York producer Scott Rudin, who invited him to compose the score for Reckless (1984). Newman said that he thought "it was a tough job, at first" for requiring him to "develop vocabularies and a sense of procedure", only getting comfortable with writing scores "and not fraudulent in my efforts" after 8 years.
In 1992, Newman composed the score to Martin Brest's film Scent of a Woman.
In 1994, he got his first Academy Award nominations with the scores to The Shawshank Redemption and Little Women. He also scored the film The War. In 1996, he scored Diane Keaton's Unstrung Heroes, receiving yet another Oscar nomination. In 1998, he scored Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer as well as Meet Joe Black. In 1999, Newman composed the score to Sam Mendes' first feature film American Beauty, created using mainly percussion instruments. Newman believed the score helped move the film along without disturbing the "moral ambiguity" of the script, saying "It was a real delicate balancing act in terms of what music worked to preserve that." This was his first collaboration with Mendes, and he would go on to score all of the director's subsequent films except for the comedy-drama Away We Go, which featured songs instead of a score. He received a fourth Oscar nomination for this score, and although he lost again (to John Corigliano for The Red Violin), he did receive a Grammy and a BAFTA.
His critical and commercial success has continued in the following years with his scores for films such as Meet Joe Black, The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In the Bedroom and The Salton Sea. He was nominated consecutively for a further three Academy Awards, for Road to Perdition (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). However, he lost on each occasion to Elliot Goldenthal (for Frida), Howard Shore (for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (for Finding Neverland) respectively.
He was again nominated for an Oscar for scoring Steven Soderbergh's The Good German (2006). At the Oscar ceremony, he appeared in the opening segment by Errol Morris, who jokingly stated that Newman had been nominated for and failed to win an Oscar eight times. Newman replied: "No, I've failed seven but this will be my eighth", and indeed, he again lost, this time to Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel.
His first score since The Good German was for the 2008 animated film WALL-E, collaborating for the second time with director Andrew Stanton (with the first collaboration being Finding Nemo). The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (as had Nemo). Newman received two Oscar nominations: one for Best Original Score, and another for Best Original Song for "Down to Earth", which he co-wrote with Peter Gabriel. He was nominated in the Original Score category with two other veteran composers, James Newton-Howard and Danny Elfman, both of whom have also been nominated for several Oscars but each time unsuccessfully. Newman lost both the score and song nominations to A R Rahman for his work on Slumdog Millionaire. He and Peter Gabriel did however win a Grammy for "Down to Earth".
In 2008, Newman scored Towelhead and Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road and in 2009 he scored Brothers. In 2011 he scored The Help, The Debt, The Iron Lady, and The Adjustment Bureau.
In 2012, Newman scored The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. He also scored the 23rd James Bond movie Skyfall, directed by his longtime collaborator Sam Mendes, which celebrates the film franchise's 50th anniversary. His work on this film earned him his eleventh Oscar nomination and a second BAFTA win. During 2013, he scored Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects and Saving Mr. Banks. The latter score was very well received by film music critics, earning Newman BAFTA and Oscar nominations for the second consecutive year, both of which he lost to Steven Price for Gravity.
Newman's 2014 projects included The Judge and Get on Up. He scored 2015's The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, marking the first time Newman has scored a sequel to a film he also wrote the score for.
In 2016, Newman scored the motion picture Passengers starring Andy Garcia, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.
Newman likes to vary the instrumentation in his scores, ranging from full orchestra to percussion-only music. He is also fond of incorporating unusual instruments such as the zither, hurdy-gurdy, psaltery and hammered dulcimer, or unexpected sounds, like Aboriginal chants and the chirping of cicadas. The composer declared that he has "an interest in mundane experimentation."
Beyond The Sea
Thomas Newman Lyrics
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Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing
Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
It's far beyond a star
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just like before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
And we'll meet, I know we'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
No more sailing
So long, sailing, sailing, sailing
Goodbye, farewell, my friend, no more sailing
So long, sailing, no more sailing
No more, farewell
Auf Wiedersehen to you
No more sailing
No more
Oh, no more sailing
No more, no more
No more sailing
No more, one more time
No more sailing
The song "Beyond The Sea" is a romantic and hopeful tune about a sailor who dreams of reuniting with his lover across the sea, and believes that the power of his heart will guide him to her. The lyrics are full of vivid imagery, painting a picture of a golden beach and a ship sailing towards the horizon. The sailor imagines himself soaring through the air like a bird, directly into the waiting arms of his beloved. He speaks of his certainty that they will meet beyond the shore, and that they will be happy together forevermore. The song ends with a series of goodbyes to sailing and a final assertion that love will be enough to always guide them back to each other.
Overall, the lyrics to "Beyond The Sea" are a romantic and wistful ode to the power of love and the desire to be reunited with one's soulmate. It speaks of the many obstacles that can stand in the way of true love, but ultimately insists that nothing can keep two people apart if their love is strong enough.
Line by Line Meaning
Somewhere beyond the sea
There is a place beyond the vast ocean.
Somewhere waiting for me
A person I long for waits for me there.
My lover stands on golden sands
The person waiting for me stands on a beautiful beach.
And watches the ships that go sailing
They watch the ships sail by, waiting for my arrival.
If I could fly like birds on high
I wish I could soar through the sky like a bird.
Then straight to her arms I'd go sailing
I would sail straight to their waiting arms.
It's far beyond a star
This place is farther than the farthest star in the sky.
It's near beyond the moon
Yet, it is also closer than the closest point on the moon.
I know beyond a doubt
I am absolutely certain that this is true.
My heart will lead me there soon
My heart will guide me to this place very soon.
We'll meet beyond the shore
We will reunite on the other side of the shoreline.
We'll kiss just like before
As we did before, we will kiss each other's lips.
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
In this place beyond the sea, we will be joyous and content.
And never again I'll go sailing
I will never again sail away from this special place.
Goodbye, farewell, my friend, no more sailing
Now, I say goodbye to my sailing adventures and life.
Auf Wiedersehen to you
I bid you farewell, my sailing adventures.
No more sailing
I will not be sailing anymore.
No more, farewell
I say farewell to sailing and leave it behind.
Oh, no more sailing
There will be no more sailing in my future.
No more, no more
I am done with sailing forever.
No more sailing
I will not be embarking on any more sailing adventures.
No more, one more time
I reiterate that there will be no more sailing, not even one last time.
No more sailing
This is my final farewell to sailing.
Lyrics © RAOUL BRETON EDITIONS, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: Albert Lasry, Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
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Beyond the Sea
Robbie Williams
Produced by Guy Chambers
Album: Swing When You’re Winning
Somewhere, beyond the sea
Somewhere waitin' for me...
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailin'
Somewhere, beyond the sea
She's there watchin' for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms, I'll go sailin'
It's far, beyond the stars
It's near, beyond the moon
I know, beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet, beyond the shore
We'll kiss just like before
Happy we will be beyond the sea
And never again, I'll go sailin'
[Instrumental interlude]
I know, beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
Oh we'll meet, I know we'll meet, beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we will be beyond the sea
And never again, I'll go sailin'
No more sailin'
So long, sailin', sailin'
No more sailin'
Goodbye, farewell, my friend
No more sailin'
So long, sailin'
No more sailin'
No more, farewell
Auf wiedersehen, adieu to ya and ya
No more sailing, no more
Oh, no more sailing
No more, no more
No more sailing
No more
One more time
No more sailing...
Written by: Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet Albert Lasry
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Ambipie
One of the most terrifying Pixar movies. And yet, you can fall asleep to it. It's like a fishtank
The Lightning McQueen Fanatic
Probably because of Bruce.
Zachary Loizides
@The Lightning McQueen Fanatic
What How’d You Know That
Blue Azure
@The Lightning McQueen Fanaticand the first scene
Purple Lucky Dragon 9000
@Blue Azure "Or it's probably cause the Ocean is a beautiful and scary place."
Zachary Loizides
@Purple Lucky Dragon 9000
What You 4 Talking About I Was Here Too Don’t Interrupt 👌
Garrett Wilson
When my sisters and I were little, my mom would tuck us in with a glass of chocolate milk next to my bed, and play this movie for us.
God
i still do that (im a kid)
Brayden Fletcher
@God Enjoy it! Being in your 20s has some terrific things but I miss watching my favourite movie after getting tucked in by one of my parents!
Pugnacious Productions
@Buzzy Trombone it isn’t the same/