Top 10 Thomas Newman Scores

The score played a huge factor in me liking this movie as i couldn't believe how emotional invested i was because of what the music does where you can be happy and sad at the same time hearing the music in the background for the movie never mind listening to it on its own. The main theme for this movie i can only describe as genius and the score overall is my favorite Thomas Newman score and one of my favorite scores of all time.

The score i think highlights perfectly the feeling that not only what the characters are going through but what we should be going through with them. Specifically what comes to mind is a part of the movie where we see Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) making his way to prison as well as others and it has a haunting, dark tone to the score like it's the worst thing that could be happening at that point seeing the prison yard him understanding that this is the rest of his life. Called the "Stoic theme". And of course the classic ending that has hope finally pay off for Andy and Red (Morgan Freeman) brought me close to tears as you are happy for them. That part is basically the main theme/end titles track. Basically it is a great score for a great movie.

There isn't a lot of music in this but this just proves saying less can mean so much more than having the sweeping scores that Thomas Newman has done well but this works for the odd suburban world that we see in the movie. You have the scene where Ricky (Wes Bentley) is showing Jane (Thora Birch) a tape of plastic bag being blown by the wind and you hear mostly a simple piano melody and it basically says all it needs to say about the weirdness but also the beauty of the moment and it makes it one of my favorites as an impressive angle to take a score.

The score is just so moving, going with a lot of the moments that are not the easiest scenes to watch but the score takes you through the heartache and at the end it wraps up the feeling of wonder and magic that the film has without going overboard like it is still within a not so bright reality. A Moment of heartache is especially in the track "Coffey On The Mile".

i think what boosts this movie for me is the score being the best thing about it. It has the magical sweeping score moments as well as the intimate moments with the piano, making the romance and fantasy of everything more compelling. A track called "Whisper of a Thrill" has to be one of the most beautiful tracks I have ever heard i would check that out if you haven't.

The score had left me torn apart emotionally as i couldn't believe it was making me feel sorry for animated fish similar to how i felt about the Lion King but Finding Nemo hit on a very low key level where again the simplicity of certain moments with the piano just hit hard to what was happening so it immediately became one of my favorite Thomas Newman scores.

The score perfectly matches and boosts a great movie in showing the confusion and sadness that the couple played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are going through but it is done in such a rhythmic and interesting way that i end up enjoying it at the same time. So when it comes up i can't help but admire how great and complicated it is.

After i watched Band of Brothers i started paying attention to scores in TV series as i really loved that score and it is the same for the score in Angels in America with what i think is pure genius. Setting the tone every episode for big expectations for what is to come from the main title which automatically brings me in to looking forward to what happens. Also a great track that again a theme for Newman insights hope is "The Great Work Begins".

The sense of intrigue and curiosity that seems to be part of a theme for WALL.E is perfectly done i think from the bouncy theme it has on earth but also the wonder in space as we see him with EVE. The perfect track i think is called "Define Dancing"

I liked its use of just a lot of instruments in percussion, in strings and electronic instruments that are a clever spin on bringing all these different sounds together that when listening to the track "Drive Away" i was surprised in how many sounds were being used in i think the best way possible it had to go on my Top 10 Thomas Newman scores.