1 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 2 THE GREEN MILE 3 AMERICAN BEAUTY 4 MEN DON'T LEAVE 5 WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL 6 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 7 PAY IT FORWARD 8 RED CORNER 9 PHENOMENON 10 ROAD TO PERDITION 11 JARHEAD 12 SKYFALL 13 DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 14 THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE 15 LIGHT OF DAY
1 THE PLAYER 2 THE HORSE WHISPERER 3 BRIDGE OF SPIES 4 SCENT OF A WOMAN 5 ROAD TO PERDITION 6 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 7 LITTLE WOMEN 8 SKYFALL 9 SPECTRE 10 GUNG HO 11 FINDING NEMO 12 IRON LADY 13 WALL E 14 UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL 15 ERIN BROKOVICH
1 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 2 THE GREEN MILE 3 AMERICAN BEAUTY 4 MEN DON'T LEAVE 5 WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL 6 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 7 PAY IT FORWARD 8 RED CORNER 9 PHENOMENON 10 ROAD TO PERDITION 11 JARHEAD 12 SKYFALL 13 DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 14 THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE 15 LIGHT OF DAY
1 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 2 THE GREEN MILE 3 AMERICAN BEAUTY 4 MEN DON'T LEAVE 5 WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL 6 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 7 PAY IT FORWARD 8 RED CORNER 9 PHENOMENON 10 ROAD TO PERDITION 11 JARHEAD 12 SKYFALL 13 DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 14 THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE 15 LIGHT OF DAY
1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Finding Nemo 3. Real Genius 4. WALL-E 5. The Player 6. Skyfall 7. Finding Dory 8. Spectre 9. The Adjustment Bureau 10. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events 11. The Lost Boys 12. Dog 13. Saving Mr. Banks 14. The Help 15. The Great Outdoors
1 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 2 THE GREEN MILE 3 AMERICAN BEAUTY 4 MEN DON'T LEAVE 5 WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL 6 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 7 PAY IT FORWARD 8 RED CORNER 9 PHENOMENON 10 ROAD TO PERDITION 11 JARHEAD 12 SKYFALL 13 DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 14 THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE 15 LIGHT OF DAY
The Player American Beauty A Bridge of Spies Shawshank Redemption Summer’s End Fried Green Tomatoes Skyfall Road to Perdition Angels in America Finding Nemo Wall-E
If Zimmer and Goldsmith were a challenge, Thomas Newman is difficult. Being one of my least favourite score composers of recent years (unlike his illustrious father), I've scrawled through his IMDb "Composer" listing to find films I've seen.
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - enjoyable, emotional if totally ludicrous - The War (1994) - Kevin Costner is wonderful - The Green Mile (1999) - same as Shawshank - Erin Brockovich (2000) - not nearly as good as it should have been and made worse by the annoying film score - Road to Perdition (2002) - pretty good, could have been better - The Good German (2006) - TN's best score ... shame the film failed on so many levels - The Debt (2010) - a failure on all counts, so disappointing - The Adjustment Bureau (2011) - I recall enjoying this - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) - a great cast ... what a waste - Skyfall (2012) - the worst JB007 film ... by far ... destroyed my love of cinema, I haven't been since - Bridge of Spies (2015) - okay .. as a TV movie - Spectre (2015) - far better than Skyfall but that's not saying much, awful score once again
12 ... that's about it. Top film ... choice between Shawshank and Green Mile simply because they pulled the heart strings. Worst ... easily Skyfall for destroying my love of cinema and JB007 ... and the score was a major (but not most significant) contributor.
I think Thomas Newman is a great composer. Here are his top scores in my opinion. Skyfall Road To Perdition Little Women Good German Meet Joe Black Wall-E Cinderella Man Green Mile Passengers Horse Whisperer Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Bridge of Spies