List of awards and nominations received by Thomas Newman

This is a list of awards and nominations received by the American film composer Thomas Newman.

As of 2020, Newman has received a total of fifteen Academy Award nominations, however, he has yet to win the award, making him the most nominated living composer to have never won an Oscar, equal to Alex North, who also received 15 unsuccessful nominations. Fourteen of his nominations are in the Best Original Score category, whilst one is for Best Original Song.

He has also received four Golden Globe nominations including two for Best Original Score for 1999's American Beauty and 2019's 1917 and two for Best Original Song, as well as eight Grammy nominations and six wins.

Major associations

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.^[1] Newman has been nominated for fifteen awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
1995	Best Original Score	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated	^[2]
1995	Best Original Score	Little Women	Nominated
1996	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Unstrung Heroes	Nominated
2000	Best Original Score	American Beauty	Nominated
2003		Road to Perdition	Nominated
2004		Finding Nemo	Nominated
2005		Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Nominated
2007		The Good German	Nominated
2009		WALL-E	Nominated
2009	Best Original Song	"Down to Earth" from WALL-E	Nominated
2013	Best Original Score	Skyfall	Nominated
2014		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated
2016		Bridge of Spies	Nominated
2017		Passengers	Nominated
2020		1917	Nominated

BAFTA Film Awards

The BAFTA Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.^[3] Newman has received two awards from six nominations.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
British Academy Film Awards
2000	Best Original Music	American Beauty	Won	^[4]
2009		WALL-E	Nominated
2013		Skyfall	Won
2014		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated
2016		Bridge of Spies	Nominated
2020		1917	Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
Primetime Emmy Awards
1991	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Against the Law	Nominated	^[5]
2002		Six Feet Under	Won
2019		Castle Rock	Nominated
2024		Feud: Capote vs. The Swans	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.^[6] Newman has received four nominations.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2000	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	American Beauty	Nominated	^[7]
2009	Best Original Song – Motion Picture	"Down to Earth" from WALL-E	Nominated
2012	Best Original Song – Motion Picture	"The Living Proof" from The Help	Nominated
2020	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	1917	Nominated

Other awards

Award	Year	Category	Project	Outcome
Annie Award	2004	Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production	Finding Nemo	Won
Classical Brit Award	2010	Soundtrack of the Year	Revolutionary Road	Won
Grammy Award	1995	Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated
	1997	Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television	Unstrung Heroes	Nominated
	2001	Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media	American Beauty	Won
	2003	Best Instrumental Composition for Title Theme	Six Feet Under	Won
	2003	Best Instrumental Arrangement for Title Theme	Six Feet Under	Won
	2005	Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Angels in America	Nominated
	2009	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	WALL-E	Nominated
		Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"		Won
		Best Instrumental Arrangement (with Peter Gabriel) for Score Track, "Define Dancing"		Won
	2014	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Skyfall	Won
	2015		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated
	2017		Bridge of Spies	Nominated
	2017	Best Instrumental Composition for End Title	Bridge of Spies	Nominated
	2021	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	1917	Nominated
Saturn Awards	1999	Best Film Music	Meet Joe Black	Nominated
	2000	Best Film Music	The Green Mile	Nominated
	2004	Best Film Music	Finding Nemo	Nominated
	2017	Best Film Music	Passengers	Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards	2003	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year	Road to Perdition	Nominated
	2005	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Nominated
	2008	Best Original Song Written Directly for Film (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth"	WALL-E	Won
	2008	Best Original Score of the Year	WALL-E	Nominated

References

^ "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^ "Browser Unsupported - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences".
^ Newcomb, Horace (February 19, 2019). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
^ "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards".
^ "Thomas Newman".
^ "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ "Thomas Newman".

[1] "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[2] "Browser Unsupported - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences".

[3] Newcomb, Horace (February 19, 2019). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.

[4] "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards".

[5] "Thomas Newman".

[6] "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

[7] "Thomas Newman".

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Accolades
Soundtracks	Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Scent of a Woman (1992) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) American Beauty (1999) Road to Perdition (2002) Finding Nemo (2003) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) The Good German (2006) WALL-E (2008) The Help (2011) The Iron Lady (2011) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) Skyfall (2012) Saving Mr. Banks (2013) He Named Me Malala (2015) Bridge of Spies (2015) Spectre (2015) 1917 (2019) Let Them All Talk (2020) Elemental (2023)
Singles	"Down to Earth" (2008) "The Living Proof" (2011) "Steal the Show" (2023)
See also	Music of James Bond
Related	Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Maria Newman Randy Newman