Thomas Newman - Composer

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James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

EPISODE 56 - THOMAS NEWMAN - Composer

Team Deakins sits with Tom Newman, (1917, SKYFALL, WALL-E, AMERICAN BEAUTY), and learns lots about the world of the composer. He tells us about learning to be a collaborator, his experience with directors like Robert Altman and Sam Mendes, how he deals with last minute editorial changes after the music has been composed and the difference between composing for Live Action and Animation. He also speaks of working in television, how binge watching changed theme music on TV shows, the musical challenge on the film, 1917 and his feeling that creativity is chaotic. And that’s only scratching the surface of what we got into during the conversation! A great episode with a talented composer!

RECOMMENDED EPISODE VIEWING: 1917, Shawshank Redemption

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:11.2	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:16.5	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:20.5	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:25.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:31.0	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:35.0	This episode is sponsored by Ari, a company trusted by the world's top filmmakers
0:41.0	and known for its innovative advances.
0:44.0	2020 marks the 10th year of the Alexa, an industry standard for digital cameras.
0:50.0	This episode is sponsored by Autonomets Camera Rental, newly located in Culver City.
0:57.0	Auto Nemets is known for its premiere service and support to productions for 41 years.
1:04.0	Today we're excited to be talking to a film composer.
1:10.0	He's worked on far too many films to mention all of them. We've worked with him on six.
1:15.4	Some of his credits are 1917, Skyfall, Specter, Shawshank Redemption, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Iron Lady, to name a few, and he's also done scores for animation.
1:29.1	We're so pleased to have Tom Newman with us today.
1:35.0	Tommy, thank you for doing this with us. Oh, my pleasure.
1:36.0	Thank you.
1:37.0	Right.
1:38.0	We'll start with our usual question, which is,
1:41.0	how did you end up where you are now?
1:43.6	Is it something you always knew you wanted to do or did you find it later?
1:48.2	Tell us all.
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