Thomas Newman

Composer

1955-10-20

Quotes by Thomas Newman

• After the music that had been created by my family, I thought there was no way I could stack up.

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• 'The Starship Avalon' is perpetually mobile. The music is designed to give the impression of endless sleep and endless journey with a significant interruption that guides the story that follows. It's color and pulse followed by great size.

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• I first came to Abbey Road Studios in 1994. I scored 'Little Women' there. What I remember most about it was how hard it was to come to London from Los Angeles and conduct when you're jetlagged.

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• In animation, action is changing so quickly that there's really not a lot of suspended moments.

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• When you see an early edited version, you're not sure what it is. The movie is getting on its wobbly legs.

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• 'Sugarcoat the Galaxy' is inspired by color-inflected photographs of galaxies. It likens sounds to spun sugar and confection, wrapping static harmonies inside energy and pace.

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• There were moments in 'Malala,' I felt very moved by the storytelling, and 'pleased' would be the wrong word, but the music could be part of what moved me: that I was trying to contribute to something that was meaningful outside the realm of creative work but just more in terms of the world.

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