Tolkien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Thomas Newman

• 1 Dragons 01:16
• 2 Impecunious Circumstances 01:26
• 3 The Great War 01:42
• 4 The TCBS 02:48
• 5 White As Bone 03:29
• 6 John Ronald 01:33
• 7 Vinátta (Friendship) 00:42
• 8 Rugby 00:49
• 9 Kings and Queens 01:25
• 10 Army of the Dead 01:48
• 11 Lúthien Tinúviel 01:45
• 12 "A Good Man in the Dirt" 02:45
• 13 Dutch Courage 01:46
• 14 Sunlit 01:15
• 15 Starlit 02:26
• 16 Everything That's Good 01:18
• 17 Geoffrey 01:21
• 18 Eik (Oak) 01:37
• 19 The Ascanius 01:53
• 20 Black Rider 03:21
• 21 Scuppered (Ancient Things) 02:17
• 22 Other Sorts of Scars 02:51
• 23 Dark Magic 01:17
• 24 Fellowship 05:06
• 25 Helheimr (End Crawl) 03:30
• Total Runtime 51:26

Info for Tolkien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Thomas Newman recorded his score for the upcoming biographical drama Tolkien. The film is directed by Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts and Colm Meaney. The movie tells the story of author J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Ringsbooks, as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school and serves as a British soldier in World War I. David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford (Pride) wrote the screenplay. Peter Chernin (War for the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion), Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures, The Greatest Showman) and David Ready (Red Sparrow) are producing the project for Chernin Entertainment, alongside Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt) for Archery Pictures.

Thomas Newman
is an American composer and is widely acclaimed as one of today’s most prominent composers for film, having scored more than 80 film and television projects, earning 14 Oscar nominations and 6 Grammy Awards. Born in Los Angeles, his father was notable film composer Alfred Newman (1900-1970). He studied composition and orchestration at USC, and completed his academic work at Yale University. He early mentors included the noted film composer David Raksin, and legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim.

A turning point in Newman’s career took place while he was working as a musical assistant on the 1984 film Reckless, for which he ultimately was promoted to the position of composer. Since then, he has contributed distinctive and evocative scores to numerous acclaimed films including Desperately Seeking Susan, The Lost Boys, The Rapture, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Player, Scent of a Woman, Flesh and Bone, The Shawshank Redemption, Little Women, American Buffalo, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, Oscar and Lucinda, The Horse Whisperer, Meet Joe Black, American Beauty, The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In The Bedroom, Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Cinderella Man, Jarhead, Little Children, The Good German, Revolutionary Road and Wall-E. His most recent projects include The Debt, The Adjustment Bureau, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Skyfall, Spectre, Side Effects, Saving Mr. Banks, The Judge, Finding Dory, Passengers and Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. Newman also composed the music for HBO’s acclaimed 6-hour miniseries Angels in America directed by Mike Nichols. He received an Emmy Award for his theme for the HBO original series Six Feet Under.

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