List of awards and nominations received by Thomas Newman

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

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Best Original Score	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated	[1]
		Little Women	Nominated
1995	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Unstrung Heroes	Nominated	[2]
1999	Best Original Score	American Beauty	Nominated	[3]
2002		Road to Perdition	Nominated	[4]
2003		Finding Nemo	Nominated	[5]
2004		Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Nominated	[6]
2006		The Good German	Nominated	[7]
2008		WALL-E	Nominated	[8]
	Best Original Song	"Down to Earth" from WALL-E	Nominated
2012	Best Original Score	Skyfall	Nominated	[9]
2013		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated	[10]
2015		Bridge of Spies	Nominated	[11]
2016		Passengers	Nominated	[12]
2019		1917	Nominated	[13]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1999	Best Original Music	American Beauty	Won	[14]
2008		WALL-E	Nominated	[14]
2012		Skyfall	Won	[14]
2013		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated	[14]
2015		Bridge of Spies	Nominated	[14]
2019		1917	Nominated	[14]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1991	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Against the Law	Nominated	[15]
2002		Six Feet Under	Won	[16]
2019		Castle Rock	Nominated	[17]
2024		Feud: Capote vs. The Swans	Nominated	[18]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	American Beauty	Nominated	[19]
2008	Best Original Song – Motion Picture	"Down to Earth" from WALL-E	Nominated	[19]
2011		"The Living Proof" from The Help	Nominated	[19]
2019	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	1917	Nominated	[19]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated
1997	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Unstrung Heroes	Nominated
2001	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	American Beauty	Won
2003	Best Instrumental Composition for Title Theme	Six Feet Under	Won
	Best Instrumental Arrangement for Title Theme		Won
2005	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Angels in America	Nominated
2009	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	WALL-E	Nominated
	Best Song Written for Visual Media	"Down to Earth" [a] (from WALL-E)	Won
	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"Define Dancing" [b] (from WALL-E)	Won
2014	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Skyfall	Won
2015		Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated
2017		Bridge of Spies	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Composition for End Title		Nominated
2021	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	1917	Nominated

Miscellaneous 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
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
		Best Original Score of the Year		Nominated

Notes

1. (with Peter Gabriel
2. with Peter Gabriel

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