American film score composer.

He won a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for the Disney film WALL-E and a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media for American Beauty. 

Thomas newman won and Emmy award for: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music and won two Grammy awards for: Best Instrumental Composition & arrangement for title theme, all composed on a PMC IB1S monitoring system for the hit US show Six Feet Under.