The Green Mile (1999) Soundtrack: Coffey On The Mile Composer: Thomas Newman Director: Frank Darabont Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Morse Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 23 nominations Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery Country: USA Language: English | French Release Date: 10 December 1999 (USA) Runtime: 189 min Budget: $60,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: $18,017,152 (USA) (12 December 1999) (2875 Screens) Gross: $136,801,374 (USA) (14 May 2000) Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures Storyline Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930s, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift. Thomas Newman Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his many film scores. He is one of the most respected and recognized composers for modern film and has scored over fifty feature films in a career which spans nearly three decades. Newman has received a total of ten Academy Award nominations, although as of 2011, he has yet to win the award. He has also won a BAFTA, two Grammys, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe. Newman was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the 2000 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Newman was educated at Yale University, and began his film-scoring career in 1984 with his score for Reckless. His breakthrough came in 1994, when he earned two Academy Award nominations for his scores to Little Women and The Shawshank Redemption; he was the only double-nominee that year, although he lost to Hans Zimmer for The Lion King. He received his third Academy Award nomination in 1996 for the score to Diane Keatons comedy Unstrung Heroes, but again lost, this time to Alan Menken for Pocahontas. In 1999, Newman composed the score to Sam Mendes first feature film American Beauty, created using mainly percussion instruments. Newman believed the score helped move the film along without disturbing the moral ambiguity of the script, saying It was a real delicate balancing act in terms of what music worked to preserve that. This was his first collaboration with Mendes, and he would go on to score all of the directors subsequent films except for Away We Go. He received a fourth Oscar nomination for this score, and although he lost again (to John Corigliano for The Red Violin), he did receive a Grammy and a BAFTA. His critical and commercial success has continued in recent years with his scores for films such as The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In the Bedroom, and The Salton Sea. He was nominated consecutively for a further three Academy Awards, for Road to Perdition (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), and Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). However, he lost on each occasion, to Elliot Goldenthal (for Frida), Howard Shore (for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (for Finding Neverland) respectively. He was again nominated for an Oscar for scoring Steven Soderberghs The Good German (2006). At the Oscar ceremony, he appeared in the opening segment by Errol Morris, who jokingly stated that Newman had been nominated for and failed to win an Oscar eight times. Newman replied: No, Ive failed seven but this will be my eighth, and indeed, he again lost, this time to Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel. His first score since The Good German was for the 2008 animated film WALL-E, collaborating for the second time with director Andrew Stanton (with the first collaboration being Finding Nemo). The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (as had Nemo). Newman received two Oscar nominations: one for Best Original Score, and another for Best Original Song for Down to Earth, which he co-wrote with Peter Gabriel. He was nominated in the Original Score category with two other veteran composers, James Newton-Howard and Danny Elfman, both of whom have also been nominated for several Oscars but each time unsuccessfully. Newman lost both the score and song nominations to A R Rahman for his work on Slumdog Millionaire. He and Peter Gabriel did however win a Grammy for Down to Earth. During 2008 Newman also scored Towelhead and Sam Mendes Revolutionary Road. He scored Brothers in 2009. Newmans scores of 2011 include The Help, Great Hope Springs, John Maddens The Debt and The Adjustment Bureau. Awards & nominations Newman has received a total of ten Academy Award nominations, however as of 2010 he has yet to win the award, making him the most nominated living composer to have never won an Oscar, and behind Alex North, who received 14 unsuccessful nominations. Nine of his nominations are in the Best Original Score category, while one is for Best Original Song. Regarding his losing Oscar streak, Newman stated, Losing makes you strong. I like being the underdog. He has also received one Golden Globe nomination for 1999s American Beauty, but did not win, as well as six Grammy nominations and two wins. Filmography Great Hope Springs (pre-production) 2011 The Help (completed) 2011 The Adjustment Bureau 2010 La siesta de Jacinto (short) 2010/I The Debt 2009/I Brothers 2009 Autumn of Youth (short) (music by) 2008 Revolutionary Road 2008 WALL·E 2007 Nothing Is Private 2006 The Good German 2006 Little Children 2005 Jarhead 2005 La femme dans la chambre (short) 2005 Cinderella Man 2004 Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption (video documentary short) 2004 Six Feet Under (TV series) – Bomb Shelter (2004) 2004 A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - A Woeful World (video documentary) (original score by) 2004 A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - Costumes and Other Suspicious Disguises (documentary short) (original score by) 2003 Angels in America (TV mini-series) – Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly (2003) – Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving! (2003) – Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, Im in Heaven (2003) – Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News (2003) – Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger (2003) 2003 Finding Nemo 2002 White Oleander 2002 Road to Perdition 2002 The Salton Sea 2002 The Execution of Wanda Jean (documentary) 2001 In the Bedroom 2000 Pay It Forward 2000 My Khmer Heart (documentary) 2000 Walking the Mile (video documentary short) 2000 Erin Brockovich 1999 The Green Mile 1999 American Beauty 1998 Meet Joe Black 1998 The Horse Whisperer 1997 Oscar and Lucinda 1997 Red Corner 1997 Mad City 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 American Buffalo 1996 Phenomenon 1996 Up Close & Personal 1995 How to Make an American Quilt 1995 Unstrung Heroes 1994 Little Women 1994 The War 1994 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 The Favour 1994 Threesome 1993 Josh and S.A.M. 1993 Flesh and Bone 1992 Scent of a Woman 1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie) 1992 Whispers in the Dark 1992 The Player (music by) 1992 Those Secrets (TV movie) 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 1991 Deceived 1991 The Rapture 1991 The Linguini Incident 1991 Career Opportunities 1990 Naked Tango 1990 Against the Law (TV series) 1990 Heat Wave (TV movie) 1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 Men Dont Leave 1990 Rhythm Nation 1814 (short) 1989 Cookie 1988 The Great Outdoors 1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania 1987 Less Than Zero 1987 The Lost Boys 1987 Light of Day 1986 Jumpin Jack Flash 1985-1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series) – The Creeper (1986) – The Human Interest Story (1985) 1986 Gung Ho 1985 Amazing Stories (TV series) – Santa 85 (1985) 1985 Summers End (short) 1985 Real Genius 1985 The Man with One Red Shoe 1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan (music by) 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. 1984 Revenge of the Nerds 1984 Reckless 1984 The Seduction of Gina (TV movie) 1978 The Paper Chase (TV series) https://youtube/watch?v=S5Lwy3nVg1I
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