Thomas Newman is known to be born in Los Angeles (California, the United States of America.) on the 20th of October in 1955. He comes from a family of famous musicians, so it is not a surprise that taking after his relatives Thomas had a good ear for music and made a decision to connect his future with music, and he really became rather successful in theis art.
Thomas Newman had a very good example to follow to get his music career started: his father, Alfred Newman, and his relatives Lionel and Emil Newman are known as very sophisticated composers and conductors of Hollywood. His brother David Newman and cousin Randy Newman are popular as singers and songwriters.
Thomas Newman showed an early interest in music. When a child he was taught to play the piano and violin. After that he spent two years studying music at the University of Southern California, and as a result he got a master's degree in music from Yale. He was a success at the University and was doing well living to his father’s high expectations.
Thomas Newman issued his debut single for cinematography in 1984, and his debut called Reckless was really successful. The musician became extremely popular both home and abroad. He was appreciated and highly valued by both musical critics and mass media, demanded by fans, and besides, considered to be one of the most selling musicians of his time.
Thomas Newman is also known for his score to Desperately Seeking Susan by Madonna (1985). That work made a great impact on his career and the musician became especially demanded, he was noticed by other producers and suggested to cooperate with other stars. In the middle of the 1980th Thomas Newman’s career was at its high point.
Thomas Newman is known for the musical theater project called Three Mean Fairy Tales in the very beginning of his career. Though it seemed like another musician Stephen Sondheim was doing better, Thomas Newman still was more perfect in something else: in the end of the 70th he succeeded in playing keyboards in a rock band called Innocents and in Tokyo 77.
Thomas Newman also tried his hand in cinematography: he orchestrated John Williams’s movie called Return of the Jedi. So in 1983 Thomas Newman became known not only as one of the most popular composers in Hollywood who composed for singers, but his masterpieces can be heard in some Hollywood movies, soundtracks to which became real hits and topped the charts.
