Alfred Newman
The production company where Alfred worked for 20 years
What is 20th Century Fox?
This was the job Newman held when he began working at 20th Century Fox.
What is a rehearsal pianist?
These are two Randy Newman films we watched in class.
What are Monsters Inc and Cars 3?
These are the three movies composed by Thomas that we watched in class.
What are Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, and Wall-E?
The name of the film we saw in class that he scored.
What is Ice Age?
This was one of Newman's most famous compositions.
What is the 20th Century Fox Fanfare?
These are some of the composers that Newman mentored.
Who are John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith (Dominic Frontiere and Pat Williams)?
He wrote music for this production company's first four films.
What is Pixar?
The word that best describes his earliest works.
What is electronic?
The piece he re-composed that his father originally wrote.
What is the 20th Century Fox Fanfare?
He created this as a means to synchronize the performance and recording of a musical score.
What is the Newman System?
What title was he promoted to later in his career?
What is Senior Vice President over all music?
This is how many times he was nominated for an Oscar without a win.
What is 15?
The word that best describes his later works.
What is traditional?
His favorite actor/director to work with
Who is Danny DeVito?
This was his Vaudeville stage name.
What is The Marvelous Boy Pianist?
This is how his personality was described (name 2).
What are his meanness and harsh tongue (wit and humor)?
The college Newman attended after high school.
What is UCLA?
The number of Oscars Thomas Newman has.
What is 0?
He became the President for this society in 2007.
What is the Film Music Society?
Newman is credited for bringing this type of sound to Hollywood
What is the Hollywood string sound?
This is how his personality is described (name 2).
What are his wit and humor (meanness and harsh tongue)?
The practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character.
What is an unreliable narrator?
Name the college he attended.
What is Yale?
He served as the Musical Director for this Institute for four years.
What is the Sundance Film Institute?