Awards & Nominations
Newman has received a total of ten Academy Award nominations, however as of 2012 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.
His first major successes for which he was recognised, 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 Keaton's comedy Unstrung Heroes, but again lost, this time to Alan Menken for Pocahontas.
He has also received three Golden Globe nominations including one for Best Original Score for 1999's American Beauty and two for Best Original Song, as well as nine Grammy nominations and five wins.
| Award | Year | Category | Project | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | 1995 | Best Music, Original Score | Little Women | Nominated |
| Best Music, Original Score | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated | ||
| 1996 | Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score | Unstrung Heroes' | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Best Music, Original Score | American Beauty | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Best Music, Original Score | Road to Perdition | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Best Music, Original Score | Finding Nemo | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score | The Good German | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score | WALL-E | Nominated | |
| Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth" | Nominated | |||
| Annie Award | 2004 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production | Finding Nemo | Won |
| BAFTA Award | 2000 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | American Beauty | Won |
| 2009 | Best Music | WALL-E | Nominated | |
| Classical Brit Award | 2010 | Soundtrack of the Year | Revolutionary Road | Won |
| Emmy Award | 1991 | Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music | Against the Law | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Six Feet Under | Won | |
| Golden Globe Award | 2000 | Best Original Score - Motion Picture | American Beauty | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Original Song - Motion Picture (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth" | WALL-E | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Best Original Song - Motion Picture (with Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas) for "The Living Proof" | The Help | Nominated | |
| Grammy Award | 1995 | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Unstrung Heroes | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media | American Beauty | Won | |
| 2003 | Best Instrumental Composition for Title Theme | Six Feet Under | Won | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement for Title Theme | Six Feet Under | Won | ||
| 2005 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Angels in America | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | WALL-E | Nominated | |
| Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (with Peter Gabriel) for "Down to Earth" | Won | |||
| Best Instrumental Arrangement (with Peter Gabriel) for Score Track, "Define Dancing" | Won | |||
| 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 |
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