Composer Thomas Newman, brought into the 007 fold by Sam Mendes for Skyfall, was born on 20th October 1955 in Los Angeles, replacing house composer David Arnold.
Newman has a long history with Mendes, scoring the director’sĀ first feature film American Beauty, followed by Road to Perdition, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road and has many more feature film credits dating back to 1984 with Reckless.