Composer Thomas Newman just picked up noms nine and 10 for writing the score and co-penning the song “Down to Earth” for “.” Seven of his previous nominations were for score: “Little Women” and “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994); “American Beauty” (1999); “Road to Perdition” (2002); “Finding Nemo” (2003); “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” (2004); and “The Good German” (2006). His other nod to date was for musical or comedy score for “Unstrung Heroes” (1995). Composer James Newton Howard earned nod No. 8 for his score for “Defiance.
” He has four previous bids for score: “The Prince of Tides” (1991); “The Fugitive” (1993); “The Village” (2004); and “Michael Clayton” (2007). He has another for musical or comedy score for “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1997). His other two bids were for co-writing songs for “Junior” (1994) and “One Fine Day” (1996).
