[Thor Joachim Haga]

When listening through my Newman collection, or any composer’s filmography, for that matter, I find it interesting when the shifts occur. First those lovely, moody synth affairs (well mostly synths, anyway) with DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE, LESS THAN ZERO, WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL, THOSE SECRETS and JOSH & SAM, and then….BOOM!….1994 comes along with LITTLE WOMEN, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and THE WAR – all with their warmer or quirkier Americana sound, which would define many more of his works in the 90s.