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Comment: Thomas Newman, the guy who did the soundtracks for Six Feet
Under, American Beauty, Lost Boys etc - I keep hearing that he's actually
Thomas Dolby . Limewire users seem to agree on that too. But I read an
article about Dolby in the last few months about his tech business in the
states, and he made no mention of his movie soundtrack career. IS Thomas
Newman actually Thomas Dolby??

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IMDb.com has different listings for each man:
Thomas Dolby
Thomas Newman
In addition, they both have different spouse names, were born in different years and Dolby was UK born where Newman is a Californian. So I would say nope, they're not the same person.

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Just find a recording of his voice - if it plays with a slightly reduced hiss, he's yer man! [lol]

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quote:
Originally posted by Jay Tea:
Just find a recording of his voice - if it plays with a slightly reduced hiss, he's yer man! [lol]

Are you, sir, attempting to blind us with science?

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quote:
Originally posted by snopes:
Comment: Thomas Newman, the guy who did the soundtracks for Six Feet Under, American Beauty, Lost Boys etc - I keep hearing that he's actually
Thomas Dolby . Limewire users seem to agree on that too.

Limewire users also believe that every picture of a naked woman is Christina Aguilera [Roll Eyes]

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