The Composers Roundtable
“We all have to somehow give directors the benefit of the doubt in terms of coming to the material. We’re saying: ‘Check this out. This may not work, but what do you think?’ ” says Thomas Newman (far left) photographed Dec. 5 at Acabar Restaurant and Lounge in Los Angeles with (from left) Alan Silvestri, Steven Price, Christophe Beck, Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman.