Legendary Composer Thomas Newman is hoping the 15th time will be the charm with his score for “ Victoria and Abdul ,” Stephen Frears ‘ new film about an unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria ( Judi Dench ) and a young Indian clerk named Abdul ( Ali Fazal ).

Newman has reaped an impressive 14 Oscar nominations throughout his lengthy career without a single win.

SEE Judi Dench on the ‘remarkable’ and controversial relationship between ‘Victoria and Abdul’ [WATCH] The prolific tunesmith received his first two Academy Award nominations in 1994 for “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Little Women.” He has competed 11 more times for score: “Unstrung Heroes” in 1995, “American Beauty” in 1999, “Road to Perdition” in 2002, “Finding Nemo” in 2003, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” in 2004, “The Good German” in 2006, “Wall-E” in 2008, “Skyfall” in 2012, “Saving Mr. Banks” in 2013, “Bridge of Spies” in 2015, and “Passengers” in 2016).

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