Thomas Newman is the Kia Optima of film composers.

The golden retriever at the dog show. The plain cheese at the pizza shop. The angel food cake of desserts. The gas station coffee. The history teacher at the college. The square-chinned white guy of protagonists. The explosion in a Michael Bay film. The default forum avatar. The Mama Panda’s of Chinese takeout. The letter S in a game of Wheel of Fortune. The romantic subplot in season 3 of your favorite tv series. Henchman number five in Bond film. 2% milk.

In other words, he’s the Thomas Newman of film scoring.