From Academy Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning composer Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Skyfall) comes his first-ever original ballet score, inspired by the classic John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men and composed for The Joffrey Ballet's critically acclaimed 2022 production choreographed by Cathy Marston. Newman's music evokes themes of loneliness and the aspiration for a new life, even in the face of incredible hardship.