Erin Brockovich is a contemporary music score performed by 8 musicians, including Newman himself on piano. The name of the musicians and the instruments are listed at the bottom of the page. Upon reading the list, you probably already have some ideas what the score sounds like. The first time I heard the score, it reminds me a lot of Unstrung Heroes, one of four Newman's Oscar nominations. So I pull out the insert of Unstrung Heroes and had a look. I found, not surprisingly, few of the musicians below also contributed in Unstrung Heroes. Although Erin Brockovich and Unstrung Heroes are the only contemporary score of his that I know, I am sure he has other similar scores. Compare to Unstrung Heroes, Erin Brockovich sounds less stranger and a little funckier. The opening track "Useless" somewhat has a theme that appears several timesin the score. It's like a acid jazz tune and it reminds me of John Lurie's music for Get Shorty a lot. The rhythm is quite catchy. The soft piano track "Miss Wichita" is one of the very few cues that sound like the romantic Newman. The score does not really have any other dominant themes. It sounds like a impromptu score (but I am sure isn't). Also, out of the 21 score tracks, only two are longer than 2 minutes. So you can tell none of them have chance to be played around more. They just come and go.