These transcriptions were made for my essay "American Beauty : Three Levels of Representation in Thomas Newman's Score", in which I analysed the score. During the research work I made on this film, I noticed that the film works on three different layers which are thoroughly followed by Newman's score. These are: the representation of real elements, such as geographical and social characteristics, the representation of the surreal, that is Lester Burnham's daydreams and sexual