The Newton Brothers

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The Newton Brothers
OriginUnited States
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Film composer, orchestrator, arranger
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • cello
  • piano
Years active2007–present
Members
  • John Andrew Grush
  • Taylor Newton Stewart
Website thenewtonbrothers.com

John Andrew Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart, known collectively as The Newton Brothers, are American film score composers, record producers, conductors, and multi-instrumentalists. Their works include scores for several films with director Mike Flanagan, having composed for every project of his since Oculus (2013), and various other films and television series. Despite the name, they are not related. [1]

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Biography

Early on in their lives both Andy and Taylor were inspired to combine music and visuals and seek a career in film composition. They are both accomplished musicians and multi-instrumentalists who can play piano, guitar, bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, saxophone, harmonica, percussion, organ, kazoo and cello. Together they apprenticed under Hans Zimmer and co-scored with Danny Elfman on the Mike Flanagan thriller Before I Wake. [2]

The Newton Brothers have been scoring feature films together for over a decade, catching their big break scoring Tony Kaye's acclaimed drama, Detachment , which starred and was produced by Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody. [3] In 2013 they began their work in horror films with Mike Flanaghan and Blumhouse Productions including Oculus , which The Irish Times said, "Andy and Taylor Newton's dynamic combination of simple melodic fragments, aleatory noise (broken glass, metal scrapes) and a solemn choir gradually inject the seriously spooky Oculus with nerve-shredding suspense and skin-crawling dread," [4] and Ouija: Origin of Evil . [5] They have since gone on to score multiple horror genre projects for film and television.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

YearTitleDirector(s)Studio
2010

High School

John Stalberg Jr. Anchor Bay Films
2011 Detachment Tony Kaye Tribeca Film
Magic Man Stuart Cooper Raskin Productions/Hollywood Storm
Revolucion Rodrigo Garcia Canana Films/Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia/Mantarraya Producciones
2012Diving NormalKristjan ThorRound One Production
2013 Catch Hell Ryan Phillippe Palm Star Media/Twisted Pictures
Hair Brained Billy KentLove Lane Pictures
Pawn Shop Chronicles Wayne Kramer Anchor Bay Films
Proxy Zach ParkerAlong The Tracks/FSC Productions
Chloe and Theo Ezna SandsArctica Films
2014 Careful What You Wish For Liz Allen Starz
Life of Crime Dan SchecterLionsgate/Roadside Attractions
Oculus Mike Flanagan Relativity
See No Evil 2 The Soska Sisters Lionsgate
The Prince Brian A. Miller
The Road Within Gren Wells Troika
2015 Before I Wake Mike FlanaganRelativity
Chasing Life VariousABC
The Runner Austin Stark Alchemy
Vendetta The Soska SistersLionsgate
2016 Amateur Night Lisa Addario & Joe SyracuseCinedigm
Blood in the WaterBen Cummings & Orson CummingsLevel 33 Entertainment/SSS Entertainment/levelFILM
Hush Mike Flanagan Blumhouse
Ouija: Origin of Evil Universal Pictures/Blumhouse
Urge Aaron Kaufman Lionsgate
2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency VariousBBC
Gerald's Game Mike Flanagan Netflix
Inversion Zach Parker
Open Water 3: Cage Dive Gerald Rescionato Lionsgate
The Bye Bye Man Stacy Title STX
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades Steven C. Miller Lionsgate
Falling Water VariousUniversal / USA
Into the Dark Paul Davis Blumhouse / Hulu
The Haunting of Hill House Mike Flanagan Paramount, Netflix, Amblin, Intrepid
2019 Mary Michael Goi RLJE Films
Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan Warner Bros. Pictures
Line of Duty Steven C. Miller Saban Films, Lionsgate
2020 The Grudge Nicolas Pesce Sony Pictures Releasing
The Haunting of Bly Manor Mike Flanagan Paramount, Netflix, Amblin, Intrepid
2020-2021 The Walking Dead: World Beyond VariousSkybound Entertainment, AMC Studios
2021 The God Committee Austin StarkCrystal City Entertainment, Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures
The Forever Purge Everardo GoutUniversal Pictures
Midnight Mass Mike Flanagan Netflix
2021–present Joe Pickett Various Spectrum Originals
2022 The Midnight Club Mike Flanagan Netflix
2023 The Fall of the House of Usher Netflix, Intrepid
2023–present Goosebumps Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller Disney+, Hulu
2023 Five Nights at Freddy's Emma Tammi Universal Pictures/Blumhouse
2024-present X-Men '97 Jake Castorena and Chase Conley Disney+

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