The Newton Brothers

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The Newton Brothers
OriginUnited States
Genres Film and television scores, ambient, electronic, EDM, synthwave, electronic rock, hard rock
Occupation(s)Film and television composers, conductors, record producers, multi-instrumentalists
Instruments Piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, clarinet, flute, saxophone, accordion, kazoo, cello
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, and multi-instrumentalists. Their works include scores for several films with director Mike Flanagan, having composed for every project of his since Oculus (2013), as well as 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 Grush and Stewart 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 the Mike Flanagan thriller Before I Wake with Danny Elfman. [2]

The Newton Brothers have been scoring feature films together for over a decade, breaking into the mainstream with their work on Tony Kaye's film Detachment . [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 AllenTroika Pictures/Hyde Park Entertainment/Merced Media Partners/Amasia Entertainment/Roberi Media
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 Intrepid Pictures
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
The Body Paul Davis Blumhouse Television
The Haunting of Hill House Mike Flanagan Paramount/Amblin/Intrepid Pictures
2019 Mary Michael Goi RLJE Films
Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan Warner Bros. Pictures
Line of Duty Steven C. Miller Saban Films/Lionsgate
The Grudge Nicolas Pesce Sony Pictures Releasing
2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor Mike Flanagan Paramount/Amblin/Intrepid Pictures
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 Gout Universal Pictures/Perfect World Pictures/Blumhouse
Midnight Mass Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures
2021–present Joe Pickett Various Spectrum Originals/Paramount+
2022 The Midnight Club Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures
2022-present The Devil's Hour Various Hartswood Films/Amazon Studios
2023 Prom Pact Anya Adams Disney Channel
The Fall of the House of Usher Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures
2023–present Goosebumps Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller Hulu/Disney+/Original Film/Scholastic Entertainment/Sony Pictures Television Studios
2023 Five Nights at Freddy's Emma Tammi Universal Pictures/Blumhouse
2024–present X-Men '97 Jake Castorena, Emi Yonemura, and Chase Conley Disney+/Marvel Studios Animation
2024 Shelby Oaks Chris Stuckmann Paper Street Pictures/Intrepid Pictures
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures
Werewolves Steven C. Miller Briarcliff Entertainment
2025 Daredevil: Born Again Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, David Boyd, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Disney+/Marvel Television

References

  1. King, Darryn (January 6, 2020). "These Composers Are Maestros of Menace". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  2. Hannett, Michelle (January 10, 2017). "The Newton Brothers Haunting Score for "The Bye Bye Man" Available on Sony Classical Records". We Are Movie Geeks.
  3. "Detachment: Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter . April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  4. Clarke, Jocelyn (June 13, 2014). "The Newton Brothers: Oculus". The Irish Times . Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  5. Lincoln, Ross A. (October 23, 2016). "'Ouija: Origin of Evil': The Newton Brothers Talk Their Horror Film Score". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  6. Gingold, Michael (June 1, 2015). "The 2015 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results!". Fangoria. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2021.