The Newton Brothers

American music composion team

The Newton Brothers
Origin	United 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 active	2007–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]

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

2016: BloodGuts UK Horror Awards, Nominated Best Soundtrack/Score for Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
2015: Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, 2nd place Best Score for Oculus (2013)^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director(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
2012	Diving Normal	Kristjan Thor	Round One Production
2013	Catch Hell	Ryan Phillippe	Palm Star Media/Twisted Pictures
	Hair Brained	Billy Kent	Love Lane Pictures
	Pawn Shop Chronicles	Wayne Kramer	Anchor Bay Films
	Proxy	Zach Parker	Along The Tracks/FSC Productions
	Chloe and Theo	Ezna Sands	Arctica Films
2014	Careful What You Wish For	Liz Allen	Troika Pictures/Hyde Park Entertainment/Merced Media Partners/Amasia Entertainment/Roberi Media
	Life of Crime	Dan Schecter	Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
	Oculus	Mike Flanagan	Relativity
	See No Evil 2	The Soska Sisters	Lionsgate
	The Prince	Brian A. Miller	Lionsgate
	The Road Within	Gren Wells	Troika
2015	Before I Wake	Mike Flanagan	Relativity
	Chasing Life	Various	ABC
	The Runner	Austin Stark	Alchemy
	Vendetta	The Soska Sisters	Lionsgate
2016	Amateur Night	Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse	Cinedigm
	Blood in the Water	Ben Cummings & Orson Cummings	Level 33 Entertainment/SSS Entertainment/levelFILM
	Hush	Mike Flanagan	Blumhouse
	Ouija: Origin of Evil	Mike Flanagan	Universal Pictures/Blumhouse
	Urge	Aaron Kaufman	Lionsgate
2017	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Various	BBC
	Gerald's Game	Mike Flanagan	Intrepid Pictures
	Inversion	Zach Parker	Noori 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	Various	Universal/USA
	Into the Dark	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
2020	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	Various	Skybound Entertainment, AMC Studios
2021	The God Committee	Austin Stark	Crystal 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
2022	The Midnight Club	Mike Flanagan	Intrepid Pictures
2023	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 and Chase Conley	Disney+/Marvel Studios Animation

References

^ King, Darryn (January 6, 2020). "These Composers Are Maestros of Menace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ Hannett, Michelle (January 10, 2017). "The Newton Brothers Haunting Score for "The Bye Bye Man" Available on Sony Classical Records". We Are Movie Geeks.
^ "Detachment: Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ Clarke, Jocelyn (June 13, 2014). "The Newton Brothers: Oculus". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ Lincoln, Ross A. (October 23, 2016). "'Ouija: Origin of Evil': The Newton Brothers Talk Their Horror Film Score". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ 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.