# The Newton Brothers

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.

## 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.
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. 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," and Ouija: Origin of Evil. 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)

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio |
| 2010 | High School | John Stalberg Jr. | Anchor Bay Films |
| 2011 | Detachment | Tony Kaye | Tribeca Film |
| 2011 | Magic Man | Stuart Cooper | Raskin Productions/Hollywood Storm |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2013 | Hair Brained | Billy Kent | Love Lane Pictures |
| 2013 | Pawn Shop Chronicles | Wayne Kramer | Anchor Bay Films |
| 2013 | Proxy | Zach Parker | Along The Tracks/FSC Productions |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | Life of Crime | Dan Schecter | Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions |
| 2014 | Oculus | Mike Flanagan | Relativity |
| 2014 | See No Evil 2 | The Soska Sisters | Lionsgate |
| 2014 | The Prince | Brian A. Miller | Lionsgate |
| 2014 | The Road Within | Gren Wells | Troika |
| 2015 | Before I Wake | Mike Flanagan | Relativity |
| 2015 | Chasing Life | Various | ABC |
| 2015 | The Runner | Austin Stark | Alchemy |
| 2015 | Vendetta | The Soska Sisters | Lionsgate |
| 2016 | Amateur Night | Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse | Cinedigm |
| 2016 | Blood in the Water | Ben Cummings & Orson Cummings | Level 33 Entertainment/SSS Entertainment/levelFILM |
| 2016 | Hush | Mike Flanagan | Blumhouse |
| 2016 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mike Flanagan | Universal Pictures/Blumhouse |
| 2016 | Urge | Aaron Kaufman | Lionsgate |
| 2017 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Various | BBC |
| 2017 | Gerald's Game | Mike Flanagan | Intrepid Pictures |
| 2017 | Open Water 3: Cage Dive | Gerald Rescionato | Lionsgate |
| 2017 | The Bye Bye Man | Stacy Title | STX |
| 2018 | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Steven C. Miller | Lionsgate |
| 2018 | Falling Water | Various | Universal/USA |
| 2018 | The Body | Paul Davis | Blumhouse Television |
| 2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Mike Flanagan | Paramount/Amblin/Intrepid Pictures |
| 2019 | Mary | Michael Goi | RLJE Films |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Mike Flanagan | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2019 | Line of Duty | Steven C. Miller | Saban Films/Lionsgate |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2021 | The Forever Purge | Everardo Gout | Universal Pictures/Perfect World Pictures/Blumhouse |
| 2021 | 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 |
| 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, Emi Yonemura, and Chase Conley | Disney+/Marvel Studios Animation |
| 2024 | Shelby Oaks | Chris Stuckmann | Paper Street Pictures/Intrepid Pictures |
| 2024 | The Life of Chuck | Mike Flanagan | Intrepid Pictures |
| 2024 | Werewolves | Steven C. Miller | Briarcliff Entertainment |
| 2025–present | Daredevil: Born Again | Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, David Boyd, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead | Disney+/Marvel Television |