John Andrew Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart, known collectively as the Newton Brothers, are American 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 Notes 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 First collaboration with Flanagan See No Evil 2 The Soska Sisters Lionsgate The Prince Brian A. Miller The Road Within Gren Wells Troika 2015 Before I Wake Mike Flanagan Relativity Second collaboration with Flanagan 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 Third collaboration with Flanagan Ouija: Origin of Evil Universal Pictures/Blumhouse Fourth collaboration with Flanagan Urge Aaron Kaufman Lionsgate 2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Various BBC Gerald's Game Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures Fifth collaboration with Flanagan 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 The Body Paul Davis Blumhouse Television The Haunting of Hill House Mike Flanagan Paramount/Amblin/Intrepid Pictures Sixth collaboration with Flanagan 2019 Mary Michael Goi RLJE Films Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan Warner Bros. Pictures Seventh collaboration with Flanagan 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 Eighth collaboration with Flanagan 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 Ninth collaboration with Flanagan 2021–2023 Joe Pickett Various Spectrum Originals/Paramount+ 2022 The Midnight Club Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures Tenth collaboration with Flanagan 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 Eleventh collaboration with Flanagan 2023–2025 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 Twelfth collaboration with Flanagan Werewolves Steven C. Miller Briarcliff Entertainment 2025–present Daredevil: Born Again Season 1: Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, David Boyd, Justin Benson and Aaron MoorheadSeason 2: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, Solvan "Slick" Naim, Angela Barnes, Iain B. MacDonald Disney+/Marvel Television 2025 Fear Street: Prom Queen Matt Palmer Netflix/Chernin Entertainment Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Emma Tammi Universal Pictures/Blumhouse 2026 Carrie Mike Flanagan Amazon Prime Video Thirteenth collaboration with Flanagan
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