Taylor Stewart
John Andrew Grushย andย Taylor Newton Stewart, known collectively asย The Newton Brothers, are Americanย film scoreย composers, record producers, and multi-instrumentalists. Their works include scores for several films with directorย Mike Flanagan, who has composed for every project sinceย Oculusย (2013) and various other films and television series. Despite the name, they are not related.
Early in their lives, 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 underย Hans Zimmerย and co-scored the Mike Flanagan thrillerย Before I Wakeย withย Danny Elfman.
The Newton Brothers have been scoring feature films together for over a decade, breaking into the mainstream with their work onย Tony Kaye’s filmย Detachment.ย In 2013, they began their work in horror films with Mike Flanagan and Blumhouse Productions includingย Oculus, whichย The Irish Timesย 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,”ย andย Ouija: Origin of Evil.ย They have since started scoring multiple horror genre projects for film and television.
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