Julia Newman | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Film score, classical, electronic, ambient |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 2019–present |
Julia Newman is an American composer best known for her television scores and her collaborations with her father, film composer Thomas Newman, and television showrunner Ryan Murphy.
Early Life and Education
[edit]Newman was born and raised in Los Angeles, one of three children of film composer Thomas Newman and Ann Marie Zirbes. Newman comes from a family of film composers, including her father, Thomas Newman; her grandfather, Alfred Newman; and uncles Randy Newman and David Newman.[1]
Julia Newman was exposed to film composing at an early age, and visited the recording studio named after her grandfather as a child.[2] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute for the Arts, and a Masters Degree from Screen Scoring program at the USC Thornton School of Music in 2020.[3] While at USC, Newman begin scoring short films, before transitioning to feature films and television work.[4] With her father, Thomas Newman, she composed the score for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, the first of her collaborations with showrunner Ryan Murphy.[5] Newman again collaborated with her father and Ryan Murphy in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score).[6]
Film and television career
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coupled | Emma Sofia Fazzuoli | Web series (6 episodes) |
| 2024 | Fued: Capote vs. The Swans | Ryan Murphy | (8 episodes) |
| Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Ryan Murphy | (9 episodes) (co-composed with Thomas Newman) | |
| American Horror Stories | Alexis Martin Woodall | (Season 3, Episode 8, "Leprechaun") | |
| Doctor Odyssey | various | (14 episodes) |
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dog | Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin | Electro-Acoustic Programing |
| At the Gates | Augustus Meleo Bernstein | Composer | |
| 2023 | Elemental | Peter Sohn | Score coordinator |
| 2024 | Freak Bikes (documentary) | Ryan Henry Mekenian | Composer |
Short Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Van Life | Michael G. Gabel | Composer |
| Simply Having | Michael Strassner | Composer | |
| The Bicycle Kitchen | Ryan Henry Mekenian | Composer | |
| 2020 | In Her Corner | Emma Cataldo | Composer |
| Comet | Kendall Huff | Composer | |
| Spokespeople | Ryan Henry Mekenian | Composer | |
| 2021 | Disconnected | Daniel Sheahan | Composer |
| Adaptation | Elisabetta Fox Piantoni | Composer | |
| 2022 | Sunflower | Elizabeth Tawose | Composer |
| Lucy | Emma Sofia Fazzuoli | Composer | |
| 2023 | Muse | Kate Marin Davis | Composer |
| Woman Meets Girl | Murry Peeters | Composer |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Father-daughter duo Thomas & Julia Newman Nominated for Emmy, continue family dynasty". KTLA.com. Nextstar Media Group, Inc. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ Ciafardini, Marc (8 March 2024). "Interview…Composer Julia Newman on Technique and Timing in 'FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans'". Go,See,Talk!. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024.
- ^ "USC Department of Screen Scoring - Julia Newman". USC Screen Scoring. USC Thornton School of Music. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Putting Music to Picture: A Conversation with Composer Julia Newman". BMI. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 September 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Julia Newman Scores FX's 'Capote,' as Thomas Newman Pens Theme; Father-Daughter Duo Is a First for TV Music". Variety.com. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ Pond, Steve. "Here's a New Wrinkle in the Newman Family Composing Dynasty: Father-Daughter Emmy Nominees". The Wrap. The Wrap. Archived from the original on 12 September 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
External links
[edit]- Julia Newman at IMDb
