Julia Newman
GenresFilm score, classical, electronic, ambient
OccupationComposer
Years active2019–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

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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

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Television

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
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