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

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.

Julia Newman was exposed to film composing at an early age, and visited the recording studio named after her grandfather as a child. 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. While at USC, Newman begin scoring short films, before transitioning to feature films and television work. With her father, Thomas Newman, she composed the score for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, the first of her collaborations with showrunner Ryan Murphy. 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).

Film and television career

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2020CoupledEmma Sofia FazzuoliWeb series (6 episodes)
2024Feud: Capote vs. The SwansRyan Murphy(8 episodes)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryRyan Murphy(9 episodes) (co-composed with Thomas Newman)
American Horror StoriesAlexis Martin Woodall(Season 3, Episode 8, "Leprechaun")
Doctor Odysseyvarious(14 episodes)

Films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2022DogChanning Tatum and Reid CarolinElectro-Acoustic Programing
At the GatesAugustus Meleo BernsteinComposer
2023ElementalPeter SohnScore coordinator
2024Freak Bikes (documentary)Ryan Henry MekenianComposer

Short Films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2019Van LifeMichael G. GabelComposer
Simply HavingMichael StrassnerComposer
The Bicycle KitchenRyan Henry MekenianComposer
2020In Her CornerEmma CataldoComposer
CometKendall HuffComposer
SpokespeopleRyan Henry MekenianComposer
2021DisconnectedDaniel SheahanComposer
AdaptationElisabetta Fox PiantoniComposer
2022SunflowerElizabeth TawoseComposer
LucyEmma Sofia FazzuoliComposer
2023MuseKate Marin DavisComposer
Woman Meets GirlMurry PeetersComposer

See also

  • List of Academy Award-winning families

External links