Dominic Alexander Charles Lewis (born January 29, 1985) is a British film and television composer and singer. He first worked on various music departments for film projects before transitioning into more solo work starting with Free Birds. His other credits includes The Man in the High Castle, DuckTales, Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Monsters at Work, Bullet Train and The Fall Guy. He also served as the singing voice for Lurch in The Addams Family 2 and for Donald Duck in the DuckTales reboot.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dominic Alexander Charles Lewis |
| Born | January 29, 1985 London, England |
| Genres | Film and television scores, pop, rock, ambient, electronic, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, cello |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Life and career
editLewis was born and raised in London, England. Both his parents are musicians and he began learning the cello at age three.[citation needed] He also played the piano and guitar, sang in choirs, formed rock bands, and wrote songs while growing up. He cites his early influences as John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Strauss, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix.[1][2]
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was classically trained in cello and music composition. During his time there, he was under the mentorship of film composer, Rupert Gregson-Williams.[3] In 2009, Lewis relocated to Los Angeles, California to join Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions. He served in the music departments of various major studio films under composers Henry Jackman, John Powell and Ramin Djawadi, usually in the capacity of providing additional music.[4]
In 2014, Lewis was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production for his work on the 2013 film Free Birds. In 2015, he was nominated for the World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year for the 2015 film Spooks: The Greater Good.[5] In 2016, he scored Jodie Foster's film Money Monster in under three weeks.[6][7][8]
Lewis's close collaboration with Henry Jackman, led to the pair scoring Amazon's The Man in the High Castle. Both Lewis and Jackman co-scored the first season, while the second, third and fourth were scored by Lewis alone. Speaking about the project, Lewis employed an orchestral method but infused it with various traditional and ethnic instruments. He also developed character themes and assigned instruments like the cello for Juliana Crain and the french horn for Joe Blake.[9][10][11]
In 2018, Lewis was hired to score the live-action/animated comedy film Peter Rabbit directed by Will Gluck.[12] He reunited with Gluck on the sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.
In 2022, he wrote the score for the film Bullet Train, marking his first collaboration with director David Leitch.[13] Lewis and Letich collaborated once again for the 2024 film, The Fall Guy.[14]
He is composing for Karate Kid: Legends, set to be released in May 2025.[15]
Filmography
editFilm
editMain composer
editOther credits
edit| Year | Title | Role | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Additional music | Ramin Djawadi |
| Gulliver's Travels | Henry Jackman | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon | Additional music arranger, programmer and orchestrator | John Powell | |
| 2011 | Rio | Additional music | |
| Rango | Hans Zimmer | ||
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Hans Zimmer John Powell | ||
| X-Men: First Class | Henry Jackman | ||
| Puss in Boots | |||
| 2012 | Wreck-It-Ralph | ||
| 2013 | This Is the End | ||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Additional music and featured vocalist | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Featured vocalist | Hans Zimmer The Magnificent Six | |
| Big Hero 6 | Additional music | Henry Jackman | |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | Henry Jackman Matthew Margeson | ||
| 2020 | DuckTales | Donald Duck's singing voice; Episode: "Louie's Eleven!" | Himself |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Lurch's singing voice; "I Will Survive" | Mychael Danna Jeff Danna |
| 2023 | Expend4bles | Score producer | Guillaume Roussel |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kevin from Work | 10 episodes |
| The Player | 9 episodes | |
| 2015–2019 | The Man in the High Castle | 40 episodes, with Henry Jackman (Season 1) |
| 2017–2021 | DuckTales | 69 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | The Rocketeer | 22 episodes, with Beau Black |
| 2021 | Monsters at Work | 14 episodes, with Daniel Futcher (Season 2) |
| 2022 | Baymax! | 6 episodes[16] |
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope | 8 episodes |
| 2023–present | My Adventures with Superman | Composed with Daniel Futcher |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Free Birds | Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production | Nominated[17][18] |
| 2015 | Spooks: The Greater Good | World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year | Nominated[19][20] |
References
edit- ^ "Interview: Dominic Lewis Talks 'Ducktales', Previews 'Peter Rabbit'". Monkeys Fighting Robots. 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis Talks Scoring Music For Jodie Foster's Hit Film "Money Monster" - Musing on Music". Musing on Music. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis Scores 'Free Birds' Film". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis – Composer | SyncSummit". syncsummit.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Composer Interview: Dominic Lewis - Film.Music.Media". www.filmmusicmedia.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Galas, Marj (16 June 2016). "How 'Money Monster's' Composer Completed the Score in Less Than a Month". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Oscars: 145 Original Scores Eligible to Compete". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Galas, Marjorie (20 May 2016). "Composer Dominic Lewis On His Organic Electronic Sounds In "Money Monster"". Variety 411. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Galas, Marj (11 February 2016). "'The Man in the High Castle' Composer on Writing for Series' Alternate Universe". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Long, Kelle (28 February 2017). "How The Man in the High Castle's Composer Set the Dystopian Tone". Where to Watch. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Galas, Marjorie (19 December 2015). "Composer Dominic Lewis Reflects On "The Man In The High Castle"". Variety 411. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis to Score Will Gluck's 'Peter Rabbit' | Film Music Reporter". filmmusicreporter.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (5 August 2022). "The Music of 'Bullet Train' Delivers Mayhem to Match Brad Pitt Thriller". Variety. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis Scoring David Leitch's 'The Fall Guy'". Film Music Reporter. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Reporter, Film Music (16 December 2024). "Dominic Lewis to Score Jonathan Entwistle's 'Karate Kid: Legends'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Dominic Lewis Scoring Disney 's 'Baymax!'". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Annie Awards". annieawards.org. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "'Frozen,' 'Croods' Among Annie Nominees for Best Animated Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Chagollan, Steve (10 September 2015). "Antonio Sanchez Redeemed as Discovery Nominee for World Soundtrack Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Alex Ebert & Geoff Barrow Among World Soundtrack Discovery Award Nominees: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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