Dominic Lewis

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Dominic Lewis
Lewis in 2016
Lewis in 2016
Background information
Birth nameDominic Alexander Charles Lewis
Born (1985-01-29) January 29, 1985 (age 39)
London, England
GenresFilm and television scores
Occupation(s)Composer, singer
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, cello
Years active2004–present

Dominic Alexander Charles Lewis (born January 29, 1985) is a British film and television composer and occasional actor. 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, and Monsters at Work. He serves as the singing voice of Lurch in The Addams Family 2, and of Donald Duck in the DuckTales reboot.

Life and career

Lewis 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 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 animated comedy film, Peter Rabbit directed by Will Gluck.[12] He reunited with Gluck on the sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

Filmography

Film

Main composer

Year Title Director Notes
2011 Gift of the Night Fury Tom Owens Short film
Composed with John Powell
2013 Free Birds Jimmy Hayward
2015 The DUFF Ari Sandel First collaboration with Ari Sandel
Spooks: The Greater Good Bharat Nalluri Also known as MI-5
2016 Open Season: Scared Silly David Feiss Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams
Money Monster Jodie Foster Replaced Michael Andrews
Music produced by Henry Jackman
2017 Fist Fight Richie Keen
Rough Night Lucia Aniello
2018 Peter Rabbit Will Gluck First collaboration with Will Gluck
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Ari Sandel Second collaboration with Ari Sandel
2020 My Spy Peter Segal
2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Will Gluck
Jolt Tanya Wexler
The King's Man Matthew Vaughn Composed with Matthew Margeson
2022 Bullet Train David Leitch First collaboration with David Leitch
Spirited Sean Anders
Violent Night Tommy Wirkola
2024 Lift F. Gary Gray Composed with Guillaume Roussel
The Fall Guy David Leitch

Other credits

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

Television

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 10 episodes
2022 Baymax! 6 episodes[13]
2023 Kaleidoscope 8 episodes
2023–present My Adventures with Superman Composed with Daniel Futcher

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Free Birds Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production Nominated[14][15]
2015 Spooks: The Greater Good World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year Nominated[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Dominic Lewis Scores 'Free Birds' Film". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Dominic Lewis – Composer | SyncSummit". syncsummit.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Composer Interview: Dominic Lewis - Film.Music.Media". www.filmmusicmedia.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Oscars: 145 Original Scores Eligible to Compete". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Dominic Lewis Scoring Disney+'s 'Baymax!'". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Annie Awards". annieawards.org. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  15. ^ "'Frozen,' 'Croods' Among Annie Nominees for Best Animated Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Alex Ebert & Geoff Barrow Among World Soundtrack Discovery Award Nominees: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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