Dominic Lewis

Dominic Lewis is a British-born film composer living in Los Angeles. Born into a family of talented, working musicians, Dominic was exposed to music from his very first days, and as such, music became an inherent and intrinsic part of his life from early childhood until today.

A multi-instrumentalist who began studying cello at age 3, Lewis spent his childhood and young adulthood singing and composing songs on the piano and guitar. In 2002, he gained entrance to the Royal Academy of Music in London where he received classical training in cello and music composition. While studying at the Academy, at only 22 years old, Lewis was given the opportunity to co-compose the score of his first feature film, The Poet, directed by Ski-School's Damien Lee.

Throughout his time at the Royal Academy, Lewis was mentored by Rupert Gregson-Williams, who was instantly impressed by his potential and engaged him to contribute both vocal performances and additional arrangements to scores such as Bee Movie, Bedtime Stories and The Prisoner.

Prior to leaving England for the United States, Lewis orchestrated and arranged for two classical albums, namely "Camilly Kerslake" and "The Priests," and wrote the album for the "Lilly May Show." Upon arrival to the US in 2009, Lewis joined John Powell, composing for the 2011 Oscar®-nominated How to Train Your Dragon.

SInce 2012 Lewis has been working with some of Hollywood's most acknowledged and revered composers, including, but not limited to Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi, Henry Jackman and John Powell. He is now a resident composer at Zimmer's renowned Santa Monica musical think-tank, Remote Control Productions.

His additional music credits also include the films How to Train Your Dragon, Gulliver's Travels, Clash of the Titans, Rango, Rio, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Man on a Ledge, Wreck-It Ralph, Red Dawn, X-Men: 1st Class, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Captain Phillips, This is the End, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Big Hero 6, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and The Interview, as well as multiple commercials.

In 2014 Lewis was nominated for an ANNIE Award for his original solo score for the 2013 film Free Birds. Recently, Lewis also composed the original score for the 2015 films Spooks: The Greater Good, and CBS Films' The DUFF; as well as a co-write with Henry Jackman for "The Man in the High Castle," a Ridley Scott produced TV pilot, just released on Amazon.

By all accounts Lewis has an innate understanding of the marriage of music and picture, an excellent understanding of musical theory, a solid orchestral background and is undoubtedly a young, versatile talent to watch in the future.

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