Dominic Lewis

Dominic Alexander Charles Lewis (born January 29, 1985) is an Annie Award-nominated English film and television composer best known for The Man in the High Castle, DuckTales, Money Monster, Rough Night, Fist Fight, How to Train Your Dragon, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and X-Men: First Class. He has also composed scores for multiple studio films and network television shows.

Early life and influences
Lewis was born and raised in London, England. Both his parents are musicians and he began learning the cello at age three. 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.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was classically trained in cello and music composition. While at the Royal Academy of Music, he received mentorship from Rupert Gregson-Williams.

Career
In 2009, Lewis relocated to Los Angeles, California after being recommended to Hans Zimmer by Rupert Greyson-Williams. He then became a resident composer at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions and began working under John Powell for the Academy Award-nominated film How to Train Your Dragon. He continued composing music for multiple studio films, including How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2, X-Men: First Class, Rio, Wreck-It-Ralph, Big Hero 6, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

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. He has also composed music with Henry Jackman and Hans Zimmer.

In 2015, Lewis composed for Kevin From Work and The Player. In 2016, he scored Jodie Foster's film Money Monster in under three weeks. In 2017, Lewis scored the third season of Ridley Scott's The Man in the High Castle on Amazon (in addition to the first two seasons)   and Disney XD's DuckTales, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda.

He is composing the score for the 2018 film Peter Rabbit.

Awards and nominations

 * 2014
 * Free Birds
 * Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production
 * 2015
 * Spooks: The Greater Good
 * World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
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 * Spooks: The Greater Good
 * World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
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