‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Composer Julia Newman Explains How She Captured ‘The Essence of a Bygone Era’ | Exclusive Video

Ahead of the limited series’ finale on Wednesday night, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” composer Julia Newman explains her journey to becoming a composer and her approach to the FX show in a video exclusively shared by TheWrap.

“The score ended up needing to capture the essence of a bygone era. You want that splendor, you want the melodrama,” Newman says in The Big Score of her approach to the FX series, which follows Truman Capote and his cadre of women.

Newman is no stranger to the world of composing — her father is Thomas Newman (“The Shawshank Redemption” and her grandfather is Alfred Newman (“All About Eve”).