Person
Carter Burwell
Sound · Born 1955-11-18 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, scoring most of their films. He has also scored films by other directors such as Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Spike Jonze, Martin McDonagh, James Foley, Brian Helgeland, and John Lee Hancock. Burwell received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes's Carol (2015), McDonagh's films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carter Burwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Morning Show
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Original Music Composer
No Country for Old Men
Original Music Composer
Twilight
Original Music Composer
Space Force
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Original Music Composer
The Blind Side
Original Music Composer
The Big Lebowski
Original Music Composer
Fargo
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2026Wild Horse NineOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Inside The WorksSelf
- 2025Good FortuneOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Honey Don't!Original Music Composer
- 2024Drive-Away DollsOriginal Music Composer
- 2023FinestkindOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable FutureOriginal Music Composer
- 2023To Catch a KillerOriginal Music Composer
- 2022The Banshees of InisherinOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Catherine Called BirdyOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Crafting the Tragedy of MacbethSelf
- 2021The Tragedy of MacbethOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Space ForceOriginal Music Composer
- 2019The Good LiarOriginal Music Composer
- 2019The Morning ShowOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Missing LinkOriginal Music Composer
- 2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Hunting BigfootMusic
- 2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriOriginal Music Composer
- 2017WonderstruckOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Goodbye Christopher RobinOriginal Music Composer
- 2016The FounderOriginal Music Composer
- 2016The Family FangOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Hail, Caesar!Original Music Composer
- 2016The Finest HoursOriginal Music Composer
- 2015AnomalisaOriginal Music Composer
- 2015CarolOriginal Music Composer
- 2015LegendOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Mr. HolmesOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Olive KitteridgeOriginal Music Composer
- 2013The Fifth EstateOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the MoviesSelf - Interviewed Guest
- 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Original Music Composer
- 2012Seven PsychopathsOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Moving Gracefully Towards the ExitMusic
- 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1Original Music Composer
- 2011Mildred PierceOriginal Music Composer
- 2010True GritOriginal Music Composer
- 2010HowlOriginal Music Composer
- 2010The Kids Are All RightOriginal Music Composer
- 2009The Blind SideOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Where the Wild Things AreOriginal Music Composer
- 2009A Serious ManOriginal Music Composer
- 2008TwilightOriginal Music Composer
- 2008Burn After ReadingOriginal Music Composer
- 2008In BrugesOriginal Music Composer
- 2007No Country for Old MenOriginal Music Composer
- 2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadOriginal Music Composer
- 2007Lights, Action, MusicSelf
- 2006The HoaxOriginal Music Composer
- 2006Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane ArbusOriginal Music Composer
- 2004KinseyOriginal Music Composer
- 2004The AlamoOriginal Music Composer
- 2004The LadykillersOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Adaptation.Original Music Composer
- 2002S1m0neOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Searching for ParadiseOriginal Music Composer
- 2002The RookieOriginal Music Composer
- 2001The Man Who Wasn't ThereOriginal Music Composer
- 2001A Knight's TaleOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2Musician
- 2000Before Night FallsOriginal Music Composer
- 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Additional Music
- 2000HamletOriginal Music Composer
- 2000What Planet Are You From?Original Music Composer
- 1999Being John MalkovichOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Mystery, AlaskaOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Three KingsOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The General's DaughterOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James WhaleOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The CorruptorOriginal Music Composer
- 1998The Hi-Lo CountryOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Gods and MonstersOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Velvet GoldmineOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Mercury RisingAdditional Music
- 1998The Big LebowskiOriginal Music Composer
- 1997The Spanish PrisonerOriginal Music Composer
- 1997The JackalOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Girls Night OutMusic
- 1997The LocustsOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Conspiracy TheoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Picture PerfectOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Assassin(s)Original Music Composer
- 1996The ChamberOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Joe's ApartmentThe Roach Chorus (voice)
- 1996FearOriginal Music Composer
- 1996The Celluloid ClosetOriginal Music Composer
- 1996FargoOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Two BitsOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Rob RoyOriginal Music Composer
- 1995A Goofy MovieOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Bad CompanyOriginal Music Composer
- 1994AirheadsOriginal Music Composer
- 1994It Could Happen to YouOriginal Music Composer
- 1994The Hudsucker ProxyOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Wayne's World 2Original Music Composer
- 1993And the Band Played OnOriginal Music Composer
- 1993A Dangerous WomanOriginal Music Composer
- 1993KaliforniaOriginal Music Composer
- 1993XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a SaintOriginal Music Composer
- 1993This Boy's LifeOriginal Music Composer
- 1992StoryvilleOriginal Music Composer
- 1992WaterlandOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Buffy the Vampire SlayerOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Transeltown
- 1991Doc HollywoodOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Barton FinkOriginal Music Composer
- 1991ScorchersPiano Player
- 1990Miller's CrossingOriginal Music Composer
- 1988Checking OutOriginal Music Composer
- 1988It Takes TwoOriginal Music Composer
- 1988The BeatOriginal Music Composer
- 1988FunnySelf
- 1988Pass the AmmoOriginal Music Composer
- 1987Raising ArizonaOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Psycho IIIOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Blood SimpleOriginal Music Composer
- 1985R.A.B.L.Original Music Composer
- 1985A Hero of Our TimeMusic
- 1985Creation MythMusic
- 19843DVAnimation
- 1983StepsMusic
- 1978Help, I'm Being Crushed to Death by a Black RectangleDirector
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —Go, Beavers!Original Music Composer
- —Jack of SpadesOriginal Music Composer
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