Carter Burwell

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Carter Burwell

Sound 70 November 18, 1955

New York City, New York, USA

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 scor…

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Twilight

Twilight

6.3 2008 Movie
No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

8.0 2007 Movie
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

7.8 1998 Movie
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

8.1 2017 Movie
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

6.5 2012 Movie
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

6.2 2011 Movie
Fargo

Fargo

7.8 1996 Movie
The Blind Side

The Blind Side

7.7 2009 Movie
In Bruges

In Bruges

7.5 2008 Movie
True Grit

True Grit

7.3 2010 Movie
The Founder

The Founder

7.2 2016 Movie
Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

6.7 2008 Movie

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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.

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  1. 2026
    Wild Horse Nine

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2026
    Inside The Works

    Movie Self

  3. 2025
    Good Fortune

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2025
    Honey Don't!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2024
    Drive-Away Dolls

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2023
    Finestkind

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2023
    Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2023
    To Catch a Killer

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2022
    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2022
    Catherine Called Birdy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2022
    Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth

    Movie Self

  12. 2021
    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2020
    Space Force

    TV show Original Music Composer

  14. 2019
    The Good Liar

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2019
    The Morning Show

    TV show Original Music Composer

  16. 2019
    Missing Link

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 2018
    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2018
    Hunting Bigfoot

    Movie Music

  3. 2017
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2017
    Wonderstruck

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2017
    Goodbye Christopher Robin

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2016
    The Founder

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2016
    The Family Fang

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2016
    Hail, Caesar!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2016
    The Finest Hours

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2015
    Anomalisa

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2015
    Carol

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2015
    Legend

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2015
    Mr. Holmes

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2014
    Olive Kitteridge

    TV show Original Music Composer

  15. 2013
    The Fifth Estate

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2013
    Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

    TV show Self - Interviewed Guest

  17. 2012
    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 2012
    Seven Psychopaths

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 2011
    Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit

    Movie Music

  20. 2011
    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2011
    Mildred Pierce

    TV show Original Music Composer

  22. 2010
    True Grit

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 2010
    Howl

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 2010
    The Kids Are All Right

    Movie Original Music Composer