Biography
Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American composer of film scores. He has consistently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored most of their films, including Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, Hail, Caesar! and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Burwell has also scored three of Todd Haynes's films, three of Spike Jonze's films, and all the films of Martin McDonagh. He has received Oscar nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes's Carol (2015) and McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
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Filmography
all 115
Movies 110
TV Shows 5
self 4
Original Music Composer
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Movie
Composer
Finestkind (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future (2023)
Movie
Composer
To Catch a Killer (2023)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Movie
8
Composer
Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Movie
Self
Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth (2022)
Movie
Composer
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Space Force (2020)
TV
6.48
Composer
The Good Liar (2019)
Movie
6.05
Original Music Composer
The Morning Show (2019)
TV
6.77
Composer
Missing Link (2019)
Movie
5.78
Original Music Composer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Movie
6.32
Music
Hunting Bigfoot (2018)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Movie
6.07
Composer
Wonderstruck (2017)
Movie
7.33
Composer
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Movie
6
Composer
The Founder (2016)
Movie
7.36
Original Music Composer
The Family Fang (2016)
Movie
Composer
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
The Finest Hours (2016)
Movie
5
Composer
Anomalisa (2015)
Movie
5.6
Original Music Composer
Carol (2015)
Movie
8.25
Original Music Composer
Legend (2015)
Movie
6.33
Original Music Composer
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
TV
6
Original Music Composer
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Movie
6
Self - Interviewed Guest
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013)
TV
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Movie
6.03
Composer
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Movie
8
Composer
Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit (2011)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
Movie
6.42
Original Music Composer
Mildred Pierce (2011)
TV
6
Composer
True Grit (2010)
Movie
6.57
Composer
Howl (2010)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Movie
5.66
Composer
The Blind Side (2009)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Movie
10
Composer
A Serious Man (2009)
Movie
5.05
Original Music Composer
Twilight (2008)
Movie
6.32
Composer
Burn After Reading (2008)
Movie
7.54
Composer
In Bruges (2008)
Movie
6.58
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Movie
5.41
Self
Lights, Action, Music (2007)
Movie
Original Music Composer
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie
8.11
Original Music Composer
The Hoax (2006)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Movie
7
Composer
Kinsey (2004)
Movie
4
Composer
The Alamo (2004)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Ladykillers (2004)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer
Adaptation. (2002)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
S1m0ne (2002)
Movie
1
Composer
Searching for Paradise (2002)
Movie
Composer
The Rookie (2002)
Movie
1
Composer
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Movie
5.8
Composer
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Movie
5.27
Composer
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Movie
4.98
Original Music Composer
Before Night Falls (2000)
Movie
10
Composer
Hamlet (2000)
Movie
Composer
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Movie
7.75
Composer
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Movie
2
Composer
Three Kings (1999)
Movie
7
Composer
The General's Daughter (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)
Movie
Composer
The Corruptor (1999)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Movie
6
Composer
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Movie
1
Additional Music
Mercury Rising (1998)
Movie
4.2
Composer
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie
5.8
Composer
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Movie
6
Composer
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
Movie
5.82
Original Music Composer
The Jackal (1997)
Movie
5.67
Composer
Girls Night Out (1997)
Movie
Composer
The Locusts (1997)
Movie
Composer
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
Picture Perfect (1997)
Movie
6.2
Composer
Assassin(s) (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Chamber (1996)
Movie
Composer
Joe's Apartment (1996)
Movie
Composer
Fear (1996)
Movie
4.67
Original Music Composer
Fargo (1996)
Movie
6.91
Composer
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Movie
2
Composer
Two Bits (1995)
Movie
Composer
Rob Roy (1995)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Movie
5.75
Composer
Bad Company (1995)
Movie
3.75
Composer
Airheads (1994)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Movie
4
Composer
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Movie
5.81
Composer
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Movie
5.79
Composer
And the Band Played On (1993)
Movie
Composer
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Kalifornia (1993)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint (1993)
Movie
Composer
This Boy's Life (1993)
Movie
6
Music
Storyville (1992)
Movie
Composer
Waterland (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Movie
3.5
Actor
Transeltown (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Movie
5.14
Composer
Barton Fink (1991)
Movie
6.19
Composer
Scorchers (1991)
Movie
Composer
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Movie
5.95
Composer
Checking Out (1989)
Movie
Composer
It Takes Two (1988)
Movie
Composer
The Beat (1988)
Movie
Self
Funny (1988)
Movie
Composer
Pass the Ammo (1988)
Movie
Composer
Raising Arizona (1987)
Movie
5.98
Composer
Psycho III (1986)
Movie
5.31
Composer
R.A.B.L. (1985)
Movie
Composer
A Hero of Our Time (1985)
Movie
Composer
Blood Simple (1984)
Movie
3.5
Ratings
Average 6.2
Based on 11.8 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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1995
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1996
2024
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1954-11-18 (69 years old)
Birth NameCarter Benedict Burwell
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SpouseChristine Sciulli
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCarter Benedict Burwell
AwardsBritish Independent Film Award for Best Music
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