Carter Burwell
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…
Known For
No Country for Old Men
Original Music Composer
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Conductor
The Big Lebowski
Original Music Composer
Fargo
Original Music Composer
The Blind Side
Original Music Composer
In Bruges
Original Music Composer
True Grit
Original Music Composer
Being John Malkovich
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (8)
Movies (6)
Crew (136)
Movies (132)
Wild Horse Nine
2026 UpcomingOriginal Music Composer
Nov 5
Honey Don't!
2025Conductor
Honey Don't!
2025Orchestrator
Honey Don't!
2025Original Music Composer
Good Fortune
2025Original Music Composer
Drive-Away Dolls
2024Conductor
Drive-Away Dolls
2024Orchestrator
Drive-Away Dolls
2024Original Music Composer
To Catch a Killer
2023Original Music Composer
Finestkind
2023Original Music Composer
Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future
2023Original Music Composer
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022Original Music Composer
Catherine Called Birdy
2022Original Music Composer
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021Original Music Composer
Missing Link
2019Original Music Composer
The Good Liar
2019Original Music Composer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018Original Music Composer
Hunting Bigfoot
2018Music
Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017Original Music Composer
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017Conductor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017Orchestrator
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017Original Music Composer
Wonderstruck
2017Original Music Composer
Hail, Caesar!
2016Original Music Composer
The Founder
2016Conductor
The Founder
2016Original Music Composer
The Finest Hours
2016Original Music Composer
The Family Fang
2016Original Music Composer
Legend
2015Original Music Composer
Mr. Holmes
2015Original Music Composer
Carol
2015Original Music Composer
Anomalisa
2015Orchestrator
Anomalisa
2015Original Music Composer
The Fifth Estate
2013Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012Original Music Composer
Seven Psychopaths
2012Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011Original Music Composer
Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit
2011Music
Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit
2011Orchestrator
True Grit
2010Original Music Composer
The Kids Are All Right
2010Original Music Composer
Howl
2010Original Music Composer
The Blind Side
2009Original Music Composer
A Serious Man
2009Original Music Composer
Where the Wild Things Are
2009Original Music Composer
Twilight
2008Original Music Composer
In Bruges
2008Original Music Composer
Burn After Reading
2008Original Music Composer
No Country for Old Men
2007Original Music Composer
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007Conductor
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007Orchestrator
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007Original Music Composer
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006Music
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006Original Music Composer
The Hoax
2006Original Music Composer
The Ladykillers
2004Original Music Composer
The Alamo
2004Conductor
The Alamo
2004Original Music Composer
Kinsey
2004Original Music Composer
Intolerable Cruelty
2003Original Music Composer
Adaptation.
2002Original Music Composer
S1m0ne
2002Original Music Composer
The Rookie
2002Original Music Composer
Searching for Paradise
2002Original Music Composer
A Knight's Tale
2001Original Music Composer
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001Conductor
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001Orchestrator
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001Original Music Composer
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000Additional Music
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000Musician
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000Original Music Composer
Before Night Falls
2000Original Music Composer
What Planet Are You From?
2000Original Music Composer
Hamlet
2000Original Music Composer
Being John Malkovich
1999Original Music Composer
Three Kings
1999Original Music Composer
The General's Daughter
1999Original Music Composer
The Corruptor
1999Original Music Composer
Mystery, Alaska
1999Conductor
Mystery, Alaska
1999Original Music Composer
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999Original Music Composer
The Big Lebowski
1998Original Music Composer
Mercury Rising
1998Additional Music
Gods and Monsters
1998Original Music Composer
The Hi-Lo Country
1998Original Music Composer
Velvet Goldmine
1998Original Music Composer
The Jackal
1997Original Music Composer
Conspiracy Theory
1997Original Music Composer
Picture Perfect
1997Original Music Composer
Assassin(s)
1997Original Music Composer
The Locusts
1997Original Music Composer
The Spanish Prisoner
1997Original Music Composer
Girls Night Out
1997Music
Fargo
1996Original Music Composer
Fear
1996Original Music Composer
The Chamber
1996Original Music Composer
Joe's Apartment
1996Original Music Composer
The Celluloid Closet
1996Original Music Composer
A Goofy Movie
1995Original Music Composer
Rob Roy
1995Original Music Composer
Two Bits
1995Original Music Composer
Bad Company
1995Original Music Composer
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994Original Music Composer
It Could Happen to You
1994Original Music Composer
Airheads
1994Original Music Composer
This Boy's Life
1993Original Music Composer
Wayne's World 2
1993Original Music Composer
Kalifornia
1993Original Music Composer
A Dangerous Woman
1993Original Music Composer
And the Band Played On
1993Original Music Composer
XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint
1993Original Music Composer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992Original Music Composer
Waterland
1992Original Music Composer
Storyville
1992Original Music Composer
Transeltown
1992Original Music Composer
Barton Fink
1991Original Music Composer
Doc Hollywood
1991Original Music Composer
Scorchers
1991Original Music Composer
Miller's Crossing
1990Original Music Composer
Checking Out
1988Original Music Composer
It Takes Two
1988Original Music Composer
The Beat
1988Original Music Composer
Pass the Ammo
1988Original Music Composer
Raising Arizona
1987Original Music Composer
Psycho III
1986Original Music Composer
Blood Simple
1985Original Music Composer
R.A.B.L.
1985Original Music Composer
A Hero of Our Time
1985Music
Creation Myth
1985Music
Help, I'm Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle
1978Director
Jack of Spades
Original Music Composer
Go, Beavers!
Original Music Composer
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