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).
Filmography
all 115
Movies 110
TV Shows 5
self 4
Original Music Composer
![Drive-Away Dolls](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/719160-untitled-ethan-coen-solo-project.jpg)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Movie
Composer
![Finestkind](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/271001-finest-kind.jpg)
Finestkind (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/943336-schoolhood-the-past-references-of-an-unforeseeable-future.jpg)
Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future (2023)
Movie
Composer
![To Catch a Killer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/480483-misanthrope.jpg)
To Catch a Killer (2023)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
![The Banshees of Inisherin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/567945-the-banshees-of-inisheer.jpg)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
![Space Force](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224207-space-force.jpg)
Space Force (2020)
TV
6.48
Composer
![The Good Liar](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/281725-the-good-liar.jpg)
The Good Liar (2019)
Movie
6.05
Original Music Composer
![The Morning Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/295022-the-morning-show.jpg)
The Morning Show (2019)
TV
6.77
Composer
![Missing Link](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28751-missing-link.jpg)
Missing Link (2019)
Movie
5.78
Original Music Composer
![The Ballad of Buster Scruggs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/170702-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.jpg)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Movie
6.32
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
![Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5609-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.jpg)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Movie
6.07
Composer
![Wonderstruck](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6263-wonderstruck.jpg)
Wonderstruck (2017)
Movie
7.33
Composer
![The Founder](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10196-the-founder.jpg)
The Founder (2016)
Movie
7.36
Original Music Composer
![The Family Fang](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18721-the-family-fang.jpg)
The Family Fang (2016)
Movie
Composer
![Hail, Caesar!](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6294-hail-caesar.jpg)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
![The Finest Hours](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5920-the-finest-hours.jpg)
The Finest Hours (2016)
Movie
5
Composer
![Anomalisa](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14409-anomalisa.jpg)
Anomalisa (2015)
Movie
5.6
Original Music Composer
![Carol](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6178-carol.jpg)
Carol (2015)
Movie
8.25
Original Music Composer
![Legend](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11777-legend.jpg)
Legend (2015)
Movie
6.33
Original Music Composer
![Mr. Holmes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15665-mr-holmes.jpg)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
![Olive Kitteridge](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22755-olive-kitteridge.jpg)
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
TV
6
Original Music Composer
![The Fifth Estate](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10110-the-fifth-estate.jpg)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Movie
6
Self - Interviewed Guest
![Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/834733-sound-of-cinema-the-music-that-made-the-movies.jpg)
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013)
TV
Original Music Composer
![The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1571-the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.jpg)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Movie
6.03
Composer
![Seven Psychopaths](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8078-seven-psychopaths.jpg)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
![The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1572-the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.jpg)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
Movie
6.42
Original Music Composer
![Mildred Pierce](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/30273-mildred-pierce.jpg)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
TV
6
Composer
![True Grit](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7427-true-grit.jpg)
True Grit (2010)
Movie
6.57
Composer
![Howl](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/17511-howl.jpg)
Howl (2010)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![The Kids Are All Right](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14239-the-kids-are-all-right.jpg)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Movie
5.66
Composer
![The Blind Side](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5993-the-blind-side.jpg)
The Blind Side (2009)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
![Where the Wild Things Are](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/12278-where-the-wild-things-are.jpg)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Movie
10
Composer
![A Serious Man](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11565-a-serious-man.jpg)
A Serious Man (2009)
Movie
5.05
Original Music Composer
![Twilight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1573-twilight.jpg)
Twilight (2008)
Movie
6.32
Composer
![In Bruges](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7046-in-bruges.jpg)
In Bruges (2008)
Movie
6.58
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
![Before the Devil Knows You're Dead](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6096-before-the-devil-knows-you-re-dead.jpg)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Movie
5.41
Original Music Composer
![No Country for Old Men](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7126-no-country-for-old-men.jpg)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie
8.11
Original Music Composer
![The Hoax](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18284-the-hoax.jpg)
The Hoax (2006)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music
![Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18475-fur-an-imaginary-portrait-of-diane-arbus.jpg)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Movie
7
Composer
![Kinsey](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10782-kinsey.jpg)
Kinsey (2004)
Movie
4
Composer
![The Alamo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18712-the-alamo.jpg)
The Alamo (2004)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![The Ladykillers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14858-the-ladykillers.jpg)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
![Intolerable Cruelty](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9252-intolerable-cruelty.jpg)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer
![Adaptation.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16246-adaptation.jpg)
Adaptation. (2002)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
![S1m0ne](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16146-s1m0ne.jpg)
S1m0ne (2002)
Movie
1
Composer
![The Rookie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/12288-the-rookie.jpg)
The Rookie (2002)
Movie
1
Composer
![A Knight's Tale](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5961-a-knight-s-tale.jpg)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Movie
5.27
Original Music Composer
![Before Night Falls](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28113-before-night-falls.jpg)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Movie
10
Composer
![Hamlet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24233-hamlet.jpg)
Hamlet (2000)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![Being John Malkovich](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6808-being-john-malkovich.jpg)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Movie
7.75
Composer
![Mystery, Alaska](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15131-mystery-alaska.jpg)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Movie
2
Composer
![Three Kings](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9900-three-kings.jpg)
Three Kings (1999)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer
![The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/549652-the-world-of-gods-and-monsters-a-journey-with-james-whale.jpg)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)
Movie
Composer
![The Corruptor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/17450-the-corruptor.jpg)
The Corruptor (1999)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
![The Hi-Lo Country](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14427-the-hi-lo-country.jpg)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Movie
6
Composer
![Velvet Goldmine](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11483-velvet-goldmine.jpg)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Movie
1
Additional Music
![Mercury Rising](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13299-mercury-rising.jpg)
Mercury Rising (1998)
Movie
4.2
Composer
![The Big Lebowski](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5958-the-big-lebowski.jpg)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie
5.8
Composer
![Gods and Monsters](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15290-gods-and-monsters.jpg)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
![The Jackal](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18040-the-jackal.jpg)
The Jackal (1997)
Movie
5.67
Composer
![Girls Night Out](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/554307-girls-night-out.jpg)
Girls Night Out (1997)
Movie
Composer
![The Locusts](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/23726-the-locusts.jpg)
The Locusts (1997)
Movie
Composer
![Conspiracy Theory](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6934-conspiracy-theory.jpg)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
![Picture Perfect](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16152-picture-perfect.jpg)
Picture Perfect (1997)
Movie
6.2
Composer
![Assassin(s)](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/35953-assassin-s.jpg)
Assassin(s) (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![The Chamber](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/53264-the-chamber.jpg)
The Chamber (1996)
Movie
Composer
![Joe's Apartment](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/76561-joe-s-apartment.jpg)
Joe's Apartment (1996)
Movie
Composer
![Fear](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13837-fear.jpg)
Fear (1996)
Movie
4.67
Original Music Composer
![Fargo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5891-fargo.jpg)
Fargo (1996)
Movie
6.91
Composer
![Two Bits](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28220-two-bits.jpg)
Two Bits (1995)
Movie
Composer
![Rob Roy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13857-rob-roy.jpg)
Rob Roy (1995)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
![A Goofy Movie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/17597-a-goofy-movie.jpg)
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Movie
5.75
Composer
![Bad Company](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/29473-bad-company.jpg)
Bad Company (1995)
Movie
3.75
Composer
![Airheads](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9715-airheads.jpg)
Airheads (1994)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
![It Could Happen to You](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14444-it-could-happen-to-you.jpg)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Movie
4
Composer
![Wayne's World 2](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5632-wayne-s-world-2.jpg)
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Movie
5.79
Composer
![A Dangerous Woman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36101-a-dangerous-woman.jpg)
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![Kalifornia](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15295-kalifornia.jpg)
Kalifornia (1993)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
![XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/422201-xxxtasy-two-days-in-the-life-of-a-saint.jpg)
XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint (1993)
Movie
Composer
![This Boy's Life](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7434-this-boy-s-life.jpg)
This Boy's Life (1993)
Movie
6
Composer
![Waterland](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/29738-waterland.jpg)
Waterland (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
![Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11400-buffy-the-vampire-slayer.jpg)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
![Doc Hollywood](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14138-doc-hollywood.jpg)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Movie
5.14
Composer
![Barton Fink](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9277-barton-fink.jpg)
Barton Fink (1991)
Movie
6.19
Composer
![Scorchers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/39019-scorchers.jpg)
Scorchers (1991)
Movie
Composer
![Checking Out](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/37360-checking-out.jpg)
Checking Out (1989)
Movie
Composer
![It Takes Two](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/81665-it-takes-two.jpg)
It Takes Two (1988)
Movie
Composer
![The Beat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/114882-the-beat.jpg)
The Beat (1988)
Movie
Composer
![Pass the Ammo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36388-pass-the-ammo.jpg)
Pass the Ammo (1988)
Movie
Composer
![Raising Arizona](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6812-raising-arizona.jpg)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Movie
5.98
Composer
![Psycho III](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/4-psycho-iii.jpg)
Psycho III (1986)
Movie
5.31
Composer
![R.A.B.L.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/758040-r-a-b-l.jpg)
R.A.B.L. (1985)
Movie
Composer
![A Hero of Our Time](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/432542-a-hero-of-our-time.jpg)
A Hero of Our Time (1985)
Movie
Composer
![Blood Simple](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8054-blood-simple.jpg)
Blood Simple (1984)
Movie
3.5
Ratings
Average 6.2
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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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