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 118
Movies 113
TV Shows 5
self 4
Director 1
Composer
Good Fortune (2025)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Conductor / Orchestrator
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Finestkind (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
To Catch a Killer (2023)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Space Force (2020)
TV
6.48
Original Music Composer
The Good Liar (2019)
Movie
6.05
Original Music Composer
The Morning Show (2019)
TV
6.77
Original Music Composer
Missing Link (2019)
Movie
5.78
Original Music Composer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Movie
6.32
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Movie
6.07
Original Music Composer
Wonderstruck (2017)
Movie
7.33
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Founder (2016)
Movie
7.36
Original Music Composer
The Family Fang (2016)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
The Finest Hours (2016)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Anomalisa (2015)
Movie
5.6
Original Music Composer
Carol (2015)
Movie
8.25
Original Music Composer
Legend (2015)
Movie
6.33
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
Original Music Composer
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
Movie
6.42
Original Music Composer
Mildred Pierce (2011)
TV
6
Original Music Composer
True Grit (2010)
Movie
6.57
Original Music Composer
Howl (2010)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Blind Side (2009)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer
A Serious Man (2009)
Movie
5.05
Original Music Composer
Twilight (2008)
Movie
6.32
Original Music Composer
Burn After Reading (2008)
Movie
7.54
Original Music Composer
In Bruges (2008)
Movie
6.58
Original Music Composer / Conductor / Orchestrator
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Movie
5.41
Original Music Composer
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie
7.83
Composer
The Hoax (2006)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Kinsey (2004)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer / Conductor
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
Composer
S1m0ne (2002)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
The Rookie (2002)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Movie
5.8
Original Music Composer
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Movie
5.27
Musician / Original Music Composer
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Movie
4.98
Original Music Composer
Before Night Falls (2000)
Movie
10
Composer
Hamlet (2000)
Movie
Original Music 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
Original Music Composer
Three Kings (1999)
Movie
7
Original Music 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
Composer
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Movie
6
Composer
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Movie
1
Additional Music
Mercury Rising (1998)
Movie
4.2
Original Music Composer
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie
5.8
Original Music 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
Original Music 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
Original Music Composer
Fear (1996)
Movie
4.67
Original Music Composer
Fargo (1996)
Movie
6.91
Original Music Composer
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Movie
2
Composer
Two Bits (1995)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rob Roy (1995)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Movie
5.75
Original Music Composer
Bad Company (1995)
Movie
3.75
Original Music Composer
Airheads (1994)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Movie
5.81
Original Music Composer
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Movie
5.79
Original Music Composer
And the Band Played On (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Movie
Composer
Kalifornia (1993)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
XXXtasy: Two Days in the Life of a Saint (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
This Boy's Life (1993)
Movie
6
Composer
Storyville (1992)
Movie
Composer
Waterland (1992)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Movie
3.5
Composer
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Movie
5.14
Original Music Composer
Barton Fink (1991)
Movie
6.19
Composer
Scorchers (1991)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Movie
5.95
Composer
Checking Out (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
It Takes Two (1988)
Movie
Composer
The Beat (1988)
Movie
Composer
Pass the Ammo (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Raising Arizona (1987)
Movie
5.98
Original Music Composer
Psycho III (1986)
Movie
5.31
Composer
A Hero of Our Time (1985)
Movie
Composer
R.A.B.L. (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Blood Simple (1984)
Movie
3.5
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1954-11-18 (70 years old)
Birth NameCarter Benedict Burwell
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
SpouseChristine Sciulli
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCarter Benedict Burwell
AwardsBritish Independent Film Award for Best Music
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