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Carter Burwell

Career

Active from 1977 to 2026, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Carter Burwell Catalog average

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Character Study 9
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Biographical Drama 6
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Darkly Humorous 4
  • Gritty Realism 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Eccentric Characters 4
  • Coen Brothers Style 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

118
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Jack of Spades
Jack of Spades

Original Music Composer

Go, Beavers!
Go, Beavers!

Original Music Composer

2020s

10 titles · average score 65
Wild Horse Nine
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

Good Fortune
Good Fortune (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Honey Don't!
Honey Don't! (2025)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
GoodWatch score 54

Orchestrator, Original Music Composer

To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Finestkind
Finestkind (2023)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future
Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future (2023)

Original Music Composer

The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Catherine Called Birdy
Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

2010s

23 titles · average score 69
Missing Link
Missing Link (2019)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
GoodWatch score 85

Conductor, Orchestrator

The Founder
The Founder (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Legend
Legend (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Carol
Carol (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes (2015)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

Seven Psychopaths
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
GoodWatch score 44

Original Music Composer

True Grit
True Grit (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

2000s

25 titles · average score 66
The Blind Side
The Blind Side (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

A Serious Man
A Serious Man (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Twilight
Twilight (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

In Bruges
In Bruges (2008)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men (2007)
GoodWatch score 88

Original Music Composer

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Adaptation.
Adaptation. (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

A Knight's Tale
A Knight's Tale (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

Orchestrator, Original Music Composer

1990s

44 titles · average score 61
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich (1999)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Three Kings
Three Kings (1999)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

The Jackal
The Jackal (1997)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Fargo
Fargo (1996)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

Fear
Fear (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

A Goofy Movie
A Goofy Movie (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

It Could Happen to You
It Could Happen to You (1994)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Kalifornia
Kalifornia (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life (1993)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing (1990)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

1980s

12 titles · average score 61
It Takes Two
It Takes Two (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Checking Out
Checking Out (1988)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

Pass the Ammo
Pass the Ammo (1988)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

The Beat
The Beat (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona (1987)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Psycho III
Psycho III (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Music Composer

Blood Simple
Blood Simple (1985)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

R.A.B.L.
R.A.B.L. (1985)

Original Music Composer

A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time (1985)

Music

Creation Myth
Creation Myth (1985)

Music

3DV
3DV (1984)

Animation

Steps
Steps (1983)

Music

1970s

2 titles
Help, I'm Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle
Help, I'm Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle (1978)

Director

Subway Slut
Subway Slut (1977)

Director