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Nicholas Britell

Career

Active from 2004 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Succession
Succession
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nicholas Britell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    3.1, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Star-Studded Ensemble Cast 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • New York City 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Power Dynamics 2
  • Dark Comedy 2
  • Underdog Story 2
  • Intimate Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 64
Mountainhead
Mountainhead (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Expectations Opening Credits
Expectations Opening Credits (2025)

Music

Blitz
Blitz (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

Songs

Carmen
Carmen (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Horn Nightclub Piano Player

She Said
She Said (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Italian Studies
Italian Studies (2022)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Cruella
Cruella (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Gaze
The Gaze (2021)

Original Music Composer

2010s

18 titles · average score 72
The King
The King (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Vice
Vice (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer, Conductor

If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Moonlight
Moonlight (2016)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Tramps
Tramps (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

The Big Short
The Big Short (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Whiplash
Whiplash (2014)
GoodWatch score 89

Co-Producer

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave (2013)
GoodWatch score 89

Songs

Gimme the Loot
Gimme the Loot (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

2000s

3 titles · average score 56
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Music Composer

Domino One
Domino One (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Charles Davenport

Hammer and Cycle
Hammer and Cycle (2004)

Original Music Composer