Portrait of Dmitri Shostakovich

Sound

Dmitri Shostakovich

Career

Active from 1928 to 2026, with a break from 1986 to 1996, busiest in 2025 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
GoodWatch score83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Best Original Musical Score

    1962 ยท Nominated ยท 34th Academy Awards

    Khovanshchina

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dmitri Shostakovich Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Romance
    2.5, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Historical Context 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Emotional Intensity 3
  • Classical Music 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • 20th Century 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Shostakovich 2
  • Soviet Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Russian Waltz
The Russian Waltz

Music

A Vivid Nightmare
A Vivid Nightmare

Sound

2020s

19 titles ยท average score 63
Danse macabre
Danse macabre (2026)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2025)

Writer, Original Music Composer

Daniel Trifonov Shostakovich Festival in Leipzig
Daniel Trifonov Shostakovich Festival in Leipzig (2025)

Original Music Composer

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig (2025)

Original Music Composer

A Lady Macbeth of the District of Mcensk
A Lady Macbeth of the District of Mcensk (2025)

Writer, Original Music Composer

Alain Altinoglu conducts Shostakovich Symphony no.8
Alain Altinoglu conducts Shostakovich Symphony no.8 (2025)

Original Music Composer

P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels
P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels (2024)

Original Music Composer

Summertime
Summertime (2023)

Music

Echo Sonata
Echo Sonata (2023)

Music

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks
The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Un viaggio tra le brume della Scozia con Mendelssohn, J. Feddeck e l'OSN
Un viaggio tra le brume della Scozia con Mendelssohn, J. Feddeck e l'OSN (2021)

Original Music Composer

Blockade Architecture
Blockade Architecture (2020)

Original Music Composer

2010s

15 titles ยท average score 60
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) (2019)

Original Music Composer

Suburbia
Suburbia (2019)

Music

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2019)

Writer, Original Music Composer

Like Dew in the Sun
Like Dew in the Sun (2016)

Music

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age
Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age (2016)

Music

Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova
Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova (2016)

Music

Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk
Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk (2016)

Writer, Original Music Composer

Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

Music

Hypothetically Murdered
Hypothetically Murdered (2015)

Original Music Composer

Orango
Orango (2014)

Original Music Composer

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose (2013)

Original Music Composer, Writer

The D Train
The D Train (2011)

Music

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 65
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2009)

Music, Writer

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2007)

Original Music Composer, Writer

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2002)

Original Music Composer

Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

Music

After the Reconciliation
After the Reconciliation (2000)

Music

1990s

11 titles ยท average score 70
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)

as (archival footage)

We're All Still Here
We're All Still Here (1997)

Music

Casas Viejas: el grito del sur
Casas Viejas: el grito del sur (1997)

Music

Sky. Last Dream
Sky. Last Dream (1997)

Original Music Composer

Lou Didnโ€™t Say No
Lou Didnโ€™t Say No (1994)

Music

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)
GoodWatch score 72

Music

Oh, Woe Is Me
Oh, Woe Is Me (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

Music

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1992)

Music

Simone Weil Avenue
Simone Weil Avenue (1992)

Music

The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous
The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous (1991)

Music

No Return
No Return (1991)

Music

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 69
Ariel
Ariel (1988)
GoodWatch score 74

Additional Music

Eine Bewegung der Zeit
Eine Bewegung der Zeit (1987)

Music

Poodle
Poodle (1985)

Music

Ninth January
Ninth January (1985)

Original Music Composer

Planet Parade
Planet Parade (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

Music

The Chosen Ones
The Chosen Ones (1983)

Music

You Should Survive
You Should Survive (1981)

Original Music Composer

Flower Music
Flower Music (1981)

Original Music Composer

Invitation to Life
Invitation to Life (1981)

Music

We Looked in the Death's Face
We Looked in the Death's Face (1980)

Music

1970s

11 titles ยท average score 69
Bells of Autumn
Bells of Autumn (1979)

Music

The Nose
The Nose (1979)

Writer, Original Music Composer

And We Had Silence...
And We Had Silence... (1977)

Music

On Thursday and Never Again
On Thursday and Never Again (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

Music

Spring of the Twenty-Ninth
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth (1976)

Original Music Composer

The Monument
The Monument (1975)

Original Music Composer

The Star Hour
The Star Hour (1973)

Music

Messengers of Eternity
Messengers of Eternity (1971)

Original Music Composer

Little Tragedies
Little Tragedies (1971)

Music

King Lear
King Lear (1970)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

One Hour With Kozintsev
One Hour With Kozintsev (1970)

Music

1960s

12 titles ยท average score 70
Sons of the Fatherland
Sons of the Fatherland (1969)

as (Music)Passacaglia: Andante. Violin Concerto #1

Sofiya Perovskaya
Sofiya Perovskaya (1968)

Original Music Composer

25 October, the First Day
25 October, the First Day (1968)
GoodWatch score 59

Music

12 Chairs
12 Chairs (1966)

Original Music Composer

Katerina Izmailova
Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Music

Little Tragedies
Little Tragedies (1966)

Music

Year as Long as Life
Year as Long as Life (1965)

Original Music Composer

Hamlet
Hamlet (1964)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Cherry Town
Cherry Town (1963)

Original Music Composer, Opera

The Condemned of Altona
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Magueyes
Magueyes (1962)

Music

Five Days, Five Nights
Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

Original Music Composer

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 49
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina (1959)

Music, Screenplay

Leningrad Symphony
Leningrad Symphony (1957)

Music

The Gadfly
The Gadfly (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

The First Echelon
The First Echelon (1955)

Original Music Composer

The Beast with a Million Eyes
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
GoodWatch score 32

Music

Song of the Rivers
Song of the Rivers (1954)

Music

Belinsky
Belinsky (1953)

Original Music Composer

Farewell, America!
Farewell, America! (1951)

Original Music Composer

The Unforgettable Year 1919
The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951)

Original Music Composer

The Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin (1950)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

1940s

9 titles ยท average score 62
Michurin
Michurin (1949)

Original Music Composer

Meeting on the Elbe
Meeting on the Elbe (1949)

Original Music Composer

The Young Guard
The Young Guard (1948)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Pirogov
Pirogov (1947)

Original Music Composer

The Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin (1945)

Original Music Composer

Simple People
Simple People (1945)

Original Music Composer

Zoya
Zoya (1944)

Original Music Composer

Adventures of Korzinkina
Adventures of Korzinkina (1941)

Original Music Composer

The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse
The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse (1940)

Original Music Composer

1930s

14 titles ยท average score 60
The Vyborg Side
The Vyborg Side (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

Friends
Friends (1939)

Original Music Composer

Great Citizen
Great Citizen (1938)

Original Music Composer

The Man with the Gun
The Man with the Gun (1938)

Original Music Composer

The Return of Maxim
The Return of Maxim (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

The Girlfriends
The Girlfriends (1936)

Original Music Composer

The Youth of Maxim
The Youth of Maxim (1935)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Love and Hate
Love and Hate (1935)

Original Music Composer

Counterplan
Counterplan (1932)

Original Music Composer

Golden Mountains
Golden Mountains (1931)

Original Music Composer

Alone
Alone (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Enthusiasm: Symphony of Donbas
Enthusiasm: Symphony of Donbas (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

1920s

2 titles ยท average score 74
The New Babylon
The New Babylon (1929)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer