Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell has composed the music for more than 90 feature films, including Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Rob Roy, Fargo, The Spanish Prisoner, Gods and Monsters, Velvet Goldmine, Three Kings, Being John Malkovich, O Brother Where Art Thou? (BAFTA Nominee for Film Music), Before Night Falls, A Knight’s Tale, Adaptation, No Country for Old Men, In Bruges, Burn After Reading, Twilight, Where the Wild Things Are (Golden Globe Nominee for Best Original Score), A Serious Man, The Blind Side, The Kids Are All Right, True Grit, Anomalisa (2016 World Soundtrack Award Best Song), Hail, Caesar!, Carol (2015 Oscar and Golden Globe Nominee for Best Original Score, won LA Film Critics Choice Award for Best Music Score), The Founder, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, British Independent Film Award for Best Music), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2019 Oscar shortlist for Best Score), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 Oscar shortlist for Best Score), Catherine Called Birdy, The Banshees of Inisherin (2022 Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for original score), To Catch a Killer (2023), Finest kind (2023),and Drive-Away Dolls directed by Ethan Coen, written by Coen and Tricia Cooke, and starring Margaret Qualley.
Carter Burwell’s recent releases include Honey Don’t! (Focus Features), directed by Ethan Coen and written by Coen and Tricia Cooke, starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans, and Good Fortune(Lionsgate), the feature directorial debut of Aziz Ansari, starring Ansarialongside Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves. Burwell’s upcoming work includes Wild Horse Nine, directed by long time collaborator Martin McDonagh, and Jack of Spades directed by Joel Coen.
For television, Burwell wrote the music for Apple’sseries “The MorningShow” starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, and SteveCarell, which started its first season in 2019 and completed its third in 2023.Burwell worked with Todd Haynes on HBO’s mini-series“Mildred Pierce” starring Kate Winslet for which Burwell was nominated for twoEmmy Awards, winning in the category of Outstanding Music Composition for aMiniseries, Movie or Special (Dramatic Score).
His theater work includes the chamber opera The Celestial Alphabet Event and theMabou Mines productions Mother and Lucia’s Chapters of Coming Forth by Day.
In 2005 he developed a concert work for text and musictitled Theater of the NewEar, presented in New York, London, and Los Angeles. The text, by Joel andEthan Coen and Charlie Kaufman, was performed by a dozen actors includingMeryl Streep, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hope Davis, PeterDinklage, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The music was performed by the 8-memberParabola Ensemble, conducted by Mr. Burwell.
His writing includes theessays "Music at Six: Scoring the News Then and Now," published inthe inaugural issue of Esopus magazine in 2003 and reprintedin Harper'sMagazine in 2004, “No Country For Old Music” in the 2013 Oxford Handbook of New AudiovisualAesthetics, and “How Nino Rota Saved Me from a SubterraneanFreakout” in Arcana IX, 2021.
FILM
Wild Horse Nine (Upcoming)
Studio: Blueprint Pictures
Producers: Graham Broadbent / Peter Czernin / Anita Overland
Director: Martin McDonagh
Jack of Spades (Upcoming)
Studio: Blueprint Pictures
Producers: Joel Coen
Director: Joel Coen
Good Fortune
Studio: Lionsgate
Producers: Brady Fujikawa / Jon Humphrey / Anthony Katagas
Director: Aziz Ansari
Honey Don’t!
Studio: Focus Features
Producers: Tim Bevan / Ethan Coen / Tricia Cooke / EricFellner / Robert Graf
Director: Ethan Coen
Drive-Away Dolls
Studio: Focus Features
Producers: Tim Bevan / Ethan Coen
Director: Ethan Coen
To Catch a Killer
Studio: Film Nation Entertainment
Producers: Stuart Manashil / Aaron Ryder
Director: Damian Szifron
Finestkind
Studio: 101 Studios
Producers: Gary Foster/ David Glasser
Director: Brian Helgeland
The Banshees of Inisherin
Studio: Blueprint Pictures
Producers: Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Director: Martin McDonagh
Catherine, Called Birdy
Studio: Good Thing Going
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Jo Wallett
Director: Lena Dunham
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Studio: A24
Producers: Joel Coen / Robert Graf
Director: Joel Coen
The Good Liar
Studio: BRON Studios
Producers: Bill Condon / Greg Yolen
Director: Bill Condon
Missing Link
Studio: Laika Entertainment
Producers: Travis Knight / ArianneSutner
Director: Chris Butler
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Studio: Annapurna Pictures
Producers: Megan Ellison / SueNaegle
Director: Ethan Coen / Joel Coen
Wonderstruck
Studio: Amazon Studios
Producers: Pamela Koffler /Christine Vachon / James Whitaker
Director: Todd Haynes
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri(Oscar Nominated)
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Producers: Martin McDonagh / PeterCzernin
Director: Martin McDonagh
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Studio: For Searchlight
Producers: Steve Christian / DamianJones
Director: Simon Curtis
The Founder
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Producers: Don Handfield / AaronRyder
Director: John Lee Hancock
Hail Caesar
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producers: Tim Bevan / Ethan Coen /Joel Coen
Directors: Ethan Coen / Joel Coen
The Finest Hours
Studio: Walt Disney
Producers: Dorothy Aufiero / JamesWhitaker
Director: Craig Gillespie
The Family Fang
Studio: Pinema
Producers: Nicole Kidman / RivaMarker
Director: Jason Bateman
Legend
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Brian Helgeland
Carol (Oscar Nominated)
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen /Christine Vachon
Director: Todd Johnson
Anomalisa
Studio: Starburns Industries
Producer: Charlie Kaufman
Director: Duke Johnson
Mr. Holmes
Studio: BBC Films
Producers: Iain Canning / AnneCarey
Director: Bill Condon
The Fifth Estate
Studio: DreamWorks
Producer: Steve Golin
Director: Bill Condon
Seven Psychopaths
Studio: CBS Films
Producer: Graham Broadbent
Director: Martin McDonagh
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1& 2
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Producer: Wyck Godfrey
Director: Bill Condon
True Grit
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Scott Rudin / StevenSpielberg
Director: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
The Kids Are All Right
Studio: Focus Features
Producer: Gary Gilbert
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Howl
Studio: Oscilloscope Pictures
Producers: Christine Walker / Gus Van Sant
Director: Rob Epstein
The Blind Side
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer: Andrew Kosove
Director: John Lee Hancock
A Serious Man
Studio: Focus Features
Producer: Joel Coen
Directors: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Where the Wild Things Are
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producers: Tom Hanks / Vince Landay
Director: Spike Jonze
Twilight
Studio: Maverick Films
Producer: Greg Mooradian
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Burn After Reading
Studio: Focus Features
Producer: Tim Bevan
Directors: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Scott Rudin
Directors: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Studio: Think Film
Producer: Belle Avery
Director: Sidney Lumet
The Hoax
Studio: Miramax Films
Producer: Anthony Katagas
Director: Lasse Hallström
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Studio: Picturehouse
Producer: Laura Bickford
Director: Steven Shainberg
Kinsey
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Director: Bill Condon
The Alamo
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producers: Ron Howard / Mark Johnson
Director: John Lee Hancock
The Ladykillers
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld
Directors: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Intolerable Cruelty
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer: Brian Grazer
Director: Joel Coen
Adaptation
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Charlie Kaufman
Director: Spike Jonze
The Rookie
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producers: Mark Ciardi / Gordon Grey
Director: John Lee Hancock
S1m0ne
Studio: New Line Cinema
Producer: Daniel Lupi
Director: Andrew Niccol
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Studio: USA Films
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Joel Coen
A Knight’s Tale
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Todd Black
Director: Brian Helgel
Before Night Falls
Studio: Fine Line
Producer: Jon Kilik
Director: Julian Schnabel
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Additional music)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
What Planet Are You From?
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Producers: Brad Grey / Bernie Brillstein
Director: Mike Nichols
Hamlet
Studio: Miramax Films
Producer: Jason Blum
Director: Michael Almereyda
Being John Malkovich
Studio: USA Films
Producer: Charlie Kaufman
Director: Spike Jonze
Three Kings
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer: Charles Roven
Director: David O. Russell
The General’s Daughter
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Mace Neufeld
Director: Simon West
The Corruptor
Studio: New Line Cinema
Producer: Oliver Stone
Director: James Foley
Mystery Alaska
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producer: David E. Kelley
Director: Jay Roach
The High Low Country
Studio: Working Title Films
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Stephen Frears
Velvet Goldmine
Studio: Miramax Films
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Director: Todd Haynes
Gods and Monsters
Studio: Lionsgate
Producer: Clive Barker
Director: Bill Condon
The Spanish Prisoner
Studio: Sony Classics
Producer: J.E. Beauclaire
Director: David Mamet
The Big Lebowski
Studio: Working Title Films
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Conspiracy Theory
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer: Joel Silver
Director: Richard Donner
Jackal
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer: Mark Gordon
Director: Michael Caton Jones
Picture Perfect
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: William Teitler
Director: Glen Gordon Caron
Joe’s Apartment
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer: Judy McGrath
Director: John Payson
Fargo
Studio: Working Title Films
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Fear
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer: Brian Grazer
Director: James Foley
Rob Roy
Studio: United Artists
Producer: Richard Jackson
Director: Michael Caton Jones
Two Bits
Studio: Miramax Films
Producer: David Kord
Director: James Foley
It Could Happen to You
Studio: Tri Star
Producer: Mike Lobell
Director: Andrew Bergman
The Hudsucker Proxy
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producers: Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner
Director: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
And the Band Played On.
Studio: HBO Films
Producer: Aaron Spelling
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
A Dangerous Woman
Studio: Amblin Entertainment
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
California
Studio: Propaganda Films
Producer: Steve Golin
Director: Dominic Sena
This Boy’s Life
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer: Peter Guber
Director: Michael Caton Jones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Howard Rosenman
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Storyville
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: John Davis
Director: Mark Frost
Barton Fink
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Ben Barenholtz
Director: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Miller’s Crossing
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Ben Barenholtz
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Raising Arizona
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Producer: James Jacks
Directors: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Blood Simple
Studio: River Road Productions
Producer: Daniel Bacaner
Director: Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
TELEVISION
The Morning Show
Studio: Media Res
Producers: Jay Carson / Kerry Ehrin
Directors: Lynn Shelton / Roaxann Dawson / Mimi Leder
Space Force
Studio: Netflix
Creators: Greg Daniels, Steve Carell
Olive Kitteridge
Studio: Home Box Office
Producer: David Coatsworth
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Mildred Pierce
Studio: HBO
Producers: Todd Haynes / John Wells
Director: Todd Haynes
And the Band Played On.
Studio: HBO Films
Producers: Cynthia Fitzpatrick / Sarah Pillsbury
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
