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Carter Burwell

1954 - Today

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Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored most of their films. He has also scored films by other directors such as Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Spike Jonze, Martin McDonagh, James Foley, Brian Helgeland, and John Lee Hancock. Burwell received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes's Carol (2015) and McDonagh's films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carter Burwell is the 1,161st most popular composer (down from 1,084th in 2019), the 7,180th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,925th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carter Burwell ranks 1,161 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Gál, Leonard Rosenman, Filippo Marchetti, Arthur Bliss, Robert Franz, and Laxmikant–Pyarelal. After him are John Wilbye, Ludomir Różycki, Henry Bishop, Antoine Duhamel, John Ireland, and Shirō Sagisu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Carter Burwell ranks 323. Before him are Roy Jacobsen, Tahar Djaout, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Spagna, Ariane Ascaride, and Norihito, Prince Takamado. After him are E. Allen Emerson, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, Hideki Maeda, Hansi Hinterseer, Bob Rock, and Ellen von Unwerth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Burwell ranks 7,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas H. Ince (1880), Philip Ahn (1905), Larry Collins (1929), Elizabeth Berkley (1972), Michael Cristofer (1945), and William M. Evarts (1818). After him are Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Monique Alexander (1982), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Bob McAdoo (1951), Galo Plaza (1906), and Kelsey Chow (1991).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Carter Burwell ranks 69. Before him are Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Harry Partch (1901), W. C. Handy (1873), Alf Clausen (1941), John Corigliano (1938), and Leonard Rosenman (1924). After him are Michael Giacchino (1967), Morton Gould (1913), Gunther Schuller (1925), Paul Whiteman (1890), Alan Hovhaness (1911), and William Bolcom (1938).

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