Carter Burwell

Composer

Carter Burwell scored 64 rated films; 12 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .188 batting average.

Batting average
.188
Hits
12 of 64 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 21% of 306 composers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1985–2025

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Honey Don't! (2025) — 51/100
  2. Drive-Away Dolls (2024) — 57/100
  3. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) — 84/100 · hit
  4. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) — 78/100
  5. The Good Liar (2019) — 64/100
  6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) — 77/100
  7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) — 84/100 · hit
  8. Wonderstruck (2017) — 65/100
  9. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) — 66/100
  10. Hail, Caesar! (2016) — 68/100
  11. The Finest Hours (2016) — 64/100
  12. The Founder (2016) — 72/100
  13. Carol (2015) — 82/100 · hit
  14. Mr. Holmes (2015) — 71/100
  15. The Fifth Estate (2013) — 53/100
  16. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) — 56/100
  17. Seven Psychopaths (2012) — 71/100
  18. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) — 47/100
  19. True Grit (2010) — 80/100 · hit
  20. A Serious Man (2009) — 76/100
  21. Where the Wild Things Are (2009) — 68/100
  22. The Blind Side (2009) — 70/100
  23. Burn After Reading (2008) — 69/100
  24. In Bruges (2008) — 76/100
  25. Twilight (2008) — 56/100
  26. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit
  27. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) — 78/100
  28. The Hoax (2006) — 67/100
  29. The Ladykillers (2004) — 59/100
  30. The Alamo (2004) — 54/100
  31. Kinsey (2004) — 75/100
  32. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) — 66/100
  33. Adaptation. (2002) — 83/100 · hit
  34. S1m0ne (2002) — 56/100
  35. The Rookie (2002) — 72/100
  36. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) — 76/100
  37. Before Night Falls (2000) — 73/100
  38. What Planet Are You From? (2000) — 49/100
  39. Being John Malkovich (1999) — 86/100 · hit
  40. The General's Daughter (1999) — 52/100
  41. Three Kings (1999) — 76/100
  42. The Corruptor (1999) — 57/100
  43. Mystery, Alaska (1999) — 56/100
  44. The Big Lebowski (1998) — 81/100 · hit
  45. Velvet Goldmine (1998) — 67/100
  46. Gods and Monsters (1998) — 77/100
  47. The Jackal (1997) — 50/100
  48. Conspiracy Theory (1997) — 62/100
  49. The Spanish Prisoner (1997) — 74/100
  50. Assassin(s) (1997) — 64/100
  51. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
  52. The Chamber (1996) — 47/100
  53. Fear (1996) — 58/100
  54. Rob Roy (1995) — 66/100
  55. Two Bits (1995) — 52/100
  56. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — 66/100
  57. And the Band Played On (1993) — 83/100 · hit
  58. This Boy's Life (1993) — 70/100
  59. Kalifornia (1993) — 62/100
  60. Barton Fink (1991) — 82/100 · hit
  61. Doc Hollywood (1991) — 63/100
  62. Miller's Crossing (1990) — 77/100
  63. Raising Arizona (1987) — 75/100
  64. Blood Simple (1985) — 80/100 · hit

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
  2. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit
  3. Being John Malkovich (1999) — 86/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) — 47/100
  2. The Chamber (1996) — 47/100
  3. What Planet Are You From? (2000) — 49/100

How these numbers work: Methodology