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{{Short description|American film composer (born 1954)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Carter Burwell
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| birth_name       = Carter Benedict Burwell<ref name=secr>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nvdaily/obituary.aspx?n=natalie-benedict-burwell&pid=140015618 |title=Natalie Benedict Burwell Obituary: View Natalie Burwell's Obituary by Northern Virginia Daily |publisher    = Legacy.com |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=February 9, 2012}}</ref>
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|18}}<ref name="amg">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carter-burwell-mn0000149173 |language=en-US |publisher=[[AllMusic Guide]] |access-date=November 18, 2020 |title=Carter Burwell}}</ref>
| birth_place      = [[New York City]], U.S.
| years_active     = 1984–present
| occupation       = [[Composer|Film composer]]
| instrument       = Keyboards
| website          = {{URL|carterburwell.com}}
}}

'''Carter Benedict Burwell''' (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He received [[Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] for [[Todd Haynes]]'s ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'' (2015) and [[Martin McDonagh]]'s films ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'' (2017) and ''[[The Banshees Of Inisherin]]'' (2022). 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]], [[Spike Jonze]], [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]], [[Brian Helgeland]], and [[John Lee Hancock]].

==Early life and education==
Burwell was born in [[New York City]], the son of Natalie (née Benedict), a math teacher, and Charles Burwell, who founded Thaibok Fabrics, Ltd.<ref name=secr/> He graduated from [[King and Low-Heywood Thomas School|King School]] in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800033274/bio |title=Carter Burwell Biography - Yahoo! Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |access-date=February 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107142147/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800033274/bio |archive-date=November 7, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> with George Hofecker and other notables and [[Harvard College]], where he was a cartoonist for ''[[The Harvard Lampoon]]''.

==Career==
As a film composer, Burwell has had a long-working relationship with the [[Coen brothers]], providing music for every film they have made (except for ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' and ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''). Among his best known film scores are ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]'' (1993), ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'' (1997), ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]'' (2000), ''[[The Spanish Prisoner]]'' (1997), ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]'' (2007), ''[[In Bruges]]'' (2008), ''[[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]'' (2008), ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009), ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]'' (2009), and ''[[Breaking Dawn - Part 1]]'' (2011) and ''[[Breaking Dawn: Part 2|Part 2]]'' (2012). Burwell wrote and recorded the original score for the film ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'', but director [[Doug Liman]] wanted something else and replaced it with a score by [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]].<ref name="bourne">{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Tim|title=John Powell interview: 'I sold myself to the Devil, just a bit'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/news/john-powell-interview-i-sold-myself-to-the-devil-just-a-bit-9466955.html|access-date=June 5, 2014|work=The Independent|date=June 1, 2014}}</ref>

The ethos of the punk rock movement gave Burwell the impetus to start performing. He performed in New York with several bands, notably The Same, Thick Pigeon, and Radiante. Burwell played in Thick Pigeon with [[Stanton Miranda]]; the group released two albums, ''Too Crazy Cowboys'' (Factory) and tracks on ''Miranda Dali'' (Crepuscule), originally released as a Miranda solo project but later reissued as a Thick Pigeon release. On Burwell's soundtrack for ''[[Psycho III]]'', Miranda was a featured singer.

By 1986 he had composed the music for a dance piece, RAB, which premiered at the Avignon Festival. At the same time, he was touring worldwide with The Harmonic Choir, [[David Hykes]]' experimental vocal group, which specialized in [[overtone singing]].

Burwell used the [[country music]] genre as the basis for his score for the Coens' ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' in 1987. From 1982 to 1987 he worked at the [[New York Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carterburwell.com/carter/carter_bio_facts.shtml|title=Carter Burwell - Biography|website=CarterBurwell.com|access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/07/465725552/love-the-music-of-coen-brothers-films-you-can-thank-carter-burwell|title=Love The Music Of Coen Brothers Films? You Can Thank Carter Burwell|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=February 7, 2016|access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>

His work has alternated between live performance, dance and theater commissions, and film scoring. His chamber opera, ''The Celestial Alphabet Event,'' was presented in [[New York City|New York]] in 1991, and other theater pieces include ''Mother'' (1994) and ''Lucia's Chapters'' (2007), both with the experimental theater group [[Mabou Mines]].

In April 2005, Burwell composed and conducted music performed by The Parabola Ensemble for the plays ''Sawbones,'' written and directed by the [[Coen brothers]], ''Hope Leaves the Theater,'' written and directed by [[Charlie Kaufman]], and ''[[Anomalisa]],'' written and directed by Kaufman as Francis Fregoli. This was a segment of the sound-only production "Theater of the New Ear", which debuted at [[St. Ann's Warehouse]] in Brooklyn, New York, with support from [[Sirius Satellite Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Carter Burwell to score "Theater of the New Ear" with Coen Brothers and Charlie Kaufman|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=577|website=[[Soundtrack.net]]|date=March 3, 2005|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Schillinger|first1=Liesl|title=Celebrities Opt to Be Heard Rather Than Seen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/theater/newsandfeatures/celebrities-opt-to-be-heard-rather-than-seen.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 10, 2005|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Learmonth|first1=Michael|title=Theater tunes 'Ear'|url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/news/theater-tunes-ear-1117922284/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 8, 2005|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> It was also performed at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London, England, in May 2005, and at [[Royce Hall]] in Los Angeles, California, in September 2005, as part of the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Live Festival.

In 2009, Burwell was the recipient of the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award from the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burlingame|first1=Jon|title=Carter Burwell Receives ASCAP Mancini Award|url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2009/051409.html|publisher=[[The Film Music Society]]|date=May 14, 2009|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> In 2010, he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score]] for ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Globes nominations: the 2010 list in full|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/dec/15/golden-globes-nominations|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 15, 2009|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, he received the Distinguished Film Composer award from the [[Middleburg Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shoukri|first1=Tarek|title=Middleburg Film Festival to Honor Composer Carter Burwell and Cinematographer Dante Spinotti|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/09/middleburg-film-festival-to-honor-composer-carter-burwell-and-cinematographer-dante-spinotti-58657/|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> and the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] award for [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music|Best Music Score]] for ''[[Anomalisa]]'' and ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=41st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|url=http://www.lafca.net/years/2015.html|publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]|date=December 2015|access-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207221348/http://www.lafca.net/years/2015.html|archive-date=December 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|title=Los Angeles Film Critics Name 'Spotlight' Best Film of the Year|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/los-angeles-film-critics-association-winners-in-progress-1201655037/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 6, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> He was nominated for the [[Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production]] for ''[[Anomalisa]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations for 43rd Annie Awards Announced|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/12/01/nominations-for-43rd-annie-awards-announced/|website=Film Music Reporter|date=December 1, 2015|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score]] for ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=The Golden Globes|title=2016 Nominations Announced!|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/2016-nominations-announced|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|date=December 10, 2015|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>   In 2016, he received the [[Satellite Award]] for [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and the Best Score award by the International Cinephile Society for ''Carol''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Satellite Awards 2015|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/|publisher=[[International Press Academy]]|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Carol' Named Best Picture by Intl. Cinephile Society|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/carol-best-picture-international-cinephile-society-1201711402/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 21, 2016|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref> Burwell was awarded [[World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year|Film Composer of the Year]] by the [[World Soundtrack Awards]], and the score for ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'' received the [[World Soundtrack Award – Public Choice|Public Choice Award]] for the Best Score of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=World Soundtrack Awards|author-link=World Soundtrack Awards|title=Winners of the 16th World Soundtrack Awards|url=http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/music-blog/winners-of-the-16th-world-soundtrack-awards/19-10-2016/2148|publisher=[[World Soundtrack Academy]]|date=October 19, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Carter Burwell Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/10/19/carter-burwell-named-film-composer-of-the-year-at-world-soundtrack-awards/|website=Film Music Reporter|date=October 19, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref>

Burwell received his first [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] nomination for ''Carol'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominations-2016-full-list-855670 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Heigl|first1=Alex|title=Where You've Heard First-Time Oscar Nominee Carter Burwell's Scores Before|url=http://people.com/awards/oscars-2016-carter-burwell-nominated-for-first-academy-award/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=February 27, 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> his second for ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'', and his third for ''[[The Banshees Of Inisherin]]''.

==Personal life==
Burwell married [[Christine Sciulli]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notes on Hamlet Soundtrack|url=http://www.carterburwell.com/projects/Hamlet.shtml|website=CarterBurwell.com|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>

Since 2009, Burwell has lived in [[Napeague, New York]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Amanda M.|last=Fairbanks|title=Truck Beach Was For Locals. Then the Oceanfront Homes Arrived.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/nyregion/truck-beach-access-hamptons.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2022|quote=Carter Burwell, a film composer who has lived year-round in Napeague since 2009....}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Blood Simple]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''A Hero of Our Time''
| [[Michael Almereyda]]
| rowspan="2" | Short film
|-
| ''R.A.B.L.''
| Patrice M. Regnier
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Psycho III]]''
| [[Anthony Perkins]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1987
|''[[Raising Arizona]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]] 
| 
|-
| ''[[Pass the Ammo]]''
| [[David Beaird]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Beat (1988 film)|The Beat]]''
| Paul Mones
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| ''[[It Takes Two (1988 film)|It Takes Two]]''
| David Beaird
|
|-
| ''[[Checking Out (1989 film)|Checking Out]]''
| [[David Leland]]
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Miller's Crossing]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" |1991
| ''[[Barton Fink]]''
| 
|-
| ''[[Doc Hollywood]]''
| [[Michael Caton-Jones]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Scorchers (film)|Scorchers]]''
| [[David Beaird]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
| [[Fran Rubel Kuzui]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Waterland (film)|Waterland]]''
| [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Storyville (film)|Storyville]]''
| [[Mark Frost]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1993
| ''[[This Boy's Life (film)|This Boy's Life]]''
| [[Michael Caton-Jones]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Kalifornia]]''
| [[Dominic Sena]]
| 
|-
| ''[[A Dangerous Woman (1993 film)|A Dangerous Woman]]''
| [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Wayne's World 2]]''
| [[Stephen Surjik]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" |1994
|''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| ''[[It Could Happen to You (1994 film)|It Could Happen to You]]''
| [[Andrew Bergman]]
|
|-
|''[[Airheads]]''
|[[Michael Lehmann]]
|Replaced [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]]
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1995
| ''[[Bad Company (1995 film)|Bad Company]]''
| [[Damian Harris]]
| 
|-
| ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''
| [[Kevin Lima]]
|
|-
| ''[[Rob Roy (1995 film)|Rob Roy]]''
| [[Michael Caton-Jones]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Celluloid Closet (film)|The Celluloid Closet]]''
| [[Rob Epstein]] <br />[[Jeffrey Friedman (filmmaker)|Jeffrey Friedman]]
| Documentary film
|-
| ''[[Two Bits]]''
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1996
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Fear (1996 film)|Fear]]''
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Joe's Apartment]]''
| John Payson
| 
|-
| ''[[The Chamber (1996 film)|The Chamber]]''
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1997
| ''[[Picture Perfect (1997 film)|Picture Perfect]]''
| [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Assassin(s)]]''
| [[Mathieu Kassovitz]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]''
| [[Richard Donner]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Locusts (film)|The Locusts]]''
| John Patrick Kelley
| 
|-
| ''[[The Spanish Prisoner]]''
| [[David Mamet]]
| 
|-
| ''Girls Night Out''
| Myra Paci
| Short film
|-
| ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]''
| [[Michael Caton-Jones]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="5" |1998
|''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]''
|[[Bill Condon]]
|
|-
| ''[[Mercury Rising]]''
| [[Harold Becker]]
| Composed with [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
|-
|''[[The Big Lebowski]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''
| [[Todd Haynes]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Hi-Lo Country]]''
| [[Stephen Frears]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1999
| ''[[The Corruptor]]''
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]''
| [[Simon West]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Being John Malkovich]]''
| [[Spike Jonze]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]''
| [[David O. Russell]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Mystery, Alaska]]''
| [[Jay Roach]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2000
| ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Michael Almereyda]]
| 
|-
| ''[[What Planet Are You From?]]''
| [[Mike Nichols]]
| 
|-
| ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| Additional music only
|-
| ''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]''
| [[Julian Schnabel]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2]]''
| [[Joe Berlinger]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[A Knight's Tale]]''
| [[Brian Helgeland]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[The Rookie (2002 film)|The Rookie]]''
| [[John Lee Hancock]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Searching for Paradise]]''
| Myra Paci
| 
|-
| ''[[Simone (2002 film)|Simone]]''
| [[Andrew Niccol]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]''
| [[Spike Jonze]]
| 
|-
|2003
|''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]''
| 
|-
| ''[[The Alamo (2004 film)|The Alamo]]''
| [[John Lee Hancock]]
| 
|-
|''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]''
|[[Bill Condon]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Fur (film)|Fur]]''
| [[Steven Shainberg]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Hoax]]''
| [[Lasse Hallström]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|''[[No Country for Old Men]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]''
| [[Sidney Lumet]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| ''[[In Bruges]]''
| [[Martin McDonagh]]
| 
|-
|''[[Burn After Reading]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]''
| [[Catherine Hardwicke]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|''[[A Serious Man]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]''
| [[Spike Jonze]]
| Co-composed with [[Karen O]]
|-
| ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''
| [[John Lee Hancock]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Howl (2010 film)|Howl]]''
| [[Rob Epstein]] <br />[[Jeffrey Friedman (filmmaker)|Jeffrey Friedman]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]]''
| [[Lisa Cholodenko]]
| 
|-
|''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''Midnight Run''
| Neil Shelley
| Short film
|-
|''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1]]''
|[[Bill Condon]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Seven Psychopaths]]''
| [[Martin McDonagh]]
| 
|-
|''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[Bill Condon]]
|
|-
|2013
|''[[The Fifth Estate (film)|The Fifth Estate]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2015
| ''[[Mr. Holmes]]''
| 
|-
| ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]''
| [[Todd Haynes]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Family Fang (film)|The Family Fang]]''
| [[Jason Bateman]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Legend (2015 film)|Legend]]''
| [[Brian Helgeland]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Anomalisa]]''
| [[Charlie Kaufman]] <br />[[Duke Johnson (director)|Duke Johnson]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| ''[[The Finest Hours (soundtrack)|The Finest Hours]]''
| [[Craig Gillespie]]
| 
|-
|''[[Hail, Caesar!]]''
|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Founder]]''
| [[John Lee Hancock]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[Wonderstruck (film)|Wonderstruck]]''
| [[Todd Haynes]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]''
| [[Martin McDonagh]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Christopher Robin]]''
| [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]]
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
| ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''
| [[Chris Butler (filmmaker)|Chris Butler]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Good Liar]]''
| [[Bill Condon]]
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Carter Burwell to Score Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/06/01/carter-burwell-to-score-joel-coens-the-tragedy-of-macbeth/|date=June 1, 2020|website=Film Music Reporter}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Catherine Called Birdy (film)|Catherine Called Birdy]]''
| [[Lena Dunham]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]]''
| [[Martin McDonagh]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Carter Burwell Scoring Martin McDonagh's 'The Banshees of Inisherin'|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/03/30/carter-burwell-scoring-martin-mcdonaghs-the-banshees-of-inisherin/|date=March 30, 2022|website=Film Music Reporter}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[To Catch a Killer (2023 film)|To Catch a Killer]]''
| [[Damián Szifron]]
| 
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Drive-Away Dolls]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Coen brothers|Ethan Coen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| ''[[Honey Don't!]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Good Fortune (film)|Good Fortune]]''
| [[Aziz Ansari]]
| also producer, conductor and orchestrator
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''[[Wild Horse Nine]]''
| Martin McDonagh
|
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''[[Jack of Spades (upcoming film)|''Jack of Spades'']]''
| Joel Coen
| <ref name="McDormand, Manville">{{cite web |last1=Trainer |first1=Paul |date=September 19, 2025 |title=Road Restrictions: Filming in Glasgow for Joel Coen movie starring Josh O'Connor |url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/road-restrictions-filming-joel-coen-josh-oconnor-5324658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919141301/https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/road-restrictions-filming-joel-coen-josh-oconnor-5324658 |archive-date=September 19, 2025 |website=[[GlasgowWorld]] |publisher=[[National World]] |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Network
! Notes
|-
| 1990–1991
| ''[[Clash!]]''
| [[Ha! (TV channel)|Ha!]] / [[Comedy Central]]
| Main title theme
|-
| 1993
| ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''
| rowspan="4" | [[HBO]]
| Television film
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Mildred Pierce (miniseries)|Mildred Pierce]]''
| Miniseries; 5 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]]''
| Episode: “Pilot”
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)|Olive Kitteridge]]''
| Miniseries; 4 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/29/carter-burwell-to-score-hbos-olive-kitteridge/|title=Carter Burwell to Score HBO's 'Olive Kitteridge' - Film Music Reporter|website=Filmmusicreporter |access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2019–present
| ''[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|The Morning Show]]''
| [[Apple TV+]]
| Series 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Space Force (TV series)|Space Force]]''
| [[Netflix]]
| Season 1 only<ref>{{cite web |title=Carter Burwell Scoring Netflix's 'Space Force' |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/12/carter-burwell-scoring-netflixs-space-force/ |website=Filmmusicreporter |access-date=May 13, 2020 |date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
|}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Project
! Result
!class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|align=center|2001 || [[BAFTA Award]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Original Music]] || ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film|title= Film in 2002|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2009 || [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2010|title= Winners & Nominees 2010|website= [[Golden Globe Awards]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|2011 || rowspan=2|[[63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)]] <small>(episode: "Part 5") </small> || rowspan=2|''[[Mildred Pierce (miniseries)|Mildred Pierce]]'' || {{won}} ||
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]] || {{nom}} ||
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|2015 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || rowspan=2|''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016/U--Z|title= 2015 Academy Awards|website= [[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2016|title= Winners & Nominees 2016|website= [[Golden Globe Awards]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|2017 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || rowspan=2|''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2018/U--Z|title= 2017 Academy Awards|website= [[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2018|title= Winners & Nominees 2018|website= [[Golden Globe Awards]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- 
|align=center rowspan=3|2022|| [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || rowspan=3|''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]]'' || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023/U--Z|title= 2022 Academy Awards|website= [[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[BAFTA Award]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Original Music]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2022/film|title= Film in 2022|website= [[BAFTA Awards|awards.bafta.org]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2023|title= Winners & Nominees 2023|website= [[Golden Globe Awards]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name|0001980|Carter Burwell}}
* [http://www.ltmrecordings.com/tpbio.html Thick Pigeon bio at LTM]

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