Carter Burwell

Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1955, in New York City) is a composer of film scores. He graduated from King School in Stamford, Connecticut,Fact|date=February 2007 and Harvard College.

Career

As a film composer, Burwell has had a long working relationship with the Coen brothers, providing music for every film they have made. He enjoys working with left-field directors and has also scored Spike Jonze's films. Among his best known non–Coen Brothers film scores are "And the Band Played On" (1993), "Conspiracy Theory" (1997), "Hamlet" (2000), "The Spanish Prisoner" (1997), and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007).He recently created a track called "Bella's Lullaby" for the film Twilight, which will come out on November 21, 2008. The soundtrack is set to be released on November 4, 2008.

Burwell married Christine Sciulli in 1999. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/746/000026668/ Carter Burwell ] ]

Thick Pigeon

Burwell once played in a band named Thick Pigeon with Stanton Miranda. The group only released two albums, "Too Crazy Cowboys" and "Miranda Dali". On Burwell's soundtrack for "Psycho III", Miranda was a featured singer.

elected filmography

* 1984: "Blood Simple"
* 1986: "Psycho III"
* 1987: "Raising Arizona"
* 1990: "Miller's Crossing"
* 1991: "Barton Fink"
* 1992: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* 1993: "This Boy's Life"
* 1993: "Kalifornia"
* 1993: "And the Band Played On"
* 1994: "The Hudsucker Proxy"
* 1995: "Rob Roy"
* 1995: "Fear"
* 1996: "Fargo"
* 1997: "Conspiracy Theory"
* 1997: "The Spanish Prisoner"
* 1997: "The Jackal"
* 1998: "Velvet Goldmine"
* 1998: "The Big Lebowski"
* 1998: "Gods and Monsters"
* 1999: "Mystery, Alaska"
* 1999: "Three Kings"
* 1999: "Being John Malkovich"
* 2000: "Before Night Falls"
* 2000: "Hamlet"
* 2002: "The Man Who Wasn't There"
* 2002: "Adaptation"
* 2003: "Intolerable Cruelty"
* 2004: "The Ladykillers"
* 2004: "Kinsey"
* 2004: "The Alamo"
* 2006: "The Hoax"
* 2007: "No Country for Old Men"
* 2007: "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
* 2008: "In Bruges"
* 2008: "Burn After Reading"
* 2008: "Twilight"

References

External links

* [http://www.carterburwell.com/ Carter Burwell official site]
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* [http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=24 SoundtrackNet biography]
* [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/burwell.htm Movie Music UK biography]