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Carter Burwell

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Carter Burwell
  • Date of Birth:
    November 18, 1955
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    New York City, New York, USA
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Religion:
    Christianity
  • Education:

    King School, Stamford, Connecticut

    Harvard College

Family

Carter Burwell
  • Spouse:
    Christine Sciulli - Present

Career

Carter Burwell
  • Profession:
    Musician
  • Debut:
    The Fox and the Hound - 1981

Awards

Carter Burwell

2003 : ASCAP Award, Top Box Office Films
for: The Rookie (2002/I)

2000 : ASCAP Award, Top Box Office Films
for: The General's Daughter (1999)

1998 : ASCAP Award, Top Box Office Films
for: Conspiracy Theory (1997)

1997 : CFCA Award, Best Original Score
for: Fargo (1996)

Trivia

Carter Burwell
  • He enjoys working with left-field directors and has also scored Spike Jonze's films.
  • Among his best known film scores are And the Band Played On (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Hamlet (2000), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), In Bruges (2008) and Twilight (2008).
  • Has composed scores for all the Coen Brothers' films.
  • Has scored all of the films directed by Spike Jonze.
  • 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 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, where he simply provided additional music to a score primarily composed by T Bone Burnett).

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