Carter Burwell Net Worth

Burwell is a renowned composer, music department, and soundtrack artist who has worked on a variety of films, television shows, and video games. He has won numerous awards for his work, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for his work on the film True Grit.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
Birth Day November 18, 1954
Birth Place  New York City, New York, United States
Age 69 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Birth name Carter Benedict Burwell
Instruments Keyboards
Years active 2001—present Film composer

💰 Net worth: $14 Million (2024)

Carter Burwell, a renowned composer and musician in the United States, is set to amass an impressive net worth of $14 million by 2024. His talent and expertise in the field have earned him recognition and success throughout his career. As a composer, music department contributor, and soundtrack artist, Burwell has left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry. His innovative compositions and collaborations with prominent directors and filmmakers have garnered critical acclaim and a substantial fan base. With his continued dedication and mastery, it is no surprise that Carter Burwell is valued as one of the most accomplished individuals in his field.

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Biography/Timeline

1986

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.

1987

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.

1990

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? and Inside Llewyn Davis, which had folk music soundtracks produced by T-Bone Burnett). He enjoys working with left-field Directors, such as Spike Jonze. Among his best known film scores are Miller's Crossing (1990), 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), Twilight (2008), Where The Wild Things Are (2009), The Blind Side (2009), and Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011). Burwell wrote and recorded the original score for the film The Bourne Identity, but his version was replaced by Director Doug Liman for one by John Powell.

1991

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 in 1991, and other theater pieces include Mother (1994) and Lucia's Chapters (2007), both with the experimental theater group Mabou Mines.

2005

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. 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 UCLA Live Festival.

2009

In 2009, Burwell was the recipient of the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. In 2010, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Where the Wild Things Are.

2015

In 2015, he received the Distinguished Film Composer award from the Middleburg Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Music Score for Anomalisa and Carol. He was nominated for the Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production for Anomalisa and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Carol. In 2016, he received the Satellite Award for Best Original Score and the Best Score award by the International Cinephile Society for Carol. Burwell was awarded Film Composer of the Year by the World Soundtrack Awards, and the score for Carol received the Public Choice Award for the Best Score of the Year.