Skip to content
MovieCove
Daniel Pemberton

Daniel Pemberton

Composer · Born November 3, 1977 (48) · UK

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Daniel Pemberton (born 3 November 1977) is an English composer and songwriter. Primarily working in film, television, and video games, he is best known for composing the scores for the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the latter of which earned him several award nominations, including at the Golden Globes and the Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received recognition for his work in films such as Steve Jobs, Motherless Brooklyn, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Being the Ricardos, The Rescue, and the LittleBigPlanet series of games. For The Trial of the Chicago 7, Pemberton was nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score and Academy Award for Best Original Song alongside Celeste for the song "Hear My Voice". Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Pemberton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Read more

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 3, 1977 (48)
From
UK
Works as
Composer
Titles
63 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Daniel Pemberton's films like?

Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 95th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Animation5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
26%
Self
22%
Bonds
19%
Power
14%
Survival
8%
Society
5%
Ideas
5%
Identity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 16 · Serious 10 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 18 · Intense 22

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 13

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 11

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 15

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 29 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Thrilling
14
Dread
10
Hopeful
14
Contemplative
14
Other
63

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Daniel Pemberton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 53 of their 63 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Pemberton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 63 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse(2027)

    Composer

  • Ink(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Drama(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Project Hail Mary(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Masters of the Universe(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Musk(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Guys 2(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Eddington(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Deep Cover(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Materialists(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Mortician(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Endurance(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Fly Me to the Moon(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Ferrari(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Enola Holmes 2(2022)

    Composer · as Music Hall Conductor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Amsterdam(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • See How They Run(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Brian and Charles(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Slow Horses(2022)

    Show 36 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Bad Guys(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Afterparty(2022)

    Show 18 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Being the Ricardos(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Earth(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Rescue(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Coldest Caller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

    Composer · Lyricist · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Enola Holmes(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Rising Phoenix(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Motherless Brooklyn(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Yesterday(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Brexit(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Scarborough(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Ocean's Eight(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Eve Before (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • One Strange Rock(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • All the Money in the World(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Molly's Game(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • From the Land of the Moon(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Gold(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Steve Jobs(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Game(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Cuban Fury(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Prey(2014)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • The Counselor(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • In Fear(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Complicit(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Ambassadors(2013)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Blood(2012)

    Composer · as Drunken Guitarist

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Ghost Recon: Alpha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Awakening(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • LittleBigPlanet 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Upstairs Downstairs(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Dirk Gently(2010)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Enemies of the People(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Romantics(2009)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Simon Schama's John Donne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Clash of the Santas(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • LittleBigPlanet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Factory Farmed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Heroes & Villains: Napoleon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • 1983: The Brink of Apocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Cult Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • The Haunted Airman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Great British Menu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Main Title Theme Composer

  • Hiroshima(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Compositor

  • Born With Two Mothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Hell's Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 15 episodes · Composer

  • Pissed on the Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • Fat Girls and Feeders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Bug Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • The Truth About Gay Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Additional Music

  • Manor House(2002)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Terra X History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • The Ultimate Guide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 81 titles, 79 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

$691M worldwide

Highest rated

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Project Hail Mary (2026)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 81: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 81: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic80 of 81: 77 only music, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew1 of 81: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

81 titles, 3 with more than one role — music and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s22 · crew2010s28 · 1 acting · 28 crew2020s28 · 1 acting · 28 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

18 major nominations and no wins, 2006–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Music, Fiction
  3. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Score
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score
  4. 2023
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Music, Fiction
  5. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Score
  6. 2021
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
  7. 2020
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
  8. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2017
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
  2. 2016
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
  3. 2009
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Score
  4. 2006
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Score

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Daniel Pemberton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of the 48 of 49 with a score; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Midcredits score across 62 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up26
  • 50th to 74th26
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 62 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · composer

Musk (2026)

99th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 66/100 in their films, across 36 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Daniel Pemberton's work okay for kids?

Across up to 35 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore30 titles5–66 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity35 titles8–56 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity30 titles13–75 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs30 titles11–61 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense31 titles10–65 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Daniel Pemberton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Pemberton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amy Pascal shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers