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Benjamin Wallfisch

Benjamin Wallfisch

Composer · Born January 1, 1979 (47) · London, England, UK

Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Benjamin Mark Lasker Wallfisch (born 7 August 1979) is a British composer, conductor, and music producer known for his work on film scores. He has contributed to over 50 feature films since the mid-2000s, including notable works like Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, It, It Chapter Two, The Invisible Man, Hidden Figures, A Cure for Wellness, The Flash, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, Kraven the Hunter and Predator: Killer of Killers. His work has earned recognition, including a joint nomination with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer for Best Original Score at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for Hidden Figures, as well as nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for Blade Runner 2049. In 2020, Wallfisch was nominated for Film Composer of the Year for the second consecutive year at the World Soundtrack Awards. Wallfisch's film compositions have contributed to movies with a combined worldwide box office revenue of over $2.5 billion. In 2019, Variety acknowledged his achievements by including him in their Billion Dollar Composer series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Wallfisch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1979 (47)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Composer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 19% in 30 days

What are Benjamin Wallfisch's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
Survival
27%
Bonds
19%
Self
16%
Morality
14%
Power
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
3%
Survival15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 12 · Dark 22

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 14 · Intense 24

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 7

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

Casual 11 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 7

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

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 17

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

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Dread
17
Thrilling
14
Melancholic
17
Hopeful
15
Other
35

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous11
  • Cyclical1

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 Benjamin Wallfisch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 52 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Benjamin Wallfisch'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

66 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page.

  • IT: Duck and Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Mortal Kombat II(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Pole to Pole with Will Smith(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Faithful(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Predator: Badlands(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • It: Welcome to Derry(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Woman in Cabin 10(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Conjuring: Last Rites(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Predator: Killer of Killers(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Until Dawn(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Wolf Man(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Kraven the Hunter(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Alien: Romulus(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Twisters(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Worlds Collide: Making 'The Flash'(2023)

    Thanks · as Self - Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Flash(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Thirteen Lives(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Starling(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mortal Kombat(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Tiny World(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Invisible Man(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • It: Chapter Two(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Night Hunter(2018)

    Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Hellboy(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Shazam!(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Serenity(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Vanishing(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Hostile Planet(2019)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • King of Thieves(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Darkest Minds(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Bilby(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Blade Runner 2049(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • It(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Annabelle: Creation(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Cure for Wellness(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Bitter Harvest(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Hidden Figures(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Within(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Lights Out(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Bobby(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(2016)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Mully(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Air Bound(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Little Prince(2015)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Pressure(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Enfield Haunting(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Les Bosquets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Auschwitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Desert Dancer(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Crimson Field(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Thirteenth Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Hours(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Hammer of the Gods(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Summer in February(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(2012)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Conquest 1453(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Eat Pray Love(2010)

    Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Breaking the Mould (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • The Escapist(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • V for Vendetta(2005)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Grimm(2005)

    Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Dear Wendy(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Nominee

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles, 62 of them dated from 1995 to 2026.

Biggest box office

It (2017)

$720M worldwide

Highest rated

Tiny World (2020)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 63: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic57 of 63: 57 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew5 of 63: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score45th

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s5 · crew2010s38 · crew2020s18 · 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

6 major nominations and no wins, 2017–2019.

  1. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
  2. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Music
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score
  3. 2017
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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 Benjamin Wallfisch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 51; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · composer

The Faithful (2026)

90th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Tiny World (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 59/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 43. 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 Benjamin Wallfisch's work okay for kids?

Across up to 33 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore24 titles35–89 · median 82 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity33 titles10–57 · median 24 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity24 titles34–87 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs24 titles8–48 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense24 titles35–89 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most 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 Benjamin Wallfisch work with?

People who share at least 2 of Benjamin Wallfisch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Dauberman shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles