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Harold Budd(1936-2020)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Harold Budd was born on 24 May 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a composer, known for Jerry Maguire (1996), The Lovely Bones (2009) and White Bird in a Blizzard (2014). He was married to Ellen Wirth and Paula Katzman. He died on 8 December 2020 in Arcadia, California, USA.
BornMay 24, 1936
DiedDecember 8, 2020(84)
BornMay 24, 1936
DiedDecember 8, 2020(84)
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Known for

Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jerry Maguire
7.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 1996
Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones (2009)
The Lovely Bones
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
Shailene Woodley in White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
White Bird in a Blizzard
6.3
  • Composer
  • 2014
Chase Ellison and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin (2004)
Mysterious Skin
7.6
  • Composer
  • 2004

Credits

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Composer



  • Presence (2025)
    Presence
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2025
  • Observing the Stars
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Mark Ruffalo in I Know This Much Is True (2020)
    I Know This Much Is True
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • music by
    • 2020
  • Sam Morgan in Doorkeep (2017)
    Doorkeep
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • Shailene Woodley in White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
    White Bird in a Blizzard
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 2014
  • Chase Ellison and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin (2004)
    Mysterious Skin
    7.6
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Vida mecánica
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • Oceano Atlantis (1993)
    Oceano Atlantis
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Jason Patric and Robin Wright in Denial (1990)
    Denial
    4.8
    • Composer
    • 1990
  • Current Events
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • Jennifer Green in Odyssey (1986)
    Odyssey
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1986
  • End of August
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Facts About Backs
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1966

Music Department



  • Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees (2016)
    Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees
    8.5
    • additional music: specially composed for the film "Sunblind Highway"
    • 2016
  • And So to Bed (1999)
    And So to Bed
    • additional music: "Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord"
    • 1999
  • Dolphins
    Short
    • music
    • 1987
  • Premonition (1972)
    Premonition
    4.6
    • composer: electronic music
    • 1972

Soundtrack



  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, and Viola Davis in Air (2023)
    Air
    7.4
    • performer: "Through the Hill"
    • writer: "Through the Hill"
    • 2023
  • Mark Ruffalo in I Know This Much Is True (2020)
    I Know This Much Is True
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "The Room", "Down The Slopes To The Meadow"
    • writer: "The Room"
    • writer: "Down the Slopes to the Meadow", "Dark Star", "Rub With Ashes" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, in Quicksilver", (writer: "The Serpent, uncredited, uncredited) ...
    • 2020
  • This Is Not a Movie (2019)
    This Is Not a Movie
    7.6
    • writer: "Cedars of Lebanon"
    • 2019
  • Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, and Rooney Mara in Song to Song (2017)
    Song to Song
    5.6
    • performer: "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath"
    • writer: "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath"
    • 2017
  • Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Kerry Fox, Julian Barratt, Oliver Maltman, Kelly Campbell, and Steve Oram in Brakes (2016)
    Brakes
    4.8
    • performer: "Why Do You Love Me"
    • writer: "Why Do You Love Me"
    • 2016
  • La Sequía (2016)
    La Sequía
    Short
    • performer: "Abandoned Cities"
    • writer: "Abandoned Cities"
    • 2016
  • Bruce McKinnon, Aden Young, and Jake Austin Walker in Rectify (2013)
    Rectify
    8.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "Jane 5"
    • 2014
  • Shailene Woodley in White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
    White Bird in a Blizzard
    6.3
    • performer: "Sea, Swallow Me"
    • writer: "Sea, Swallow Me"
    • 2014
  • Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones (2009)
    The Lovely Bones
    6.6
    • performer: "First Light"
    • writer: "First Light"
    • 2009
  • David Duchovny in Californication (2007)
    Californication
    8.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "Through the Hill"
    • writer: "Through the Hill" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2008
  • The Stone Council (2006)
    The Stone Council
    4.8
    • performer: "First Light"
    • writer: "First Light"
    • 2006
  • On Any Saturday (2006)
    On Any Saturday
    7.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Late October", "Foreshadowed"
    • writer: "Late October", "Foreshadowed"
    • 2006
  • Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    Rory O'Shea Was Here
    7.7
    • performer: "Subtext"
    • writer: "Subtext"
    • 2004
  • Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)
    Jerry Maguire
    7.3
    • performer: "Through the Hill"
    • writer: "Through the Hill"
    • 1996
  • Grief (1993)
    Grief
    5.7
    • performer: "Dead Horse Alive With Flies"
    • 1993

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Odyssey
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Odyssey
Odyssey
Full Movie 14:52
Odyssey

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 24, 1936
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 8, 2020
    • Arcadia, California, USA(complications from COVID-19)
  • Spouses
      Ellen Wirth? - June 28, 2012 (her death, 1 child)

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