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name: "Aaron Zigman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-zigman"
fi1m_id: "aaron-zigman"
imdb_id: "nm0956374"
tmdb_id: 40384
wikidata_id: "Q302943"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:36:04.774057+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Aaron Zigman

## Identity

Aaron Zigman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-zigman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-zigman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0956374
- **TMDB ID:** 40384
- **Wikidata ID:** Q302943
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Zigman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40384

Composer. Born 6 January 1963 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 January 1963, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Zigman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40384

## Biography

Aaron Zigman (born 6 January 1963) is an American composer, arranger, songwriter and producer. Born in San Diego, California, he is classically trained and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his career writing and arranging songs for artists including Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and Christina Aguilera before moving into film scoring.

His first major film score was for *John Q.* (2002). He is best known for his work on *The Notebook* (2004), *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), *The Proposal* (2009), *What's Your Number?* (2011) and *The Other Woman* (2014). Zigman has received multiple BMI Film Music Awards and has collaborated frequently with director Nick Cassavetes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Notebook* (2004), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Truth & Treason* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Six Triple Eight* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Possessions* (2024), Music
- *God Is a Bullet* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Who Are You People* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *A Jazzman's Blues* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *And Just Like That…* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Gossamer Folds* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The War with Grandpa* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *A Nice Girl Like You* (2020), Music
- *American Dream/American Knightmare* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Hidden Man* (2018), Music
- *Wakefield* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Shack* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Dear Eleanor* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Right* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *I Saw the Light* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Best of Me* (2014), Music
- *Addicted* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Other Woman* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Baggage Claim* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Peeples* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Escape from Planet Earth* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Step Up Revolution* (2012), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Madea's Witness Protection* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Good Deeds* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *What's Your Number?* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *I Don't Know How She Does It* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Madea's Big Happy Family* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *For Colored Girls* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Marion Jones: Press Pause* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Company Men* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Why Did I Get Married Too?* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Song* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *I Can Do Bad All By Myself* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *My Sister's Keeper* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Proposal* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Madea Goes to Jail* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Christmas Cottage* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Flash of Genius* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Sex and the City* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Meet the Browns* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Step Up 2: The Streets* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Lake City* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium* (2007), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Martian Child* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Why Did I Get Married?* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Good Luck Chuck* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Attackmen* (2007), Music
- *Pride* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Flicka* (2006), Music
- *Step Up* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *ATL* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Take the Lead* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Virgin of Juarez* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *10th & Wolf* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Alpha Dog* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Wendell Baker Story* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Raise Your Voice* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Notebook* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)
- *Crown Heights* (2004), Music
- *John Q* (2002), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Tongues And Taxis* (2000), as Additional Voice (voice) · Musician
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Orchestrator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Philharmonic*, Sound
- *That Better World: The Story Behind Truth & Treason*, Music

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