---
name: "Adem Ilhan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adem-ilhan"
fi1m_id: "adem-ilhan"
imdb_id: "nm2769698"
tmdb_id: 1592877
wikidata_id: "Q4682117"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T23:27:19.762738+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."
---

# Adem Ilhan

## Identity

Adem Ilhan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adem-ilhan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adem-ilhan
- **IMDb ID:** nm2769698
- **TMDB ID:** 1592877
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4682117
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adem_Ilhan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4682117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2769698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1592877

Composer. Born 1 January 1950 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Adem
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Documentary 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adem_Ilhan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4682117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2769698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1592877

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*In the Loop*](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md) (92)
- **Peacock:** [*The Ballad of Wallis Island*](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md)
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *In the Loop* (2009), Fi1m 92, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Preschool* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Mortician* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md)
- *Piglets* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Beautiful Game* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Silence 1b* (2022), Music
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Ghost of Peter Sellers* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), as Other — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *The Ones Below* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *In the Loop* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)
- *The Angel and Daniel Johnston: Live at the Union Chapel* (2008), Actor

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