---
name: "Alex Somers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-somers"
fi1m_id: "alex-somers"
imdb_id: "nm3926614"
tmdb_id: 1494758
wikidata_id: "Q2075573"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 March 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-02T23:14:15.642554+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."
---

# Alex Somers

## Identity

Alex Somers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-somers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-somers
- **IMDb ID:** nm3926614
- **TMDB ID:** 1494758
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2075573
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Somers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2075573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3926614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494758

Composer. Born 7 March 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 March 1984, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Jónsi & Alex, Alex Kendall Somers, Алекс Сомерс
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Documentary 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $53m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Somers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2075573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3926614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494758

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Nickel Boys*](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **Tubi:** [*Captain Fantastic*](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md) (63)
- **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58)

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## Biography

Alex Somers is an American composer and musician. Born on 7 March 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland, he studied at Berklee College of Music and Listaháskóli Íslands. He previously ran a recording studio in Reykjavík and now lives in Los Angeles.

Somers is known for his film scores, including *Captain Fantastic* (2016), *Honey Boy* (2019), *Miss Americana* (2020), *Fresh* (2022) and *Causeway* (2022). He has frequently collaborated with Jónsi, releasing the album *Riceboy Sleeps* as Jónsi & Alex and contributing music to *Black Mirror* (2017 episode 'Hang the DJ'), *Nickel Boys* (2024, with Scott Alario) and *Rental Family* (2025, with Jónsi). He has also produced and mixed recordings for Sigur Rós and other artists.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Dawson City: Frozen Time* (2017), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dawson-city-frozen-time.md)
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Rental Family* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *A Life Illuminated* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *All the Empty Rooms* (2025), Music
- *Dear Men* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Overcompensating* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Holland* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Omnivore* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Under the Bridge* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Branson* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Causeway* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Mars* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Charli XCX: Alone Together* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Fresh* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Saṃsāra* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Together Together* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Audrey* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Americana* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Charm City Kings* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Honey Boy* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Easter Snap* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Hale County This Morning, This Evening* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Dawson City: Frozen Time* (2017), Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dawson-city-frozen-time.md)
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)
- *Aloha* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jónsi live @ HMV Forum (aka Mean Fiddler), Camden Town, London, 26 May 2010](https://film.one/media/person/7377/gallery-f2510d288def.jpg) Jónsi live @ HMV Forum (aka Mean Fiddler), Camden Town, London, 26 May 2010 — Janus Bahs Jacquet, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Alex_%28live%29.jpg/1280px-Alex_%28live%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Somers at Riceboy Sleeps Launch Party (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/7377/gallery-ebed7ea50b72.jpg) Alex Somers at Riceboy Sleeps Launch Party (2009) — Shimelle Laine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Alex_Somers_01.jpg/1280px-Alex_Somers_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Somers](https://film.one/media/person/7377/gallery-cdf90cbc185a.jpg) Alex Somers — Shimelle Laine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Alex_Somers_02.jpg/1280px-Alex_Somers_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Somers at the Riceboy Sleeps launch (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/7377/gallery-b3dd74ccca09.jpg) Alex Somers at the Riceboy Sleeps launch (2009) — Shimelle Laine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Alexsomers.jpg/1280px-Alexsomers.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Somers at the Riceboy Sleeps launch (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/7377/gallery-dca9a6c2c456.jpg) Alex Somers at the Riceboy Sleeps launch (2009) — Shimelle Laine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Alexsomers_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Alexsomers_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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