---
name: "Barry Burns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-burns"
fi1m_id: "barry-burns"
tmdb_id: 1206730
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:02:15.257149+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."
---

# Barry Burns

## Identity

Barry Burns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-burns
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-burns
- **TMDB ID:** 1206730
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206730

Composer. Born 14 November 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 November 1974, Glasgow, Scotland
- **Also known as:** Mogwai
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206730

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Black Bird*](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md) (78)

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## Biography

Barry Burns is a Scottish musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a member of the post-rock band Mogwai. He joined the group in 1998, shortly before the recording of their second album *Come on Die Young*, having previously contributed as a flautist and pianist on early gigs.

Burns studied music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow but did not complete his degree. He plays guitar, keyboards, flute and other instruments, and contributes vocals often processed through a vocoder. Mogwai's soundtrack work includes the score for the 2022 series *Black Bird*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Bird* (2022), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Everybody to Kenmure Street* (2026), Music
- *Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Black Bird* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md)
- *Mogwai: As the Love Continues* (2021), Actor
- *ZeroZeroZero* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kin* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Before the Flood* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mogwai: Live at La Route Du Rock* (2001), Actor

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