---
name: "Danny Bensi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-bensi"
fi1m_id: "danny-bensi"
imdb_id: "nm3737483"
tmdb_id: 1208226
wikidata_id: "Q114841468"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-21T04:20:06.769983+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."
---

# Danny Bensi

## Identity

Danny Bensi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-bensi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-bensi
- **IMDb ID:** nm3737483
- **TMDB ID:** 1208226
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114841468
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114841468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3737483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208226

Composer. Born in Aars, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Daniel Bensi
- **Frequently works with:** [Saunder Jurriaans](https://film.one/person/saunder-jurriaans.md), [Ben Semanoff](https://film.one/person/benjamin-semanoff.md), [Jason Bateman](https://film.one/person/jason-bateman.md), [Andrew Bernstein](https://film.one/person/andrew-bernstein.md), [António Campos](https://film.one/person/antonio-campos.md), [Craig Shilowich](https://film.one/person/craig-shilowich.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Dennis Lehane](https://film.one/person/dennis-lehane.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 66 (10)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Crime 8, Mystery 4, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Documentary 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $81m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114841468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3737483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208226

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The White Tiger*](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md) (78), [*Ozark*](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md) (70), [*Black Rabbit*](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md) (63), [*I Will Find You*](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md) (56), [*PIECES OF HER*](https://film.one/tv/pieces-of-her.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Staircase*](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md) (75), [*The Outsider*](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Becoming Cousteau*](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Smoke*](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Christine*](https://film.one/film/christine.md) (68)
- **AMC+:** [*The Audacity*](https://film.one/tv/the-audacity.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Danny Bensi is a film and television composer. Born in Aars, Denmark, he trained as a cellist in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy before studying music at Northwestern University in the United States.

He has worked extensively with composer and long-time collaborator Saunder Jurriaans. Their credits include the films *Enemy* (2013), *The Gift* (2015) and *Speak No Evil* (2024), and the series *Ozark* (2017–2022), *Black Rabbit* (2025) and *Smoke* (2025). Bensi has received Primetime Emmy nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmusicreporter.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *I Will Find You* (2026), Fi1m 56, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *The Audacity* (2026), Fi1m 60, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-audacity.md)
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Smoke* (2025), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md)
- *Speak No Evil* (2024), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/speak-no-evil.md)
- *PIECES OF HER* (2022), Fi1m 55, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/pieces-of-her.md)
- *The Staircase* (2022), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md)
- *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md)
- *The White Tiger* (2021), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md)
- *The Outsider* (2020), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Ozark* (2017), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *Christine* (2016), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md)

## Complete filmography (94)

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

- *I Will Find You* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *The Audacity* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-audacity.md)
- *Anniversary* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Splinter Cell: Deathwatch* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Smoke* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md)
- *Opus* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Enigma* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Y2K* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Speak No Evil* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/speak-no-evil.md)
- *Presumed Innocent* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Exorcism* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *I Don't Understand You* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *A Murder at the End of the World* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Mission* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Encounters* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Biosphere* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Somebody I Used to Know* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *You Resemble Me* (2022), Music
- *God's Creatures* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The Staircase* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-staircase-2022.md)
- *Outer Range* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Vice* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Windfall* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *PIECES OF HER* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/pieces-of-her.md)
- *The Girl Before* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Torn* (2021), Music
- *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md)
- *TINA* (2021), Music
- *69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The White Tiger* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md)
- *The Trouble With Nature* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Helstrom* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Devil All the Time* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Rental* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Homemade* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Lodge* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Outsider* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Countdown* (2019), Music
- *Tell Me Who I Am* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Full-Dress* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *A Vigilante* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Wolf Hour* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Boy Erased* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Rosy* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Siberia* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Current War* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Price of Free* (2018), Music
- *Ozark* (2017), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *LA 92* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Discovery* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The OA* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Kind of Murder* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Frank & Lola* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Christine* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *The Ticket* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Amanda Knox* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Barry* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Complete Unknown* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Fits* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Last Days in the Desert* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Jack of the Red Hearts* (2016), Music
- *Nasty Baby* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Window Feel* (2015), Music
- *Wildlike* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Gift* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Wolfpack* (2015), Music
- *Sea Devil* (2015), Music
- *In Country* (2015), Music
- *A Good Marriage* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Bypass* (2014), Music
- *The One I Love* (2014), Original Music Composer, Scoring Mixer
- *Desert Cathedral* (2014), Music
- *5 to 7* (2014), Music
- *Enemy* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Bluebird* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Jonathan's Chest* (2014), Music
- *Our Lad* (2013), Music
- *Magic Magic* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Sahasi Chori (Brave Girl)* (2013), Music
- *All That I Am* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Nor'easter* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Simon Killer* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Play* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md)
- *The Strange Ones* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Two Gates of Sleep* (2010), Music
- *The Savant*, series, Original Music Composer

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