---
name: "David Wingo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-wingo"
fi1m_id: "david-wingo"
imdb_id: "nm0935060"
tmdb_id: 937895
wikidata_id: "Q24951410"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-17T12:17:23.266757+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."
---

# David Wingo

## Identity

David Wingo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-wingo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-wingo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0935060
- **TMDB ID:** 937895
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24951410
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wingo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24951410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937895

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeff Nichols](https://film.one/person/jeff-nichols.md), [Hiro Murai](https://film.one/person/hiro-murai.md), [Michael Shannon](https://film.one/person/michael-shannon.md), [Sarah Green](https://film.one/person/sarah-green.md), [Taofik Kolade](https://film.one/person/taofik-kolade.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (4), 2020s 55 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Horror 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $209m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wingo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24951410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937895

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Take Shelter*](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md) (83), [*Mud*](https://film.one/film/mud.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Atlanta*](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md) (87)
- **HBO Max:** [*Barry*](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) (85)
- **Peacock:** [*The Exorcist: Believer*](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md) (42)

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

## Biography

David Wingo is an American film and television composer. He began his career scoring David Gordon Green’s debut feature *George Washington* (2000), collaborating with Michael Linnen, and has since worked on the majority of Green’s films.

Wingo is also a frequent collaborator with director Jeff Nichols, scoring *Take Shelter* (2011), *Mud* (2013), *Midnight Special* (2016), *Loving* (2016) and *The Bikeriders* (2024). His other notable credits include *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023) and the HBO series *Barry* (2018–2023), for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.

He is a member of the band Ola Podrida and has released three albums with the group.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, david-wingo.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), Fi1m 42, Original Music Composer, Music, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Atlanta* (2016), Fi1m 87, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *Mud* (2013), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mud.md)
- *Take Shelter* (2011), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Splitsville* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Teacup* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *The A-Frame* (2024), Music
- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), Musician, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Simple Like Silver* (2021), Music
- *Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults* (2020), series, Music
- *The Report* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *State Like Sleep* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Damsel* (2018), as Barrel of Laughs
- *Wrestle* (2018), Music
- *Barry* (2018), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Sea Oak* (2017), series, Music
- *Brigsby Bear* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Loving* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Atlanta* (2016), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *Midnight Special* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Our Brand Is Crisis* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Manglehorn* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Maggie* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Alex of Venice* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Mud* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/mud.md)
- *Prince Avalanche* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Kid-Thing* (2012), as Phone Mechanic
- *The Sitter* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Take Shelter* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)
- *Gerrymandering* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Gentlemen Broncos* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Snow Angels* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Great World of Sound* (2007), Music
- *The Guatemalan Handshake* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *All the Real Girls* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Manic* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *George Washington* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Pleasant Grove* (1997), Music

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