--- name: "Dev Hynes" canonical: "https://film.one/person/devonte-hynes" fi1m_id: "devonte-hynes" imdb_id: "nm2910622" tmdb_id: 1677382 wikidata_id: "Q2311177" roles: ["Composer"] born: "23 December 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-03T02:14:25.182666+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." --- # Dev Hynes ## Identity Dev Hynes - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/devonte-hynes - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** devonte-hynes - **IMDb ID:** nm2910622 - **TMDB ID:** 1677382 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2311177 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2910622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677382 Composer. Born 23 December 1985 in Ilford, Essex, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 23 December 1985, Ilford, Essex, England, UK - **Active:** 2021–present - **Also known as:** Devonté Hynes, Lightspeed Champion, Blood Orange, David Joseph Michael Hynes - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2910622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677382 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Passing*](https://film.one/film/passing.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Devonté Hynes (born David Joseph Michael Hynes, 23 December 1985) is an English composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is also known professionally as Blood Orange and formerly as Lightspeed Champion. Born in Ilford, Essex, he began his career in the mid-2000s as a member of the band Test Icicles, before releasing solo work under his other aliases. As a film and television composer, Hynes has scored *Palo Alto* (2014), *Queen & Slim* (2019), *We Are Who We Are* (2020), *Passing* (2021), *Mainstream* (2021), *Master Gardener* (2023) and *Challengers* (2024), among others. He composed the score for the 2026 film *The Invite*. Hynes has also worked in classical music, collaborating with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra and receiving a Grammy nomination for his work with Third Coast Percussion. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, pitchfork.com, broadwayworld.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Invite* (2026), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invite.md) - *Passing* (2021), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Invite* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invite.md) - *To Carlos* (2025), Music - *The Listeners* (2024), series, Original Music Composer - *i dreamed I was alone* (2024), Sound - *Challengers* (2024), as Songs · ADR & Dubbing — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md) - *Master Gardener* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Naked Blue* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Passing* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md) - *Beckett* (2021), as Songs - *Naomi Osaka* (2021), series, Original Music Composer - *Mainstream* (2021), Original Music Composer - *We Are Who We Are* (2020), series, as Blood Orange · Original Music Composer - *Queen & Slim* (2019), Original Music Composer, Songs - *Another America is Possible* (2017), Music - *With Him / Best to You / Better Numb* (2017), Director, Editor - *Contemporary Color* (2016), Actor - *10 Crosby* (2016), as Dev - *Market* (2016), Actor - *Desire Will Set You Free* (2015), Actor - *Palo Alto* (2014), Original Music Composer, Songs - *The Wrong Ferarri* (2011), Actor - *In Treatment* (2008), series, Original Music Composer - *When I Close My Eyes*, Music ## Gallery - ![Dev Hynes](https://film.one/media/person/6542/gallery-45d89e62ad84.jpg) Dev Hynes — Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Lightspeed_Champion_at_Primavera_Sound_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Blood Orange performing at Shacklewell Arms, December 4, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/6542/gallery-fba17fbd201e.jpg) Blood Orange performing at Shacklewell Arms, December 4, 2011 — Adam Shoesmith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms.jpg/1280px-Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Blood Orange performing at the Shacklewell Arms in December 2011 (by Adam Shoesmith).](https://film.one/media/person/6542/gallery-0be977e5982a.jpg) Blood Orange performing at the Shacklewell Arms in December 2011 (by Adam Shoesmith). — Adam Shoesmith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms_2.jpg/1280px-Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Blood Orange performing at the Shacklewell Arms in December 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/6542/gallery-427f6a51c62d.jpg) Blood Orange performing at the Shacklewell Arms in December 2011. — Adam Shoesmith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms_3.jpg/1280px-Blood_Orange_Shacklewell_Arms_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dev Hynes](https://film.one/media/person/6542/gallery-35fb1ade91dc.jpg) Dev Hynes — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song 2024: Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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