---
name: "Dustin O'Halloran"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dustin-ohalloran"
fi1m_id: "dustin-ohalloran"
imdb_id: "nm0641169"
tmdb_id: 233130
wikidata_id: "Q770687"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-22T03:13:52.368176+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."
---

# Dustin O'Halloran

## Identity

Dustin O'Halloran

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dustin-ohalloran
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dustin-ohalloran
- **IMDb ID:** nm0641169
- **TMDB ID:** 233130
- **Wikidata ID:** Q770687
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_O%27Halloran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233130

Composer. Born 8 September 1971 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 September 1971, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Secăreanu](https://film.one/person/alec-secareanu.md), [Emile Sherman](https://film.one/person/emile-sherman.md), [Francis Lee](https://film.one/person/francis-lee.md), [Gemma Jones](https://film.one/person/gemma-jones.md), [Iain Canning](https://film.one/person/iain-canning.md), [Nick Murphy](https://film.one/person/nick-murphy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 82 (3), 2020s 69 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $346m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_O%27Halloran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233130

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Lion*](https://film.one/film/lion.md) (78), [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Essex Serpent*](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md) (73), [*A Spy Among Friends*](https://film.one/tv/a-spy-among-friends.md) (68)
- **BritBox:** [*Save Me*](https://film.one/tv/save-me.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*God's Own Country*](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Ammonite*](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Dustin O'Halloran is an American composer and pianist. He was born on 8 September 1971 in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in Hawaii and Los Angeles. He began his career in the late 1990s as a member of the indie rock band Devics before releasing solo piano albums and moving into film and television scoring.

O'Halloran is known for his scores for *Marie Antoinette* (2006), *Like Crazy* (2011), *Lion* (2016, co-composed with Volker Bertelmann), *The Hate U Give* (2018), *God's Own Country* (2017), *The Old Guard* (2020, with Bertelmann), *Ammonite* (2020), and *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025). He won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2015 for the main title theme to the series *Transparent*. He is also one half of the ambient duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen with Adam Wiltzie.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *A Spy Among Friends* (2022), Fi1m 68, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-spy-among-friends.md)
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)
- *Ammonite* (2020), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md)
- *Save Me* (2018), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/save-me.md)
- *God's Own Country* (2017), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md)
- *Lion* (2016), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/lion.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Love of Your Life* (2026), Original Music Composer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/love-of-your-life.md)
- *The Julia Set* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Eleanor the Great* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *A Spy Among Friends* (2022), series, Music — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-spy-among-friends.md)
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)
- *Das Ist Life* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Ammonite* (2020), Original Music Composer, Musician — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md)
- *The Old Guard* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *FX's A Christmas Carol* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Aqualung, Motherfucker* (2019), as Tennis Player 2
- *Transparent: Musicale Finale* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Art of Racing in the Rain* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Hate U Give* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Puzzle* (2018), Original Music Composer, Musician
- *Save Me* (2018), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/save-me.md)
- *God's Own Country* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md)
- *Lion* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lion.md)
- *In the Shadow of Iris* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *I Love Dick* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Nils Frahm & A Winged Victory for the Sullen: BBC Proms* (2015), Actor
- *Umrika* (2015), Music
- *Equals* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Breathe In* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Now Is Good* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Beauty Inside* (2012), series, Music
- *Like Crazy* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *An American Affair* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Remember the Daze* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Making of Marie Antoinette* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat* (1997), Foley Artist

## Gallery

- ![Dustin O'Halloran](https://film.one/media/person/8705/gallery-d8d33220466a.jpg) Dustin O'Halloran — Doghugs, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dustin_PR_-_Photos_-_Portrait_-_2014_2.jpg/1280px-Dustin_PR_-_Photos_-_Portrait_-_2014_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Dustin O'Halloran (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8705/gallery-9a3f14ae3b61.jpg) Portrait of Dustin O'Halloran (2018) — Saga Sig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dustin_O%27Halloran.jpg/1280px-Dustin_O%27Halloran.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kassandra Jensen and Dustin O'Halloran at the premiere of Lion, 2016 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/8705/gallery-3184a98e05f5.jpg) Kassandra Jensen and Dustin O'Halloran at the premiere of Lion, 2016 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Kassandra_Jensen_and_Dustin_O%27Halloran_%2829797921295%29.jpg/1280px-Kassandra_Jensen_and_Dustin_O%27Halloran_%2829797921295%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Lion*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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