---
name: "Gwil Owen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gwil-owen"
fi1m_id: "gwil-owen"
imdb_id: "nm1666203"
tmdb_id: 7533
wikidata_id: "Q5623622"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 July 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:33:36.404494+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."
---

# Gwil Owen

## Identity

Gwil Owen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gwil-owen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gwil-owen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1666203
- **TMDB ID:** 7533
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5623622
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwil_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7533

Composer. Born 24 July 1960 in Syracuse.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 July 1960, Syracuse
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwil_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7533

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Horse Whisperer*](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Gwil Owen is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Born on 24 July 1960 in Syracuse, New York, he has written songs recorded by artists including Toni Price, Allison Moorer, Irma Thomas and Jack Ingram.

Owen co-wrote the song 'A Soft Place to Fall' with Allison Moorer for the 1998 film *The Horse Whisperer*, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. He is credited as composer on the film and has additional soundtrack contributions, including to *Saint Ralph* (2004).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Original Song (nominated), for *A Soft Place to Fall*

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

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/gwil-owen