---
name: "Hal Lindes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hal-lindes"
fi1m_id: "hal-lindes"
imdb_id: "nm0511771"
tmdb_id: 108316
wikidata_id: "Q718754"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 June 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:13:57.606473+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."
---

# Hal Lindes

## Identity

Hal Lindes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hal-lindes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hal-lindes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0511771
- **TMDB ID:** 108316
- **Wikidata ID:** Q718754
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Lindes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108316

Composer. Born 30 June 1953 in Monterey, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 June 1953, Monterey, California, USA
- **Active:** 1995–2005
- **Also known as:** Dire Straits
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Lindes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108316

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Band of Gold*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md) (72)

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## Biography

Hal Lindes is an American guitarist and film score composer. Born in Monterey, California, on 30 June 1953, he joined the British rock band Dire Straits in 1980 as rhythm guitarist and remained until late 1984, appearing on albums including *Love over Gold* (1982) and *Alchemy* (1984).

After leaving the band, Lindes turned to composing for film and television. His scores include the series *Band of Gold* (1995) and *Between the Lines* (1992–1994), and the television film *Alibi* (2003). He composed the soundtrack for the feature *The Boys Are Back* (2009). Lindes has received a Royal Television Society Award for the series *Reckless* (1997) and a TRIC Award for best TV theme music.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, everything.explained.today.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Band of Gold* (1995), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *The Boys Are Back* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Girl 27* (2007), Music
- *Perfect Day* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (2005), Music
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Lucky 13* (2005), Music
- *Alibi* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunt* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Reckless: The Sequel* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing, The Very Best of Dire Straits* (1998), Actor
- *Kisses in the Dark* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Gunshy* (1998), Music
- *The Great Kandinsky* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Band of Gold* (1995), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)
- *Don't Do It* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Coriolis Effect* (1994), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Secrets of Lake Success* (1993), series, Music
- *Drowning in the Shallow End* (1990), as Floyd
- *Joyriders* (1988), Music
- *Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983* (1983), as Guitar

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