---
name: "J. Ralph"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-ralph"
fi1m_id: "j-ralph"
imdb_id: "nm0707775"
tmdb_id: 1341534
wikidata_id: "Q1708594"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T23:48:47.852192+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."
---

# J. Ralph

## Identity

J. Ralph

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-ralph
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-ralph
- **IMDb ID:** nm0707775
- **TMDB ID:** 1341534
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1708594
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Ralph, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1341534

Composer. Born 1 January 1975 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1975, New York City
- **Active:** 2008–2017
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 67 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 2, Drama 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Ralph, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1341534

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Man on Wire*](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md) (90)
- **AMC+:** [*Finding Vivian Maier*](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md) (68)

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

## Biography

J. Ralph is an American composer, singer-songwriter and producer. Born in New York City in 1975, he is self-taught and does not read or write music. His professional career began in 1998 when, at age 22, he was signed to Lava/Atlantic Records.

He founded the music production company The Rumor Mill. Ralph has composed scores and songs for numerous documentaries, including *Man on Wire* (2008), *The Cove* (2009), *Chasing Ice* (2012), *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), *Meru* (2015), *Racing Extinction* (2015) and *Jim: The James Foley Story* (2016). He has received three Academy Award nominations for his work on documentary films.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Fi1m 66, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Fi1m 68, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)
- *Man on Wire* (2008), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Voice of Dust and Ash* (2022), Music
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Music — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Jim: The James Foley Story* (2016), as Songs
- *Meru* (2015), Music
- *Racing Extinction* (2015), as Songs
- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Music — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)
- *Turned Towards the Sun* (2012), Music
- *Chasing Ice* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Maladies* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Hell and Back Again* (2011), Music
- *The Cove* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Man on Wire* (2008), Music — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md)
- *Lucky Number Slevin* (2006), Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
- *Atomic Tabasco* (1999), Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2017: Best Original Song (nominated), for *The Empty Chair*
- 2016: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Manta Ray*
- 2013: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Before My Time*

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

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