---
name: "Joby Talbot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joby-talbot"
fi1m_id: "joby-talbot"
imdb_id: "nm0847926"
tmdb_id: 38802
wikidata_id: "Q1691004"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T20:21:44.475650+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."
---

# Joby Talbot

## Identity

Joby Talbot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joby-talbot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joby-talbot
- **IMDb ID:** nm0847926
- **TMDB ID:** 38802
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1691004
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joby_Talbot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38802

Composer. Born 25 August 1971 in Wimbledon, London, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 August 1971, Wimbledon, London, UK
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Garth Jennings](https://film.one/person/garth-jennings.md), [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Janet Healy](https://film.one/person/janet-healy.md), [Matthew McConaughey](https://film.one/person/matthew-mcconaughey.md), [Reese Witherspoon](https://film.one/person/reese-witherspoon.md), [Scarlett Johansson](https://film.one/person/scarlett-johansson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Family 3, Animation 2, Music 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,688m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joby_Talbot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38802

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Son of Rambow*](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*Sing*](https://film.one/film/sing.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wonka*](https://film.one/film/wonka.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sing 2*](https://film.one/film/sing-2.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Joby Talbot is a British composer. Born on 25 August 1971 in Wimbledon, London, he has written scores for feature films including *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), *Son of Rambow* (2007), *Penelope* (2008), *Sing* (2016), *Sing 2* (2021) and *Wonka* (2023).

He composed the theme and score for the BBC Two series *The League of Gentlemen* (1999–2002) and has created works for dance, including ballet scores for *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (2011) and *The Winter's Tale* (2014). Talbot also wrote the one-act opera *Everest*, which premiered in 2015.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wonka* (2023), Fi1m 68, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Sing 2* (2021), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sing-2.md)
- *Sing* (2016), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Oscar* (2024), Music, Original Concept
- *Sing: Thriller* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (2024), Music
- *Embers* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *ROH Live 2024/25: Alice im Wunderland* (2024), Music
- *Wonka* (2023), Music, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Like Water for Chocolate* (2023), Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Sing 2* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sing-2.md)
- *Madame* (2019), Music
- *The Winter's Tale* (2018), Sound
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (2017), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Sing* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (2014), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *The Winter's Tale (The Royal Ballet)* (2014), Music
- *Closed Circuit* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *An Apology to Elephants* (2013), Music
- *Hunky Dory* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen* (2011), Music
- *Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (2011), Music, Orchestrator
- *Psychoville Halloween Special* (2010), Music
- *Burke & Hare* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Is Anybody There?* (2009), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
- *Franklyn* (2008), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Penelope* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Arctic Tale* (2007), Music
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)
- *Sixty Six* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Queen, by Rolf* (2006), Music
- *The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Wild West* (2002), series, Music
- *The Cicerones* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Let the Good Times Roll* (1998), Music
- *Everest: Opera in the Planetarium*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Joby Talbot in 2011](https://film.one/media/person/15081/gallery-e8f8902af409.jpg) Joby Talbot in 2011 — Emarys, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/JobyTalbot.jpg/1280px-JobyTalbot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joby Talbot](https://film.one/media/person/15081/gallery-70e48a34609f.jpg) Joby Talbot — Image via TMDB

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