---
name: "John Frizzell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-frizzell"
fi1m_id: "john-frizzell"
imdb_id: "nm0002227"
tmdb_id: 21962
wikidata_id: "Q331664"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:36:00.530226+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."
---

# John Frizzell

## Identity

John Frizzell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-frizzell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-frizzell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002227
- **TMDB ID:** 21962
- **Wikidata ID:** Q331664
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frizzell_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21962

Composer. Born 1 January 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1997–1999
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $353m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frizzell_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21962

## Biography

John Frizzell is an American film and television composer. Born in New York City in 1966, he sang as a child in the choruses of the Metropolitan Opera Company and the Paris Opera Company before studying music at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music, where he focused on jazz guitar.

He is known for his long collaboration with Mike Judge, scoring the films *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America* (1996), *Office Space* (1999) and *Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe* (2022), as well as episodes of the television series *King of the Hill*. His other film scores include *Alien Resurrection* (1997), *Dante's Peak* (1997), *Ghost Ship* (2002), *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001) and *Texas Chainsaw 3D* (2013).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Office Space* (1999), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Fi1m 56, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *Driver's Ed* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Waterfront* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Space Force* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Tell Me a Story* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Additional Music
- *Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Leatherface* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *When the Bough Breaks* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Loft* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Following* (2013), series, Music
- *Texas Chainsaw 3D* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret Circle* (2011), series, Music
- *The Roommate* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *6 Souls* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Tenure* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Legion* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Whiteout* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *From Mexico With Love* (2009), Music
- *Evil Angel* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Lodger* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Henry Poole Is Here* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *100 Feet* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Wisegal* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Black Irish* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Beneath* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Reaping* (2007), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *First Born* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Primeval* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Woods* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Stay Alive* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *A Little Thing Called Murder* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Four Minutes* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio* (2005), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Karroll's Christmas* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Goodbye Girl* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Whizzard of Ow* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Scorched* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Cradle 2 the Grave* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Gods and Generals* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Ghost Ship* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *James Dean* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Josie and the Pussycats* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Possessed* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Beautiful* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Lockdown* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Teaching Mrs. Tingle* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Office Space* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *The White River Kid* (1999), Music
- *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Opposite Corners* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Crime of the Century* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *The Rich Man's Wife* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Undertow* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Deadly Pursuits* (1996), Music
- *Whose Daughter is She?* (1995), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Life With Billy* (1993), Writer

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