---
name: "John King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-king"
fi1m_id: "john-king"
imdb_id: "nm0454887"
tmdb_id: 7477
wikidata_id: "Q6243132"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:22:58.564698+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 King

## Identity

John King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0454887
- **TMDB ID:** 7477
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6243132
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_King_(music_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7477

Composer. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Also known as:** King Gizmo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_King_(music_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7477

## Biography

John King, also credited as King Gizmo, is an American music producer and composer. He is one half of the production duo the Dust Brothers, alongside Michael Simpson.

As the Dust Brothers, King worked on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album *Paul's Boutique* and Beck's 1996 album *Odelay*. He composed the score for the 1999 film *Fight Club* with Simpson, and wrote the instrumental score and produced the soundtrack for *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny* (2006). He has also composed for television series including *UC: Undercover* and *Push, Nevada*.

King received a Grammy Award in 2008 for his production and mixing on Steve Earle's album *Washington Square Serenade*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fight Club* (1999), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/fight-club.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Fight Club* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/fight-club.md)

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