---
name: "John Lunn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-lunn"
fi1m_id: "john-lunn"
imdb_id: "nm0526753"
tmdb_id: 17252
wikidata_id: "Q641441"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 May 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-07T14:54:37.401016+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 Lunn

## Identity

John Lunn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-lunn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-lunn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0526753
- **TMDB ID:** 17252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q641441
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17252

Composer. Born 13 May 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 May 1956, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Hugh Bonneville](https://film.one/person/hugh-bonneville.md), [Julian Fellowes](https://film.one/person/julian-fellowes.md), [Gareth Neame](https://film.one/person/gareth-neame.md), [Jim Carter](https://film.one/person/jim-carter.md), [Liz Trubridge](https://film.one/person/liz-trubridge.md), [Michelle Dockery](https://film.one/person/michelle-dockery.md), [David Moore](https://film.one/person/david-moore.md), [Elizabeth McGovern](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-mcgovern.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (3), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 2, History 2, Romance 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $303m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17252

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Last Kingdom*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) (72), [*Downton Abbey*](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md) (64), [*Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale*](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale.md) (61)
- **Apple TV:** [*Downton Abbey*](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md) (75), [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)
- **Tubi:** [*Criminal Justice*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md) (85)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Housewife, 49*](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md) (77)
- **BritBox:** [*Little Dorrit*](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md) (76)

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

## Biography

John Lunn (born 13 May 1956) is a Scottish composer. He studied music at the University of Glasgow and began composing for BBC Scotland in the late 1980s. His early television work includes scores for *Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter* (1990) and *Hamish Macbeth* (1995–1997).

Lunn is best known for his music for the period drama *Downton Abbey* (2010–2015) and its feature films *Downton Abbey* (2019), *Downton Abbey: A New Era* (2022) and *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* (2025). He has also scored series including *The White Queen* (2013), *The Last Kingdom* (2015), *Shetland* (2013–) and *Grantchester* (2014–). He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his *Downton Abbey* scores.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* (2025), Fi1m 61, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Housewife, 49* (2006), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale.md)
- *Belgravia: The Next Chapter* (2024), series, Music
- *The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Downton Abbey: A New Era* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Belgravia* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *The White Princess* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *To Walk Invisible* (2016), Music
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, Music — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Electricity* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Passing Bells* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Grantchester* (2014), series, Music
- *Burton and Taylor* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Lady Vanishes* (2013), Music
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Unconditional* (2012), Music
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *Going Postal 2in1* (2011), Music
- *Marchlands* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *Going Postal* (2010), series, Music
- *The Turn of the Screw* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Frankenstein* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Shadow in the North* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Housewife, 49* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md)
- *Sorted* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *See No Evil: The Moors Murders* (2006), series, Music
- *Under The Greenwood Tree* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky* (2005), series, Original Music Composer
- *Heartless* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Planespotting* (2005), Music
- *Like Father Like Son* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Murder Room* (2004), Music
- *Amnesia* (2004), series, Music
- *Wall of Silence* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Carla* (2003), Music
- *Bugs!* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, Original Music Composer
- *State of Mind* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Sirens* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair* (2001), Sound
- *Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *Lorna Doone* (2001), Music
- *Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Lorna Doone* (2000), series, Music
- *Long Haul* (2000), Music
- *Hero of the Hour* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Madame Bovary* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Second Sight* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Immortality* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Get Real* (1998), Music
- *Getting Hurt* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America* (1996), Sound
- *The Ghostbusters of East Finchley* (1995), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hamish Macbeth* (1995), series, Music
- *The Cormorant* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *After the Dance* (1992), Music
- *Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, Original Music Composer

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