---
name: "Jon Opstad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-opstad"
fi1m_id: "jon-opstad"
imdb_id: "nm3132693"
tmdb_id: 1414166
wikidata_id: "Q1101428"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "4 November 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:27:15.278271+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."
---

# Jon Opstad

## Identity

Jon Opstad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-opstad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-opstad
- **IMDb ID:** nm3132693
- **TMDB ID:** 1414166
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1101428
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Opstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3132693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1414166

Composer. Born 4 November 1983 in Bristol, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 4 November 1983, Bristol, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Opstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3132693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1414166

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)

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## Biography

Jon Opstad is a British composer of music for film, television, video games, contemporary dance and concert works. He studied music at the University of Cambridge and graduated with an MA in film composition from the National Film and Television School. Based in London, his scores frequently combine acoustic instruments with electronics and analogue synthesisers.

Opstad is known for his work on the *Black Mirror* episodes *White Bear* (2013) and *White Christmas* (2014). Other television credits include *Bodies* (2023), *The Veil* (2024, co-composed with Max Richter), *Thirteen* (2016), *The Woman in White* (2018), *We Hunt Together* and *The Feed* (2019). He has composed for the video game *Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege* since 2018. His score for the contemporary dance work *Ignis* (2014) received a British Composer Award nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Cecil* (2026), Music
- *The Veil* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bodies* (2023), series, Music
- *Merkel* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Trainwreck: Woodstock '99* (2022), series, Music
- *Surviving 9/11* (2021), Music
- *The Woman in White* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Louis Theroux: Savile* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Un crime à élucider : l'Affaire Robinson* (2016), series, Sound
- *The People Next Door* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Thirteen* (2016), series, Music
- *Don't Take My Baby* (2015), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Safe House* (2015), series, Music
- *Critical* (2015), series, Additional Music
- *Cyberbully* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *A World Not Ours* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Blackout* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Britain in a Day* (2012), Additional Music
- *Apodemy* (2012), Sound
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *4 Weeks* (2009), Music
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Music

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