---
name: "Mac Quayle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mac-quayle"
fi1m_id: "mac-quayle"
imdb_id: "nm1989340"
tmdb_id: 1497319
wikidata_id: "Q105859813"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-22T20:58:51.406167+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."
---

# Mac Quayle

## Identity

Mac Quayle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mac-quayle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mac-quayle
- **IMDb ID:** nm1989340
- **TMDB ID:** 1497319
- **Wikidata ID:** Q105859813
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Quayle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105859813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1989340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1497319

Composer. Born in Suffolk, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Ryan Murphy](https://film.one/person/ryan-murphy.md), [Alexis Martin Woodall](https://film.one/person/alexis-martin-woodall.md), [Lou Eyrich](https://film.one/person/lou-eyrich.md), [Michael Uppendahl](https://film.one/person/michael-uppendahl.md), [Nelson Cragg](https://film.one/person/nelson-cragg.md), [Adam Penn](https://film.one/person/adam-penn.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Quayle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105859813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1989340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1497319

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*POSE*](https://film.one/tv/pose.md) (78), [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78), [*The Beauty*](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Leave the World Behind*](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md) (60), [*HIS & HERS*](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dark Matter*](https://film.one/tv/dark-matter.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Mac Quayle is an American composer for film, television and video games. He began his career in the late 1980s in New York as a keyboard player and programmer, later moving to Los Angeles where he worked as an additional composer for Cliff Martinez on films including *Drive* (2011).

Quayle is best known for his scores on the series *Mr. Robot* (2015–2019), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award, and numerous Ryan Murphy productions such as *American Horror Story* (from 2014), *American Crime Story* (2016–2021), *Scream Queens* (2015–2016), *9-1-1* (from 2018) and *Ratched* (2020). He composed the score for the film *Leave the World Behind* (2023) and the series *The Beauty* (2026) and *His & Hers* (2026).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), Fi1m 55, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *The Beauty* (2026), Fi1m 65, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md)
- *Dark Matter* (2024), Fi1m 61, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-matter.md)
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Fi1m 60, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *POSE* (2018), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md)
- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Beauty* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md)
- *HIS & HERS* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Rockers Don't Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge* (2025), Music
- *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Surveilled* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Lillian Hall* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Gaslit* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Ratched* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Vow* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *POSE* (2018), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md)
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Scream Queens* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, as Keytar Player (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Frank and Cindy* (2015), Music
- *L.A. Slasher* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Square* (2013), as Songs
- *Spring Breakers* (2013), Additional Music
- *Stolen* (2012), Additional Music
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *Drive* (2011), Music Programmer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drive.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jeff Russo, Mac Quayle, Siddhartha Khosla, Charlie Clouser, Alec Puro and Jeff Cardoni speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anahei](https://film.one/media/person/15126/gallery-04d2a8427ddf.jpg) Jeff Russo, Mac Quayle, Siddhartha Khosla, Charlie Clouser, Alec Puro and Jeff Cardoni speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anahei — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Jeff_Russo%2C_Mac_Quayle%2C_Siddhartha_Khosla%2C_Charlie_Clouser%2C_Alec_Puro_%26_Jeff_Cardoni_%2833716294441%29.jpg/1280px-Jeff_Russo%2C_Mac_Quayle%2C_Siddhartha_Khosla%2C_Charlie_Clouser%2C_Alec_Puro_%26_Jeff_Cardoni_%2833716294441%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/15126/gallery-351eb79ec97b.jpg) Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mac_Quayle_%2833716313051%29.jpg/1280px-Mac_Quayle_%2833716313051%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/15126/gallery-1fc9c39870b4.jpg) Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mac_Quayle_%2833804518576%29.jpg/1280px-Mac_Quayle_%2833804518576%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/15126/gallery-270125b89e0e.jpg) Mac Quayle speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Mac_Quayle_%2833804518576%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mac_Quayle_%2833804518576%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mac Quayle](https://film.one/media/person/15126/gallery-552712308e5c.jpg) Mac Quayle — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Mac_Quayle_%2840188878275%29.jpg/1280px-Mac_Quayle_%2840188878275%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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