---
name: "Max Aruj"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-aruj"
fi1m_id: "max-aruj"
imdb_id: "nm3552671"
tmdb_id: 1558985
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T08:04:38.202692+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."
---

# Max Aruj

## Identity

Max Aruj

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-aruj
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-aruj
- **IMDb ID:** nm3552671
- **TMDB ID:** 1558985
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3552671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558985

Composer. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 47 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $690m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3552671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558985

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Crawl*](https://film.one/film/crawl.md) (76), [*Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning.md) (63)

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## Biography

Max Aruj is an American composer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, he studied composition at the USC Thornton School of Music.

He began his career assisting composers including Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, contributing additional music and arrangements to projects such as *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), *Mission: Impossible – Fallout* (2018) and *Black Widow* (2021). As lead composer, his credits include *Crawl* (2019), *Lansky* (2021), *The Ice Road* (2021) and the Netflix series *Mech Cadets* (2023). He co-composed the score for *Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning* (2025) with Alfie Godfrey.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Girl in the River* (2026), Fi1m 31, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-in-the-river.md)
- *Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning* (2025), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning.md)
- *Crawl* (2019), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Girl in the River* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-in-the-river.md)
- *Dinner to Die For* (2025), Music Consultant
- *Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning.md)
- *Kill* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), Additional Music — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Mech Cadets* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023), Additional Music — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one.md)
- *The Cab* (2023), Music
- *The Tank* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *When We Danced* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Music Arranger — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Rupi Kaur Live* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Ice Road* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Lansky* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Jungleland* (2020), Sound Assistant
- *Crawl* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)
- *Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Music Score Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *iBoy* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Abandoned* (2015), Music
- *Penguins of Madagascar* (2014), Music Programmer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/penguins-of-madagascar.md)
- *Liberation* (2009), Music

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