---
name: "Nathan Barr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathan-barr"
fi1m_id: "nathan-barr"
imdb_id: "nm0056550"
tmdb_id: 19659
wikidata_id: "Q111777"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 February 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T21:39:48.946505+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."
---

# Nathan Barr

## Identity

Nathan Barr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathan-barr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathan-barr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0056550
- **TMDB ID:** 19659
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111777
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111777, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19659

Composer. Born 9 February 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 February 1973, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Bernstein](https://film.one/person/andrew-bernstein.md), [Brad Carpenter](https://film.one/person/brad-carpenter.md), [Charlotte Stoudt](https://film.one/person/charlotte-stoudt.md), [Debora Cahn](https://film.one/person/debora-cahn.md), [Jessica Yu](https://film.one/person/jessica-yu.md), [Joel Fields](https://film.one/person/joel-fields.md), [Keri Russell](https://film.one/person/keri-russell.md), [Kevin Bray](https://film.one/person/kevin-bray.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 75 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111777, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19659

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Americans*](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md) (91), [*The Great*](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) (74), [*Fosse/Verdon*](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md) (58)
- **Netflix:** [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Nathan Barr (born 9 February 1973) is an American film and television composer and musician. Born in New York City, he studied cello and English literature at Skidmore College before moving to Los Angeles in 1996. Early in his career he worked with Hans Zimmer on *As Good as It Gets* (1997) and *The Prince of Egypt* (1998).

Barr is known for scoring all seven seasons of HBO's *True Blood* (2008–2014), as well as *The Americans* (2013–2018), *Carnival Row* (2019), *The Great* (2020) and *The Diplomat* (2023). His film credits include *Cabin Fever* (2003), *Hostel* (2006), *Hostel: Part II* (2007), *The Boy Next Door* (2015), *Flatliners* (2017), *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018) and *The Hunt* (2020). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for the miniseries *Hollywood* (2020).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Tow* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *56 Days* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Scratching the Surface: A Look Back* (2026), Thanks, Original Music Composer
- *Salem's Lot* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Beanie Bubble* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *A Bit of Light* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Prey for the Devil* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *A Very British Scandal* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kate* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Fin* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Halston* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Uncle Frank* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Great* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Hollywood* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Hunt* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Turning* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Carnival Row* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Domestics* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Parting Glass* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Flatliners* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Son* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hollywood Adventures* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Boy Next Door* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Wedding* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Americans* (2013), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *The Ledge* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Hood to Coast* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Exorcism* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Open House* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Lost Boys: The Tribe* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Shutter* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Hostel: Part II* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Watching the Detectives* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Rise: Blood Hunter* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Grindhouse* (2007), as Other
- *The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning* (2007), Additional Music
- *Beerfest* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Hostel* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Dukes of Hazzard* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *2001 Maniacs* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Open Water* (2004), Additional Music
- *Mojave* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Club Dread* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Cabin Fever* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Plain Dirty* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Going Greek* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Red Dirt* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Virginian* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Mat* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Traveling Companion* (1998), Music Score Producer

## Gallery

- ![Nathan Barr](https://film.one/media/person/24536/gallery-bc90ceba4cfc.jpg) Nathan Barr — Kebrandt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Nathan_Barr_working_on_True_Blood_season_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nathan Barr (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/24536/gallery-28d8fec91081.jpg) Nathan Barr (2014) — Bandrika6120, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/NathanBarrToga.jpg/1280px-NathanBarrToga.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nathan Barr and Alan Ball working on True Blood season 2 (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/24536/gallery-3090688322bb.jpg) Nathan Barr and Alan Ball working on True Blood season 2 (2009) — Kebrandt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Nathan_Barr_and_Alan_Ball_working_on_True_Blood_season_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![William Short Photography Nathan Barr 002-1500x1804 (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/24536/gallery-fbb85bdbde34.jpg) William Short Photography Nathan Barr 002-1500x1804 (2020) — Bandrika6120, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/William_Short_Photography_Nathan_Barr_002-1500x1804.jpg/1280px-William_Short_Photography_Nathan_Barr_002-1500x1804.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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