---
name: "Rafiq Bhatia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rafiq-bhatia"
fi1m_id: "rafiq-bhatia"
imdb_id: "nm9103391"
tmdb_id: 3555893
wikidata_id: "Q28092354"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 August 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T04:32:57.048738+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."
---

# Rafiq Bhatia

## Identity

Rafiq Bhatia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rafiq-bhatia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rafiq-bhatia
- **IMDb ID:** nm9103391
- **TMDB ID:** 3555893
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28092354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiq_Bhatia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28092354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9103391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3555893

Composer. Born 21 August 1987 in Hickory, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 August 1987, Hickory, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Son Lux
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $522m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiq_Bhatia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28092354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9103391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3555893

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Everything Everywhere All at Once*](https://film.one/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Rafiq Bhatia is an American musician, composer, guitarist and producer. Born in Hickory, North Carolina in 1987, he grew up in Raleigh and is based in Brooklyn. He joined the experimental rock band Son Lux as a full member in 2014, having previously been a touring musician with the group.

As part of Son Lux, Bhatia composed the score for the 2025 film *Thunderbolts**. The band had previously scored the 2022 film *Everything Everywhere All at Once*, for which they received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Best Original Score. Bhatia has also released several solo albums and EPs, and has collaborated with artists including Dave Douglas, Vijay Iyer and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, laughingplace.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026), Fi1m 77, Songs, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/your-mother-your-mother-your-mother.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), Fi1m 71, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md)
- *You're the Worst* (2014), Fi1m 76, Songs — [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/your-mother-your-mother-your-mother.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *On Blue* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md)
- *Eden* (2021), series, Music Producer
- *The Vow* (2020), series, as Songs
- *Mean Dreams* (2016), Musician
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, as Songs
- *You're the Worst* (2014), series, as Songs — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)
- *NPR Tiny Desk Concerts* (2008), series, as Songs

## Gallery

- ![Rafiq Bhatia](https://film.one/media/person/8562/gallery-2885497167d2.jpg) Rafiq Bhatia — RichardMcCoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rafiq_Bhatia%2C_2016.jpg/1280px-Rafiq_Bhatia%2C_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rafiq Bhatia](https://film.one/media/person/8562/gallery-043e575ff3b7.jpg) Rafiq Bhatia — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Everything Everywhere All at Once*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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