---
name: "Ruth Barrett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-barrett"
fi1m_id: "ruth-barrett"
imdb_id: "nm2418470"
tmdb_id: 223574
wikidata_id: "Q16204727"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T06:19:20.028403+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."
---

# Ruth Barrett

## Identity

Ruth Barrett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruth-barrett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruth-barrett
- **IMDb ID:** nm2418470
- **TMDB ID:** 223574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16204727
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Barrett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2418470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223574

Composer. Born 15 January 1976 in Roehampton, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 January 1976, Roehampton, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Keeley Hawes](https://film.one/person/keeley-hawes.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Barrett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2418470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223574

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Durrells*](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md) (80), [*The Girlfriend*](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Bodyguard*](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md) (77)

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## Biography

Ruth Barrett is a British film and television composer. She studied music at Cambridge University and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She began her career composing for theatre and commercials, later working in post-production at ITV before establishing the music production company Rubykon with composer and engineer Ruskin Williamson.

Barrett is known for her scores on television series including *Bodyguard* (2018), *Victoria* (for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2017), *Sanditon* (2019), *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021–2025), *The Terminal List* (2022), and *The Girlfriend* (2025). Her film credits include *Harry Brown* (2009, co-composed with Martin Phipps), *Toast* (2010), and *City of Tiny Lights* (2016). She has also scored *The Old Guard 2* (2025) and *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Girlfriend* (2025), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md)
- *Bodyguard* (2018), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *The Durrells* (2016), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Girlfriend* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md)
- *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Old Guard 2* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Decameron* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Big Beasts* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Terminal List* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bloodlands* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Sister* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sanditon* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bodyguard* (2018), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *Collateral* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fearless* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *City of Tiny Lights* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Love, Nina* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Durrells* (2016), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md)
- *Critical* (2015), series, Sound Designer
- *Remember Me* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Legacy* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Toast* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Married Single Other* (2010), series, Original Music Composer
- *Harry Brown* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Wuthering Heights* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Take* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Endgame* (2009), Additional Music
- *A Very British Sex Scandal* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *What We Did on Our Holiday* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Ant Muzak* (2002), Music

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