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name: "Thurston Moore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thurston-moore"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 July 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T13:26:42.607489+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."
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# Thurston Moore

Composer. Born 25 July 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 July 1958, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- **Also known as:** Sonic Youth
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Moore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601952/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101831

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Irma Vep*](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md) (74)

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## Biography

Thurston Moore is an American musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as a founding member of the band Sonic Youth. He has also released solo albums and collaborated on numerous projects, and runs the Ecstatic Peace! record label.

Moore composed the original score for the HBO series *Irma Vep* (2022). He has contributed music to films including *Heavy* (1995), *Bully* (2001) and *Manic* (2001), and has appeared in documentaries such as *The Devil and Daniel Johnston* (2006) and *The Sparks Brothers* (2021). Other credits include a guest role in *Gilmore Girls* (2006) and a part in *The Wizard of the Kremlin* (2026).

*Sources: indiewire.com, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Irma Vep* (2022), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

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

- *The Last Critic* (2026), Acting
- *The Wizard of the Kremlin* (2026), as Synthesizer Player
- *Sonic Youth: Live in 1991* (2025), Acting
- *Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story* (2024), Acting
- *Black Lodge* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Irma Vep* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md)
- *2020* (2021), Music
- *Fire Music* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond* (2019), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation* (2019), Acting
- *Desolation Center* (2018), Acting
- *Station to Station* (2014), Acting
- *Lou Reed - Remembered* (2013), Acting
- *I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney* (2013), Acting
- *The Hardcore Collection* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011* (2011), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival* (2011), Acting
- *Street* (2011), Music
- *Clean* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *William S. Burroughs: A Man Within* (2010), Music
- *Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011* (2010), Acting
- *Ecstatic Peace Archives* (2010), Acting
- *I Was Jack Goldstein* (2010), Music
- *Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis* (2007), Music
- *Extra Action* (2007), Music
- *Cut Shorts* (2006), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes* (2005), Acting
- *Day Trip Maryanne* (2005), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost* (2004), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage* (2003), as Performer
- *Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)* (2003), Acting
- *Demonlover* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Things Behind the Sun* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000* (2000), Acting
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Cool Dad Troubadour — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *The Hardcore Collection* (2000), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim* (1998), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996* (1996), Acting
- *Heavy* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *An Introduction to Harmolodics* (1995), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love* (1995), Acting
- *Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!* (1994), Acting
- *Changing Fashions* (1993), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa* (1993), Acting
- *Grunge Pedal* (1993), Acting
- *1991: The Year Punk Broke* (1992), Title Designer
- *Skeeno H.C. Rules* (1991), Acting
- *Goo* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Rap Damage* (1991), Acting
- *Hippy Porn* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Notebook* (1991), Acting
- *Weatherman '69* (1989), as Jeff Jones
- *Sonic Youth: 930 Club* (1988), Acting
- *Made in U.S.A.* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Submit to Me Now* (1987), Music
- *Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis* (1986), Acting
- *Sublapse Video Mag 1* (1986), Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree* (1985), Acting
- *Submit to Me* (1985), Acting
- *Rock My Religion* (1984), Idea
- *Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985*, Acting
- *Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Thurston Moore](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-55ac98911c7f.jpg) Thurston Moore — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Thurston_Moore_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2024_%28002828%29.jpg/1280px-Thurston_Moore_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2024_%28002828%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chelsea Light Moving performing at the Black Cat on April 4, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-d1fe871fe237.jpg) Chelsea Light Moving performing at the Black Cat on April 4, 2013. — ManWomanGradyBaby, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Chelsea_Light_Moving.jpg/1280px-Chelsea_Light_Moving.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collage showing musicians Chris Brokaw (in 2022) and Thurston Moore (in 2007) (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-e7807959479a.jpg) Collage showing musicians Chris Brokaw (in 2022) and Thurston Moore (in 2007) (2025) — Schorle (photo of Chris Brokaw) and Delgoff (photo of Thurston Moore), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Chris_Brokaw_and_Thurston_Moore.jpg/1280px-Chris_Brokaw_and_Thurston_Moore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fender Guitar Factory museum 11. Sonic Youth Jazzmaster model Quotation of description board ALTERNATIVE SONIC YOUTH In the hands of New York alt-indie godfathe (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-5ac61d332b53.jpg) Fender Guitar Factory museum 11. Sonic Youth Jazzmaster model Quotation of description board ALTERNATIVE SONIC YOUTH In the hands of New York alt-indie godfathe (2011) — Mr. Littlehand, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/FGF_museum_11._Sonic_Youth_Jazzmaster_model.jpg/1280px-FGF_museum_11._Sonic_Youth_Jazzmaster_model.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thurston Moore](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-9a895b3bdf19.jpg) Thurston Moore — Image via TMDB
- ![This photo is included in my '100 People I Photographed for the Creative Commons' set of my favorites shots out of the thousands of people I have photographed.  (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-aee572c6231b.jpg) This photo is included in my '100 People I Photographed for the Creative Commons' set of my favorites shots out of the thousands of people I have photographed.  (2009) — David Shankbone from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ian_MacKaye_and_Thurston_Moore_by_David_Shankbone_%282858397504%29.jpg/1280px-Ian_MacKaye_and_Thurston_Moore_by_David_Shankbone_%282858397504%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano (2003)](https://film.one/media/person/708751/gallery-e9ff2f699374.jpg) Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano (2003) — Seth Tisue, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Jim_O%27Rourke-13.jpg/1280px-Jim_O%27Rourke-13.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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