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name: "West Dylan Thordson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/west-dylan-thordson"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 June 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T07:53:25.278892+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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# West Dylan Thordson

Composer. Born 11 June 1992 in Santa Monica.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 June 1992, Santa Monica
- **Also known as:** West Thordson

## Biography

West Dylan Thordson is an American film and television composer, also credited as West Thordson. He began his career in the Twin Cities music scene as the leader of the band A Whisper in the Noise before moving into film scoring.

His early break came when a version of his track appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's *Lady in the Water* (2006). He went on to score *Foxcatcher* (2014, additional music), the HBO series *The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst* (2015), *Joy* (2015), *Split* (2017) and *Glass* (2019). He has also contributed to *Unsolved Mysteries* (2020) and other projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, caldera-records.com, yourclassical.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jinx* (2015), Fi1m 77, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jinx.md)

## Also known for

- *Split* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Glass* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Joy* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *UFO* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *3 Generations* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Unsolved Mysteries* (2020), Music
- *The Sand Castle* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Art of the Steal* (2010), Music

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