---
name: "William Butler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-butler"
fi1m_id: "will-butler"
imdb_id: "nm1372622"
tmdb_id: 1091341
wikidata_id: "Q3097555"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 October 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:52:20.300016+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."
---

# William Butler

## Identity

William Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-butler
- **IMDb ID:** nm1372622
- **TMDB ID:** 1091341
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3097555
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1372622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1091341

Composer. Born 6 October 1982 in The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 October 1982, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
- **Also known as:** Will Butler, Abe Butler, Will Abe Butler, Arcade Fire
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1372622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1091341

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Her*](https://film.one/film/her.md) (84)

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## Biography

Will Butler is an American musician, composer and actor. Born on 6 October 1982, he is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he performed from 2003 until 2021. He has also worked as a composer for film and television.

Butler contributed to the original score of the 2013 film *Her*, for which he and Owen Pallett received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. His acting credits include appearances in the 2011 short *Scenes from the Suburbs* and various music videos. He has also provided music for films including *Boyhood* (2014) and *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, billboard.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Harvest Moon* (2017), Editor
- *Strange Rituals* (2017), as Zombie
- *Arcade Fire 2016-10-31 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, New Orleans* (2016), Actor
- *Her* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *Here Comes the Night Time* (2013), as Will Butler
- *Scenes from the Suburbs* (2011), as Crossvine Cop / Soldier 1 · Writer

## Gallery

- ![William Butler](https://film.one/media/person/120543/gallery-ed3302bc454c.jpg) William Butler — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Arcade_fire_mg_7179.jpg/1280px-Arcade_fire_mg_7179.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007](https://film.one/media/person/120543/gallery-3ee83846c532.jpg) Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007 — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Arcade_fire_mg_7260.jpg/1280px-Arcade_fire_mg_7260.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007](https://film.one/media/person/120543/gallery-a58b6e88de79.jpg) Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007 — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Arcade_fire_mg_7400.jpg/1280px-Arcade_fire_mg_7400.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire en concert lors du festival des vieilles charrues 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/120543/gallery-3ca5a2b77715.jpg) Arcade Fire en concert lors du festival des vieilles charrues 2017. — Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2017_-_Arcade_Fire_-_035.jpg/1280px-Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2017_-_Arcade_Fire_-_035.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire en concert lors du festival des vieilles charrues 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/120543/gallery-8ee43ea88437.jpg) Arcade Fire en concert lors du festival des vieilles charrues 2017. — Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2017_-_Arcade_Fire_-_036.jpg/1280px-Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2017_-_Arcade_Fire_-_036.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Her*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2024: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Stereophonic*

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

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