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Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones

Composer, also producer · Born March 23, 1949 (77) · Cape Town, South Africa

Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee

Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born 23 March 1949) is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his scoring work during the 1980s and 1990s, where he worked on many acclaimed films including Excalibur, Runaway Train, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Jones has collaborated with filmmakers like John Boorman, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jim Henson, Alan Parker, Jim Sheridan, Barbet Schroeder and Michael Mann. Jones has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards for Best Film Music - for Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans, and Brassed Off. He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards - Best Original Score and Best Original Song, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special for the miniseries Merlin. Jones has been a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain since 2006. In 1999, he became the first chair of the music department of the National Film and Television School. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trevor Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 23, 1949 (77)
From
Cape Town, South Africa
Works as
Composer, also producer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 29% in 30 days

What are Trevor Jones' films like?

Across their 55 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Fantasy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Fantasy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Morality
24%
Self
18%
Power
11%
Survival
10%
Society
6%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themePower7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 48 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 9 · Dark 25

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 23 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 9

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 20 · Intense 21

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 27 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 19

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 34 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
38
Dread
14
Melancholic
17
Thrilling
13
Warm
11
Other
53

How their films linger

Bittersweet22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Trevor Jones' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (32).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Trevor Jones' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • To Tokyo(2018)

    Composer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Labyrinth(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • How to Steal 2 Million(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blood And Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • A Deal Is a Deal(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • George Washington: We Fight to Be Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Fields Of Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Aegis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Chaos(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Around the World in 80 Days(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • I'll Be There(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Dinotopia(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Crossroads(2002)

    Composer · Musician · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Dinotopia(2002)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • To End All Wars(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Long Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • From Hell(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Thirteen Days(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Molly(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Cleopatra(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Notting Hill(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Talk of Angels(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Titanic Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • The Mighty(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Merlin(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Dark City(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Desperate Measures(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Lawn Dogs(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • G.I. Jane(1997)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • For Roseanna(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Brassed Off(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Loch Ness(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Gulliver's Travels(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Richard III(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Kiss of Death(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Hideaway(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • In the Name of the Father(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Cliffhanger(1993)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Detonator(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Last of the Mohicans(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • CrissCross(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Blame It on the Bellboy(1992)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Freejack(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Chains of Gold(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • True Colors(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Arachnophobia(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Guns: A Day in the Death of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • By Dawn's Early Light(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Bad Influence(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Sea of Love(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Murder by Moonlight(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Mississippi Burning(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Just Ask for Diamond(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Dominick and Eugene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Sweet Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Angel Heart(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Inside the Labyrinth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Labyrinth(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Runaway Train(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Last Place on Earth(1985)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • This Office Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer · Conductor

  • Dr. Fischer of Geneva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Last Days of Pompeii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Aderyn Papur... and Pigs Might Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Nate and Hayes(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Those Glory Glory Days(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Appointment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer · Conductor

  • The World of 'The Dark Crystal'(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Crystal(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Sender(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Time Bandits(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Excalibur(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Britannia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 71 titles from 1979 to 2012.

Biggest box office

Notting Hill (1999)

$364M worldwide

Highest rated

In the Name of the Father (1993)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Notting Hill (1999)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music71 of 71: 65 only music, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thOther crew6 of 71: 0 only other crew, 6 with another role

71 titles, 6 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s22 · crew1990s31 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

6 major nominations and no wins, 1990–1999.

  1. 1999
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
  2. 1998
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore)
  3. 1997
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  4. 1993
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Film Score
  5. 1990
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Film Score

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Trevor Jones' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 51; across their 48 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · composer

Crossroads (2002)

86th percentile spread · 57% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

In the Name of the Father (1993)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Trevor Jones' work okay for kids?

Across up to 33 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore24 titles24–85 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity33 titles12–67 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles10–85 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles15–66 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense22 titles32–84 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Trevor Jones work with?

People who share at least 2 of Trevor Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Halmi Sr. shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles