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Adrian Johnston

Adrian Johnston

Composer · Born January 1, 1961 (65) · Cumbria, England, UK

Primetime Emmy winner · BAFTA Award winner

Adrian Johnston was born in 1961 in Cumbria, England, UK. Adrian is a composer, known for Primate (2025), Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024) and C.B. Strike (2017).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 1, 1961 (65)
From
Cumbria, England, UK
Works as
Composer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 93 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 7% in 30 days

What are Adrian Johnston's films like?

Across their 52 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
23%
Morality
20%
Self
19%
Survival
15%
Society
10%
Power
8%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 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 7 · Serious 11 · Dark 22

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

Grounded 24 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 6 · Charged 17 · Intense 17

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

A split, not a type: Steady 19 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 4

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

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 3

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 8 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 4

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 7 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 21

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 22 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Melancholic
30
Dread
16
Contemplative
13
Warm
8
Other
39

How their films linger

Thought-provoking22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic8
  • Ambiguous12

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 Adrian Johnston's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Adrian Johnston's 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

93 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page.

  • Primate(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • A Very Royal Scandal(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • No Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Four Lives(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • You Don't Know Me(2021)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Responsible Child(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Giri/Haji(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Summer of Rockets(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • The Child in Time(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Prey at Night(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Close to the Enemy(2016)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • I Am Not a Serial Killer(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Rush Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Finley

  • News from Planet Mars(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Churchill's Secret(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Marvellous(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Common(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Hybrid(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Klondike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • The 7.39 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • One Child(2014)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • The Politician's Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Dancing on the Edge(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Scapegoat(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • White Heat(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Astonish Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Exile(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Sinking of the Laconia(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • The Road to Coronation Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • On Expenses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • Glorious 39(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Red Riding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Above Suspicion(2009)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Dustbin Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Brideshead Revisited(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Capturing Mary(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • My Boy Jack(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • A Real Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Sparkle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Meadowlands(2007)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Becoming Jane(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Trial of Tony Blair(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Joe's Palace(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Lassie(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Isolation(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Gideon's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Kinky Boots(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Friends & Crocodiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Faith(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Mighty Celt(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Piccadilly Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • If Only(2004)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Perfect Strangers(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Byron(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Canterbury Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • The Lost Prince(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Byron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Tipping the Velvet(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • White Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Lawless Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Shackleton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Me Without You(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • About Adam(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Never Never (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • The House of Mirth(2000)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Some Voices(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Darkest Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • The Suicide Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • The Turn of the Screw(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • All the King's Men(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • With or Without You(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Debt Collector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • The Last Yellow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Divorcing Jack(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Tribe(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Our Mutual Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • I Want You(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Food of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Welcome to Sarajevo(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Touching Evil(1997)

    Show 16 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Broken Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Jude(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Death of a Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Enter Achilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • La terre(1921)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 87 titles from 1996 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Becoming Jane (2007)

$37M worldwide

Highest rated

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Dancing on the Edge (2013)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 87: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic85 of 87: 84 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thOther crew2 of 87: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s16 · crew2000s42 · crew2010s25 · 1 acting · 24 crew2020s4 · 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

a Primetime Emmy and a BAFTA Award from 8 major nominations, 1999–2010.

WinNomination
  1. 2010
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music
  2. 2008
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Original Television Music
  3. 2006
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
  4. 2004
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music
  5. 2003
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music
  6. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music
  7. 1999
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music

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 Adrian Johnston's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

35 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser35
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · composer

Faith (2005)

82nd percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 63/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 41. 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 Adrian Johnston's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles38–88 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles15–70 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles32–80 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles17–61 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles20–87 · median 65 · intenseheavier 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 Adrian Johnston work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adrian Johnston's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Odd shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers