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John Scott

John Scott

Composer · Born November 1, 1930 (95) · Bishopston, Bristol, England, UK

Patrick John O'Hara Scott (born 1930) is an English composer, conductor, and jazz musician. He began his career as a pop and jazz arranger and session musician before becoming well-known for his film and television scores, including collaborations with directors such as Richard Donner, Mike Hodges, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Ilaiyaraaja, and Norman J. Warren. He is also a composer of contemporary classical music.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 1, 1930 (95)
From
Bishopston, Bristol, England, UK
Works as
Composer
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 80 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 2% in 30 days

What are John Scott's films like?

Across their 46 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th 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
28%
Morality
23%
Survival
18%
Self
13%
Power
9%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival13 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 19 · Dark 13

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

Grounded 21 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 12 · 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 22 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 33 · Some laughs 10 · 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 25 · Even-paced 19 · 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 20 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 1

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 20 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 7

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

Resolved 36 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Melancholic
16
Dread
8
Warm
10
Thrilling
10
Other
37

How their films linger

Feel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic7
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

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 John Scott's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Scott'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

80 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tian Soepangat: Muslim Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • The Wicker Tree(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • 100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Sound Director

  • Petites coupures(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Expédition Jules Verne: A bord du trois-mâts Belem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Time of the Wolf(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • Shergar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • The Long Road Home(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The New Swiss Family Robinson(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Mill on the Floss(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • North Star(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Walking Thunder(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Detonator II: Night Watch(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ruby(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Becoming Colette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • Journey of Honor(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Lionheart(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • King of the Wind(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Black Rainbow(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Red King, White Knight(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Winter People(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Deceivers(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Shoot to Kill(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Dog Tags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Man on Fire(1987)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • King Kong Lives(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Whistle Blower(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Harem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Harem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • The Shooting Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(1984)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Where Eagles Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

  • Yor: The Hunter from the Future(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • To the Ends of the Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • Inseminoid(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Hostage Tower(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Final Countdown(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Invasion: UFO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • North Dallas Forty(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Bloody Ivory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer · Conductor

  • The People That Time Forgot(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Quinns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Satan's Slave(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Author of Beltraffio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Hennessy(1975)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • That Lucky Touch(1975)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Craze(1974)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Symptoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Billy Two Hats(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Who Killed Lamb? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Penny Gold(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Antony and Cleopatra(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Doomwatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Girl Stroke Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Wake in Fright(1971)

    Composer · Conductor · Musician · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Trog(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • London Affair(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Loving Feeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer · Conductor

  • The Lion in Winter(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Amsterdam Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer · Conductor · Orchestrator

  • Journey Into Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Berserk(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • The Long Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Those Fantastic Flying Fools(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cop-Out(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Million Eyes of Sumuru(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Birds and Planes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Carnaby, M.D.(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • A Study in Terror(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Ipcress File(1965)

    Musician

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Fragment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Blind Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Musician

Career shape

A full career of 78 titles from 1959 to 2015.

Biggest box office

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

$46M worldwide

Highest rated

Wake in Fright (1971)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Lionheart (1990)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music75 of 78: 65 only music, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thOther crew13 of 78: 3 only other crew, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score45th

78 titles, 10 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s15 · crew1970s19 · crew1980s21 · crew1990s15 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s2 · 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.

How do John Scott's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 49; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 49 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed12
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · composer

Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983)

75th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 52/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 61, detractors 37. 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 John Scott's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles73–88 · median 84 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles26–60 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles14–81 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles67–83 · median 77 · 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 John Scott work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Scott's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Snell shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles