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Tom Scott

Tom Scott

Composer · Born May 19, 1948 (78) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Tom Scott was born on 19 May 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Blade Runner (1982), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and The Great Outdoors (1988).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
May 19, 1948 (78)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 41 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 63 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Tom Scott's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
26%
Self
26%
Morality
19%
Power
13%
Survival
7%
Society
6%
Ideas
3%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 2 · Dark 7

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 9 · Charged 10 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 12

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Absurd
10
Warm
9
Joyful
9
Contemplative
7
Other
19

How their films linger

Feel-good14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical2

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 Tom Scott's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tom 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

41 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The 11th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special LIVE from AmatoCon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as The Empty Bottle Players

  • Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Super Bob Einstein Movie(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Stay(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • An Unexpected Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • A Mother's Prayer(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Deconstructing Sarah(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • It's Nothing Personal(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Melrose Place(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Shakes the Clown(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Run Till You Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • A Father's Homecoming(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Not Quite Human (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Hot Pursuit(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Leftovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Soul Man(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Steel Collar Man(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Just One of the Guys(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Sure Thing(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Fast Forward(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Badge of the Assassin(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Family Ties Vacation(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Hawaiian Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hard to Hold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Going Berserk(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Hanky Panky(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Square Pegs(1982)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Stir Crazy(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Americathon(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Officer Morrison

  • Twin Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Black Bart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat(1974)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Uptown Saturday Night(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Class of '63 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • The Girls of Huntington House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Culpepper Cattle Co.(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Odd Couple(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles from 1970 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Stir Crazy (1980)

$101M worldwide

Highest rated

The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

The Sure Thing (1985)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 35: 4 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic31 of 35: 30 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thOther crew1 of 35: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s11 · 2 acting · 9 crew1980s18 · crew1990s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew2020s1 · acting

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

2 major awards from 16 major nominations, 1973–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Performance
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Vocal Album
  2. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Direction
  3. 2009
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Contemporary Jazz Album
  4. 2000
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Arrangement
  5. 1996
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)
  6. 1994
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  7. 1993
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  8. 1989
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Show 5 earlier years
  1. 1983
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Composition
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  2. 1982
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  3. 1976
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  4. 1975
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
  5. 1973
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist

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 Tom Scott's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 28 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · composer

Fast Forward (1985)

81st percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024)

Midcredits 89th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 63/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 69, 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 Tom Scott's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles19–76 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles19–70 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles38–90 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles31–80 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles4–73 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Tom Scott work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tom Scott's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sidney Poitier shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles