GIL TALMI is an EMMY nominated film composer, sonic activist and recording artist with a passion for socially conscious films. Blending his traditional orchestral background with tasteful modular electronics and eclectic world music sensibilities, Talmi has created a signature sound that can be heard in many award winning productions worldwide. Some of Gil's most recent work includes original music for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, Harry & Meghan, UNKNOWN: Cosmic Time Machine (Netflix/Story Syndicate), Baby Doe (Impact Partners/Lunamax Films), Wild Wild Space (HBO/Zero Point Zero), ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios/Story Syndicate), The Great Hack (A Netflix Original Documentary/A Noujaim Films/Othrs Production), Lead Me Home (Netflix/Actual Films), Jacinta (Hulu/Endeavor Pictures), White Noise (The Atlantic) and, Chavela (Aubin Pictures). Gil's score for Harry & Meghan (Netflix/Story Syndicate) was recently awarded the BMI Streaming and Media Award and the music for Backyard Wilderness (Archipelago Films) was nominated for Best Original Score in the 2018 GSCA Awards. In 2017, Gil's score for Chavela was nominated for Best Original Composition Feature Film Score by the Music & Sound= Awards. Gil was also nominated for a National News and Documentary Emmy Award for his work on CBS Evening News and won Best Documentary for his score for Tales Of The Waria (PBS Global Voices). Gil has scored the Peabody Award winning documentaries Between The Folds (PBS Independent Lens), Who Killed Chea Vichea? (PBS) and New Year Baby (PBS Independent Lens), winner of the Amnesty International 'Movies That Matter' Award. Talmi's 1700 square foot scoring facility with inspiring views of Manhattan is located inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard (a stone's throw away from Steiner Studios). The studio's unique location, ambiance, and state of the art equipment work together to complement the innovative, high quality scores that Talmi creates for studio and indie projects alike.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 15, 1968 (57)
- Composer, also producer
- 40 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all
What are Gil Talmi's films like?
Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 34
Light 8 · Serious 15 · Dark 12
Grounded 33 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 11 · Charged 15 · Intense 9
Steady 19 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 0
Casual 12 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 14
Resolved 23 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet19
- Ambiguous12
- Cyclical1
- Other1
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 Gil Talmi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).
- Chavela (2017) · composer · free
- David (2011) · composer · free
- Food Chains (2014) · composer · free
- Remittance (2015) · composer · free
- Love Between the Covers (2015) · composer · free
- The Lost Arcade (2015) · composer · free
- Cicada (2020) · composer · free
- Our American Family (2021) · composer · free
- This Is Not Financial Advice (2023) · composer · free
- Love Is Strange (1999) · composer · free
- iGilbert (2021) · composer · free
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Gil Talmi'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
71 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page.
Baby Doe(2025)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Love Apptually(2026)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
52 Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Manhood(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ice Gold: A Journey from Worst to First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
We Met at Grossinger’s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
In Our Blood(2024)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Fear and Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
The Original Badass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Hold the Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Wild Wild Space(2024)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Finding the Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
It's Only Life After All(2023)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Jailhouse to Milhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Goodbye, Morganza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Breaking the News(2023)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
You'll Be Happier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Passersby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Nina & Irena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Harry & Meghan(2022)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Battleground(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Our American Family(2021)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Silent Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mama Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Wings Over Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Revolution of Our Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
American Scar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cicada(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Jacinta(2020)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Lead Me Home(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Neighbors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
iGilbert(2021)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Captains of Za'atari(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
White Noise(2020)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Building the American Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Chris' Casting Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Great Hack(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Dykes, Camera, Action! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Tre Maison Dasan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Backyard Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Chavela(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Memory of Fish(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Remittance(2015)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
All Rise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Lost Arcade(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
A House Without Snakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Desert Migration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Love Between the Covers(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Our Little Family(2015)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Food Chains(2014)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Savannah(2013)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Ultimate Mars Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Bill W.(2012)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Shelter Me(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Tales of the Waria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
David(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Who Killed Chea Vichea?(2011)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Entre nos(2009)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Mamá (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Between the Folds(2008)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Forgotten Ellis Island(2008)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Galapagos(2006)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Love Is Strange(1999)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Jack and Jill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 66 titles, 65 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Bill W. (2012)
Highest rated
Chavela (2017)
Most popular right now
Harry & Meghan (2022)
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 Gil Talmi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive7
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 28. 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.
Who does Gil Talmi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gil Talmi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dan Cogan shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Liz GarbusShared titles: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025), Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023), Harry & Meghan (2022), All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Liz Garbus
- Pedro KosShared titles: In Our Blood (2024), Lead Me Home (2021), The Great Hack (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Pedro Kos
- Daniel LombrosoShared titles: Manhood (2026), White Noise (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Lombroso
- Jessica EarnshawShared titles: Baby Doe (2025), Jacinta (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jessica Earnshaw
Writers
- Erin BarnettShared titles: The Great Hack (2019), The Memory of Fish (2016), Food Chains (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Erin Barnett
- Ken CarterShared titles: Savannah (2013), Love Is Strange (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Ken Carter
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Andrew GrossShared titles: Love Apptually (2026), Our Little Family (2015), Shelter Me (2012), Galapagos (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Andrew Gross
- George O'DonnellShared titles: Baby Doe (2025), Jacinta (2020)See all 2 shared titles with George O'Donnell
- Mikaela ShwerShared titles: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025), Harry & Meghan (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Mikaela Shwer
- Thorsten ThielowShared titles: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025), Harry & Meghan (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Thorsten Thielow
Producers
- Dan CoganShared titles: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025), Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023), Harry & Meghan (2022), All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020), Jacinta (2020)See all 5 shared titles with Dan Cogan
- Jamie WolfShared titles: Baby Doe (2025), Lead Me Home (2021), Jacinta (2020), The Great Hack (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Jamie Wolf
- Jon BardinShared titles: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025), Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023), Harry & Meghan (2022), All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Jon Bardin
- Geralyn White DreyfousShared titles: Baby Doe (2025), Jacinta (2020), The Great Hack (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Geralyn White Dreyfous
Mixed roles
- Jack YoungelsonShared titles: Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023), All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Youngelson