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Carter Benedict Burwell is an American composer of film scores. Burwell was born in New York City, the son of Natalie , a math teacher, and Charles... Burwell, who founded Thaibok Fabrics, Ltd. He graduated from King School in Stamford, Connecticut, and Harvard College, where he was a cartoonist for The Harvard Lampoon. As a film composer, Burwell has had a long-working relationship with the Coen brothers, providing music for every film they have made . He enjoys working with left-field directors, such as Spike Jonze. Among his best known film scores are Miller's Crossing , And the Band Played On , Conspiracy Theory , Hamlet , The Spanish Prisoner , Before the Devil Knows You're Dead , In Bruges , Twilight Where The Wild Things Are , The Blind Side , and Breaking Dawn Part 1 . Burwell, like many composers, studied piano as a child, but eventually quit.
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