Justin Caine Burnett (born May 2, 1973) is an American film and video game music composer.

Career

Justin Burnett started his career working for

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards and a Tony ...

from 1995 through 2000. During this tenure he worked on films such as '' Broken Arrow'', ''

As Good as It Gets ''As Good as It Gets'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt ...

'', ''

The Prince of Egypt ''The Prince of Egypt'' is a 1998 American animated musical drama film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, and written by Philip LaZebnik, from a story by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook. Produced by DreamWorks Pictur ...

'', ''

The Road to El Dorado ''The Road to El Dorado'' is a 2000 American animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul, from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and ...

'', and ''

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''. Since 2000, Burnett has also been known for his work with film composer

Harry Gregson-Williams Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, '' Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth' ...

. With Harry Gregson-Williams, Burnett has worked on films such as ''

Spy Game ''Spy Game'' is a 2001 action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and written by Michael Frost Beckner and David Arata. The film stars Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA operatives entangled in a covert rescue mission during the final day ...

'', ''

Phone Booth A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a tiny structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience; typically the user steps into the booth and closes the booth ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Passionada ''Passionada'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy film. It is directed by Dan Ireland and stars Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos and Emmy Rossum, co-starring Seymour Cassel and Theresa Russell. The story is by David Bakalar, and the screenplay is by J ...

'', '' Man on Fire'', ''

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'', '' The Taking of Pelham 123'', ''

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'', and ''

Cowboys & Aliens ''Cowboys & Aliens'' is a 2011 Space Western, space western Action film, action thriller film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, and Noah Ringer in his final fil ...

''. Additionally, Burnett worked with

Walter Werzowa Walter Werzowa (born 15 December 1960) is an Austrian-born composer, producer and owner of LA-based music production studio Musikvergnuegen. He is most famous for composing the "Intel bong" jingle and the 1980s hit " Bring Me Edelweiss" as part o ...

Musikvergnuegen Walter Werzowa (born 15 December 1960) is an Austrian-born composer, producer and owner of LA-based music production studio Musikvergnuegen. He is most famous for composing the "Intel bong" jingle and the 1980s hit " Bring Me Edelweiss" as part o ...

from 2000 to 2005 on numerous commercials, movie trailers and network branding projects.

Film scoring

Justin Burnett scored his first feature film ''

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'' which was featured in 1998 at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

. His second notable film was ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' which was released in theaters in 2000. Ending his time at Remote Control Productions, it was in 2000 that Burnett began his collaboration with

. In 2005, Burnett composed the music for the film ''

An American Haunting ''An American Haunting'' is a 2005 supernatural horror film written and directed by Courtney Solomon and starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. The film was previewed at the AFI Film Festival on November ...

'' under the pseudonym Caine Davidson. Since then, Burnett has composed music for numerous films such as ''

I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer ''I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 2006 American direct-to-video supernatural slasher film directed by Sylvain White and written by Michael D. Weiss. It is the standalone sequel to ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1998 ...

'', ''

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'', '' Crave'', and '' Java Heat'' among others.

Discography

Film

;Additional music credits

TV series

Video games

References

External links

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