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Nicolas Becker

Composer · Born January 1, 1970 (56)

Oscar winner · BAFTA Award winner

Nicolas Becker is a French composer and sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Sound of Metal. Source: Article "Nicolas Becker (sound engineer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1970 (56)
Works as
Composer
Titles
101 on MovieCove · 167 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 156 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Nicolas Becker's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
39%
Self
21%
Society
17%
Bonds
7%
Power
6%
Morality
6%
Ideas
5%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 7

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

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 5 · Even-paced 4 · 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 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

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 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 6

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
5
Melancholic
5
Contemplative
4
Hopeful
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Haunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Nicolas Becker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 62 of their 101 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nicolas Becker'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

167 credits, 101 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Salón de Belleza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Sound Designer

  • Milk Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Additional Music · Sound Designer

  • Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Sound Designer

  • Dandelion's Odyssey(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Krakatoa(2026)

    Composer · Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Arco(2025)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Harvest(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Islanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Bird(2024)

    Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Dahomey(2024)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Viktor(2024)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Asphalt City(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Fabric of the Human Body(2022)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Mariupolis 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Sound Designer

  • Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths(2022)

    Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Magellan's Extraordinary Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • To the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Supervising Sound Editor

  • Prologos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Sound Designer

  • Memory House(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Man on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Earwig(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Cow(2021)

    Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • John and the Hole(2021)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Beckett(2021)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Invisible Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Sound

  • Oxygen(2021)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Night Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Sound of Metal(2019)

    Composer · Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • My Cousin(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • DAU. Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Supervising Sound Editor

  • Tokyo Telepath 2020 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Sound Designer

  • Ayahuasca: Kosmik Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Sound Designer

  • Slam(2018)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Parthenon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Sound

  • The Command(2018)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Suspiria(2018)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Treat Me Like Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • A Prayer Before Dawn(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Night Eats the World(2018)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Ghoul(2017)

    Special Sound Effects

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Ghost Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Sound Designer

  • Arrival(2016)

    Foley Artist · Special Sound Effects

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • American Honey(2016)

    Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Foreign Body(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • La Capture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Disorder(2015)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mediterranea(2015)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Summer of Sangaile(2015)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Ex Machina(2014)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Salt of the Earth(2014)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Incident Urbain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Beauty and the Beast(2014)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet(2013)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • My Name Is Hmmm... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Foley Artist

  • Gravity(2013)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • 9-Month Stretch(2013)

    Supervising Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness(2013)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Day of the Crows(2012)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Painless(2012)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Impossible(2012)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Punk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Cosmopolis(2012)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Dans la tête d'un bruiteur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer · Actor

  • Day of the Falcon(2011)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Rebellion(2011)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Foley Artist

  • Wuthering Heights(2011)

    Foley Artist · Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Screen Illusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Foley Artist

  • 127 Hours(2010)

    Foley Artist · Foley Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Enter the Void(2009)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Gardiens de l'ordre(2010)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Round Up(2010)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Ghost Writer(2010)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Micmacs(2009)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky(2009)

    Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Lebanon(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Happy End(2009)

    Sound Effects

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Park Benches(2009)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Agora(2009)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Baby Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Foley Artist

  • Trouble at Timpetill(2008)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Babylon A.D.(2008)

    Foley Artist · Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • I Want to See (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Foley Artist

  • Le Voyage aux Pyrénées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Foley Artist

  • Paris(2008)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Golden Compass(2007)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Max & Co(2007)

    Foley Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • 28 Weeks Later(2007)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sunshine(2007)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Hellphone(2007)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Angel(2007)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Private Fears in Public Places (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Foley Artist

  • Red Road(2006)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Reef(2006)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait(2006)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Silent Hill(2006)

    Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Heading South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Foley

  • Angel-A(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Joyeux Noel(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Child(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Constant Gardener(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Batman Begins(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Antidote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Foley Artist

  • Sometimes in April(2005)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Iznogoud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Foley Artist

  • Me and My Sister(2004)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Rolling Family(2004)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • 14,58 euros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer · Sound

  • Loser Takes All! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Foley Artist

  • The Great Challenge(2004)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Princesse Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Foley Artist

  • Tomorrow We Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Foley Artist

  • Love Me If You Dare(2003)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Divorce(2003)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • La vie nue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Sound Engineer

  • Playing 'In the Company of Men' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Foley Artist

  • Bon Voyage(2003)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Motus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)(2003)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • All the Fine Promises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer · Foley Artist

  • Nearest to Heaven(2002)

    Sound

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Foley Artist

  • Kedma(2002)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The War in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Foley Artist

  • Summer Things(2002)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Man's Gentle Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Foley Artist

  • Les acteurs anonymes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Sound

  • Replay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Foley Artist

  • Brotherhood of the Wolf(2001)

    Foley Artist · Sound Designer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Captive(2000)

    Sound Effects Editor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Crimson Rivers(2000)

    Sound

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • With a Friend Like Harry...(2000)

    Sound Effects Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Taste of Others(2000)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • L'enchanteur(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bad Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Foley Artist

  • The Ninth Gate(1999)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Foley Artist

  • Venus Beauty Institute(1999)

    Sound Effects Editor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The New Eve(1999)

    Sound

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Dreamlife of Angels(1998)

    Sound

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • La femme du cosmonaute(1997)

    Sound Effects Editor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Fire in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Sound

  • After Sex(1997)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Voyage to the Beginning of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Foley Artist

  • Hikers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Foley Artist

  • Select Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Foley Artist

  • Nitrate Base (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Foley Artist

  • Everything Must Disappear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Sound Effects Editor

  • Le Livre de minuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Foley Artist

  • A Single Girl(1995)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Bad Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Foley Artist

  • Adultery (A User's Guide) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Foley Artist

  • La haine(1995)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Open Your Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Sound Effects

  • The African Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Foley

  • The Golden Ball(1994)

    Foley

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • 13 figures de Sarah Beauchesne au 71, rue Blanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Sound

  • Emma Zunz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Sound

  • La fable des continents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Sound Effects

  • L'Exote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Sound

  • Culebra Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer · Sound Designer

  • Last Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Sound Designer

  • Lions of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Sound Designer

  • My Best Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Sound Designer

  • Riverrun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 166 titles, 161 of them dated from 1991 to 2026.

Biggest box office

My Cousin (2020)

$3M worldwide

Highest rated

Sound of Metal (2019)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 166: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 166: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic25 of 166: 19 only music, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew146 of 166: 140 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

166 titles, 7 with more than one role — other crew and music overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s26 · crew2000s62 · crew2010s42 · 1 acting · 42 crew2020s31 · 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.

Awards

an Oscar and a BAFTA Award from 2 major nominations, 2021.

  1. 2021
    • Oscar, won · Best Sound
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Sound

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 Nicolas Becker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 101; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 101 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up40
  • 50th to 74th32
  • 25th to 49th21
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

48 of their 101 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser48
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed26

Most divisive · composer

Krakatoa (2026)

91st percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Sound of Metal (2019)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 75/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 62. 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 Nicolas Becker's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 83 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 79 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Nicolas Becker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nicolas Becker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire shares the most, 2.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors