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David Holmes

David Holmes

Composer, also producer and actor · Born February 14, 1969 (57) · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Primetime Emmy nominee

David Holmes (born 14 February 1969) is an electronic musician and composer. Born in Northern Ireland, Holmes worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums that have incorporated elements of trip-hop, big beat, electronic, and rock. In the late 1990s, Holmes also began composing film scores, establishing a long-standing collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that includes Out of Sight (1998) and the Ocean's trilogy.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 14, 1969 (57)
From
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Works as
Composer, also producer and actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 52 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 155 days to Oct 26Up 22% in 30 days

What are David Holmes' films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th 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
25%
Morality
25%
Power
13%
Self
11%
Survival
10%
Society
10%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 9 · Dark 12

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

Grounded 13 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 11

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2

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 18 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 22 · 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 9 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 6

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 13 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 12

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

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Melancholic
16
Absurd
10
Dread
5
Contemplative
6
Other
30

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous9
  • Cyclical1

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 David Holmes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Holmes' 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

52 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bad Parenting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • The Christophers(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Trespasses(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Saipan(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Black Bag(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • To the day I die (songs of the sea) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Co-Producer

  • The Apprentice(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Shoshana(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of Beirut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • EARTH'S SIX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Marlowe(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in the Wall(2023)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Lyra(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Robbing Mussolini(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • This England(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • The Storms of Jeremy Thomas(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • No Sudden Move(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Pixie(2020)

    Composer · Musician · Score Engineer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Ordinary Love(2019)

    Composer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Laundromat(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Death and Nightingales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • The Rookie(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Production Sound Mixer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Killing Eve(2018)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Mosaic(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Logan Lucky(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • I Am Belfast(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Mindhorn(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • 13 Minutes(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • '71(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Motel Life(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Diana(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Good Man(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Good Vibrations(2012)

    Composer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Haywire(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

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

    Composer

  • The Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • The Third Rule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Sound Mixer

  • Perrier's Bounty(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • He's Just Not That Into You(2009)

    Utility Sound

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Five Minutes of Heaven(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hunger(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Ocean's Thirteen(2007)

    Composer · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The War Within(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Ocean's Twelve(2004)

    Composer · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Code 46(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Analyze That(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Buffalo Soldiers(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Ocean's Eleven(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Out of Sight(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Resurrection Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Three Chords and a Wardrobe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • For Heaven's Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Tenor

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles from 1982 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

$451M worldwide

Highest rated

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 48: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleProducing3 of 48: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleMusic43 of 48: 37 only music, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew7 of 48: 3 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score71st

48 titles, 6 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s3 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s18 · crew2020s17 · 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

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2020, Outstanding Music Supervision.

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 David Holmes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 35; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · composer

Lyra (2022)

73rd percentile spread · 14% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 63/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 71, 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 David Holmes' work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles16–79 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles14–65 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity19 titles45–83 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles28–61 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles14–75 · median 35 · 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 David Holmes work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Holmes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Soderbergh shares the most, 9.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers