John Kusiak
John Kusiak composes music for film, television and live performance. He has scored hundreds of projects, including feature films: Tabloid, Secrecy and The Fog of War (additional music), television documentaries for HBO (The Jinx), Netflix (Team Foxcatcher), PBS (American Experience) and IFC (First Person) and large-screen exhibitions (Yellowstone National Park and Mt. St. Helens). His score for Errol Morris' "Tabloid" won the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score. Other projects have included music for the opening films of two Academy Awards programs (2002 and 2007) and two seasons of First Person, a television series directed by Errol Morris and chosen by Time as one of the 10 best series of 2000. He has scored commercials for United Airlines, Quaker Oats and MasterCard, among others. John also writes music for live performance, including collaborations with Boston-based Prometheus Dance, whose Apokalypsis (2000-present) was selected by The Boston Globe as one of the 10 best dance performances of 2000. A full list of credits is available at www.kusiakmusic.com
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Biography from IMDb.
- Composer
- 11 on MovieCove
What are John Kusiak's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality 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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
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 John Kusiak's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for John Kusiak'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
11 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Prince Andrew: Banished(2022)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Team Foxcatcher(2016)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Inhabitants(2015)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Dark Feed(2013)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Tabloid(2010)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Secrecy(2008)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Singing Revolution(2006)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 11 MovieCove titles from 2006 to 2022.
How do John Kusiak's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 61/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 47. 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 John Kusiak work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Kusiak's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; P. Andrew Willis shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Michael RasmussenShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Rasmussen
- Shawn RasmussenShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Rasmussen
Actors
- Danny BryckShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Bryck
- Elise CoutureShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Elise Couture
- Michael ReedShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Reed
- Rebecca WhitehurstShared titles: The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Rebecca Whitehurst
Composers and editors
- P. Andrew WillisShared titles: Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019), The Inhabitants (2015), Dark Feed (2013)See all 3 shared titles with P. Andrew Willis
- Kenny KusiakShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kenny Kusiak
- Zach NeumeyerShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Zach Neumeyer
Producers
- Brennan ReesShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Brennan Rees
- Barbara ShearerShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Shearer
- Emma CooperShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Emma Cooper
- Jennifer HarknessShared titles: Prince Andrew: Banished (2022), Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Harkness
Mixed roles
- Richard HankinShared titles: Team Foxcatcher (2016), The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Hankin