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Dabney Morris

Dabney Morris

Composer

Multi-faceted Dabney Morris is a composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles who has scored films including the Oscar short-listed documentary "Procession", narrative features such as "I Can Feel You Walking", "Broken Diamonds", as well as the Sundance 2023 opening night premiere film "Sometimes I Think About Dying". Morris has written additional music for projects like AMC's "Kevin Can F*** Himself", HBO's "Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults", FX's "A Teacher", and the 2022 SXSW grand jury winner "I Love My Dad"; he arranged and orchestrated for the Netflix original film "All the Bright Places".

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Works as
Composer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 10% in 30 days

What are Dabney Morris' films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Drama 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
42%
Self
16%
Society
15%
Survival
14%
Power
6%
Morality
4%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

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

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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 6 · Full focus 1

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 4

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

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Bittersweet
4
Warm
3
Contemplative
3
Hopeful
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Hopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous1

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 Dabney Morris' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dabney Morris' 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

18 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Carousel(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Bookends(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Splitsville(2025)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Stitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Pavements(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Chow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Color Book(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War(2024)

    Show 9 episodes · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Sometimes I Think About Dying(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Love Again(2023)

    Music Arranger · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Kickback(2022)

    Composer · Musical

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Procession(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Comfort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Little Fish(2020)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Broken Diamonds(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Dead Center(2018)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Almost Love(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Variations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles, 15 of them dated from 2019 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Pavements (2024)

$355K worldwide

Highest rated

Color Book (2024)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 16: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleMusic12 of 16: 11 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thOther crew4 of 16: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s13 · 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.

How do Dabney Morris' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · composer

Bookends (2026)

82nd percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Color Book (2024)

Midcredits 85th · 66% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 65/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 35. 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 Dabney Morris work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dabney Morris' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Kendrick shares the most, 3.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers