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Jim Williams

Jim Williams

Composer · England, UK

Jim Williams is an Ivor Novello Award and César Award-nominated British TV and film composer and guitarist. His television credits include: Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Hotel Babylon, Harley Street, Under the Greenwood Tree, Heartless, Wanted, The Gift, Lock, Stock..., Outlaws, Sorted and Minder. His film credits include four Ben Wheatley films Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers, and A Field in England; Julia Ducournau's Raw and Titane; and the British films The Dark Mile and Beast. His score for Raw was nominated for Best Original Music at the 2018 43rd César Awards, and Beast for the BIFA for Best Music. His scores for Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor and Sidharth Srinivasan's Kriya premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Fantasia Film Festival in 2020. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Williams (composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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From
England, UK
Works as
Composer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 23% in 30 days

What are Jim Williams' films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Crime 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
Survival
31%
Self
21%
Bonds
16%
Morality
15%
Society
8%
Power
5%
Ideas
3%
Trauma5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 10

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 9

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 6

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

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 7

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 11

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 7

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Dread
10
Melancholic
3
Cold
4
Contemplative
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Unsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Jim Williams' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jim Williams' 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

28 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • Les princes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Composer

  • Bloody Tennis(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Difficult Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Murder Him in Your Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Behind the Palm Trees(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Alpha(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Two Neighbors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • House of Spoils(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Hoard(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Romancero(2023)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Resurrection(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Help(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Titane(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Possessor(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Kriya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Beast(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Raw(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Liam and Lenka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • A Field in England(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Sightseers(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Kill List(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Down Terrace(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Under the Greenwood Tree(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

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

    Composer

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles, 25 of them dated from 1988 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Titane (2021)

$5M worldwide

Highest rated

Help (2021)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Raw (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music27 of 27: 27 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1980s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s14 · 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 Jim Williams' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · composer

Bloody Tennis (2026)

57th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Help (2021)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 68/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 50. 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 Jim Williams' work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles46–96 · median 90 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles33–77 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles53–82 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles38–73 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles60–91 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most 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 Jim Williams work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jim Williams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Starke shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers