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Rob Manning

Rob Manning

Composer

Rob Manning is a composer and musician who has worked in the film and television industry for over 25 years. He scored the BAFTA-nominated feature documentaries Maiden (Sony Picture Classics) and One Deadly Weekend in America (BBC). His recent works include the feature length documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett? (Netflix), the three-part docuseries Anatomy of Lies (Peacock/NBC Universal) and the documentary feature film Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case (Netflix), which was Netflix's top-ranked show on release. Rob's work on drama includes the multi-award winning feature film Nezouh from Syrian director Soudade Kaadan (Film4), the long running CBBC football drama Jamie Johnson, and the follow-up series Jamie Johnson FC, plus additional music on the Agatha Christie mini-series The Pale Horse, starring Sheila Atim and Rufus Sewell (BBC1), and Soulmates (Amazon), directed by William Bridges (Black Mirror, Stranger Things). Documentary work includes Sir David Attenborough's Climate Change: The Facts (BBC) and Extinction: The Facts, the BAFTA-nominated follow-up; Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail (BBC); the feature length documentary Chuck Norris vs Communism (Netflix), which premiered at Sundance 2015; The Phantom (Netflix/Oxford Films); BAFTA-winning observational film The Last Chance School (Channel 4); Day Zero (KEO Films), narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor; award-winning documentary series Love & Hate Crime (BBC); and the series i-Sniper (Netflix). He also worked on BAFTA-winning comedy series Fonejacker (Channel 4). Rob studied music at Brunel University in London and toured with various bands before training as a television sound recordist. He moved into full-time composing in 2005, initially specialising in factual entertainment, with credits including Horizon, Dispatches, Cutting Edge, First Cut, Grand Designs, Heston's Feasts and Gordon's Great Escape.

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Works as
Composer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 20% in 30 days

What are Rob Manning's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
23%
Ideas
20%
Morality
19%
Survival
15%
Society
12%
Power
8%
Bonds
4%
Purpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 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 0 · Dark 6

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · 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 3 · 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 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Contemplative
9
Hopeful
6
Warm
3
Melancholic
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous7

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 Rob Manning's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rob Manning'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

23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Truth About Jussie Smollett?(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Anatomy of Lies(2024)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case(2023)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Nezouh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • The Phantom(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • I, Sniper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

  • The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Day Zero(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Extinction: The Facts(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Maiden(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Extreme Everest with Ant Middleton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Love and Hate Crime(2018)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Putin: The New Tsar(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • One Deadly Weekend in America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby(2017)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed(2017)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • No Man Left Behind(2016)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Chuck Norris vs. Communism(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home(2012)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Man with Half a Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Sound

  • I Can't Stop Masturbating (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Music Coordinator

  • Grand Designs(1999)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles from 2006 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Maiden (2018)

$3.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Extinction: The Facts (2020)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Grand Designs (1999)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music12 of 14: 11 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thOther crew3 of 14: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s7 · 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 Rob Manning's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · composer

The Truth About Jussie Smollett? (2025)

69th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Extinction: The Facts (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 51/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 36. 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 Rob Manning work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rob Manning's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anne Nikitin shares the most, 4.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles