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Zachary Dawes

Composer · Born July 2, 1985 (41) · Los Angeles County, California, USA

Grammy Award nominee

Zach Dawes is a composer and producer from Encino, CA. He is best known as the bassist for the bands Mini Mansions and The Last Shadow Puppets. He has also toured with T Bone Burnett, Sparks and Courtney Barnett He has worked extensively with Brian Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Sharon Van Etten, among other musicians and songwriters. He composes and music supervises for many film and television shows including True Detective, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Big Door Prize, Stick and worked with frequent collaborator Este Haim on the hit Netflix show Nobody Wants This. His producing work with Lana Del Rey on Norman Fucking Rockwell and Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard earned him two Grammy nominations for Album of the Year.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 2, 1985 (41)
From
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 23% in 30 days

What are Zachary Dawes' films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
32%
Bonds
28%
Society
13%
Ideas
11%
Survival
10%
Power
3%
Morality
2%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 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 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · 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 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Warm
4
Hopeful
4
Contemplative
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Hopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous4

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 Zachary Dawes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Zachary Dawes' 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

19 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • Magic Hour(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Born to Bowl(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Brothers(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Sunny Dancer(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Get Off My Lawn(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Stick(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Nobody Wants This(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Downtown Owl(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Past Lives(2023)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Big Door Prize(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • My Kind of Country(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • The Summer I Turned Pretty(2022)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • There's Someone Inside Your House(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Genera+ion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · Composer

  • Flora & Ulysses(2021)

    Executive Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Big Time Adolescence(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Peanut Butter Falcon(2019)

    Composer · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Deep Murder(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Company Town(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 2019 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

$24M worldwide

Highest rated

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Stick (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music13 of 15: 12 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thOther crew3 of 15: 2 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Grammy Award in 2024, Album of the Year.

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 Zachary Dawes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · composer

My Kind of Country (2023)

92nd percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

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 Zachary Dawes' work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles20–48 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 71 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian 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 Zachary Dawes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Zachary Dawes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Sena shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers

Producers