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Max Aruj

Max Aruj

Composer · Born August 7, 1989 (37) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Max Aruj (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Crawl) is a composer born and raised in Los Angeles. His recent projects include HBO's acclaimed documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash, and Jonathan Hensleigh's The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson. He joined the Assassin's Creed universe for Wrath of the Druids (2021). He did additional arrangements on Top Gun: Maverick (2022), for Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. He also wrote additional music for Balfe on Marvel Studios' Black Widow and HBO's His Dark Materials. Among his varied projects, Aruj has written music for Lansky, Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids, Betrayal, The Tank, and Netflix's Mech Cadets. Beyond film and television, he co-produced Gryffin's Gravity Deluxe orchestral album, demonstrating his versatility across genres.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
August 7, 1989 (37)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 37% in 30 days

What are Max Aruj's films like?

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

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Self
21%
Survival
19%
Power
16%
Bonds
14%
Morality
11%
Society
11%
Ideas
8%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 10

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2

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 3 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Dread
7
Contemplative
5
Thrilling
4
Hopeful
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • 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 Max Aruj's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Max Aruj'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

29 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Girl in the River(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Dinner to Die For(2025)

    Music Consultant

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Betrayal(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Bad Boys: Ride or Die(2024)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • MoviePass, MovieCrash(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Mech Cadets(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One(2023)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Cab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • The Tank(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • When We Danced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

    Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Rupi Kaur Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Lansky(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Ice Road(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Me You Madness(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Jungleland(2019)

    Sound Assistant

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Empires of New York(2020)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Crawl(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • This Is Football(2019)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Warning Shot(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Batman Movie(2017)

    Music Score Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • iBoy(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • American Killing(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Story of God with Morgan Freeman(2016)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • The Abandoned(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Penguins of Madagascar(2014)

    Music Programmer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Liberation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 2009 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Crawl (2019)

$92M worldwide

Highest rated

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

The Ice Road (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music18 of 22: 18 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew4 of 22: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s15 · 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 Max Aruj's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · composer

Me You Madness (2021)

91st percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 52/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 34. 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 Max Aruj's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles2–46 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian 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 Max Aruj work with?

People who share at least 2 of Max Aruj's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steffen Thum shares the most, 6.

Composers

Mixed roles