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Kris Bowers

Kris Bowers

Composer, also producer, director and actor · Born April 5, 1989 (37) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Kristopher Bowers (born April 5, 1989) is an American composer, pianist, and documentary director. He has composed scores for films, including Green Book, King Richard, The Color Purple, The Wild Robot and television series, including Bridgerton, Mrs. America, Dear White People, and When They See Us. Bowers is the recipient of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of The Snowy Day. He has garnered multiple nominations at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Critics' Choice Awards. Bowers co-directed, with Ben Proudfoot, the short documentaries A Concerto Is a Conversation (2021) and The Last Repair Shop (2023), winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film. Bowers has recorded, performed and collaborated with José James, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, and Kanye West throughout his career. He has also collaborated with filmmakers Blitz Bazawule, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Malcolm D. Lee, Chris Sanders, and Justin Simien. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Bowers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 5, 1989 (37)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Composer, also producer, director and actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 56% in 30 days

What are Kris Bowers' films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: 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
Self
25%
Society
25%
Survival
15%
Bonds
12%
Power
8%
Morality
8%
Ideas
6%
Community10 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 6 · Charged 13 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
15
Contemplative
12
Tense
12
Melancholic
7
Triumphant
8
Other
17

How their films linger

Hopeful18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet14
  • 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 Kris Bowers' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kris Bowers' 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

44 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Steps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Spider-Noir(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Punisher: One Last Kill(2026)

    Composer · Music Score Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • GOAT(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Eyes of Ghana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • The Wild Robot(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Last Repair Shop(2023)

    Director · Composer · Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Bob Marley: One Love(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Color Purple(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Origin(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Haunted Mansion(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Secret Invasion(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Anthem(2023)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Chevalier(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • We Own This City(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Inventing Anna(2022)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • King Richard(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Colin in Black & White(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Respect(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Vandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • All These Sons(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Bad Hair(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)

    Composer · Musician

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Bridgerton(2020)

    Show 32 episodes · Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Composer · Producer · as Self

  • Mrs. America(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • When They See Us(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Black Monday(2019)

    Show 30 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Green Book(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Monsters and Men(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Warriors of Liberty City(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • For the People(2018)

    Show 20 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Dear White People(2017)

    Show 20 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Copwatch(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Little Boxes(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Maul Dogs(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Kobe Bryant's Muse(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Seeds of Time(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles, 41 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Wild Robot (2024)

$335M worldwide

Highest rated

The Wild Robot (2024)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 43: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 43: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleMusic42 of 43: 38 only music, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdOther crew2 of 43: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

43 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s14 · crew2020s27 · 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

an Oscar from 16 major nominations, 2019–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
  2. 2025
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Score
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score
  3. 2024
    • Oscar, won · Best Documentary Short Film
  4. 2022
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
  5. 2021
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary Short Subject
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
  6. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
  7. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score

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 Kris Bowers' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive6
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · composer

Copwatch (2017)

96th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Wild Robot (2024)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 69/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 76, 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 Kris Bowers' work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles34–60 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles9–54 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles11–65 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles16–66 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles37–83 · median 54 · moderateheavier 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 Kris Bowers work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kris Bowers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Reinaldo Marcus Green shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers