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Heather McIntosh

Heather McIntosh

Composer, also actor · Georgia, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee

Heather McIntosh is an American musician and music composer for film and television productions.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Georgia, USA
Works as
Composer, also actor
Titles
37 on MovieCove · 41 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 Heather McIntosh's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd 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
Self
32%
Society
19%
Morality
16%
Bonds
12%
Survival
9%
Power
7%
Ideas
6%
Identity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 32 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 9 · Charged 17 · Intense 9

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 12 · Engaged 19 · 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 7 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 15

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 15 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
18
Contemplative
15
Hopeful
12
Dread
8
Other
26

How their films linger

Thought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous13
  • Cyclical1

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 Heather McIntosh's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Heather McIntosh'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

41 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page.

  • Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Ghost Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • I Hate Myself and Want to Die(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Winner(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken(2024)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cat Person(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Claydream(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Sheryl(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Elephant 6 Recording Co.(2022)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • It Was Like A Dream I Remember from an Easier Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • The Quarry(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Art of Self-Defense(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • To the Stars(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Living Room Coffin(2018)

    Composer · Sound

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • What Is Democracy?(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • New Money(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Aardvark(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • 6 Balloons(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Little Bitches(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Hal(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Princess Cyd(2017)

    Composer · Musician

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • And Then I Go(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Take Me(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Rainbow Time(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Manson Family Vacation(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Z for Zachariah(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Henry Gamble's Birthday Party(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Radical Grace(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Me(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Honeymoon(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Molly Takes a Trip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Amira & Sam(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Vessel(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Faults(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey(2014)

    Composer

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

  • Lost in the White City(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Black Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • The Rambler(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Compliance(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Examined Life(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 32 titles from 2012 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

$2.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Compliance (2012)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music31 of 32: 30 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew2 of 32: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s23 · crew2020s9 · 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 Primetime Emmy in 2023, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

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 Heather McIntosh's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 37 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 37 titles are Mixed.

  • Loved with Detractors2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · composer

I Hate Myself and Want to Die (2024)

99th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025)

Midcredits 92nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 43. 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 Heather McIntosh's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles27–69 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles28–59 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles33–60 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles25–57 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles33–80 · median 62 · 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 Heather McIntosh work with?

People who share at least 2 of Heather McIntosh's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amy Scott shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers