Max Richter is a German-born British composer who has been an influential voice in post-minimalist composition and in the meeting of contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles since the early 2000s. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the Royal Academy of Music and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy.
Richter also composes music for stage, opera, ballet and screen. He has also collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded eight solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema.
Known For
Spaceman
(2024)
Original Music Composer
White Boy Rick
(2018)
Music
Ad Astra
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Hostiles
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Mary Queen of Scots
(2018)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
Morgan
(2016)
Music
Miss Sloane
(2016)
Music
Testament of Youth
(2014)
Music
Escobar: Paradise Lost
(2014)
Music
Womb
(2010)
Music
Disconnect
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Wadjda
(2012)
Original Music Composer
The Lunchbox
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Congress
(2013)
Music
Perfect Sense
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Gender Trouble
(2003)
Music
Secret Stories
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Soundproof
(2006)
Original Music Composer
Hope
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Butterfly
(2007)
Music
Waltz with Bashir
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Lost and Found
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Henry May Long
(2008)
Music
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
(2008)
Original Music Composer
My Words, My Lies - My Love
(2009)
Music
The Front Line
(2009)
Original Music Composer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Womb
(2010)
Music
When We Leave
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Unforgivable
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Written in Ink
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Perfect Sense
(2011)
Original Music Composer
McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen
(2011)
Music
Kirkcaldy Man
(2011)
Songs
Lore
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Wadjda
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Anton's Right Here
(2012)
Music
Disconnect
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Nun
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Last Days on Mars
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Lunchbox
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Congress
(2013)
Music
The Patience Stone
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Miserere
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu
(2013)
Music
96 heures
(2014)
Music
The Green Prince
(2014)
Music
The Way Out
(2014)
Music
Escobar: Paradise Lost
(2014)
Music
Testament of Youth
(2014)
Music
Sleepless in New York
(2014)
Music
Take Flight
(2015)
Music
Morgan
(2016)
Music
Into the Forest
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Miss Sloane
(2016)
Music
Yohji Yamamoto: Dressmaker
(2016)
Music
The Nature of Daylight
(2016)
Music
Woolf Works
(2017)
Music
Return to Montauk
(2017)
Music
Hostiles
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Sense of an Ending
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Never Look Away
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Mary Queen of Scots
(2018)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
White Boy Rick
(2018)
Music
Ad Astra
(2019)
Original Music Composer
The Forbidden City Concert: Carmina Burana
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Weightlessness
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Max Richter's Sleep
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Eleven Days in May
(2022)
Music
Por la gloria de sus padres
(2023)
Songs
Spaceman
(2024)
Original Music Composer
Acting
Crew