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T Bone Burnett

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T Bone Burnett

Born January 14, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA14 films

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film soundtracks, namely O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010). He won another Grammy for producing the album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant.

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Burnett has been credited with early career mentorship of musical acts such as Counting Crows, Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, and Gillian Welch, and with revitalizing the careers of Gregg Allman and Roy Orbison. He produced for television programs including Nashville and True Detective. He has released several solo studio albums as a producer, including Tooth of Crime (2008), which he wrote for a revival of the namesake play by Sam Shepard.

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Top Gun: Maverick posterFirst watchTop Gun: Maverick20228.2After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a…View film

Essential films

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The Hunger Games poster7.2The Hunger Games2012O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster7.3O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000Walk the Line poster7.5Walk the Line2005Inside Llewyn Davis poster7.2Inside Llewyn Davis2013Cold Mountain poster6.9Cold Mountain2003Crazy Heart poster6.9Crazy Heart2009Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood poster6.0Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood2002Don't Come Knocking poster6.2Don't Come Knocking2005

Filmography

14 films
  1. TBAGrendelSongs
  2. 2023Downtown OwlOriginal Music Composer
  3. 2022Top Gun: MaverickMusic Consultant
  4. 2014Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes ContinuedMusic
  5. 2013Inside Llewyn DavisSongs
  6. 2012A Place at the TableSongs
  7. 2012The Hunger GamesSongs
  8. 2009Crazy HeartOriginal Music Composer
  9. 2005Walk the LineOriginal Music Composer
  10. 2005Don't Come KnockingOriginal Music Composer
  11. 2003Cold MountainSongs
  12. 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodOriginal Music Composer
  13. 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Original Music Composer
  14. 1984In 'N OutMusic