- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Place of Birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
T Bone Burnett
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. 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, i…
Filmography
movieRingo & Friends at the Ryman
2025 · Self, Producer
movieDowntown Owl
2023 · Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
tvThe Old Man
2022 · Original Music Composer
movieJerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
2022 · Producer
movieTop Gun: Maverick
2022 · Music Consultant
movieRollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
2019 · Self
movieRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019 · Self
tvAmerican Epic
2017 · Executive Producer
movieRoy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017 · Self, Director
movieThe American Epic Sessions
2016 · Self
movieThe Way of Folk
2016 · Self, Thanks
movieRoy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
2015
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
movieLost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued
2014 · Self, Music
movieInside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014 · Self
tvTrue Detective
2014 · Original Music Composer
movieAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013 · Producer
movieElvis Costello: Mystery Dance
2013 · Self
movieInside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Executive Music Producer, Songs
movieA Place at the Table
2012 · Compositor
movieThe Hunger Games
2012 · Executive Music Producer, Additional Music, Songs
movieJohn Mellencamp: It's About You
2012 · Self
movieThe Union
2011 · Self
movieThe Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water
2010 · Self
movieCrazy Heart
2009 · Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs
movieCelebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006 · Self
movieWalk the Line
2005 · Original Music Composer, Executive Music Producer
movieDon't Come Knocking
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieCold Mountain
2003 · Songs
tvThe Blues
2003 · Self (as T-Bone Burnett)
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003 · Self
movieThis So-Called Disaster
2003 · Self
movieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002 · Original Music Composer
Bob
movieBob
2001 · Bob
movieDown from the Mountain
2001 · Self, Executive Producer
movieO Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Original Music Composer, Music Producer
tvDharma & Greg
1997 · Self
tvThe Larry Sanders Show
1992 · T Bone Burnett
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
movieRoy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Guitar
movieIn 'N Out
1984 · Music
movieHeaven's Gate
1980 · Heaven's Gate Band
movieRenaldo and Clara
1978 · The Inner Voice
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieGrendel
— · The Shaper, Songs