Max Aruj is a Los Angeles-based composer known for his work in film, television, and video games. He is the composer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, one of the highest grossing films of 2025. A graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music, he began his career working under Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, and Rupert Gregson-Williams, contributing to Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, and The Crown.
Among his varied projects, Aruj has written music for Crawl, Lansky, The Ice Road, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids, MoviePass, MovieCrash, and Mech Cadets.
Beyond film and television, he co-produced Gryffin’s Gravity Deluxe orchestral album, demonstrating his versatility across genres.
Main Titles – Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning
- Main Titles – Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning
- Another Sunrise – Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning
- We Live And Die In The Shadows – Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning
- Bad Helicopter – Beverly Hills Cop Axel F
- Dagger One Is Hit – Top Gun Maverick
- MoviePass, MovieCrash – MoviePass, MovieCrash
- Shores of Inis Fáil – Assassin’s Creed Wrath of the Druids
- We’re Taking Heavies – Bad Boys Ride or Die
- Your Mission… – Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
- What Is Your Objective – Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
- The Tank – The Tank
- Oregon Coast – The Tank
- Battling the Beasts – The Tank
- The Ice Road – The Ice Road
- Mech Cadets – Mech Cadets
- Cadet Adam Williams – Mech Cadets
- Varnay – The Ice Road
- He’s Back – The Ice Road
- Lansky – Lansky
- Bund Meeting – Lansky
- The House Always Wins – Lansky
- The Words of a Friend – Assassin’s Creed Wrath of the Druids
- Bounteous Fields – Assassin’s Creed Wrath of the Druids
- The New Cardinal – His Dark Materials S2
- Vertical Cinema – Apple Short Movie
- Race Day – Crawl
- Tag Team – Crawl
- Survival – Crawl
- Help Arrives – Crawl
- Haley’s Theme – Crawl
- Kuze Killed – Ghost in the Shell
- Free Fall – Mission Impossible Fallout