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 and Netflix’s Man on Fire series. 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 films and series such as Crawl, Lansky, The Ice Road, MoviePass, MovieCrash, and Mech Cadets, as well as video games such as Screamer (2026) and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids.
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
- 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

