Darius Holbert (born August 5, 1974, in Dallas, Texas) is a composer of film scores for movies, television and other media, as well as a songwriter, a touring and recording musician.

He has composed music for numerous films including the feature documentary "Trophy Kids" (Peter Berg/HBO),[1] Hobo with a Shotgun and Old 37[2] and contributed original music to Cedar Rapids, Shrink, and World's Greatest Dad, as well as such TV series as American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol and Crash, among others, and an array of commercials, games and short films.

He studied composition and arranging at London's Royal Academy of Music and the University of North Texas.

He has performed and released several albums as a singer-songwriter under the stage name dariustx, and has worked with Dave Brubeck, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Britney Spears, Diane Warren, Bobby Brown, Sophie B. Hawkins, Everlast (for whom he co-produced and played pedal-steel and six-string guitars, banjo, organ, keyboards and other instruments on the album Songs of the Ungrateful Living) and Wu-Tang Clan, among many other artists, songwriters and musical organizations.

His work "When at Last I Leapt into the Jaws" earned him finalist status in a collaboration between Composer's Voice and Movement Research.