Alex Wurman (born October 5, 1966) is an American composer hailing from Chicago. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Wurman has written many film scores, including those for Hollywood Homicide, Criminal, Anchorman, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, March of the Penguins, What Doesn't Kill You, The Nines, Hero, and Temple Grandin, The Switch.

Alex Wurman won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score), for his work on Temple Grandin.