Composers

1. Ramin Djawadi

Ramin Djawadi is an Iranian-German film score composer known for composing the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and the Marvel films Blade: Trinity, Iron Man and Eternals. He also composed Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Gears of War 4 and 5, Medal of Honor, Open ...

2. Hans Zimmer

Composer | Gladiator

German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...

3. Jeremy Soule

Composer | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Jeremy Soule began life as a passionate composer of symphonic music at a very early age. Since the age of five, Soule took an intense interest in the symphony orchestra. "The Orchestra is the ultimate instrument. I find that it has the ability to define nearly every human ...

4. John Williams

Composer | Jurassic Park

As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards that includes over 52 Oscar ...

5. Shirley Walker

Music_department | True Lies

Shirley Walker was born in Napa, California in 1945. She was educated at Pleasant Hill High School; attended San Francisco State College on piano scholarship; studied composition with Dr. Roger Nixon; and piano with Harald Logan of Berkeley, California. She was soloist with San Francisco Symphony ...

6. Michael Geiger

Soundtrack | Dune

Michael Geiger was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1957 to Doris (Hummel) Geiger, and Richard Geiger as the eldest of three brothers. Growing up, Michael helped his father in their family-owned Pharmacy in Marshall, Michigan; after high school he relocated to California with his band-mates in ...

7. Ludwig Göransson

Composer | The Mandalorian

Ludwig Göransson is a Swedish composer known for composing Black Panther, the Creed films, Venom, Fruitvale Station, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Turning Red, New Girl, Community, Top Five, Central Intelligence, 30 Minutes or Less and Tenet. He had a son from Serena McKinney, who was ...

8. Danny Elfman

Music_department | The Nightmare Before Christmas

As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. It wasn't until the early 1970s that Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started a musical troupe while in Paris; the group "Mystic Knights of Oingo-Boingo" was created for Richard's ...

9. Jeff van Dyck

Music_department | Alien: Isolation

Jeff van Dyck is known for Alien: Isolation (2014), Rome: Total War (2004) and Unpacking (2021).

10. Martin O'Donnell

Sound_department | Little Shop of Horrors

Martin O'Donnell is known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Destiny (2014) and Halo 2 (2004). He is married to Marcie O'Donnell. They have two children.

11. Michael Salvatori

Composer | Destiny

Michael Salvatori is known for Destiny (2014), Destiny: Rise of Iron (2016) and Destiny 2: Beyond Light (2020).

12. Howard Shore

Music_department | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore is a Canadian composer, born in Toronto. He was born in a Jewish family. He started studying music when 8-years-old, and played as a member of bands by the time he was 13-years-old. He was interested in a professional career in music as a teenager. He studied music at the Berklee ...

13. James Horner

Music_department | Titanic

James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s. After receiving a bachelor's degree in music at USC, he would go on to earn his master's degree at UCLA and teach music theory there. He ...

14. Michael Giacchino

Composer | Star Trek

Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television and video games.

Giacchino composed the scores to the television series Lost, Alias and Fringe, the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles (2004), Star Trek (2009), Up (2009), ...

15. James Newton Howard

Composer | King Kong

James Newton Howard attended the University of Southern California's music school, but dropped out to tour with Elton John, and eventually compose music for film and television. He started with Head Office (1985) in 1985. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. He currently is a songwriter, ...

16. Rupert Gregson-Williams

Composer | Wonder Woman

Rupert Gregson-Williams was born on February 21, 1967 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Wonder Woman (2017), Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and The Crown (2016). He has been married to Emma Jacobs since 1996. They have one child.

17. Trevor Morris

Composer | Hunter Killer

Trevor Morris is writer, composer and director for Film & Television. Canadian born and dual citizen of Great Britain, Trevor splits his time between his home and studios in Los Angeles and Toronto Canada. Trevor has contributed to 30 Feature Films and over 700 hours of 1-Hour dramatic Television. ...

18. Jason Hayes

Soundtrack | Warcraft

A multiple award-winning composer, Jason Hayes is well known for his long-standing relationship with Blizzard Entertainment, contributing music to their games set in the popular worlds of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo. He was the lead composer of the original release of World of Warcraft, the ...

19. Russell Brower

Sound_department | World of Warcraft

Russell Brower is a three-time Emmy Award winner, Composer, Musical Director and Conductor. For over a decade, Brower was the Senior Director of Audio and Lead Composer at Blizzard Entertainment, developer and publisher of the World of Warcraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch and Hearthstone ...

20. Neal Acree

Composer | Overwatch

Neal Acree was born on July 11, 1974 in Tarzana, California, USA. He is a composer, known for Overwatch (2016), World of Warcraft (2005) and The Mechanic (2011).

21. Glenn Stafford

Composer | StarCraft

Glenn Stafford is known for StarCraft (1998), World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018) and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010).

22. Derek Duke

Composer | Overwatch

Derek Duke is known for Overwatch (2016), World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018) and Diablo IV (2023).

23. David Arkenstone

Composer | Girl of My Dreams

After moving to California from his hometown of Chicago at age 10, David Arkenstone immersed himself in music. He spent high school and college playing keyboards and guitars in a variety of bands and performance groups, then traveled across the country playing popular music. When he discovered the ...

24. Clint Bajakian

Music_department | God of War

Clint Bajakian was born on October 31, 1962 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a composer, known for God of War (2005), Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007).

25. Sam Cardon

Soundtrack | Sex Drive

Sam Cardon is known for Sex Drive (2008), World of Warcraft (2005) and The Dark Knight (1995).

26. Craig Stuart Garfinkle

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Craig Stuart Garfinkle is an award winning, Ivor Novello and Emmy nominated composer and music producer, who has worked in animation, feature films, trailers, documentaries, television, multimedia, stage and advertisement.

Most recently, Craig co-composed, alongside his wife Eimear Noone, the score ...

27. Edo Guidotti

Composer | World of Warcraft

Edo Guidotti is known for World of Warcraft (2005), StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013) and 2 Catch 2 (1979).

28. Eimear Noone

Music_department | World of Warcraft

Composer and conductor Eimear Noone made history in 2020 at the 92nd Academy Awards when she became the first woman to conduct the orchestra at the Oscars.

Recently, Eímear composed the score for the animated feature film, 'Two by Two: Overboard', which topped the UK Box Office in October 2020.

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Jeremy Zuckerman is a Los Angeles-based Emmy Award-winning composer. His work covers a wide range from music for picture to computer music. Jeremy has composed for modern dance, theater, concert, narrative and documentary film, hundreds of episodes of television, and once made a record with David ...

32. Benjamin Wynn

Composer | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Under the name Deru, Ben is signed to the label Mush Records and has released three albums, as well as many remixes and compilations for labels such as Merck and Ghostly International. His style might be best described as an amalgam of hip-hop and electronica, and under this name Ben plays live in ...

33. Frank Klepacki

Composer | Grey Goo

Frank Klepacki is known for Grey Goo (2015), Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (2006) and Terminator 5: Smert Gollivuda (2004). He has been married to Jennifer Hoge since September 26, 2004.

34. Tom Holkenborg

Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, musician, composer and educator whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, and whose thirst for innovation is helping to reimagine the world of composition.

A full-contact composer, Holkenborg is...

35. Dan Romer

Composer | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Dan Romer is an award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles. Romer's scores include Station Eleven (HBO MAX), Pixar's latest feature, Luca (Disney+), four-time Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild (Searchlight), Maniac (Netflix), The Good Doctor (ABC), Beasts ...

36. Mychael Danna

Composer | Life of Pi

Mychael Danna is an Oscar and and Emmy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. His highly awarded works include the Oscar-winning score for Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012), and his many Genie Award-winning scores ...

37. Jóhann Jóhannsson

Composer | Last and First Men

Jóhann Jóhannsson was born on September 19, 1969 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was a composer and writer, known for Last and First Men (2020), The Theory of Everything (2014) and Sicario (2015). He died on February 9, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

38. Ben Frost

Composer | Dark

Ben Frost is known for Dark (2017), Sleeping Beauty (2011) and 1899 (2022).

39. Nick Cave

Soundtrack | The Proposition

Nick Cave is a man of many talents. Musician. Songwriter. Screenwriter. Novelist. Actor. The Australian was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria in 1957, and would go onto form the alternative rock band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, who have since successfully released a string of hit albums.

In film, Nick ...

40. Warren Ellis

Soundtrack | The Proposition

Warren Ellis is known for The Proposition (2005), Lawless (2012) and Mustang (2015).

41. John Powell

Composer | How to Train Your Dragon 2

John Powell was born on September 18, 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Happy Feet (2006) and Shrek (2001). He was previously married to Melinda Lerner.

42. Clint Mansell

Composer | Black Swan

Clinton Darryl Mansell is an English singer, musician and film composer known for his collaborations with Darren Aronofsky. He composed Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan, The Wrestler, Noah, Ghost in the Shell, Peacemaker, Doom Patrol, Loving Vincent, Mass Effect 3, Titans, World ...

43. Max Richter

Soundtrack | Arrival

Max Richter was born on March 22, 1966 in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Arrival (2016), The Leftovers (2014) and Ad Astra (2019).

44. Simon Viklund

Composer | Bionic Commando: Rearmed

Simon Viklund is known for Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008), Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (2009) and Terminator Salvation (2009).

45. Mick Gordon

Composer | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Mick Gordon was born on July 9, 1985 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. He is a composer, known for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017), Postal (2007) and Doom Eternal (2020).

46. Christopher Drake

Composer | Creepshow

Christopher Drake's music empowers a diverse array of projects, transcending medium and genre. Drake has shown mastery composing across different formats with film, television and video games. Drake has collaborated many times with beloved cult filmmaker Kevin Smith, including music for Smith's ...

47. Sarah Schachner

Composer | Prey

Combining her dynamic talents as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and modular synth artist/programmer, International Film Music Critics Award nominated composer Sarah Schachner has developed a reputation as a bold new force in film and video game scoring for blockbuster titles such as ...

48. Alexandre Desplat

Composer | The King's Speech

Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award nominated, for his prolific filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, George Clooney or Matteo Garrone is one ...

49. Thomas Newman

Music_department | Skyfall

Thomas Newman is an American film score composer. He was born in Los Angeles. His father was notable film score composer Alfred Newman (1900-1970). The Newman family is of Russian-Jewish descent, and includes several other well-known musicians. Thomas' mother Martha Louis Montgomery (1920-2005) ...

50. Nicholas Britell

Composer | Moonlight

Three-time Academy Award-nominated composer and pianist Nicholas Britell is known for his critically acclaimed scores on feature films with Academy Award winning writer-directors Barry Jenkins and Adam McKay. In 2018, Britell wrote the highly acclaimed score for Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could...

51. Tuomas Kantelinen

Composer | Mongol

Tuomas Kantelinen was born on September 22, 1969 in Finland. He is a composer and producer, known for Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007), The Italian Key (2011) and The Legend of Hercules (2014). He is married to Rosa Karo.

52. Armand Amar

Composer | Le concert

Armand Amar was born in 1953 in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a composer and producer, known for The Concert (2009), Amen. (2002) and Days of Glory (2006).

53. Jeff Beal

Composer | House of Cards

Jeff Beal is one of the most prolific and respected composers working in Hollywood today. He grew up studying the trumpet in the San Francisco Bay area, where he was immersed in the sounds of the 70's jazz, classical, and the rock & pop music scene. His prodigious talent in composition lead to many...

54. T Bone Burnett

Soundtrack | The Hunger Games

T Bone Burnett was born on January 14, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for The Hunger Games (2012), Crazy Heart (2009) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He has been married to Callie Khouri since 2006. He was previously married to Sam Phillips.

55. Woody Jackson

Music_department | Red Dead Redemption II

Woody Jackson is an Award winning composer for the Video Games Red Dead Redemption I & II, La Noire and Grand Theft Auto V. He also has been a Los Angeles session musician for the last 20 years collaborating and performing on movies such as Ocean's 12/13, The Devil Wears Prada and co-composing the ...

56. Brian Tyler

Music_department | Avengers: Age of Ultron

Brian Theodore Tyler is an American composer, conductor, arranger and producer known for his film, television and video game scores. In his 24-year career, he has scored Transformers: Prime, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron with Danny Elfman, Now You See Me, ...

57. Henry Jackman

Composer | Captain Phillips

Henry Jackman has established himself as one of today's top composers by fusing his classical training with his experience as a successful record producer and creator of electronic music.

Jackman grew up in the southeast of England, where he began composing his first symphony at the age of six. He ...

58. Bear McCreary

Composer | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Bear McCreary is a degreed graduate of the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music (in 'Composition and Recording Arts'). Bear McCreary was one of a small and select group of proteges of the late, many-honored film composer Elmer Bernstein. Although he is now firmly in the mainstream of film ...

59. Dave Porter

Composer | Better Call Saul

Dave Porter is a Los Angeles based composer for film and television. He began his classical musical training at the piano at age five, but it was his interest in electronic music as a teen that led him to start composing his own music. He studied both classical and electronic music composition at ...

60. Jared Emerson-Johnson

Composer | Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series

Jared Emerson-Johnson is an award winning music composer, sound designer, voice director, and voice actor. His critically acclaimed work for games and other media has earned him several awards and has established him as a leading force in the world of interactive audio.

Until recently, his best ...

61. Vangelis

Composer | Blade Runner

Vangelis was a composer and performer who worked almost exclusively with electronic instruments. With Jean-Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield in the 1970s, Vangelis was a pioneer in the instrumental music and a main influence in the creation of the musical genre "new age," a style related to spiritual,...

62. Steve Jablonsky

Composer | Transformers

Steve Jablonsky is an American film composer who is known for his collaborations with film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg. He composed five Transformers films, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Lone ...

63. Rostam Batmanglij

Soundtrack | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Rostam Batmanglij was born on November 28, 1983 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), I Feel Pretty (2018) and The East (2013).

64. Ennio Morricone

Composer | The Hateful Eight

A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...

65. Alan Silvestri

Composer | The Polar Express

In his ongoing, decades-long career as a composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. With a credit list of over 100 films Silvestri has composed some of the most recognizable and ...

66. Greg Edmonson

Composer | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Greg Edmonson is known for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009), Cop Rock (1990) and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011).

67. Dun Tan

Composer | Wo hu cang long

Dun Tan was born on August 18, 1957 in Si Mao, Hunan Province, China. He is a composer and producer, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hero (2002) and Fallen (1998).

68. Michael Kamen

Soundtrack | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Michael Kamen was born on April 15, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and X-Men (2000). He was married to Sandra Keenan. He died on November 18, 2003 in London, England, UK.

69. Nino Rota

Composer | The Godfather

Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous...

70. Randy Newman

Soundtrack | The Princess and the Frog

Randy Newman is an American film composer and singer who is well-known for composing The Princess and the Frog, Meet the Parents and various Pixar films including the Toy Story, Monsters, Inc and Cars franchises as well as A Bug's Life. He wrote iconic songs such as "Short People", "You've Got A ...

71. Harry Gregson-Williams

Composer | Shrek

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents. He most recently wrote the music for "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci" both directed by Ridley Scott. In addition, he ...

72. Lalo Schifrin

Music_department | Rush Hour

Immensely talented, Argentinian born pianist, conductor and composer who has written over 100 scores for both television & the cinema including the memorable themes to Mission: Impossible (1966), Mannix (1967), Starsky and Hutch (1975), Cool Hand Luke (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Schifrin has ...

73. John Barry

Soundtrack | Out of Africa

John Barry was born in York, England in 1933, and was the youngest of three children. His father, Jack, owned several local cinemas and by the age of fourteen, Barry was capable of running the projection box on his own - in particular, The Rialto in York. As he was brought up in a cinematic ...

74. Elmer Bernstein

Composer | Far from Heaven

Elmer Bernstein was educated at the Walden School and New York University. He served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II, writing scores for the service radio unit. He also wrote and arranged musical numbers for Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band. A prolific and respected film music composer, ...

75. Craig Armstrong

Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge!

Craig Armstrong, born in Glasgow, 1959. Studied composition and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London from 1977 to 1981.

From his base in Glasgow he has written for film, classical commissions and solo recordings. He has composed for Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, The Quiet...

76. Christophe Beck

Composer | Frozen

Christophe Beck was born in 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a composer and actor, known for Frozen (2013), Ant-Man (2015) and The Muppets (2011).

77. John Ottman

Editor | Bohemian Rhapsody

John Ottman holds dual distinctions as a leading film composer and an award winning film editor. Ottman has often completed both monumental tasks on the same films. Such remarkable double duties have included The Usual Suspects, X-Men 2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, and Jack the Giant Killer. He has...

78. Don Davis

Composer | The Matrix Reloaded

Donald Davis is an American film composer and conductor who is known for composing the music of The Matrix trilogy, Enter the Matrix, The Animatrix, SeaQuest 2032, the Beauty and the Beast television series and Jurassic Park III. He did orchestration for films composed by James Horner, Randy Newman...

79. David Arnold

Soundtrack | Casino Royale

David Arnold was born on January 23, 1962 in Luton, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Casino Royale (2006), Independence Day (1996) and Godzilla (1998). He has been married to Ellie Pole since June 8, 1996. They have three children.

80. Michael Nyman

Composer | The Piano

Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. Between 1968 and 1978 he worked as a music critic and in 1977 he founded the Campiello Band, later renamed the Michael Nyman Band. ...

81. Robert J. Kral

Composer | Justice League Dark

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Robert J Kral moved to Los Angeles in 1991 where he attended the prestigious USC Scoring for Motion Pictures & TV Program. He is best known for scoring 5 seasons of the hit TV series Angel, and for his super hero scores for WB animation such as Justice League: ...

82. Jon Brion

Composer | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jon Brion was born on December 11, 1963 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Other Guys (2010) and Step Brothers (2008).

83. Philip Glass

Soundtrack | The Truman Show

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Glass worked in his father's radio store and discovered music listening to the offbeat Western classical records customers didn't seem to want. He studied the violin and flute, and obtained early admission to the University of Chicago. After graduating in mathematics ...

84. John Debney

Composer | The Jungle Book

Throughout his legendary career, composer John Debney has seen himself in equal demand for holiday classics such as Hocus Pocus and Elf, tentpoles like Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, and The Greatest Showman, and the powerful epic The Passion of the Christ, for which he received an Academy Award ...

85. Anze Rozman

Composer | The Planets

Anze Rozman (Kranj, Slovenija, 1989) is a composer of concert music and music for media from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He currently (from January 2018 onward) works and lives in Los Angeles as a composer under Bleeding Fingers Music, which was formed by Hans Zimmer, Russell Emanuel and Steve Kofsky. In ...

86. Kara Talve

Music_department | The Simpsons

Kara Talve is an Emmy nominated composer for film and television and, as a leading composer at Bleeding Fingers Music, has strengthened a variety of projects through her extraordinary talent and keen collaboration abilities. She recently scored Sky TV's "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" alongside Hans ...