My best musicians
by and_maiyesi | created - 20 Aug 2014 | updated - 8 months ago | Public
1. Till Lindemann
Soundtrack | Lost Highway
Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his ...
2. Richard Kruspe
Soundtrack | Resident Evil: Extinction
Richard Kruspe was born on June 24, 1967 in Wittenberge, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor and composer, known for Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Lost Highway (1997) and xXx (2002). He was previously married to Caron Bernstein.
3. Christoph Schneider
Soundtrack | Lost Highway
Schneider was born in Pankow, East Berlin, East Germany. He has one sister, who is two years younger than him. Schneider left high school at age 16 and went to work as a telecommunications assistant. In 1984, he served his national service with the East German Army; He is the only one who has ...
4. Paul Landers
Soundtrack | Lost Highway
Paul Landers was born on December 9, 1964 in Baumschulenweg, Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for Lost Highway (1997), xXx (2002) and Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013). He is married to Arielle Troß. They have one child. He was previously married to Nikki Landers.
5. Peter Tägtgren
Soundtrack | Noll tolerans
He is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the death metal band Hypocrisy and industrial metal band PAIN. Although Hypocrisy is his main focus, he has also worked on many other Swedish metal projects. These include PAIN (...
6. Tuomas Holopainen
Soundtrack | The Cave
Tuomas Holopainen was born in Kitee, Finland and is the youngest in his family. His musicality and skill in text expression showed early in school, especially when he took piano lessons at age seven and studied jazz and classical music styles for over 10 years at a music college. Holopainen joined ...
7. Marilyn Manson
Soundtrack | Detroit Rock City
Marilyn Manson was born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969 in Canton, Ohio, to Barbara Jo (Wyer) and Hugh Angus Warner. He has German and English ancestry. During his childhood, one of his neighbors molested him several times until the young Brian broke down one day and told his mother what ...
8. Charlie Clouser
Music_department | Saw
Charlie Clouser is a recording artist and composer for film and television who lives in Los Angeles.
The recipient of sixteen BMI Film & TV Music awards, Charlie has also received ten platinum and gold record awards for his work as a member of the band Nine Inch Nails, and as a producer, programmer,...
9. 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 ...
10. Mikis Theodorakis
Composer | Z
Mikis Theodorakis was born in the Greek island of Chios, in 1925. It was the same year that the other great composer of Greece was born in Xanthi, Manos Hatzidakis. He fought during the 2nd World War, and was captured at the city of Tripoli. He was tortured, but when he was set free, he joined the ...
11. 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 ...
12. Klaus Badelt
Composer | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Composer Klaus Badelt started his musical career writing and producing music for dozens of highly successful movies and commercials in his native Germany. In 1998, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Since then, Klaus has ...
13. Benedikt Brydern
Music_department | The Witcher
Brydern started as a musical protege on the violin giving his first public concerts at the age of 10. He lives in Los Angeles now and composes for film and the concert hall. He has won numerous awards and competitions. He studied with film composers David Raksin, Bruce Broughton, Christopher Young ...
14. 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 ...
15. 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 ...
16. A.R. Rahman
Composer | Slumdog Millionaire
A two-time winner and five-time nominee of the Academy Award, A. R. Rahman is popularly known as the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music. Rahman, according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 150 million copies of his work comprising of music from more than 100 film soundtracks and ...
17. Maurice Jarre
Composer | Lawrence of Arabia
Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, ...
18. 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...
19. 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 ...
20. Yann Tiersen
Composer | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Yann Tiersen was born on June 23, 1970 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is a composer and writer, known for Amélie (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Inescapable (2012).
21. 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).
22. Nightwish
Soundtrack | Alone in the Dark
Nightwish is known for Alone in the Dark (2005), The Cave (2005) and The Book of Fate (2003).
23. 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 ...
24. Richard Clayderman
Soundtrack | Fathers & Daughters
Richard Clayderman was born on December 28, 1953 in Paris, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for Fathers & Daughters (2015), Irreconcilable Differences (1984) and Lovingly Yours, Helen (The Movie) (1984). He has been married to Typhaine since 2010. He was previously married to ...
25. Gheorghe Zamfir
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Gheorghe Zamfir was born on April 6, 1941 in Gaesti, Romania. He is a composer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and The Karate Kid (1984).
26. Yanni
Soundtrack | The Last Days of Chez Nous
Yanni was born on November 14, 1954 in Acroyali, Kalamata, Greece. He is a composer and producer, known for The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992), Treasure Hunt (1994) and Heart of Midnight (1988).
27. Ivan Torrent
Soundtrack | Listen
Ivan Torrent is known for Listen (2012), Alexandra and Post-Human (2015).
28. Volkan Gücer
Composer | Something Good About a Bad Coffee
Volkan Gücer was born on November 24, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a composer and director, known for Something Good About a Bad Coffee (2011), Sevmemeli (1997) and Sampiyon (1999).
29. Ludovico Einaudi
Soundtrack | Nomadland
Ludovico Einaudi was born on November 23, 1955 in Turin, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Nomadland (2020), The Father (2020) and This Is England (2006).
30. Yiruma
Composer | Juicy Girl
Yiruma was born on February 15, 1978 in Seoul, Korea. Yiruma is a composer, known for Juicy Girl (2021), Cat Funeral (2015) and Doggy Poo (2003). Yiruma has been married to Hye-Im Son since May 27, 2007. They have one child.
31. Hildur Guðnadóttir
Composer | Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir was born on September 4, 1982 in Iceland. She is a composer, known for Joker (2019), Women Talking (2022) and Tár (2022). She is married to Sam Slater. They have one child.
32. 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.
33. Robert Smith
Soundtrack | Judge Dredd
Robert James Smith was born 21 April 1959 in Blackpool Lancashire, England to Alex and Rita Smith. He was the third of four children (Richard, 12 July 1946, Margaret, 27 February 1950, and Janet, 30 August 1960). Robert lived in Blackpool until he was three and then his family moved to Horley, ...
34. Simon Gallup
Soundtrack | Ant-Man
Simon Gallup was born on June 1, 1960 in Duxhurst, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Ant-Man (2015), Judge Dredd (1995) and About Time (2013). He has been married to Sarah since December 1997. They have one child. He was previously married to Carol Thompson.
35. Roger O'Donnell
Soundtrack | Ant-Man
Roger O'Donnell was born on October 29, 1955 in East London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Ant-Man (2015), Judge Dredd (1995) and American Psycho (2000).
36. Özkan Ugur
Actor | G.O.R.A.
Raif Özkan Ugur (born October 17, 1953 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan and an actor.
He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Resat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was ...
37. Melih Kibar
Composer | Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi
Melih Kibar was born on September 6, 1951 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a composer, known for The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975), The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1978) and Neseli Günler (1978). He died on April 7, 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey.
38. Cahit Berkay
Composer | Melekler Evi
Cahit Berkay was born on August 3, 1946 in Isparta, Turkey. He is a composer and actor, known for Melekler Evi (2000), Kirik Bir Ask Hikayesi (1981) and Mortal World (2018).
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