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Notable Film Music Composers
If you wish to be generally familiar with film music, here is a short list of composers you should know.
|
Name
|
Birth
|
Death
|
Nationality
|
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) & Naxos |
Media
|
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Bernstein, Elmer
Books
|
1922 |
2004 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Elfman, Danny
Books
|
1953 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Goldsmith, Jerry
Books
|
1929 |
2004 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Herrmann, Bernard
Books
|
1911 |
1975 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Horner, James
|
1953 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Howard, James Newton
|
1951 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Ifukube, Akira
|
1914
|
2006
|
Japanese
|
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
|
|
Jarre, Maurice
|
1924 |
2009 |
French |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Mancini, Henry
Books/Music
|
1924 |
1994 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
CDs/
DVDs |
|
Morricone, Ennio
Books
|
1928 |
|
Italian |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Newman, Thomas
Books
|
1955 |
|
American |
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Poledouris, Basil
|
1945 |
2006 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Rota, Nino
Books
|
1911 |
1979 |
Italian |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Rózsa, Miklós
Books
|
1907 |
1995 |
Hungarian-American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
CDs/
DVDs |
|
Schifrin, Lalo
Books
|
1932 |
|
Argentine |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Shore, Howard
Books
|
1946 |
|
Canadian |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Silvestri, Alan
Books
|
1950
|
|
American
|
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Steiner, Max
Books
|
1888 |
1971 |
Austrian-American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Tiomkin, Dimitri
Books
|
1894 |
1979 |
Russian |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs
|
|
Vangelis
|
1943 |
|
Greek |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
|
Waxman, Franz
Books
|
1906 |
1967 |
German-American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
CDs/
DVDs |
|
Williams, John
Books
|
1932 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
CDs/
DVDs |
|
Zimmer, Hans
Books
|
1957 |
|
German |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos |
DVDs |
Film Music Composers
If you are a student of Music History, Composition, or Film Music, here are additional film music composers you should know.
|
Name
|
Birth
|
Death
|
Nationality
|
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) & Naxos
|
Media
|
|
Barry, John
|
1933 |
2011 |
English |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
CDs/
DVDs
|
|
Broughton, Bruce
Books
|
1945 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
|
|
Burwell, Carter
|
1955 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs
|
|
Conti, Bill
|
1942 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Desplat, Alexandre
|
1961 |
|
French |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Doyle, Patrick
|
1953 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Friedhofer, Hugo
Books
|
1901 |
1981 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Giacchino, Michael
|
1967 |
|
American |
Music Onine (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Goodwin, Ron
|
1925 |
2003 |
British |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Gregson-Williams, Harry
|
1961 |
|
British |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs
|
|
Hamlisch, Marvin
|
1944 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
CDs/
DVDS
|
|
Hisaishi, Joe
|
1950 |
|
Japanese |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Kaczmarek, Jan A.P.
|
1953 |
|
Polish |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
|
|
Kamen, Michael
|
1948 |
2003 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Books/Music
|
1897 |
1957 |
Czech-American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
CDs/
DVDs
|
|
Morris, John
|
1926 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
|
DVDs
|
|
Newman, Alfred
|
1901 |
1970 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Newman, Randy
|
1943 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
North, Alex
Books
|
1910 |
1991 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Powell, John
|
1963 |
|
British |
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Reznor, Trent
|
1965 |
|
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Rosenman, Leonard
|
1924 |
2008 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Shankar, Ravi
Book
|
1920 |
2012 |
Indian |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
CD |
|
Stothart, Herbert
|
1885 |
1949 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
|
Young, Victor
|
1899 |
1956 |
American |
Music Online (ASP)
Naxos
|
DVDs |
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