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 |
1922 | 2004 | American | DVDs | ||
1953 | American | DVDs | |||
1929 | 2004 | American | DVDs | ||
1911 | 1975 | American | DVDs | ||
1953 | American | Naxos | DVDs | ||
1951 | American | DVDs |
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1914 |
2006 |
Japanese |
Naxos | ||
1924 | 2009 | French | Naxos | DVDs |
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1924 | 1994 | American | Naxos | CDs/ DVDs |
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1928 | Italian | Naxos | DVDs | ||
Newman, Thomas |
1955 | American | Naxos | DVDs |
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Poledouris, Basil |
1945 | 2006 | American | DVDs | |
1911 | 1979 | Italian | Naxos | DVDs |
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1907 | 1995 | Hungarian-American | Naxos | CDs/ DVDs |
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1932 | Argentine | Naxos | DVDs | ||
1946 | Canadian | Naxos | DVDs | ||
Silvestri, Alan |
1950 |
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American |
Naxos | DVDs |
1888 | 1971 | Austrian-American | Naxos | DVDs | |
1894 | 1979 | Russian | Naxos |
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Vangelis
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1943 | Greek | Naxos | DVDs | |
1906 | 1967 | German-American | Naxos | CDs/ DVDs |
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1932 | American | Naxos | CDs/ DVDs |
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1957 | German | Naxos | DVDs |
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 |
1933 | 2011 | English | |||
1945 | American | ||||
1955 | American | ||||
1942 | American | DVDs | |||
1961 | French | DVDs | |||
1953 | American | DVDs | |||
1901 | 1981 | American | DVDs | ||
1967 | American | DVDs | |||
1925 | 2003 | British | DVDs | ||
1961 | British | ||||
1944 | American | ||||
1950 | Japanese | DVDs |
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1953 | Polish | ||||
1948 | 2003 | American | DVDs | ||
1897 | 1957 | Czech-American | |||
1926 | American | ||||
1901 | 1970 | American | DVDs | ||
1943 | American | DVDs | |||
1910 | 1991 | American | DVDs | ||
1963 | British | DVDs | |||
1965 | American | DVDs | |||
1924 | 2008 | American | DVDs | ||
1920 | 2012 | Indian | CD | ||
1885 | 1949 | American | DVDs | ||
1899 | 1956 | American | DVDs |