2002 - BEST MUSIC
by cinemavis | created - 02 Dec 2010 | updated - 28 Apr 2019 | Public
1. Terence Blanchard
Composer | BlacKkKlansman
A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New Orleans where he studied with the Marsalis brothers at the famed New Orleans Center for the ...
2. 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 ...
3. 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) ...
4. 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 ...
5. 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 ...
6. Nicola Piovani
Composer | La vita è bella
Nicola Piovani was born on May 26, 1946 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and The Son's Room (2001).
7. 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 ...
8. Elliot Goldenthal
Music_department | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Elliot Goldenthal is an Academy Award-winning composer best known for his original music scores for such films as Frida (2002) and Across the Universe (2007), among his other works.
He was born on May 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a house-painter, and his mother was a seamstress. ...
9. 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 ...
10. Isao Tomita
Composer | Tasogare Seibei
Isao Tomita was born on April 22, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer, known for The Twilight Samurai (2002), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Demon Pond (1979). He was married to Akiko. He died on May 5, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
11. Wojciech Lemanski
Composer | Edi
Wojciech Lemanski is known for Edi (2002), Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny (2009) and Eva (2016).
12. 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).
13. Alberto Iglesias
Composer | La piel que habito
Alberto Iglesias was born in 1955 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. He is a composer and actor, known for The Skin I Live In (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and The Constant Gardener (2005).
14. James Newton Howard
Music_department | 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, ...
15. Víctor Reyes
Composer | Buried
Víctor Reyes was born on February 25, 1962 in Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain. He is a composer and actor, known for Buried (2010), Grand Piano (2013) and The Night Manager (2016).
16. 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 ...
17. Marco Beltrami
Composer | I, Robot
Marco Beltrami was born on October 7, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for I, Robot (2004), World War Z (2013) and Knowing (2009).
18. Joe Hisaishi
Composer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Joe Hisaishi was born on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. He is a composer and director, known for Spirited Away (2001), The Boy and the Heron (2023) and Fireworks (1997). He is married to Ayame Fujisawa . They have one child.
19. John Murphy
Composer | The Suicide Squad
John Murphy is a British film composer from Liverpool. He began composing music scores for films in the early 1990s, working on several successful British movies, enjoying particular success with the soundtracks to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000).
Since 2000, Murphy has ...
20. Nick Glennie-Smith
Music_department | The Rock
Nick Glennie-Smith was born on October 3, 1951 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for The Rock (1996), We Were Soldiers (2002) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He is married to Jan Glennie-Smith. They have four children.
21. 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 ...
22. 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).
23. Kwong Wing Chan
Composer | Mou gaan dou
Kwong Wing Chan was born on June 15, 1967 in Hong Kong. He is a composer, known for Infernal Affairs (2002), The Warlords (2007) and Dragon (2011).
24. Joachim Holbek
Composer | Europa
Joachim Holbek was born on November 12, 1957 in Lyngby, Denmark. He is a composer and actor, known for Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996) and Dogville (2003).
25. John Murphy
Composer | The Suicide Squad
John Murphy is a British film composer from Liverpool. He began composing music scores for films in the early 1990s, working on several successful British movies, enjoying particular success with the soundtracks to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000).
Since 2000, Murphy has ...
26. Cliff Martinez
Composer | Only God Forgives
Cliff Martinez was born on February 5, 1954 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Only God Forgives (2013), The Neon Demon (2016) and Drive (2011).
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