216 Music Creators (WoDWM)

1. Aaron Zigman

Award-winning film + TV composer Aaron Zigman has composed over 60 film scores for many of Hollywood's major studios and directors. Zigman combines his classical background and training with a strong knowledge of contemporary music, which has enabled him to create some of Hollywood's most memorable...

2. Alan Menken

Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast

Alan Menken is an American composer, songwriter, music conductor, director and record producer.

Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and ...

3. 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 ...

4. Alan Williams

Composer | Amazon

Alan Williams is an award-winning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits. Alan's scores include the Academy Award nominated IMAX film, Amazon and some of the highest rated movies made for television. Some of his recent credits include the Chinese theatrical ...

5. Alexander Janko

Music_department | My Big Fat Greek Wedding

An award-winning filmmaker, Alexander Janko's creative repertoire spans the music, literary, stage, TV and film industries.

Classically trained as a cellist, his first single "Omniscient Woman" won Billboard's Best Original Song competition in 1991. After graduating Princeton, he moved to Hollywood ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. André Previn

Music_department | My Fair Lady

German-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor André George Previn (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin, in Berlin) was for eight decades a hugely influential and prolific figure in jazz, as well as classical and film music. Being Jewish, Previn's family was forced to leave Hitler's Germany in ...

9. Andrew Lloyd Webber

Soundtrack | The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time. He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).

He was born on March 22, 1948, in South Kensington in London, ...

10. Arthur B. Rubinstein

Composer | Stakeout

Arthur B. Rubinstein was born on March 31, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Stakeout (1987), WarGames (1983) and Nick of Time (1995). He was married to Barbara Ferris. He died on April 23, 2018 in the USA.

11. Atli Örvarsson

Composer | Defending Jacob

Atli Örvarsson (b. 1970) is an acclaimed Icelandic film and TV composer, conductor, and musician. His body of work spans over 40 major studio film productions, countless TV shows, collaborations with a range of artists including RZA, Khalid, Talos, and orchestral conducting, and ambitious solo work.

...

12. 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 ...

13. Ben Foster

Composer | Happy Valley

Ben Foster is known for Happy Valley (2014), Thunderbirds Are Go (2015) and Rocketman (2019).

14. Benjamin Wallfisch

Composer | Blade Runner 2049

Golden Globe, BAFTA, 2x Grammy, Emmy and 5x World Soundtrack Award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch has worked on over 80 feature films, collaborating with directors including Ron Howard, Ted Melfi, Andy Muschietti, Christopher Nolan, David F. Sandberg, Leigh Whannell, Gore Verbinski, and ...

15. Bill Conti

Soundtrack | Rocky

Bill Conti was born on April 13, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Rocky (1976), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). He is married to Shelby Cox. They have two children.

16. Billy Aronson

Writer | Peg+Cat

Billy Aronson was born on July 3, 1957. He is a writer and production manager, known for Peg+Cat (2013), Wonder Pets! (2006) and Rent (2005). He has been married to Lisa Vogel since April 28, 1990. They have two children.

17. Bjorn Lynne

Music_department | Hydrophobia

Bjorn Lynne is known for Hydrophobia (2010), Cash and Curry (2008) and MEAD (2022).

18. Blake Neely

Composer | Greyhound

Blake Neely was born on April 28, 1969 in Paris, Texas, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Greyhound (2020), All American (2018) and You (2018).

19. Bob Crewe

Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge!

Bob Crewe was an American songwriter, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. His career is among the most varied, successful and innovative in pop music history. He is probably best known for producing and co-writing with Bob Gaudio a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons. He is ...

20. Brad Dechter

Music_department | V for Vendetta

A note to readers of this bio: IMDB has been negligent for many years despite repeated efforts to correct or delete credits that do not belong to Brad Dechter. He does indeed have in excess of 300 orchestration/arranging credits but there are many that have incorrectly been attributed to him. ...

21. Brad Fiedel

Music_department | True Lies

Extremely talented, prolific and versatile composer Brad Fiedel was born on March 10, 1951 in New York City. His mother was a dancer and his father was a composer and musician. Brad started out as a keyboardist for Hall & Oates. Fiedel first began composing music for movies in the mid-70s for such ...

22. 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, ...

23. Bruce Babcock

Composer | Matlock

Applauded by Aaron Copland, inspired by Desmond Tutu, and mentored by Hugo Friedhofer and Earle Hagen, Bruce Babcock has spent his working life composing music for the musicians of Los Angeles. Successful in both film and television, and the concert hall, he is known for vibrant, sonorous, ...

24. Bruce Broughton

Music_department | Lost in Space

Bruce Broughton composes in almost every medium, from theatrical motion pictures and television to computer games, in styles ranging from large symphonic settings ("Silverado") to contemporary electronic scores (the recently Emmy-nominated "The Dive from Clausen's Pier"). Broughton has written the ...

25. Bruce Fowler

Music_department | Inception

Bruce Fowler was born on July 10, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Inception (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and V for Vendetta (2005).

26. Bruce Rowland

Music_department | The Man from Snowy River

Bruce Rowland was born on May 9, 1942 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a composer, known for The Man from Snowy River (1982), Phar Lap (1983) and Return to Snowy River (1988).

27. Buck Sanders

Music_department | The Hurt Locker

Oscar-nominated composer Buck Sanders has carved out a niche as one of Hollywood's top musical experimenters, and as Marco Beltrami's right-hand man on nearly twenty years' worth of prestige films and genre classics. From horror standouts (Resident Evil, The Woman in Black) to modern westerns (3:10...

28. Burt Bacharach

Soundtrack | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Burt Bacharach was a well known and multi award winning singer and song writer.

Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to ...

29. Charles Fox

Soundtrack | National Lampoon's European Vacation

Born in the Bronx, 1940. Graduated High School of Music & Art in New York, then studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Before moving to Hollywood, wrote and played Latin music for Salsa legends including Tito Puente, Ray Baretto and Joe Quijano.

In addition to composing over 100 movie ...

30. 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,...

31. 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).

32. Christopher Klatman

Music_department | Inspector Gadget

Two-time Emmy-nominated film composer Christopher Klatman, who hails from Pittsburgh, has worked in a broad array of documentary, film, concert performance and television series since arriving in Los Angeles from Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music. For three decades, Klatman has scored over...

33. Clay Duncan

Music_department | Snow White and the Huntsman

Clay Duncan was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA. Clay is known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Deja Vu (2006) and Iron Man (2008).

34. Clinton Shorter

Composer | District 9

Clinton Shorter was born on March 18, 1971 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a composer, known for District 9 (2009), 2 Guns (2013) and Contraband (2012).

35. Conrad Pope

Music_department | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Conrad Pope is known for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He is married to Nan Schwartz.

36. 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...

37. Craig Safan

Composer | The Last Starfighter

Craig Safan was born on December 17, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), Cheers (1982) and Thief (1981).

38. Daft Punk

Composer | Tron: Legacy

Daft Punk is known for Tron: Legacy (2010), The Saint (1997) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).

39. Dana Kaproff

Composer | Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee

Dana Kaproff is an award winning film composer, songwriter, and lecturer. He has scored close to 100 theatrical, cable, and television movies, as well as multiple series, mini-series, and documentaries. His credits include assignments for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, HBO, Showtime, Paramount, Universal, and...

40. 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 ...

41. Danny Jacob

Soundtrack | Phineas and Ferb

Danny Jacob was born on October 8, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Phineas and Ferb (2007), Almost Famous (2000) and Cold in July (2014).

42. Danny Troob

Music_department | Hercules

Danny Troob was born on February 28, 1949 in Forest Hills, New York, USA. He is a composer, known for Hercules (1997), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Last Action Hero (1993).

43. Dario Marianelli

Composer | Atonement

Dario Marianelli was born in Pisa and studied piano and composition in Florence and London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he spent 3 years at the National Film and Television School, from which he graduated in 1997. Dario's film scores include '...

44. Darren Criss

Actor | Little White Lie

Darren Criss was born on February 5, 1987 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Little White Lie (2009), Glee (2009) and A Very Potter Musical (2009). He has been married to Mia Swier since February 16, 2019. They have one child.

45. Dave Grusin

Music_department | The Fabulous Baker Boys

Dave Grusin was born on June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Firm (1993) and The Graduate (1967). He was previously married to Edith Ruth Price, Sara Jane Tallman and Barbara Jo Davidson.

46. Dave Metzger

Music_department | Wish

Dave Metzger is known for Wish (2023), Once Upon a Studio (2023) and Frozen (2013).

47. David Amram

Composer | The Manchurian Candidate

David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American music." He has composed over 100 orchestral and chamber works, written two operas, and many scores for theatre and films. He has collaborated with such notables as Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Dustin Hoffman, Charlie Mingus, ...

48. 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 ...

49. 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.

50. David Bell

Composer | Star Trek: Voyager

David Bell was born on April 17, 1954 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. He is a composer, known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).

51. David Giuli

Music_department | Dune

David Giuli is known for Dune (2021), The Tomorrow War (2021) and The Core (2003).

52. David Hirschfelder

Composer | Shine

David Hirschfelder was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He is a composer, known for Shine (1996), Elizabeth (1998) and The Water Diviner (2014).

53. David Julyan

Composer | The Cabin in the Woods

David Julyan is known for The Cabin in the Woods (2011), The Prestige (2006) and Insomnia (2002).

54. David Lanz

Composer | Daredreamer

Grammy nominated, platinum selling pianist, composer and producer, David Lanz, is one of the most popular artists in the new age instrumental and adult alternative genres. His early 80's recordings were primarily solo piano, i. e HEARTSOUNDS, NIGHTFALL, but his 1988's, CRISTOFORI'S DREAM release, ...

55. David Lawrence

Composer | High School Musical 3: Senior Year

David Lawrence is known for High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), American Pie 2 (2001) and Remember Me (2010).

56. David Newman

Music_department | West Side Story

In his 25 year career, David Newman has scored over 100 films, ranging from War of the Roses, Matilda, Bowfinger and Heathers, to the more recent The Spirit, Serenity, and Alvin and the Chipmonks: The Squeakuel. Newman's music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas Brokedown Palace and...

57. David Vanacore

Music_department | Big Brother

David Vanacore is the composer behind such acclaimed series as Survivor, The Apprentice, Big Brother, American Chopper, Dirty Jobs, Hell's Kitchen, Mobbed, Wipeout, Whale Wars, and hundreds more.

David began his musical journey studying piano at the age of seven. For years he worked as a studio ...

58. David Zippel

Soundtrack | Hercules

David Zippel is a lyricist and director. His lyrics have won him the Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Award nominations, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. His songs appear on over twenty-five million CDs around the world, and have been recorded by many great singers ...

59. Dawn Solér

Music_department | Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Dawn Solér is president, Working Music Entertainment LLC. Previously at ABC Signature since December 2006, she has was responsible for all music at ABC Signature and oversees the music content for shows in the "-ish" family series: "black-ish," "grown-ish" and "mixed-ish." Her helming of the music ...

60. 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...

61. Doug Besterman

Music_department | Captain America: The First Avenger

Doug Besterman is known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Punisher (2004) and Nine (2009).

62. Ed Bogas

Composer | Black Girl

Ed Bogas was born on February 2, 1942 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Black Girl (1972), Eddie Macon's Run (1983) and Sunburst (1975). He is married to Desirée Goyette. They have two children.

63. Edward Shearmur

Composer | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Edward Shearmur was born on February 28, 1966 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Charlie's Angels (2000) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003). He was previously married to Allison Shearmur.

64. Edward Karam

Music_department | War of the Worlds

Edward Karam was born on August 28, 1929 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a composer, known for War of the Worlds (2005), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

65. 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. ...

66. 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 ...

67. Éric Serra

Music_department | GoldenEye

Eric Serra was born on September 9th, 1959 near Paris in France. His mother died when he was only 7 years old. His father, Claude Serra was a well-know songwriter in France in late 50s and 60s. Serra began to learn play the guitar at 11 years old and became a professional musician for Mory Kante;, ...

68. Francis Lai

Composer | Love Story

Francis Lai was born on April 26, 1932 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Love Story (1970), Stranger Than Fiction (2006) and Kingpin (1996). He was married to Dagmar Puetz. He died on November 7, 2018 in Paris, France.

69. Frank Bennett

Music_department | I, Robot

Frank Bennett is known for I, Robot (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Core (2003).

70. Frank Macchia

Music_department | The 5th Wave

Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Frank started on the clarinet at the age of ten years old. Soon afterward he began studies on bassoon, saxophone and flute. By the age of fourteen he began studying composition, writing jazz and classical pieces for his high school band and orchestra ...

71. Fred Kron

Music_department | When We First Met

Fred Kron is known for When We First Met (2018), Yes Man (2008) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012).

72. Gabriel Yared

Composer | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Gabriel Yared stopped his law studies at the age of 20 to work as a professional music composer. He studied with Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Ohana. He worked as a composer, orchestrator or producer for such singers as Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud and Mireille Mathieu. He made ...

73. Gavin Greenaway

Music_department | The Hunger Games

Gavin Greenaway is a British Emmy ® award-winning pianist, composer and conductor with an extensive catalog of achievements: conducting over 100 feature film and television soundtracks, composing for major entertainment and cultural events, and producing and songwriting with chart-topping artists.

...

74. Geoff Zanelli

Composer | Leo

Emmy Award-winning composer Geoff Zanelli is a standout in the film and television scoring industry, garnering accolades and recognition for his diverse musical voice. Zanelli has composed for directors such as Gore Verbinski and Ridley Scott; writer/directors David Koepp, Peter Hedges and David ...

75. George S. Clinton

Composer | Mortal Kombat

George S. Clinton began his professional musical career as a songwriter, arranger, and session musician in Nashville, while earning degrees in music and drama at Middle Tennessee State University. The summer after graduation, George attended the Atlanta Pop Festival and, upon hearing Joe Cocker ...

76. George Fenton

Composer | Groundhog Day

George Fenton was born on October 19, 1949 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Groundhog Day (1993), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) and The Bounty Hunter (2010).

77. Georgia Stitt

Actress | tick, tick...BOOM!

Georgia Stitt is known for tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), The Last Five Years (2014) and 13: The Musical (2022). She has been married to Jason Robert Brown since October 19, 2003. They have one child.

78. Gerald Fried

Soundtrack | Star Trek Into Darkness

Composer, author and oboist, educated at Juilliard (BS). He was first oboist for the Dallas Symphony and the New York Little Orchestra between 1948 and 1956. Then he joined Revue Studios in California, lasting until 1960, thereafter working freelance. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical ...

79. Gerard Alessandrini

Music_department | Pocahontas

Gerard Alessandrini was born on November 27, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Pocahontas (1995), Men, Movies & Carol (1994) and Backstage Babble (2020).

80. 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).

81. Glenn Slater

Soundtrack | Tangled

Glenn Slater was born in 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Tangled (2010), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017) and Sausage Party (2016).

82. Gordon Goodwin

Soundtrack | Star Trek: Nemesis

A well rewarded Composer, arranger, keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Alejandro Fernandez, Patti Austin, Toni Braxton, John ...

83. Gustavo Santaolalla

Music_department | Brokeback Mountain

Argentine musician and leader of the now defunct bands "Arco Iris" and "Soluna", Gustavo Santaolalla was one of the references of his country's national music by the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. During the 70s he relocated to the United States, where he formed the band Wet Picnic, ...

84. 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 ...

85. Harald Kloser

Composer | 2012

Harald Kloser was born in Hard, Vorarlberg, Austria. He is a producer and composer, known for 2012 (2009), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Alien vs. Predator (2004). He was previously married to Désirée Nosbusch.

86. Harold Faltermeyer

Soundtrack | Top Gun

Harold Faltermeyer was born on October 5, 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is a composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). He was previously married to Karin Faltermeyer.

87. Harry Connick Jr.

Actor | Hope Floats

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of Anita Frances (Levy), a lawyer and judge, and Harry Connick, Sr. (Joseph Harry Fowler Connick), who served as District Attorney of New Orleans from 1973 to 2003. His father is of Irish, English, and German ...

88. 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 ...

89. Heitor Pereira

Music_department | Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Heitor Teixeira Pereira was born in Brazil and has worked for Brazilian jazz musicians such as Ivan Lins and Lani Hall. In July 1988 he joined Simply Red as a guitarist and stayed with the band until 1996. During that time he shortened his name to Heitor TP. In 1994 he released a solo album called ...

90. 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 ...

91. 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 ...

92. Ira Hearshen

Music_department | Super 8

Ira Hearshen is known for Super 8 (2011), John Carter (2012) and Romeo Must Die (2000).

93. Ira Newborn

Composer | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Ira Newborn was born on December 26, 1949 in New York, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and The Blues Brothers (1980).

94. J. Peter Robinson

Composer | Cocktail

J. Peter Robinson was born on September 16, 1945 in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Cocktail (1988), Wayne's World (1992) and The World's Fastest Indian (2005). He has been married to Denise Hudson since 2000.

95. Jack Feldman

Soundtrack | Newsies

Jack Feldman was born in 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Newsies (1992), Thumbelina (1994) and The Vanishing (1993).

96. 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, ...

97. James S. Levine

Composer | Glee

James S. Levine is known for Glee (2009), American Horror Story (2011) and Pearl Harbor (2001).

98. James Shearman

Music_department | Aladdin

James Shearman is an English conductor, orchestrator, and composer. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to film scores including those for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Aladdin, Thor, Manchester by the Sea, Beauty and the Beast, and numerous others. He has collaborated frequently ...

99. Jason Poss

Music_department | Mulan

Jason Poss is known for Mulan (2020), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and Here Comes the Boom (2012).

100. Javier Navarrete

Composer | El laberinto del fauno

Javier Navarrete was born in 1956 in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He is a composer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Wrath of the Titans (2012) and Byzantium (2012).