The Best Unconventional Film Composers

1. Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood was born on November 5, 1971 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Master (2012), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017). He has been married to Sharona Katan since 1995. They have three children.

2. Trent Reznor

Soundtrack | The Social Network

Trent Reznor is an American songwriter/musician/producer and sole member of multi-platinum act Nine Inch Nails, and now an Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy Award winning film composer. He began creating music as a child in Western Pennsylvania, first on piano and then taking up other instruments. He ...

3. Atticus Ross

Soundtrack | The Social Network

Atticus Ross was born on January 16, 1968 in England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Mank (2020). He has been married to Claudia Sarne since 2001. They have three children.

4. 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.

5. 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 ...

6. Brian Eno

Soundtrack | The Lovely Bones

Regarded as one of the best producers and musicians in rock history, Eno started his career in 1971 with Roxy Music. The band released two albums, "Roxy Music" and "For Your Pleasure", with the two Brians in the lineup (the other one was, of course, lead singer Bryan Ferry); a conflict between the ...

7. 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 ...

8. Tom Holkenborg

Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, musician, composer and educator whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, and whose thirst for innovation is helping to reimagine the world of composition.

A full-contact composer, Holkenborg is...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. Thom Yorke

Soundtrack | Suspiria

Thom Yorke was born on October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Suspiria (2018), Children of Men (2006) and Motherless Brooklyn (2019). He was previously married to Rachel Owen.

13. Herbie Hancock

Soundtrack | 'Round Midnight

Herbie Hancock is an American actor that was born. Herbert Jeffery Hancock, on April 12, 1940, Chicago, IL. He is best known as a piano player, jazz star, and a composer. He has won many Grammy Awards and has performed with many famous musicians beginning with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He achieved ...

14. Quincy Jones

Producer | The Color Purple

Considered to be one of the greatest minds in music and television history, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Sarah Frances (Wells), a bank executive, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a carpenter.

Jones found his love for music while he was ...

15. Steven Price

Composer | Gravity

Steven Price is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning composer. In 2014 his groundbreaking score for Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity won him not only the Academy Award but also the BAFTA, the Critics' Choice Award, the Satellite Award, and ASCAP's first-ever Film Composer of The Year Award. He has since...

16. Mica Levi

Composer | Under the Skin

Mica Levi is a musician and composer born in Guildford, UK and living in South East London.

She has previously written music for films including Under The Skin (2014, dir. Jonathan Glazer), Jackie (2016, dir. Pablo Larraín), Monos (2018, dir. Alejandro Landes), Zola (2020, dir. Janicza Bravo) and ...

17. RZA

Soundtrack | The Man with the Iron Fists

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs better known by his stage name the RZA, is an American rapper, actor, filmmaker, and record producer. He is the DE factor leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having produced most albums for the group and its respective members. He is a cousin of two other original ...

18. Isaac Hayes

Actor | Escape from New York

Isaac Hayes, the second-born child of Eula and Isaac Hayes Sr., was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Sr. The child of a poor family, he grew up picking cotton in Covington, Tennessee. He dropped out of high school, but later his former high-school teachers to get his diploma, ...

19. Nicholas Britell

Composer | Moonlight

Three-time Academy Award-nominated composer and pianist Nicholas Britell is known for his critically acclaimed scores on feature films with Academy Award winning writer-directors Barry Jenkins and Adam McKay. In 2018, Britell wrote the highly acclaimed score for Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could...

20. Shane Carruth

Composer | Upstream Color

Writer-director Shane Carruth, a former software engineer, burst onto the independent movie scene with his extremely low-budget science-fiction film Primer (2004) in 2004. Carruth also played one of the two leads in the film and composed its music. "Primer" won the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P...

21. Angelo Badalamenti

Composer | Mulholland Dr.

Angelo Badalamenti was born on March 22, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Mulholland Drive (2001), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Lost Highway (1997). He was married to Lonny Irgens. He died on December 11, 2022 in Lincoln Park, New ...

22. David Lynch

Writer | Twin Peaks

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...

23. Daft Punk

Composer | Tron: Legacy

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

24. The Chemical Brothers

Soundtrack | Hanna

The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, which originated in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. In film industry they have composed the soundtrack for the 2011 movie Hannah. ...

25. Massive Attack

Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road

Massive Attack are an English electronic band formed in 1988 in Bristol, Since 2016, the band's current lineup as a trio, consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The group started as a four piece band. Andrew Vowles was a founding member, next to Robert...

26. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

27. Björk

Soundtrack | Dancer in the Dark

Born in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the...

28. James Newton Howard

Composer | 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, ...

29. Ramin Djawadi

Composer | Game of Thrones

Ramin Djawadi is an Iranian-German film score composer known for composing the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and the Marvel films Blade: Trinity, Iron Man and Eternals. He also composed Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Gears of War 4 and 5, Medal of Honor, Open ...

30. 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. ...

31. David Byrne

Soundtrack | True Stories

David Byrne is an Oscar winning composer, songwriter and singer, best known for being frontman of the New Wave/punk band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Born in Scotland but raised in the United States in Maryland, Byrne began performing musically in high school.

Byrne ...

32. 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 ...

33. 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 ...

34. Tom Waits

Actor | Seven Psychopaths

Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary music, Waits in fact has two separate careers. From 1973 (LP "Closing Time") to 1983 ("One From The Heart" soundtrack), he ...

35. Eddie Vedder

Soundtrack | Into the Wild

Eddie Vedder was known in San Diego for being a surfer and a singer in the progressive rock band Bad Radio, where he sang in the 80's until he departed to join Pearl Jam in 1990. Right before Eddie left Bad Radio, they opened for Andy Summers at the Bucchanal in San Diego. After the show, Eddie ...

36. Ry Cooder

Soundtrack | Primary Colors

Born in Santa Monica, Ca., Ry Cooder, at the age of four had an accident which left him blind in one eye. He became a bit secluded and began playing the guitar. His biggest influences include Blind Willie Johnson, Arthur "Blind" Blake, Joseph Spence and Curtis Mayfield. Cooder has played on several...

37. Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composer | The Last Emperor

Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), The Revenant (2015) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He was married to Akiko Yano. He died on March 28, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

38. Mychael Danna

Composer | Life of Pi

Mychael Danna is an Oscar and and Emmy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. His highly awarded works include the Oscar-winning score for Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012), and his many Genie Award-winning scores ...

39. Vangelis

Composer | Blade Runner

Vangelis was a composer and performer who worked almost exclusively with electronic instruments. With Jean-Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield in the 1970s, Vangelis was a pioneer in the instrumental music and a main influence in the creation of the musical genre "new age," a style related to spiritual,...

40. 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, ...

41. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clinton Eastwood Jr. was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margaret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took ...

42. Mac Quayle

Composer | Mr. Robot

Audiences worldwide have been captivated by the unique musical stylings of Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated composer, Mac Quayle.

Quayle scores BBC's upcoming limited series The Pact; FX and Ryan Murphy's Pea-body Award-winning, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated 80's NYC ball scene drama Pose, ...

43. Nick Cave

Soundtrack | The Proposition

Nick Cave is a man of many talents. Musician. Songwriter. Screenwriter. Novelist. Actor. The Australian was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria in 1957, and would go onto form the alternative rock band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, who have since successfully released a string of hit albums.

In film, Nick ...

44. Scott Walker

Soundtrack | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Scott Walker was born on January 9, 1943 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Box (2009) and Pola X (1999). He was married to Mette Teglbjaerg and Beverley Foster. He died on March 22, 2019 in London, England, UK.

45. Ravi Shankar

Composer | Gandhi

Ravi Shankar was a world-renowned musician, composer, performer, and scholar of classical Indian music. He was one of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century whose accomplishments placed him as the leading figure of an important musical tradition. His long and distinguished musical ...

46. Rob Zombie

Writer | Grindhouse

Robert Bartleh Cummings, more famously known as Rob Zombie, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on January 12, 1965. He is the oldest son of Louise and Robert Cummings, and has a younger brother, Michael David (aka Spider One; b. 1968), who is the lead singer of Powerman 5000. Growing up, Zombie ...

47. Alex North

Music_department | Spartacus

Alex North studied music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, then won a scholarship to Juilliard in New York (1929) and the Moscow Conservatoire (1933), making him the first-ever American to become a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In Europe, he worked as music director for the ...

48. 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).

49. Warren Ellis

Soundtrack | The Proposition

Warren Ellis is known for The Proposition (2005), Lawless (2012) and Mustang (2015).

50. Peter Gabriel

Soundtrack | WALL·E

Peter Gabriel was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, England. He was the lead singer of leading progressive rock band Genesis from its inception until he left in 1975 for a successful solo career as a singer-songwriter, soundtrack composer and innovator in visual presentation of music, music ...

51. Tyler Bates

Composer | John Wick: Chapter 4

It's anything but typical for the realms of film or music... Tyler Bates regularly transitions from scoring some of the world's biggest film and television franchises, such as Guardians of the Galaxy and John Wick, to rocking massive audiences with Marilyn Manson and back to the studio again ...

52. Jon Brion

Composer | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jon Brion was born on December 11, 1963 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Other Guys (2010) and Step Brothers (2008).

53. Reinhold Heil

Music_department | Cloud Atlas

Reinhold Heil is a German-born, L.A.-based Golden Globe nominated film and television composer. Prior to Reinhold's career as a film composer, he was known throughout Europe for his monster synth chops. At 21, he became a fixture in the Berlin music scene as the keyboardist of a popular jazz funk ...

54. Michael Penn

Composer | Girls

Michael Penn was born on August 1, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer, known for Girls (2012), Boogie Nights (1997) and Sunshine Cleaning (2008). He has been married to Aimee Mann since December 29, 1997. He was previously married to Kate Dornan.

55. T Bone Burnett

Soundtrack | The Hunger Games

T Bone Burnett was born on January 14, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for The Hunger Games (2012), Crazy Heart (2009) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He has been married to Callie Khouri since 2006. He was previously married to Sam Phillips.

56. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Writer | El Topo

Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1953 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La ...

57. Jimmy Page

Soundtrack | The Song Remains the Same

Jimmy Page was born on January 9, 1944 in Heston, Middlesex, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Song Remains the Same (1976), Godzilla (1998) and The Adam Project (2022). He was previously married to Jimena Gomez-Paratcha, Patricia Ecker and Charlotte Martin.

58. John Paul Jones

Soundtrack | The Song Remains the Same

John Paul Jones was born on January 3, 1946 in Sidcup, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Song Remains the Same (1976), The Adam Project (2022) and Small Soldiers (1998). He has been married to Maureen Jones since 1967. They have three children.

59. Johnny Klimek

Composer | Babylon Berlin

Johnny Klimek was born in 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a composer and producer, known for Babylon Berlin (2017), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).

60. Stanley Clarke

Composer | Boyz n the Hood

Four-time Grammy Award Winner Stanley Clarke has attained "living legend" status during his over 40-year career as a bass virtuoso. He is the first bassist in history who doubles on acoustic and electric bass with equal ferocity and the first jazz-fusion bassist ever to headline tours, selling out ...

61. Alex Ebert

Soundtrack | All Is Lost

Alex Ebert is known for All Is Lost (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014) and Booksmart (2019).

62. 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 ...

63. Max Richter

Soundtrack | Arrival

Max Richter was born on March 22, 1966 in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Arrival (2016), The Leftovers (2014) and Ad Astra (2019).

64. The Edge

Soundtrack | Gangs of New York

One of the most instantly recognizable and influential guitarists in rock history, The Edge was born David Howell Evans, in Barking, Essex, in 1961. When he was two years old the family moved to Dublin. During his childhood he learned how to play the guitar and the piano. In 1978, the Edge became ...

65. Reinhold Heil

Music_department | Cloud Atlas

Reinhold Heil is a German-born, L.A.-based Golden Globe nominated film and television composer. Prior to Reinhold's career as a film composer, he was known throughout Europe for his monster synth chops. At 21, he became a fixture in the Berlin music scene as the keyboardist of a popular jazz funk ...

66. Michael Brook

Composer | Into the Wild

Michael Brook was born in 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a composer and actor, known for Into the Wild (2007), The Fighter (2010) and Brooklyn (2015).

67. Nima Fakhrara

Composer | Lou

Nima Fakhrara is known for Lou (2022), Becky (2020) and Detroit: Become Human (2018).

68. BT

Soundtrack | The Fast and the Furious

Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971), better known by his stage name BT, is an American music producer, composer, technologist, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. An artist in the electronica music genre, he is credited as a pioneer of the trance and intelligent...

69. Mark Mothersbaugh

Composer | Thor: Ragnarok

Graduate of Woodridge High School in Peninsula, Ohio.

Attended Kent State University (1970-73) in Kent, Ohio, to focus on attaining an art degree. While at Kent State Mothersbaugh met Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis, who ultimately joined him in forming the 1970-80s avant-garde band Devo.

Awarded an ...

70. Robbie Robertson

Music_department | Killers of the Flower Moon

Robbie Robertson was born on July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Ladder 49 (2004). He was married to Janet Zuccarini and Dominique Robertson. He died on August 9, 2023 in Los ...

71. Win Butler

Soundtrack | The Hunger Games

Win Butler was born on April 14, 1980 in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Hunger Games (2012), The Box (2009) and Love and Monsters (2020). He has been married to Régine Chassagne since August 2003. They have one child.

72. John Cale

Soundtrack | American Psycho

Classically trained (viola and piano) and well-educated, Welsh-born John Cale became interested in both the experimental side of classical music (including artists like John Cage), and American rock-n-roll. When offered a chance to study music in New York in the early 1960s, Cale accepted, and ...

73. Robin Guthrie

Soundtrack | The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Robin Guthrie was born on January 4, 1962 in Grangemouth, Scotland, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Lovely Bones (2009) and White Bird in a Blizzard (2014). He has been married to Florence Guthrie since February 29, 1996. They have one child.

74. tomandandy

Composer | The Mothman Prophecies

tomandandy is known for The Mothman Prophecies (2002), The Strangers (2008) and Resident Evil: Retribution (2012).

75. Sacha Galperine

Composer | Nelyubov

Sacha Galperine was born on May 2, 1980 in Tcheliabinsk, Ural, Russia. Sacha is a composer, known for Loveless (2017), Eva (2011) and The Invader (2011).

76. Evgueni Galperine

Composer | Nelyubov

Evgueni Galperine was born in 1974 in Tcheliabinsk, Ural, Russia. He is a composer and actor, known for Loveless (2017), Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and Corpus Christi (2019).

77. Owen Pallett

Music_department | Her

Owen Pallett is known for Her (2013), The Box (2009) and Possessor (2020).

78. Explosions in the Sky

Soundtrack | Friday Night Lights

Explosions in the Sky is known for Friday Night Lights (2004), Power Rangers (2017) and This Means War (2012).

79. Nigel Godrich

Music_department | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Nigel Godrich is known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Baby Driver (2017) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).

80. Dust Brothers

Composer | Fight Club

Dust Brothers is known for Fight Club (1999), A Life Less Ordinary (1997) and Inland Empire (2006).

81. 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).

82. Antonio Sanchez

Composer | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Antonio Sanchez was born on November 1, 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a composer, known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Don't Breathe 2 (2021) and The Hippopotamus (2017).

83. Michael Andrews

Composer | Donnie Darko

Michael Andrews, also known as Elgin Park, is an American multi-instrumental musician, producer, and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became the 2003 UK ...

84. Explosions in the Sky

Soundtrack | Friday Night Lights

Explosions in the Sky is known for Friday Night Lights (2004), Power Rangers (2017) and This Means War (2012).

85. Woodkid

Soundtrack | Divergent

Woodkid is known for Divergent (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and Desierto (2015).

86. Zack Hemsey

Music_department | Inception

Zack Hemsey was born on May 30, 1983 in the USA. He is a composer and director, known for Inception (2010), The Equalizer (2014) and Birth (2020).

87. Geoff Barrow

Composer | Archive 81

Born in North Somerset, England in 1971. A founding member of UK band Portishead, Geoff Barrow is also known for his film composing work - Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010), Couple in a Hole (2015), and with Ben Salisbury - Ex Machina (2014) Free Fire (2016) Black Mirror (2016) Annihilation (2018) ...

88. Ben Salisbury

Composer | Annihilation

Ben Salisbury was born in London in December 1970. He is best known for his collaboration with Geoff Barrow as composer on the films Annihilation, Ex Machina and Free Fire. He has composed the music for over 50 natural history films, including the last 3 of David Attenborough's 'Life Of..' strand, ...

89. Erik Friedlander

Music_department | Misanthrope

Erik Friedlander is known for To Catch a Killer (2023), Thoroughbreds (2017) and Dead Man Walking (1995).

90. Barry Adamson

Soundtrack | The Beach

Barry Adamson was born on June 1, 1958 in Manchester, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Beach (2000), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Lost Highway (1997).

91. Anthony Gonzalez

Soundtrack | Oblivion

Anthony Gonzalez was born in 1980 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He is a composer and producer, known for Oblivion (2013), Divergent (2014) and Chronicle (2012).

92. Wendy Carlos

Soundtrack | Ready Player One

Wendy Carlos, one of the great innovators in synthesized and electronic music, was born as Walter Carlos in Rhode Island on November 14, 1939. She underwent a sex-change operation in 1972, details of which she revealed during a surprise Playboy interview in 1979. Walter's last credited release is "...

93. Harold Budd

Soundtrack | Jerry Maguire

Harold Budd was born on May 24, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a composer, known for Jerry Maguire (1996), The Lovely Bones (2009) and White Bird in a Blizzard (2014). He was married to Ellen Wirth and Paula Katzman. He died on December 8, 2020 in Arcadia, California, USA.

94. Geir Jenssen

Soundtrack | Knight of Cups

Geir Jenssen was born in 1962 in Tromsø, Norway. He is a composer, known for Knight of Cups (2015), The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and Insomnia (1997).

95. Ray Cooper

Music_department | Brazil

Ray Cooper was born on August 19, 1942 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).

96. Pierre van Dormael

Composer | Mr. Nobody

Pierre van Dormael was born on May 24, 1952 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a composer, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), Toto the Hero (1991) and Try Me (2006). He died on September 3, 2008 in Brussels, Belgium.

97. 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).

98. Wendy Melvoin

Soundtrack | Purple Rain

Wendy Melvoin was born on January 26, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a composer and actress, known for Purple Rain (1984), Dangerous Minds (1995) and Volcano (1997).

99. Jocelyn Pook

Composer | Eyes Wide Shut

Jocelyn Pook is one of the UK's most versatile composers, having written extensively for stage, screen, opera house and concert hall. Often remembered for her film score to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, which won her a Chicago Film Award and a Golden Globe nomination, she has worked with some ...

100. Waddy Wachtel

Composer | Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Legendary rock'n'roll session guitarist par excellence Robert "Waddy" Wachtel was born on May 24, 1947 to Harry and Rhoda Wachtel in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York City. He acquired his unusual nickname "Waddy" when he was a teenager and took guitar lessons from teacher Gene Dell ...