Favorite People from Music Department

1. Ennio Morricone

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 ...

Cinema Paradiso, once upon a time in america, The Mission, Malena, The dollars trilogy

2. 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 ...

Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan, Noah, Loving Vincent

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

Soundtrack | Elysium

Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...

Fur Elise, Symphony No. 5

4. Antonio Vivaldi

Soundtrack | Runaway Train

Being the son of a violinist Vivaldi started playing the violin himself early in his life. In 1703 he became priest and in 1716 the director of a conservatory of the church in Venice. Being a famous violinist he gave concerts all over Europe also composing a lot of violin concerts and other string ...

Violin Concerto in A Minor RV356

5. Nino Rota

Composer | The Godfather

Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous...

The Godfather

6. 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 ...

Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean theme, Pearl Harbor Soundtrack - Tennessee

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

Forrest Gump, Cosmos: a spacetime Odyssey

9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Soundtrack | Amadeus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert ...

Symphony No. 25, Turkish March

10. Rachel Portman

Composer | Never Let Me Go

Rachel Portman, Composer

British composer Rachel Portman became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film, Bessie. She has received two further ...

we had today, the chocolat movie soundtracks

11. 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 ...

Game of Thrones

12. Maurice Jarre

Composer | Lawrence of Arabia

Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, ...

The Message Doctor Zhivago

13. Simon & Garfunkel

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits-including "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer" (1969), and "Bridge ...

14. Backstreet Boys

Soundtrack | This Is the End

The Backstreet Boys is an American boy group consisting of A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Scott Richardson and Brian Littrell. They became famous in the 90's with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). They released their second international album, Backstreet's ...

15. Westlife

Soundtrack | Decibely lásky

Westlife is known for Decibels of Love (2016), Dolphin Tale (2011) and Maybe Baby (2000).

16. Britney Spears

Soundtrack | Crossroads

Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. As a child, Britney attended dance classes, and she was great at gymnastics, winning many competitions and the like. But, most of all, Britney loved to sing. At age 8, Britney tried out for The ...

17. Enrique Iglesias

Soundtrack | Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born in Madrid, Spain, to Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Spanish-Filipino socialite Isabel Preysler. In 1979, his parents' marriage was annulled. He was eight years old when he moved to the U.S., and at the age of 15, secretly began writing music. He studied ...

18. Sean Paul

Soundtrack | Black Widow

Sean Paul Francis Henriques (born 9 January 1973), known professionally as Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall rapper, singer and record producer. Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica to parents Garth and Frances. His mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather is from a Jewish ...

19. Céline Dion

Soundtrack | Titanic

Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne, Québec, Céline Dion has become one of the all-time greatest singers. Céline was born in 1968, the youngest of 14 children. Early in childhood, she sang with her siblings in a small club owned by her parents. From these early experiences, Céline gained the...

20. Madonna

Soundtrack | A League of Their Own

The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story. Her performances have consistently drawn scathing or laughable reviews from film ...

21. Perry Como

Soundtrack | The Perry Como Show

In a singing (and sometimes acting) career that spanned over six decades, the name Perry Como has come to mean that warm, smooth, easy-listening, general-audience, slow-flame romance that characterized popular music in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. It has also come to represent an overall good feeling....

22. Bob Dylan

Soundtrack | Renaldo and Clara

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the...

23. The Beatles

Soundtrack | The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles were an English rock band that became arguably the most successful act of the 20th century. They contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on popular culture and the lifestyle of several generations. Their songs and images carrying powerful ideas...

24. John Lennon

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...

25. Paul McCartney

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sir Paul McCartney is a key figure in contemporary culture as a singer, composer, poet, writer, artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and holder of more than 3 thousand copyrights. He is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for most records sold, most #1s (shared), most covered song, "Yesterday," ...

26. Pink Floyd

Soundtrack | Tang shan da xiong

Syd Barrett: vocals, guitar (born: Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January, 1946; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK). In 1968, Syd Barrett left the band. Syd died in July, 2006 at aged 60 from pancreatic cancer.

David Gilmour: vocals, guitar (born: David John Gilmour; 6 March, 1946; Cambridge, ...

27. Queen

Soundtrack | Flash Gordon

Queen were one of the longest-lasting and most commercially successful bands to emerge from the British heavy rock scene of the early 1970s, but unlike their contemporaries such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, they soon became just as popular with pop fans as fans of hard rock and ...

28. Freddie Mercury

Soundtrack | Flash Gordon

Freddie Mercury was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, sent him off to a private school in India, from 1955 til 1963. In 1964, he and his family flew to England. In 1966 he started his education at the Ealing College of Art, where he graduated in 1969. He ...

Queen

29. The Bee Gees

Soundtrack | Ready Player One

The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958, featuring brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid- to late 1970s. The group sang ...

30. Frank Sinatra

Actor | From Here to Eternity

Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...

31. John Denver

Soundtrack | Armageddon

His birth occurred on Friday, December 31st, 1943, as the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state to state and country to country. It was in Tucson, Arizona, that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other...

32. Don McLean

Soundtrack | Black Widow

Don McLean was born on October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He is a music artist and composer, known for Black Widow (2021), Finch (2021) and The Next Best Thing (2000). He was previously married to Patrisha Shnier and Carol Sauvion.

33. Colin Vearncombe

Soundtrack | Starter for 10

Colin Vearncombe was born on May 26, 1962 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Starter for 10 (2006), The Pier (2011) and Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021). He was married to Camilla. He died on January 26, 2016 in Cork, Ireland.

34. Ayub Bachchu

Music_department | Ammajan

Ayub Bachchu was born on August 16, 1962 in Chittagong, East Pakistan [now in Bangladesh]. He was a composer and actor, known for Ammajan (1999), Jabor Dakhol (1999) and Chorabali (2012). He was married to Ferdous Ayub Chandana. He died on October 18, 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

35. James

Music_department | Desha: The Leader

Vocalist and Guitarist of the popular Bangladeshi rock band "Feelings". Known for his energetic rock vocals, pessimistic lyrics and plenty of electric guitar and drums in his songs, now can be heard singing in Hindi movies. Became very popular recently after the song "Bheegi Bheegi" in Mahesh ...

James

36. Shafin Ahmed

Music_department | Warning

Shafin Ahmed is known for Warning (2015) and The Brand New Friendship (2019).

Miles

37. Balam

Music_department | Priyotoma

Balam is known for Priyotoma (2023), Priyotomeshu (2009) and Projapoti (2011).

38. Fuad al Muqtadir

Music_department | Chorabali

Fuad al Muqtadir is known for Chorabali (2012), Mirror Game (2016) and Rajneeti (2017).

39. Habib Wahid

Composer | Projapoti

Habib Wahid is a Bangladeshi popular singer and music composer who made his debut with the album "Krishno (2003)" which was one of the most successful albums in Britain and Bangladesh. He added a new dimension in the Bengali song history with adding modern music instruments with folk song.

Early ...

40. Nachiketa Chakraborty

Music_department | Ei Poth Jodi Na Sesh Hoy

Nachiketa Chakraborty was born on September 1, 1964 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a composer and writer, known for Ei Poth Jodi Na Sesh Hoy (2021), Ajker Shortcut (2022) and Sudden Rain (1998).

41. Anjan Dutt

Actor | Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona

Anjan Dutt was born on January 19, 1953 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor and director, known for Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011), The Kaleidoscope (1981) and Byomkesh Phire Elo (2014).

42. Kabir Suman

Music_department | Jaatishwar

Kabir Suman was born on March 16, 1950 in Cuttack, Orissa, India. He is an actor and composer, known for The Reincarnate (2014), Shankar Mudi (2019) and Rajkahini (2015). He is married to Sabina Yasmin.

43. Chandrabindoo

Composer | Aashbo Aarek Din

Chandrabindoo is known for Aashbo Aarek Din (2013), 033 (2009) and Gosain Baganer Bhoot (2011).

44. Anupam Roy

Composer | Piku

Anupam Roy was born on March 29, 1982 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a music artist and composer, known for Piku (2015), Fan (2016) and Pink (2016). He was previously married to Piya Chakraborty.

45. Amr Diab

Soundtrack | The Dictator

Amr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt into an artistic family. His father Abdul Basset Diab worked for the Suez Canal Corporation where he was chairman of Marine Construction & Shipbuilding. He possessed a fine singing voice and encouraged the young Amr to sing. One evening, when Amr was only 6 ...

46. Anuradha Paudwal

Music_department | Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin

Anuradha Paudwal was born on October 27, 1954 in India. She is a music artist and actress, known for Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), Aashiqui (1990) and Paap (2003).

47. Udit Narayan

Music_department | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Udit Narayan Jha credited as Udit Narayan (born 1 December 1955)is an established Indian playback singer who works in Bollywood and whose songs have been featured mainly in Nepali and Bollywood movies.He has won three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. He is the only male singer in the ...

48. Alka Yagnik

Music_department | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Alka's musical career began at the age of six, when she started interpreting devotional songs for Calcutta Radio. She came to Mumbai at the age of 10, along with her mother to try her luck as a child singer. Eminent music directors Kalyanji Veerji Shah and Anandji Veerji Shah were impressed by her ...

49. Lata Mangeshkar

Music_department | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore on September 28, 1929, and became, quite simply, the most popular playback singer in Bollywood's history. She sung for over 50 years for actresses from Nargis to Preity G Zinta, as well as recorded albums of all kinds (ghazals, pop, etc). Until the 1991 edition, ...

50. Arijit Singh

Music_department | Raazi

Arijit Singh Sir has made Indian music famous all over the world with the magic of his extraordinary voice. Which will be remembered forever. Salute sir. Born in a mooseball in the Indian state of West Bengal, he is still the best young and old in the world of Indian music. The path of his life ...

51. Javed Ali

Music_department | Jodhaa Akbar

Javed Ali is known for Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (2021) and Rockstar (2011).

52. Lucky Ali

Music_department | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Lucky Ali was born on September 19, 1958 in India. He is a music artist and actor, known for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Tamasha (2015) and Sur (2002).

53. Jagjit Singh

Music_department | Sarfarosh

Jagjit Singh was an Indian classical singer, composer, and musician known during his lifetime as "The Ghazal King." After Ravi Shankar, he is considered one of independent India's most important and recognizable artists, and certainly its best-selling due to his soundtracks and scores for film and ...

54. Srikanta Acharya

Music_department | Calcutta News

Srikanta Acharya is known for Calcutta News (2008), The Reincarnate (2014) and Praner Cheye Priyo (1998).

55. Indrani Sen

Music_department | Praner Cheye Priyo

Indrani Sen is known for Praner Cheye Priyo (1998), Sujan Sakhi (1995) and Nati Binodini (1994).

56. Hemanta Mukherjee

Music_department | Nagin

Hemanta Mukherjee was born on June 16, 1920 in Benares, Benares State, British India. He was a music artist and composer, known for Nagin (1954), Bees Saal Baad (1962) and Lalan Fakir (1987). He was married to Bela Mukherjee. He died on September 26, 1989 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

57. Manna Dey

Music_department | Sholay

Manna Dey was born on May 1, 1919 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a music artist and composer, known for Sholay (1975), Mera Naam Joker (1970) and Anand (1971). He was married to Sulochana Dey. He died on October 24, 2013 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

58. Manabendra Mukherjee

Music_department | Antony Firingee

Manabendra Mukherjee was born on August 11, 1929 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a composer and actor, known for Antony Firingee (1967), Deya Neya (1963) and Miss Priyambada (1967). He died on January 19, 1992.

59. Sandhya Mukherjee

Music_department | Jighansa

Sandhya Mukherjee was born on October 4, 1931 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. She is known for Jighansa (1951), Stay Alert (1956) and Fuleswari (1974). She was married to Shyamal Gupta. She died on February 15, 2022 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

60. Shyamal Mitra

Music_department | Bandie

Shyamal Mitra was born on January 14, 1929 in Naihati, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a composer and actor, known for Bandie (1978), Sagarika (1956) and Deya Neya (1963). He died on November 15, 1987 in India.

61. Satinath Mukherjee

Composer | Bhagya Chakra

Satinath Mukherjee was born in 1925. Satinath was a composer, known for Bhagya Chakra (1980), Kalindi (1955) and Abani Sen Er 7 No. Case (2023). Satinath was married to Utpala Sen. Satinath died on December 13, 1992.

62. Geeta Dutt

Music_department | Police

Geeta Dutt was born in Faridpur District in East Bengal in 1930. Music Director Hanuman Prasad gave her chance to sing two lines in the film Bhakt Prahlad (1946). Her major assignment came the following year, 1947, with Do Bhai. From 1947-1949 Geeta Duttt was number playback singer in Mumbai. ...

63. Haimanti Shukla

Music_department | Bidrohi

Haimanti Shukla was born on February 2, 1949 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She is known for Bidrohi (1987), Chashme Buddoor (1981) and Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985).

64. Gauri Prasanna Mazumder

Writer | Aaj Ka Mahaatma

Gauri Prasanna Mazumder was born in 1924. She was a writer, known for Aaj Ka Mahaatma (1976), Dui Bhai (1961) and Surya Sakshi (1981). She died on February 12, 1986 in India.

65. Alauddin Ali

Composer | Sundori

Alauddin Ali was born on December 24, 1952 in Munshiganj, East Pakistan [now in Munshiganj, Bangladesh]. He was a composer, known for Sundori (1979), Premik (1985) and Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978). He was married to Salma Sultana. He died on August 9, 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

66. Shahnaz Rahmatullah

Music_department | Chhutir Phande

Shahnaz Rahmatullah was born on January 2, 1953 in Dacca, East Pakistan [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. She is known for Chhutir Phande (1990), Osru Diye Lekha (1972) and Binimoy (1970). She was married to Abul Bashar Rahmatullah. She died on March 23, 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

67. Runa Laila

Music_department | The Rain

Runa Laila is known for The Rain (1976), Devdas (2013) and Tumi Ashbe Boley (2012).

68. Abdul Jabbar

Music_department | Nacher Putul

Abdul Jabbar was born on November 7, 1938 in Kushtia, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Kushtia, Bangladesh]. He is known for Nacher Putul (1971), Sareng Bou (1978) and Mastan (1975). He died on August 30, 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

69. Mahmudunnabi

Music_department | The Rain

Mahmudunnabi was born on December 16, 1936 in Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India. He is known for The Rain (1976), Nacher Putul (1971) and Shorolipi (1971). He died on December 20, 1990 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

70. Anup Jalota

Music_department | Qatl

Anup Jalota was born on July 29, 1953 in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a music artist and actor, known for Qatl (1986), Dana Paani (1989) and Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981).

71. Rabindranath Tagore

Writer | Song of the Body

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was a writer and composer, known for Song of the Body, Streer Patra (1972) and Natir Puja (1932). He was married to Mrinalini Devi. He died on August 7, 1941 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, ...

72. Kazi Nazrul Islam

Writer | Sapurey

Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on May 24, 1899 in Churulia, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a writer and composer, known for Sapurey (1939), Daruchini Dwip (2007) and Song of the Body. He died on August 29, 1976 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

73. Dwijendralal Roy

Writer | Mathru Bhoomi

Dwijendralal Roy was born on July 19, 1863 in Krishnanagar, Nadia, Bengal Presidency, British India. Dwijendralal was a writer, known for Matri Bhoomi (1939), Gumnaami (2019) and Agnishwar (1975). Dwijendralal died on May 17, 1913 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India.

74. Sachin Dev Burman

Composer | Abhimaan

Sachin Dev Burman was born on October 1, 1906 in Comilla, Tripura, British India. He was a composer, known for Abhimaan (1973), Guide (1965) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He was married to Meera Dev Burman. He died on October 31, 1975 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

75. Salil Choudhury

Composer | Madhumati

Salil Choudhury was born on November 19, 1923 in Harinavi, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a music artist and composer, known for Madhumati (1958), Anand (1971) and Prem Patra (1962). He was married to Jyoti Chowdhury and Sabita Banerjee. He died on September 5, 1995 in ...

76. Shah Abdul Karim

Music_department | Dubshatar

Shah Abdul Karim was born on February 15, 1916 in Sunamganj, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Sunamganj, Bangladesh]. He was a composer and writer, known for Dubshatar (2010), Doya Koro Doyal (2016) and Soumyadip Bhattacharjee: Keno Piriti Baraila Re Bondhu (2021). He was married to ...

77. Hason Raja

Music_department | Aguner Poroshmoni

Hason Raja was born on December 21, 1854 in Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India. Hason was a writer, known for Aguner Poroshmoni (1994), Arshinagar (1983) and Hason Raja (2017). Hason died on December 6, 1922 in Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India.

78. Paban Das Baul

Soundtrack | Nagmoti

Paban Das Baul was born in Mohammedpur, a small village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, where his early musical influences were his father, and wandering baul singers. He is a Bengali baul singer and musician, who also plays a dubki, a small tambourine and sometimes an ektara as an ...

79. Andy Williams

Soundtrack | Nobody

The extraordinary, easy-listening crooning talents of Andy Williams were first unveiled when he was 8 years old and inducted into the Williams Brothers Quartet as its youngest member. Born in Wall Lake, Iowa on December 3, 1927, Andy started singing with his three older brothers (Bob Williams, Dick...

80. Sting

Soundtrack | The Emperor's New Groove

Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...

81. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Soundtrack | Godzilla

All Hawaii mourned, and more than 10,000 people turned out for a state funeral in honor of Israel Ka'anoi "Brudda Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole. The son of Henry Kalei'aloha Naniwa and Evangeline Leinani Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel was surrounded by music growing up; his uncle was Moe Keale, a very well-known and ...

82. Somlata Acharya Chowdhury

Music_department | Ahaa Re

Somlata Acharya Chowdhury is known for Ahaa Re (2019), Dhaka Attack (2017) and Borfi (2023).

83. Aarti Mukherjee

Music_department | Masoom

Aarti Mukherjee was born on July 18, 1943 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. She is known for Masoom (1983), Fuleswari (1974) and Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (1971).

84. Anoushka Shankar

Soundtrack | Savages

Anoushka Shankar was born on the 9th June 1981 in London. At the age of nine, Anoushka began training on the sitar with her father, Ravi Shankar, and by the age of thirteen was giving her first public performances. Her first album, Anoushka, was released in 1998 and she has since released a further...

85. Prince Mahmud

Composer | Priyotoma

Prince Mahmud is known for Priyotoma (2023) and Borosha (2017).

86. 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 ...

87. Sagar Sen

Music_department | Paka Dekha

Sagar Sen was born on May 15, 1932 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Faridpur, Bangladesh]. He is known for Paka Dekha (1980), Mantramugdha (1977) and Debika (1987). He died on January 4, 1983 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

88. Dua Lipa

Soundtrack | Barbie

Dua Lipa is an English singer, songwriter, and model. Her musical career began at age 14, when she began covering songs by other artists on YouTube. In 2015, she was signed with Warner Music Group and released her first single soon after. In December 2016, a documentary about Lipa was commissioned ...