The Best Composers Ever!

101. Marcelo Zarvos

Composer | Wonder

Marcelo Zarvos was born in 1969 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is a composer and actor, known for Wonder (2017), Fences (2016) and Enough Said (2013). He has been married to Janel Moloney since January 5, 2010. They have two children.

2177 points

102. Kenyon Hopkins

Music_department | 12 Angry Men

Kenyon Hopkins was born on January 15, 1912 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for 12 Angry Men (1957), The Hustler (1961) and East Side/West Side (1963). He died on April 7, 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

2151 points

103. Dmitri Shostakovich

Soundtrack | Children of Men

Dmitri Shostakovich, one of Russian culture's most acclaimed intellectuals who was censored under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, was an internationally recognized composer whose music was in over 100 films.

He was born Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich on September 25, 1906, in St. Petersburg, ...

2119 points

104. 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 ...

2113 points

105. 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 ...

2092 points

106. Paul Misraki

Composer | Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

Born in Constantinople in 1908, Paul Misraki composed from the age of 7 years a waltz his mother notes on music paper.

He completed his studies at the "Lycée Janson de Sailly" where he met Ray Ventura who already created a small amateur jazz band.

Paul Misraki consolidates his musical knowledge with ...

2092 points

107. Johan Söderqvist

Composer | Låt den rätte komma in

Johan Söderqvist was born on February 11, 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a composer, known for Let the Right One In (2008), Kon-Tiki (2012) and Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013).

2092 points

108. Armand Amar

Composer | Le concert

Armand Amar was born in 1953 in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a composer and producer, known for The Concert (2009), Amen. (2002) and Days of Glory (2006).

2061 points

109. Zdenek Liska

Composer | Das Haus in der Karpfengasse

Zdenek Liska was born on March 16, 1922 in Smecno by Kladno, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Das Haus in der Karpfengasse (1965), The Cremator (1969) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on August 13, 1983 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

2059 points

110. 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 ...

2030 points

111. Michael Nyman

Composer | The Piano

Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. Between 1968 and 1978 he worked as a music critic and in 1977 he founded the Campiello Band, later renamed the Michael Nyman Band. ...

2009 points

112. 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,...

2007 points

113. 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 ...

1958 points

114. Mihály Vig

Composer | Sátántangó

Mihály Vig was born on September 21, 1957 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a composer and actor, known for Satantango (1994), The Long Way Home (2013) and The Turin Horse (2011).

1952 points

115. 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).

1935 points

116. Benjamin Frankel

Composer | Battle of the Bulge

Composer, conductor, arranger and music director. Trained Cologne, Berlin and London (at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama). From the age of seventeen, earned a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, among others, Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall's BBC Dance ...

1916 points

117. Lalo Schifrin

Music_department | Rush Hour

Immensely talented, Argentinian born pianist, conductor and composer who has written over 100 scores for both television & the cinema including the memorable themes to Mission: Impossible (1966), Mannix (1967), Starsky and Hutch (1975), Cool Hand Luke (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Schifrin has ...

1913 points

118. John Addison

Music_department | A Bridge Too Far

British composer, primarily of film scores. From a military family and the son of a Royal Field Artillery colonel, John Mervyn Addison was born March 16, 1920, in Chobham, Surrey, and attended Wellington College, Berkshire, with plans for a military career. His interest and talent for music ...

1895 points

119. Lennie Niehaus

Composer | Space Cowboys

Lennie Niehaus was born on June 1, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a composer, known for Space Cowboys (2000), The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and Unforgiven (1992). He was married to Patricia Jarvis. He died on May 28, 2020 in Redlands, California, USA.

1881 points

120. 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 ...

1877 points

121. Jean Wiener

Soundtrack | The Irishman

Jean Wiener was born on March 19, 1896 in Paris, France. He was a composer and actor, known for The Irishman (2019), At 3:25 (1925) and Mouchette (1967). He was married to Suzanne de Troeye. He died on June 8, 1982 in Paris, France.

1869 points

122. Allan Gray

Composer | The African Queen

Allan (or Josef as he was then) studied under the great pioneering modernist Arnold Schönberg. To pay for his tuition he composed popular, jazz-influenced tunes for cabaret acts in Berlin. Josef took his pseudonym from Oscar Wilde's narcissistic hero, Dorian Gray.

1855 points

123. 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 ...

1851 points

124. John Ottman

Editor | Bohemian Rhapsody

John Ottman holds dual distinctions as a leading film composer and an award winning film editor. Ottman has often completed both monumental tasks on the same films. Such remarkable double duties have included The Usual Suspects, X-Men 2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, and Jack the Giant Killer. He has...

1849 points

125. Michael Galasso

Composer | Fa yeung nin wah

Michael Galasso was born on April 5, 1949 in Hammond, Louisiana, USA. He was a composer, known for In the Mood for Love (2000), Chungking Express (1994) and Seraphine (2008). He died on September 9, 2009 in Paris, France.

1828 points

126. Stanley Myers

Composer | The Witches

Stanley Myers was born on October 6, 1930 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Witches (1990), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Prick Up Your Ears (1987). He was married to Brigitta Stroeh and Eleanor Fazan. He died on November 9, 1993 in London, England, UK.

1816 points

127. 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).

1803 points

128. Jean-Claude Petit

Composer | Cyrano de Bergerac

Jean-Claude Petit was born on November 14, 1943 in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is a composer and actor, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Jean de Florette (1986) and The Boondock Saints (1999).

1797 points

129. Georges Van Parys

Composer | Les diaboliques

Georges Van Parys was born on June 7, 1902 in Paris, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Diabolique (1955), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Frida (2002). He was married to Blanca de Selva y de Serigny. He died on January 28, 1971 in Paris, France.

1768 points

130. Philippe Rombi

Composer | Dans la maison

Philippe Rombi was born on April 3, 1968 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He is a composer, known for In the House (2012), Joyeux Noel (2005) and Welcome to the Sticks (2008).

1758 points

131. Fernando Velázquez

Composer | A Monster Calls

Fernando Velázquez (Getxo, 1976) is a composer of music for film, television and theatre, a creator of concerto music, a cellist and an orchestra conductor.

The soundtrack genre has allowed him to bring symphonic music to mass audiences and, above all, to explore very different expressive and ...

1752 points

132. Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Composer | The Adventures of Robin Hood

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was the son of a well-known music critic. A child prodigy, he accompanied his father in playing four-handed piano arrangements by the age of five. By the age of eleven he drew his first plaudits from enthusiastic Viennese audiences (including the emperor Franz Josef) with ...

1749 points

133. Benny Andersson

Soundtrack | Mamma Mia!

Benny Andersson was born in 1946 outside of Stockholm, Sweden. His father and grandfather both being musicians, Benny was introduced to the accordion at an early age. With little patience for conventional music lessons, Benny is known to pick up just about any instrument and play it with ease. ...

1740 points

134. Volker Bertelmann

Composer | Im Westen nichts Neues

Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, is an Academy Award-nominated composer, pianist and experimental musician.

In 2016, Bertelmann collaborated with Dustin O'Halloran on the score for Garth Davis' Lion, which was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Original ...

1738 points

135. 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...

1727 points

136. 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.

1688 points

137. Hildur Guðnadóttir

Composer | Joker

Hildur Guðnadóttir was born on September 4, 1982 in Iceland. She is a composer, known for Joker (2019), Women Talking (2022) and Tár (2022). She is married to Sam Slater. They have one child.

1683 points

138. Laurie Johnson

Composer | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Prolific British composer who has written scores for over four hundred film and television series. Very much of the old school of film composers, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and his scores reflect this classical training in their complexity. The trademark Johnson sound is the...

1673 points

139. Stewart Copeland

Composer | Rumble Fish

Stewart Copeland was born on July 16, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Rumble Fish (1983), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) and Highlander II: The Quickening (1991). He has been married to Fiona Dent since 1993. They have three children. He was ...

1648 points

140. Michael Kamen

Soundtrack | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Michael Kamen was born on April 15, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and X-Men (2000). He was married to Sandra Keenan. He died on November 18, 2003 in London, England, UK.

1647 points

141. Randy Newman

Soundtrack | The Princess and the Frog

Randy Newman is an American film composer and singer who is well-known for composing The Princess and the Frog, Meet the Parents and various Pixar films including the Toy Story, Monsters, Inc and Cars franchises as well as A Bug's Life. He wrote iconic songs such as "Short People", "You've Got A ...

1634 points

142. 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.

1631 points

143. Toshirô Mayuzumi

Composer | Bakumatsu taiyôden

One of the most acclaimed composers of the Japanese cinema, Toshirô Mayuzumi was born in Yokohama. He studied composition, harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, piano and conducting at the Tokyo University of Art and Music, graduating cum laude in 1951. The following year he received a scholarship ...

1615 points

144. George Duning

Composer | From Here to Eternity

George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Moon (1940) that ...

1614 points

145. 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).

1600 points

146. Antonio Pinto

Music_department | Collateral

Antonio Pinto was born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. He is known for Collateral (2004), City of God (2002) and Central Station (1998).

1596 points

147. Niki Reiser

Composer | Im Winter ein Jahr

Niki Reiser was born on May 12, 1958 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He is a composer, known for A Year Ago in Winter (2008), Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000) and Beyond Silence (1996).

1580 points

148. Trevor Jones

Composer | Cliffhanger

As a child in Cape Town, Trevor Jones lived opposite the Gem Cinema. The theater was so old and worn out that there was often a loss of the soundtrack, which caused him to realize its power. The fact that everyone in his family worked in film or the theater made it easy to get support in his career...

1578 points

149. Richard Rodney Bennett

Composer | Murder on the Orient Express

Richard Rodney Bennett was an eclectic composer of serious orchestral works, jazz songs and music for stage and screen. Of the former, his most famous compositions include a First Symphony, a piano concerto and four string quartets. Among the latter are scores for operas, such as the dramatic "The ...

1575 points

150. Justin Hurwitz

Soundtrack | La La Land

Justin Hurwitz was born on January 22, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for La La Land (2016), First Man (2018) and Whiplash (2014).

1564 points

151. 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).

1538 points

152. 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.

1518 points

153. Klaus Doldinger

Composer | Das Boot

Klaus Doldinger was born on May 12, 1936 in Berlin, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Das Boot (1981), The NeverEnding Story (1984) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He has been married to Inge Beck since April 9, 1960. They have three children.

1452 points

154. Bartosz Chajdecki

Composer | The Last Witness

Composer of music for feature films and TV known for Little Rose 2 (2023), Feast of Fire (2023), Bogowie (2014), Breaking the Limits (2017), The Champion (2020), Life Feels Good (2013), I'm a Killer (2016), These Daughters of Mine (2015), Tiere (2017), The Last Witness (2018), Furia (2021), Raven (...

1436 points

155. Aleksandr Zatsepin

Composer | Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu

Aleksandr Zatsepin was born on March 10, 1926 in Novosibirsk, Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia]. He is a composer and actor, known for Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973), Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya' (1990) and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style...

1415 points

156. Nathan Larson

Soundtrack | Phone Booth

Nathan Larson cut his teeth in the hardcore punk scene in Washington D.C., where he played in seminal bands, such as Swiz. Larson relocated to New York City in 1988, and in the '90s he was the lead guitarist for the influential prog-punk outfit Shudder To Think. Larson is a producer, performer, and...

1401 points

157. 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.

1391 points

158. Jürgen Knieper

Composer | Der Himmel über Berlin

Jürgen Knieper was born on March 14, 1941 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Wrong Move (1975) and Christiane F. (1981).

1391 points

159. Björn Isfält

Composer | What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Björn Isfält was born on June 28, 1942 in Linköping, Sweden. He was a composer, known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), A Love Story (1970) and My Life as a Dog (1985). He died on January 17, 1997 in Enskede, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.

1388 points

160. Malcolm Arnold

Composer | The Bridge on the River Kwai

Born in Northampton on 21st October 1921, Malcolm Arnold studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music. In 1941 he joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal by 1943. After two years of war service and one ...

1374 points

161. Nelson Riddle

Music_department | The Great Gatsby

Versatile American arranger/conductor who started as a trombonist with several big bands, including Tommy Dorsey. In a long, distinguished career, he not only scored numerous films and television shows, but made many now-legendary recordings in collaboration with such people as Rosemary Clooney, ...

1373 points

162. Manos Hatzidakis

Soundtrack | Pote tin Kyriaki

The names of Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis have been written with golden letters in the music history of Greece since 1960. He was born in Xanthi on 23 October 1925, in a mid-class family. When he came of age he came in the capital city of Greece of Athens. He succeeded from the beginning ...

1371 points

163. Tôru Takemitsu

Composer | Seppuku

Tôru Takemitsu was born on October 8, 1930 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer, known for Harakiri (1962), Ran (1985) and Rising Sun (1993). He died on February 20, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.

1367 points

164. François de Roubaix

Composer | Le Samouraï

François de Roubaix was born on April 3, 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a composer and actor, known for The Samurai (1967), Commentçavaj'menfous ou Les malentendus (1976) and La haine (1995). He was married to Lorraine De Roubaix. He died on November 21, 1975 in ...

1361 points

165. Jan Krenz

Music_department | Krzyzacy

Jan Krenz was born on July 14, 1926 in Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was a composer, known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Trudna milosc (1954) and Kanal (1957). He died on September 15, 2020 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

1347 points

166. 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).

1344 points

167. David Shire

Music_department | Zodiac

David Shire was born on July 3, 1937 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Short Circuit (1986) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). He has been married to Didi Conn since February 11, 1984. They have one child. He was previously married to Talia...

1339 points

168. Vincent Scotto

Soundtrack | Wonder Woman

Vincent Scotto was born on April 21, 1874 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Wonder Woman (2017), The Science of Sleep (2006) and From Paris with Love (2010). He was married to Marguerite Monier. He died on November 15, 1952 in Paris, France.

1338 points

169. Grégoire Hetzel

Composer | Incendies

Grégoire Hetzel is a french music composer born in Paris who studied piano at Paris Conservatory.

He has scored for the canadian director Denis Villeneuve (''Incendies'' - nominated at Oscars 2011), french directors Arnaud Desplechin (''Oh Mercy!, ''Ismael's Ghosts'', ''My Golden Days'', ''Kings and...

1334 points

170. Aaron Zigman

Composer | The Notebook

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...

1327 points

171. Michael Giacchino

Composer | Star Trek

Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television and video games.

Giacchino composed the scores to the television series Lost, Alias and Fringe, the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles (2004), Star Trek (2009), Up (2009), ...

1316 points

172. Abel Korzeniowski

Music_department | A Single Man

Born on the 18th of July, 1972, in Cracow, Poland. In 1996 graduated the instrumental studies (specialization: cello), and then in 2000 graduated with merit from the composition class of Krzysztof Penderecki at the Music Academy in Cracow. At the same Academy, in the years 1999-2000, he was an ...

1307 points

173. Eleni Karaindrou

Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road

Eleni Karaindrou was born in the mountain village of Teichio in central Greece and grew up in Athens, where she studied piano and theory at the Hellenikon Odion. From 1969-74 she studied ethnomusicology in Paris and, on returning to Greece, founded the Laboratory for Traditional Instruments at the ...

1290 points

174. Marvin Hamlisch

Composer | The Spy Who Loved Me

Musical talent ran in Marvin Hamlisch's family - his father was an accordionist, and at seven Hamlisch was the youngest student ever accepted by Manhattan's Julliard School of Music. Hamlich furthered his education by taking night classes at Queens College and working during the day as a rehearsal ...

1270 points

175. 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...

1265 points

176. Mario Nascimbene

Soundtrack | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Mario Nascimbene was born on November 28, 1913 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The French Dispatch (2021), Matchstick Men (2003) and Violent Summer (1959). He was married to Mara Caterina Ripari and Tamara Adrian. He died on January 6, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

1248 points

177. Andrea Guerra

Composer | Hotel Rwanda

Andrea Guerra was born in October 1961 in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a composer and producer, known for Hotel Rwanda (2004), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and Nine (2009).

1245 points

178. Rolfe Kent

Composer | Up in the Air

Rolfe Kent was born in 1963 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a composer and producer, known for Up in the Air (2009), Downsizing (2017) and Sideways (2004).

1241 points

179. Henry Vars

Soundtrack | Schindler's List

Henry Vars was born on December 29, 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002) and Gog (1954). He died on September 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1240 points

180. Mark Orton

Composer | The Holdovers

Mark Orton, founding member of the genre-bending acoustic chamber ensemble Tin Hat, has written original scores and contributed music to numerous dramatic and documentary films including Nebraska, My Old Lady, Sweet Land, Everything Is Illuminated, Buck, From the Ashes, The Good Girl, The Box ...

1227 points

181. Carmine Coppola

Composer | Apocalypse Now

Composer, conductor, arranger and flautist, educated at the Manhattan School of Music (BA, MA) and Juilliard (on scholarship) (MM). He was first flautist for Radio City Music Hall from 1934 to 1936, the Detroit Symphony from 1936 to 1941, the NBC Toscanini Orchestra from 1942 to 1948 and staff ...

1226 points

182. Jean-Jacques Grünenwald

Composer | Journal d'un curé de campagne

Jean-Jacques Grünenwald was born on February 2, 1911 in Cran-Gevrier, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. He was a composer, known for Diary of a Country Priest (1951), The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945) and Angels of Sin (1943). He died on December 19, 1982 in Paris, France.

1226 points

183. John Powell

Composer | How to Train Your Dragon 2

John Powell was born on September 18, 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Happy Feet (2006) and Shrek (2001). He was previously married to Melinda Lerner.

1216 points

184. Alfonso de Vilallonga

Composer | The Bookshop

Alfonso de Vilallonga was born in 1960 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a composer and actor, known for The Bookshop (2017), Snow White (2012) and My Life Without Me (2003).

1203 points

185. Mikolaj Trzaska

Composer | Kler

Mikolaj Trzaska was born on April 7, 1966 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He is a composer, known for Clergy (2018), The Mighty Angel (2014) and Hatred (2016).

1191 points

186. Jerzy Satanowski

Composer | Dzien swira

Jerzy Satanowski was born on August 23, 1947 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a composer and actor, known for Day of the Wacko (2002), Schodami w góre, schodami w dól (1988) and Wrzeciono czasu (1995).

1163 points

187. 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;, ...

1129 points

188. Svatopluk Havelka

Composer | Kdo chce zabít Jessii?

Svatopluk Havelka was born on May 2, 1925 in Vrbice, Karviná, Czechoslovakia. He was a composer, known for Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966), The End of Agent W4C (1967) and The Ear (1970). He was married to Libuse Havelková. He died on February 24, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic.

1128 points

189. Conrad Salinger

Music_department | An American in Paris

Conrad Salinger was born on August 30, 1901 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). He died on June 17, 1962 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

1126 points

190. Khaled Mouzanar

Composer | Capharnaüm

Khaled Mouzanar is known for Capernaum (2018), Where Do We Go Now? (2011) and Caramel (2007). He has been married to Nadine Labaki since October 2007.

1124 points

191. Rolf A. Wilhelm

Composer | Die feuerrote Baronesse

Rolf A. Wilhelm was born on June 23, 1927 in Munich, Germany. Rolf A. was a composer, known for Die feuerrote Baronesse (1959), Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963) and Der Zigeunerbaron (1962). Rolf A. was married to Helga Neuner. Rolf A. died on January 17, 2013 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

1119 points

192. Shinichirô Ikebe

Composer | Yume

Shinichirô Ikebe was born on September 15, 1943 in Mito, Japan. He is a composer, known for Dreams (1990), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and MacArthur's Children (1984).

1118 points

193. Howard Jackson

Music_department | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Howard Jackson was born on February 8, 1900 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. He was a composer, known for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Dizzy Dames (1935) and Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939). He died on August 4, 1966 in Florida, USA.

1117 points

194. Maurice Thiriet

Composer | Les enfants du paradis

Maurice Thiriet was born on May 2, 1906 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, France. He was a composer, known for Children of Paradise (1945), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Lucrèce Borgia (1953). He died on September 28, 1972 in Bracquemont, Seine-Maritime, France.

1107 points

195. David Wingo

Composer | Midnight Special

David Wingo got his start composing music for films in David Gordon Green's debut feature George Washington, collaborating on the score with Michael Linnen. The movie went on to win numerous awards and eventually released on DVD by the Criterion Collection. Wingo and Linnen collaborated again on ...

1104 points

196. 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...

1080 points

197. Éric Demarsan

Composer | Le cercle rouge

Eric Demarsan (sometimes Eric De Marsan) was born on October 2nd, 1938 in Paris.

His father was a businessman and his grandmother a painter and musician.

At 12 he was impressed by a pianist's glissando during a family dinner in a restaurant. From then onwards he took piano lessons.

At about 18, he ...

1079 points

198. 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 ...

1073 points

199. Warren Ellis

Soundtrack | The Proposition

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

1070 points

200. Goffredo Petrassi

Composer | Cronaca familiare

Acclaimed as the most significant Italian composer of the mid-20th century (along with Luigi Dallapiccola), Goffredo Petrassi was born in Zagarolo in 1904, the son of Elissio and Erminia Petrassi. He didn't begin scoring Italian documentary films until the 1940s; unfortunately, his massive output ...

1060 points