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Mar 14, 2021 · Max Steiner. With 20 Oscar nominations logged from 1935 to 1956, three-time winner Max Steiner scored some of the most famous movies in cinematic history. Steiner wrote music for Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and many more. RELATED: Casablanca & 9 Other Great Hollywood Movies From The 1940s.
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- John Williams. Possibly one of the most prolific film composers of all time, John Williams has written music for over one hundred films. He’s particularly known for his huge orchestral pieces, tailored perfectly to the score of a piece — he oftens watches the entire movie without a soundtrack to decide what to write for it.
- Hans Zimmer. Our next composer, Hans Zimmer, might not be as much of a household name as John Williams, but he is equally as prodigious in the film world.
- Max Steiner. Born in Austria in 1888, Max Steiner was a child prodigy and began composing professionally by the age of fifteen. He was one of the earliest film composers, having moved to California when talking pictures first became popular.
- Ennio Morricone. Most famous for his series of “Spaghetti Western” films in the 1970s and 1980s, Ennio Morricone was an incredibly prolific Italian composer who wrote the music for almost 500 movies during his lifetime.
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), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Inside Out (2015), Spider-Man ...
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- Joe Hisaishi. Japan’s answer to John Williams, Joe Hisaishi is his home nation’s most celebrated film composer, whose long-running collaboration with Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki has often drawn comparisons to the American film composer, and his partnership with Steven Spielberg.
- Rachel Portman. In 1997, Portman became the first female composer to win an Oscar in the Best Score category, for her soundtrack to the adaption of Jane Austen’s Emma.
- Thomas Newman. Thomas Newman, whose father is the great Oscar-decorated composer Alfred Newman, started composing for synthesisers, before beginning to incorporate electronic and orchestral instruments.
- Maurice Jarre. A giant of 20th-century film music, French movie maestro Maurice Jarre penned the much-loved scores for Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost and Doctor Zhivago.
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.
Oct 14, 2016 · The 23 Most Exciting Film Composers Working Today. From John Williams and Hans Zimmer to Steven Price and Mica Levi, there's a whole lot of great film music going on. The work of a film composer ...
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1. John Williams. Music Department. Composer. Actor. Jurassic Park (1993) As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa , Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again.
