John WilliamsFilm Composers–——
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398 contenders. Selected composers known for film scores. An editorial selection, not an exhaustive catalog.
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John WilliamsFilm Composers–——
Hans ZimmerFilm Composers–——
Ennio MorriconeFilm Composers–——
Joe HisaishiFilm Composers–——
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Alan SilvestriFilm Composers–——
Alexandre DesplatFilm Composers–——
Michael GiacchinoFilm Composers–——
Jerry GoldsmithFilm Composers–——
Bernard HerrmannFilm Composers–——
Ryuichi SakamotoFilm Composers–——
VangelisFilm Composers–——
Hildur GuðnadóttirFilm Composers–——
Rachel PortmanFilm Composers–——
Bojan AdamičSlovene composer · Film Composers–——
Mazhar AlansonTurkish musician and actor (born 1950) · Film Composers–——
Alejandro AmenábarSpanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer · Film Composers–——
Blaž ArničSlovenian composer · Film Composers–——
Jorge ArriagadaChilean film composer (1943–2024) · Film Composers–——
Fahir AtakoğluTurkish pianist and composer · Film Composers–——
Balam (singer)Bangladeshi singer · Film Composers–——
Vartkes BaronijanYugoslav and Serbian composer and professor · Film Composers–——
Ľubomír BelákSlovak musician, composer, and producer (born 1951) · Film Composers–——
Hugo Blanco (musician)Venezuelan musician (1940–2015) · Film Composers–——
Goran BregovićBosnian musician and composer (born 1950) · Film Composers–——
Leo BrouwerCuban composer, conductor, and classical guitarist (born 1939) · Film Composers–——
Rastko ĆirićSerbian multimedia artist and educator · Film Composers–——
Cui JianChinese singer-songwriter (born 1961) · Film Composers–——
Imre CzombaHungarian-American composer and musician · Film Composers–——
Kamal DasguptaBangladeshi singer and composer (1912–1974) · Film Composers–——
Eugen DogaMoldovan composer (1937–2025) · Film Composers–——
Jorge DrexlerUruguayan musician · Film Composers–——
Isaak DunayevskySoviet composer and conductor (1900–1955) · Film Composers–——
Balys DvarionasMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Kiril DžajkovskiMacedonian musician · Film Composers–——
Hanns EislerAustrian and German composer (1898–1962) · Film Composers–——
Andrei EshpaiSoviet and Russian composer (1925–2015) · Film Composers–——
Vyacheslav GanelinMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Gara GarayevAzerbaijani composer (1918–1982) · Film Composers–——
Djivan GasparyanArmenian musician and composer (1928–2021) · Film Composers–——
Shahyar GhanbariMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Robin GhoshPakistani and Bangladeshi film music composer (1939 - 2016) · Film Composers–——
Derek GleesonMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Yair Elazar GlotmanGerman Israeli composer and musician (born 1987) · Film Composers–——
Shiloh GodsonMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Jani GolobSlovenian musician · Film Composers–——
Luichy GuzmanDominican composer and singer-songwriter (born 1974) · Film Composers–——
Khaled HabibAlgerian musical artist · Film Composers–——
Rauf HajiyevAzerbaijani composer (1922–1995) · Film Composers–——
Thomas de HartmannUkrainian-born composer and pianist (1884 - 1956) · Film Composers–——
Feim IbrahimiAlbanian composer (1935–1997) · Film Composers–——
Sanja IlićSerbian composer (1951–2021) · Film Composers–——
Toygar IşıklıMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Jahangir JahangirovAzerbaijani Soviet composer (1921–1992) · Film Composers–——
Prenk JakovaAlbanian musician (1917–1969) · Film Composers–——
Šimon JurovskýSlovak composer of ballet, chamber, stage and film music (1912 - 1963) · Film Composers–——
Giya KancheliGeorgian composer (1935–2019) · Film Composers–——
Murad KazhlayevAzerbaijani composer (1931–2023) · Film Composers–——
Aram KhachaturianSoviet Armenian composer (1903–1978) · Film Composers–——
Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanPakistani singer-songwriter (1948–1997) · Film Composers–——
Kim CSouth Korean musician · Film Composers–——
Kıraç (singer)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
Alexander KnaifelSoviet composer (1943–2024) · Film Composers–——
Todor KobakovMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Joseph KooHong Kong composer (1931–2023) · Film Composers–——
Nikolai KorndorfMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Marjan KozinaSlovene composer · Film Composers–——
Kreng (musician)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
Yevgeny KrylatovSoviet and Russian composer (1934–2019) · Film Composers–——
Faustas LatėnasLithuanian composer (1956–2020) · Film Composers–——
Elliot LeungMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Fran LhotkaCzech-born Croatian composer · Film Composers–——
Lowell LoHong Kong singer-songwriter and film composer · Film Composers–——
Henning LohnerGerman-American composer and filmmaker (born 1961) · Film Composers–——
Saša LošićBosnian recording artist (born 1964) · Film Composers–——
Borys LyatoshynskyUkrainian composer (1895–1968) · Film Composers–——
Peter MachajdíkMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Boncana MaïgaMalian composer and musician (1949–2026) · Film Composers–——
Yevgeniy MartynovSoviet composer (1948–1990) · Film Composers–——
Wim MertensFlemish Belgian composer, musician, and musicologist · Film Composers–——
Michel MicheletUkrainian musician and composer (1894–1995) · Film Composers–——
Mark MinkovMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Vasilije MokranjacSerbian composer and musicologist (1923–1984) · Film Composers–——
Khaled MouzanarMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Vano MuradeliSoviet Georgian composer (1908–1970) · Film Composers–——
Michal NovinskiMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Atli ÖrvarssonIcelandic composer · Film Composers–——
Arvo PärtEstonian composer (born 1935) · Film Composers–——
Borja PenalbaSpanish composer and record producer · Film Composers–——
Andrei PetrovSoviet and Russian composer (1930–2006) · Film Composers–——
Dmitry PokrassSoviet composer (1899–1978) · Film Composers–——
Gavriil Popov (composer)Soviet composer (1904–1972) · Film Composers–——
Jože PrivšekSlovene jazz and pop musician · Film Composers–——
P. RamleeMalaysian singer, actor, and film director (1929–1973) · Film Composers–——
Ogirala Ramachandra RaoMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Karol RathausGerman-Austrian composer (1895–1954) · Film Composers–——
Teddy RobinHong Kong-English pop singer-songwriter · Film Composers–——
Aldemaro RomeroMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Miklós RózsaHungarian-American composer (1907–1995) · Film Composers–——
Emin SabitogluSoviet-Azerbaijani composer (1937–2000) · Film Composers–——
Gerard SalongaFilipino conductor, composer, and arranger (born 1973) · Film Composers–——
Alfred SchnittkeSoviet and Russian composer (1934–1998) · Film Composers–——
Pablo SciutoPablo Sciuto songwriter and poet from Uruguay · Film Composers–——
Masoud SekhavatdoustMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Batu SenerMusical artist and composer · Film Composers–——
Shailesh ShresthaNepalese film composer and musician · Film Composers–——
Yuri ShaporinSoviet composer (1887–1966) · Film Composers–——
Vissarion ShebalinSoviet composer (1902–1963) · Film Composers–——
Zoran SimjanovićSerbian composer (1946–2021) · Film Composers–——
Lucijan Marija ŠkerjancSlovene composer and writer (1900–1973) · Film Composers–——
Bruno SpoerriSwiss jazz and electronics musician (born 1935) · Film Composers–——
Vlatko StefanovskiMacedonian musician · Film Composers–——
Dinesh SubasingheSri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer (born 1979) · Film Composers–——
Tan DunChinese-American composer and conductor (born 1957) · Film Composers–——
Cristobal Tapia de VeerChilean and Canadian composer · Film Composers–——
Cornel ȚăranuRomanian composer and conductor (1934–2023) · Film Composers–——
Mikael TariverdievSoviet composer (1931–1996) · Film Composers–——
Veljo TormisEstonian composer (1930–2017) · Film Composers–——
Marcel VaidSwiss-German composer · Film Composers–——
Gary ValencianoFilipino singer (born 1964) · Film Composers–——
Rey ValeraFilipino singer, songwriter, music director and host · Film Composers–——
Ratheesh VegaMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Lucas VidalMusical artist · Film Composers–——
David VostellGerman-Spanish composer and film director · Film Composers–——
Anthony Cedric VuagniauxMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Gast WaltzingLuxembourgish trumpeter and composer (born 1956) · Film Composers–——
Vladimir YurovskyUkrainian Soviet composer (1915–1972) · Film Composers–——
Michael AbelsAmerican classical/film composer · Film Composers–——
Richard AddinsellEnglish composer (1904–1977) · Film Composers–——
Lesley BarberCanadian composer · Film Composers–——
Nathan BarrAmerican film and television composer and musician · Film Composers–——
Richard Rodney BennettEnglish composer and pianist (1936–2012) · Film Composers–——
Lord BernersBritish composer and eccentric (1883-1950) · Film Composers–——
Leonard BernsteinAmerican conductor and composer (1918–1990) · Film Composers–——
Wendy CarlosAmerican composer and electronic musician (born 1939) · Film Composers–——
Aaron CoplandAmerican composer and conductor (1900–1990) · Film Composers–——
Laura KarpmanAmerican composer · Film Composers–——
Mica LeviEnglish musician · Film Composers–——
Ivri LiderIsraeli musician · Film Composers–——
John OttmanAmerican film composer and editor (born 1964) · Film Composers–——
Cole PorterAmerican composer and songwriter (1891–1964) · Film Composers–——
Peer RabenGerman composer, director and actor (1940–2007) · Film Composers–——
Marc ShaimanAmerican composer (born 1959) · Film Composers–——
Verity SusmanEnglish musician, composer · Film Composers–——
Virgil ThomsonAmerican composer and critic (1896–1989) · Film Composers–——
Stephen TraskAmerican composer (born 1966) · Film Composers–——
Scott WittmanAmerican director, lyricist and writer · Film Composers–——
AjeshMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Vijay Anand (composer)Indian composer (died 2024) · Film Composers–——
Vijay AntonyIndian film composer and actor · Film Composers–——
Mikkin AruldevMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Ashwath (music director)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
S. P. BalasubrahmanyamIndian playback singer (1946–2020) · Film Composers–——
Honnappa BhagavatharIndian actor, singer and composer (1915–1992) · Film Composers–——
Bharadwaj (composer)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
Vedanth BharadwajMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Vijaya BhaskarIndian music composer · Film Composers–——
Sam C. S.Indian singer, music composer and lyricist · Film Composers–——
Vishal ChandrashekharIndian film score and soundtrack composer · Film Composers–——
Susarla DakshinamurthiIndian musician · Film Composers–——
Ishaan DevIndian musician · Film Composers–——
Deva (composer)Indian film composer and singer (1950–2026) · Film Composers–——
G. DevarajanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Ghantasala (musician)Indian musician · Film Composers–——
Ghibran VaibodhaIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Jassie GiftIndian singer (born 1975) · Film Composers–——
Girishh GopalakrishnanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Shruti HaasanIndian actress and singer (born 1986) · Film Composers–——
HamsalekhaIndian film composer and songwriter (born 1951) · Film Composers–——
Hiphop TamizhaIndian musical duo · Film Composers–——
IlaiyaraajaIndian composer and playback singer (born 1943) · Film Composers–——
D. ImmanIndian musician and score composer (born 1983) · Film Composers–——
Harris JayarajIndian composer (born 1975) · Film Composers–——
Simon K. KingIndian film composer · Film Composers–——
Koti (composer)Indian composer, record producer, singer (born 1958) · Film Composers–——
Pradeep Kumar (musician)Indian playback singer · Film Composers–——
S. S. KumaranIndian music composer and director · Film Composers–——
Leslee LewisIndian singer and composer (born 1960) · Film Composers–——
T. G. LingappaIndian music director · Film Composers–——
K. V. MahadevanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Mahesh MahadevanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Shankar MahadevanIndian singer (born 1967) · Film Composers–——
Kalyani MalikIndian music director and Playback singer · Film Composers–——
Mickey J. MeyerIndian music composer and singer · Film Composers–——
Karthikeya MurthyIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Rajesh MurugesanIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Santhosh NarayananMusical artist · Film Composers–——
T. R. PappaIndian composer · Film Composers–——
M. D. ParthasarathyIndian music composer and actor (1910–1963) · Film Composers–——
R. P. PatnaikIndian singer and composer · Film Composers–——
Pendyala (composer)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
G. V. Prakash KumarIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Devi Sri PrasadIndian composer and singer · Film Composers–——
PukazhenthiIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Ganesh RaghavendraMusical artist · Film Composers–——
A. R. RahmanIndian composer and musician (born 1967) · Film Composers–——
Rahul RajIndian music composer · Film Composers–——
Yuvan Shankar RajaIndian composer and playback singer (born 1979) · Film Composers–——
Rajan–NagendraIndian music composing duo · Film Composers–——
T. K. RamamoorthyIndian Tamil musician · Film Composers–——
G. RamanathanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
S. Rajeswara RaoIndian music composer (1922–1999) · Film Composers–——
T. Chalapathi RaoMusical artist · Film Composers–——
RaveendranIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Anirudh RavichanderIndian composer and playback singer (born 1990) · Film Composers–——
A. R. ReihanaIndian playback singer and composer · Film Composers–——
Sean RoldanIndian Tamil film composer (born 1987) · Film Composers–——
V. SelvaganeshMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Shankar–GaneshIndian music director duo · Film Composers–——
Mani SharmaIndian composer · Film Composers–——
Bobo ShashiMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Papanasam SivanIndian composer of Carnatic music · Film Composers–——
M. B. SreenivasanIndian composer (1925-1988) · Film Composers–——
Srikanth DevaIndian music director of Tamil films · Film Composers–——
C. R. SubbaramanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Bjorn SurraoIndian music composer and actor · Film Composers–——
Thaman SIndian film composer · Film Composers–——
Dhibu Ninan ThomasIndian film music composer · Film Composers–——
Kunnakudi VaidyanathanMusical artist · Film Composers–——
L. VaidyanathanIndian composer (1942–2007) · Film Composers–——
Malaysia VasudevanIndian playback singer (1944-2011) · Film Composers–——
G. K. VenkateshIndian music composer · Film Composers–——
S. P. VenkateshMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Vidyasagar (composer)Indian music composer (born 1963) · Film Composers–——
Maris VijayMusical artist · Film Composers–——
M. S. ViswanathanIndian actor-musician · Film Composers–——
Vivek–MervinIndian music composer duo · Film Composers–——
Anita AndreisCroatian film composer · Film Composers–——
Joanna BruzdowiczPolish composer (1943–2021) · Film Composers–——
Siobhán ClearyIrish composer · Film Composers–——
Saraswati Devi (music director)Indian composer (1912–1980) · Film Composers–——
Drum & LaceItalian electronic trip-hop composer · Film Composers–——
EnyaIrish singer (born 1961) · Film Composers–——
Gyuli KambarovaRussian composer · Film Composers–——
Nami MelumadIsraeli film and television composer based in Los Angeles · Film Composers–——
MerediMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Zeltia MontesSpanish composer · Film Composers–——
Joy NgiawMalaysian composer (born 1994) · Film Composers–——
Nora OrlandiItalian musician and composer (1933–2025) · Film Composers–——
P.R2BFrench singer-songwriter, film director, and composer · Film Composers–——
Diana RingoFinnish film director and composer (born 1992) · Film Composers–——
Tali RubinsteinIsraeli American musician (born 1984) · Film Composers–——
Chitra SinghBengali Indian ghazal singer · Film Composers–——
M. M. SrilekhaIndian singer and composer · Film Composers–——
Cindy ValentineItalian-Canadian musician, actress, and composer · Film Composers–——
Wanda WarskaPolish jazz singer and composer (1930–2019) · Film Composers–——
Neal AcreeAmerican composer · Film Composers–——
David ArnoldBritish film composer (born 1962) · Film Composers–——
Lorne BalfeScottish composer (born 1976) · Film Composers–——
John Barry (composer)English composer and conductor (1933–2011) · Film Composers–——
Tyler BatesAmerican musician, producer, and composer (born 1965) · Film Composers–——
Jon BatisteAmerican musician (born 1986) · Film Composers–——
Christophe BeckCanadian composer (born 1968) · Film Composers–——
Marco BeltramiAmerican composer (born 1966) · Film Composers–——
Elmer BernsteinAmerican composer and conductor (1922–2004) · Film Composers–——
Kris BowersAmerican composer and director (born 1989) · Film Composers–——
James Seymour BrettBritish composer and conductor · Film Composers–——
Jon BrionAmerican musician (born 1963) · Film Composers–——
Bruce BroughtonAmerican composer (born 1945) · Film Composers–——
Bill Brown (composer)Musical artist · Film Composers–——
George BrunsAmerican composer (1914–83) · Film Composers–——
Kim BullardAmerican keyboardist and composer · Film Composers–——
Ralph BurnsAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1922–2001) · Film Composers–——
Sherri ChungAmerican film composers · Film Composers–——
Gareth CokerBritish composer (born 1984) · Film Composers–——
Bill ContiAmerican composer and conductor · Film Composers–——
Bruno CoulaisFrench composer · Film Composers–——
Jeff DannaCanadian film composer · Film Composers–——
Mychael DannaCanadian film score composer · Film Composers–——
Ken DarbyAmerican composer (1909–1992) · Film Composers–——
Don Davis (composer)American composer and orchestrator · Film Composers–——
John DebneyAmerican film composer (born 1956) · Film Composers–——
DisasterpeaceAmerican musician · Film Composers–——
Patrick DoyleScottish film composer (born 1953) · Film Composers–——
Ilan EshkeriBritish composer · Film Composers–——
Harold FaltermeyerGerman musician (born 1952) · Film Composers–——
George FentonBritish film composer (1949–2026) · Film Composers–——
Stephen FlahertyAmerican composer (born 1960) · Film Composers–——
Germaine FrancoFilm composer · Film Composers–——
Ludwig GöranssonSwedish musician and composer (born 1984) · Film Composers–——
Harry Gregson-WilliamsBritish composer (born 1961) · Film Composers–——
Tom HolkenborgDutch musician and composer (born 1967) · Film Composers–——
James Newton HowardAmerican composer and music producer (born 1951) · Film Composers–——
Trevor Jones (composer)South African composer (born 1949) · Film Composers–——
Michael KamenAmerican musician (1948–2003) · Film Composers–——
Siddhartha KhoslaAmerican film and television composer · Film Composers–——
Grant KirkhopeBritish composer · Film Composers–——
Jesper KydDanish composer and sound designer (born 1972) · Film Composers–——
Christopher LennertzAmerican film composer · Film Composers–——
Michael A. LevineMusical artist · Film Composers–——
Dominic LewisEnglish film and television composer (born 1985) · Film Composers–——
Deborah LurieAmerican composer · Film Composers–——
Kevin MacLeodAmerican composer (born 1972) · Film Composers–——
Henry ManciniAmerican film composer (1924–1994) · Film Composers–——
Clint MansellEnglish musician and composer (born 1963) · Film Composers–——
Bear McCrearyAmerican film and television composer · Film Composers–——
Joel McNeelyAmerican composer (born 1959) · Film Composers–——
Alan MenkenAmerican composer (born 1949) · Film Composers–——Showing 10 of 398