List of film music composers

This list contains people who gained fame through their long-standing main activity as composers of music for film and television , or who have received leading international or national prizes for their film music, or whose film music was particularly successful in some other way.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Maurizio Abeni (since the 1980s, including wax mask , murder in the monastery )
• Richard Addinsell (1930s – 1960s, including fire over England , we are all damned )
• John Addison (1950s – 1990s, including Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows , The Torn Curtain , Oscar, Grammy, Emmy Award winner)
• Hans Ailbout (1900s – 1930s, including Miss Venus , The Land of 1000 Wonders )
• William Alwyn (1930s – 1960s, including The Last Night of the Titanic , The Winslow Case )
• Masamicz Amano (since the 1980s, including Battle Royale , Urusei Yatsura )
• Daniele Amfitheatrof (1930s – 1960s, including Goodbye, My Fancy , Rommel, the desert fox )
• Michael Andrews (since the 1990s, including Donnie Darko , Bad Teacher )
• Harold Arlen (1930s – 1960s, including The Wizard of Oz , A New Star in the Sky )
• Craig Armstrong (since the 1990s, including Romeo + Juliet , Ray , Moulin Rouge , Grammy & Golden Globe winner)
• David Arnold (since the 1990s, including James Bond 007: Casino Royale , Stargate , Grammy Award winner)
• Malcolm Arnold (1940s – 2000s, The Bridge on the Kwai , Nine Hours to Eternity , Oscar winner)
• Jorge Arriagada (since the 1970s, among others The Time Found again , genealogies of a crime )
• Eduard Nikolajewitsch Artemjew (since the 1960s, ao Solaris , stalker )
• Farid el Atrache (1940s – 1960s, including The Song of My Heart , Dreams of Youth )
• Georges Auric (1930s – 1970s, including Moulin Rouge , The Sailor and the Nun )
• William Axt (1920s – 1930s, preferred among others millionaires , The Sign of Zorro )
• Alexandre Azaria (since 2000s, including The Daltons against Lucky Luke , Asterix and the Vikings , Transporter 3 )

B.

• Luis Bacalov (since the 1960s, Oscar winner)
• Angelo Badalamenti (since the 1970s, including Blue Velvet , Twin Peaks , Grammy Award winner)
• Klaus Badelt (since the 2000s, including The Time Machine , Wu Ji - The Riders of the Wind , Pirates of the Caribbean )
• Mischa Bakaleinikoff ( 1931-1960 for Columbia Pictures )
• Diego Baldenweg (since the 2000s, including my name is Eugen , EDI and SUISA / Locarno film festival prize winner)
• Roque Baños (since the 1990s, including The Oxford Murders , Goya Prize Winner)
• Claus Bantzer (since the 1980s, including men , 40 sqm Germany , carrier of film tape in gold)
• John Barry (1960s – 1990s, including James Bond , Who Dances with Wolves , Oscar and Grammy Award winner)
• Ben Bartlett (since the 1990s, including Dinosaurs - In the Realm of Giants , Fiona's Story , BAFTA Prize winner)
• Weniamin Basner (1950s – 1990s, including Ein Menschenschicksal , Save yourself, whoever can! )
• Gerd Baumann (since the 1990s, German Film Prize 2007 for Who dies earlier is dead longer )
• Mick Baumeister (since 1984, including Krücke , mainly composition for television films and series)
• Jeff Beal (since the 1990s, including Monk , Rome , Pollock , Emmy Prize winner)
• Marco Beltrami (since the mid-1990s, including Scream - scream! , I, Robot , Emmy-winner)
• Charles Bernstein (since the late 1960s, including A Nightmare on Elm Street , Emmy Prize winner)
• Elmer Bernstein (1950s – 2000s, including The Magnificent Seven , The Soldiers of Fortune , Oscar and Emmy Prize Winner)
• Christian Biegai (since 2000, 2008 NZ Film & TV Award for The Big Picture, including Tatort , Wir Sagen Du! Schatz , Nacht Vor Augen )
• Werner Bochmann (1930s – 1950s, including Quax, the Bruchpilot , Die Feuerzangenbowle , carrier of film tape in gold )
• Rasmus Borowski (since 2004, e.g. Teacup Travels , Der Beste )
• Simon Boswell (since the 1980s, including Hackers - On the FBI's network , When the Sea Disappeared )
• Martin Böttcher (since the 1950s, including Edgar Wallace and Karl May films )
• Leo Brouwer (since the 1960s, including The Death of a Bureaucrat , The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin , Cecilia Valdés , Amada - Young Woman from Havana , Bittersweet Chocolate , So Close to Heaven )
• Christoph Brüx (since the 2000s, e.g. Alina )
• Christian Bruhn (1960s – 1990s, especially TV series such as Heidi and Timm Thaler )
• Velton Ray Bunch (since the 1980s, TV movies and series such as Back to the Past and Star Trek: Enterprise , Emmy Award winner)
• Carter Burwell (since the 1980s, including Buffy series, Twilight )

C.

• Sean Callery (since the 1990s, including 24 , Nikita , Emmy Prize winner)
• Gérard Calvi (since the 1940s, including Asterix the Gauls , race to Bombay )
• Jeff Cardoni (since 2000, including CSI: Miami , American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile , The Defenders )
• Pete Carpenter (1960s – 1980s, including Magnum , Das A-Team , Grammy Award winner)
• Kristopher Carter (since the 1990s, including The Justice League , Teen Titans , Batman: The Brave and the Bold , Young Justice )
• Tristram Cary (1950s – 1970s, including The Green Blood of Demons , Ladykillers )
• Carles Cases (since the 1980s, including Darkness , The Nameless )
• Teddy Castellucci , (since the 1990s, including Die Wutprobe , Big Daddy and 50 first dates )
• Frank Churchill (1930s – 1940s, including Dumbo , It Happened in One Night , Oscar winner)
• Alessandro Cicognini (1930s – 1960s, including Don Camillo and Peppone , The Black Orchid )
• Alf Clausen (since the 1980s, including The Simpsons , The Model and the Sniffer , Emmy Prize winner)
• George S. Clinton (since the 1980s, including Mortal Kombat , tooth fairy on probation )
• Elia Cmiral (since the 1980s, including The Mechanik , Stigmata )
• Serge Colbert (since the 1990s, including Operation Delta Force , The Sweeper - Land Mines , Derailed - Terror im Zug )
• Lisa Coleman (since the 1990s, mainly TV series such as Heroes and Crossing Jordan , ASCAP prize winner)
• Michel Colombier (1970s – 2000s, including Der Cop , Asterix - Operation Hinkelstein , César Prize Winner)
• Pascal Comelade (since the 1990s, including summer in front of the balcony )
• Bill Conti (since the 1970s, including Rocky , Karate Kid , The Denver Clan )
• Stewart Copeland (since the 1980s, including Dead Like Me - As good as dead , Highlander II - The Return )
• Aaron Copland (1930s – 1980s, including The Heiress Oscar winner)
• Carmine Coppola (1960s – 1990s, including Der Godfather II , Der Godfather III , Apocalypse Now )
• Normand Corbeil (since the 1980s, including The Art of War (film) , Human Trafficking )
• Vladimir Cosma (since the 1970s, including Pierre Richard , Funès films, La Boum , La Boum 2 )
• Bruno Coulais (since the 1980s, including The Purple Rivers , The Children of Monsieur Mathieu , César Prize Winner)
• Alexander Courage (1950s – 2000s, including The Waltons , Three Girls in Madrid , Emmy Prize winner)
• Michel Cusson (since 1990s, including Napoleon , Séraphin: un homme et son péché )

D.

• Jeff Danna (since the 1980s, including Silent Hill , The Perfect Crime )
• Mychael Danna (since the 1980s, including Exotica , Ararat , Water , Genie Prize winner)
• Burkhard von Dallwitz (since the 1980s, including the Truman Show , trucker with a heart , Golden Globe winner)
• Vladimir Daschkewitsch (since the 1970s, including Der Hund der Baskervilles , Peppi Dlinnytschulok )
• Peter Dasent (since the 1990s, including Braindead , Heavenly Creatures )
• Carl Davis (since the 1980s, including the French lieutenant's mistress , Ken Follett's Red Eagle )
• Don Davis (since the 1980s, including Matrix , Im Fadhreuz - Alone Against All , Emmy Prize winner)
• Frank De Vol (1950s - 1980s, including Cat Ballou - you should hang in Wyoming , bed whispers )
• Frank Duval (since the 1970s - 1980s, including Derrick , Der Alte )
• Barry De Vorzon (1970s - 1990s, Xanadu , Simon & Simon , Emmy Award winners)
• John Debney (since the 1990s, including SeaQuest DSV , Sin City , The Passion of Christ , Emmy Prize winner)
• Georges Delerue (1950s - 1990s, including platoon , steel magnolias , Oscar, Cesar & Golden Globe winner)
• Alexandre Desplat (since the 1980s, including The King's Speech , The Strange Case of Benjamin Button , Cesar & Golden Globe Prize Winner)
• Paul Dessau (1920s - 1960s, including dirty money , storms over Mont Blanc )
• Franz Doelle (1930s - 1950s, including Viktor and Viktoria , Amphitryon - happiness comes from the clouds )
• Klaus Doldinger (since the 1960s, including Tatort title melody, Das Boot , The Neverending Story )
• Pino Donaggio (since the 1970s, including piranhas , When the gondolas are in mourning )
• James Dooley (since the 1990s, including Obsessed , Pushing Daisies )
• Patrick Doyle (since the 198s, including Henry V. , Calendar Girls )
• Anne Dudley (since the 1980s, including American History X , Tristan & Isolde , all or nothing , Oscar winner)
• Dürbeck & Dohmen (since the 2000s, including Freier Fall , Tatort , Chandani and her elephant , Max Ophüls Prize 2008 )
• Tan Dun (since the 1980s, including Tiger and Dragon , Demon - Don't trust a soul , Oscar and Grammy winner)
• Arié Dzierlatka (1970s - 1990s, including Messidor )

E.

• Bernard Ebbinghouse (1960s – 1970s, including the pill was to blame for everything , British Edgar Wallace films )
• Randy Edelman (since the 1970s, including Dragonheart , The Mask )
• Stephen Edwards (since the 1990s, including Tai Chi , Children of the Corn: Revelation )
• Bernhard Eichhorn (1940s – 1970s, including Die Feuerzangenbowle , Königskinder )
• Cliff Eidelman (since the 1980s, including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Land , Now and Then - Then and Now )
• Ludovico Einaudi (since the 1980s, including Not of This World , This Is England , Echo Prize Winner)
• Werner Eisbrenner (1930s – 1970s, including Buddenbrooks , Berlin Ballade )
• Hanns Eisler (1920s – 1960s, including Die Hexen von Salem (witch hunt), Night and Fog )
• Jon Ekstrand (since the 2000s, including Easy Money - Feel fear , Leo )
• Konrad Elfers (1920s – 1980s, including Pippi Longstocking , finals in Berlin )
• Danny Elfman (since the 1980s, including Good Will Hunting , Men in Black , Milk , including Emmy Prize winners)
• Jonathan Elias (since the 1980s, including Pathfinder - the trail of a warrior , children of anger )
• Karim Sebastian Elias (since the 2000s, Rolf-Hans Müller Prize for Film Music 2004, German Television Prize 2008)
• Ilan Eshkeri (since the 2000s, including Der Sternwanderer , Kick-Ass )

F.

• Harold Faltermeyer (since the 1980s, including Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case , Top Gun , Grammy Award winner)
• Sharon Farber (since the 1990s, including And Nietzsche cried )
• Johannes Fehring (1950s – 1970s, including Charley's aunt , Kaiserball )
• George Fenton (since the 1970s, including Deep Blue , Sweet Home Alabama - love in a roundabout way )
• Erich Ferstl (1960-1980s, including The answer only the wind knows , The gentle run )
• Gianni Ferrio (since the 1950s, including The Man from Virginia , A Hole in the Dollar )
• Brad Fiedel (since the 1970s, including Terminator , The Snake in the Rainbow )
• Günther Fischer (since the 1970s, including Frog King , our teacher Doktor Specht )
• Annette Focks (since the 1990s, including John Rabe , Krabat , German TV Prize 2005)
• Claude Foisy (since the 1990s, including 2002 - Durchgeknallt im Space , Pontypool , Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead , Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings )
• Frank Fox (1930s – 1960s, including Black Forest Girl , Queen of a Night )
• Siegfried Franz (1950s – 1970s, including beloved impostor , The Liar )
• Hugo Friedhofer (1930s – 1970s, including Manfred von Richthofen - The Red Baron , The Lifeboat )
• Fred Frith (since the 1980s, including Tango Fever , Rage )
• John Frizzell (since the 1990s, including Alien - Die Wiedergeburt , Whiteout )
• Fabio Frizzi (since the 1960s, including a zombie hanging on a bell rope , Aladin )
• Heinz Funk (in the 1960s, including The Gentlemen ask for cash , The Dead Eyes of London )

G

• Steve Garbade (since 2013 including Daisy Belle, TV series Ruthless, Emmy Prize winner)
• Antón García Abril (1950s – 1990s, including The Night of the Riding Corpses , The Return of the Riding Corpses )
• Russell Garcia (1940s – 1960s, including The Time Machine , The People from Shiloh Ranch )
• Heino Gaze (1950s – 1960s, including when father with son , widower with five daughters )
• Lisa Gerrard (since the 1990s, including Gladiator , Salem's Lot - Salem must burn )
• Michael Giacchino (since the mid-1990s, including Fringe , Star Trek , Oben , Oscar winner)
• Richard Gibbs (since the 1980s, including Wedlock , Queen of the Damned )
• Heinz Gietz (1950s – 1960s, including crime tango , music is trump )
• Philip Glass (since the 1980s, including Koyaanisqatsi )
• Nick Glennie-Smith (since the 1990s, including The Rock , The Man in the Iron Mask )
• Nikolaus Glowna (since the 1990s, including solo for clarinet , Stolberg )
• Ernest Gold (1940s – 1970s, including Exodus , The Last Shore )
• Billy Goldenberg (1960s – 1970s, including the Kojak series)
• Elliot Goldenthal (since the 1980s, inter alia interview with a vampire , Alien 3 , Oscar winner)
• Jerry Goldsmith (1960s – 2000s, including Planet of the Apes , Chinatown , Star Trek: The Film , Oscar winner)
• Joel Goldsmith (since the 1980s, including Stargate - Kommando SG-1 , Moon 44 )
• Joseph Julián González (since the 1990s, including Curdled - Der Wahnsinn )
• Miles Goodman (1970s – 1990s, including La Bamba , Teenwolf )
• Ron Goodwin (1960s – 1970s, including Miss Marple films )
• Christopher Gordon (since the 1990s, including Daybreakers , Master & Commander - Until the End of the World )
• Adam Gorgoni (since the 1990s, including Candyman 3 - The Day of the Dead , Dead Girl )
• Peter Gotthardt (since the 1960s, including The Legend of Paul and Paula , Schneeweißchen and Rosenrot )
• Ron Grainer (1960s – 1980s, including TV series Doctor Who , Maigret )
• Allan Gray (1930s – 1950s, among others FP1 does not answer , African Queen )
• Will Gregory (since the 1990s, including Undercover , Nowhere Boy )
• Harry Gregson-Williams (since the 1990s, including Shrek , The Chronicles of Narnia )
• Andreas Grimm (since the 1990s, including Ladykracher , Pastewka )
• Franz Grothe (1930s – 1960s, including Napoleon is to blame for everything , Das Haus in Montevideo )
• Dave Grusin (since the 1960s, including The Fabulous Baker Boys )
• Jay Gruska (since the 1980s, including Charmed , Supernatural )
• Oliver Gunia (since the 2000s, including Die Rosenheim-Cops , In allerfreund )
• Paul Vincent Gunia (since the 1970s, TV series such as In All Friendship , On the Move )
• Christopher Gunning (since the 1970s, including Unter Verdacht , Hidden Fire )
• Artur Guttmann (1920s – 1940s, including Scampolo, a street kid , you don't need money )

H

• Erwin Halletz (1950s – 1990s, including The Last Act , The Aztec Treasure )
• Marvin Hamlisch (since the 1960s, including James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me , The Informant! )
• Jan Hammer (since the late 1960s, especially Miami Vice , Grammy Award winner)
• Herbie Hancock (since the mid-1960s, including A man sees red , At midnight , Oscar winner)
• John Harrison (since the 1980s, including Zombie 2 , Creepshow )
• Leigh Harline (1930s – 1960s, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , The mysterious Dr. Lao )
• Richard Hartley (since the 1970s, including Wild Magic , Fear of the Dark , Emmy Prize winner)
• Paul Haslinger (since the mid-1980s, including Underworld , Death Race , Motel )
• Lennie Hayton (1940s – 1960s, including The Trail in the Dark , The Sweet Trap , Oscar winner)
• Neal Hefti (1950s – 1970s, including A Strange Couple , Boeing-Boeing )
• Reinhold Heil (since the 1980s, including Sophie Scholl - Die last Tage , Blood and Chocolate )
• Gerhard Heinz (since the 1960s, reverend turns a blind eye , Der Bockerer )
• Christian Henson (since the 2000s, including Severance , Scorpion - The Fighter )
• Paul Hepker (since the 1990s, including Tsotsi , Machtlos )
• Hans Werner Henze (since the 1960s, including Der Junge Törless , Eine Liebe von Swann )
• Bernard Herrmann (1940s – 1970s, including The Cradle of Evil , Citizen Kane , Oscar winner)
• Peter Herrmann (since the 1990s, including Hinterholz 8 , free play )
• Grégoire Hetzel (since the 2000s, including Jellyfish - carried by the sea , The woman who sings - Incendies , The Tree )
• Werner Richard Heymann (1920s – 1960s, including to be or not to be , Faust - a German folk tale )
• Tom Hiel (since the 1990s, including Practice - The Lawyers , Sharktopus )
• Joel Hirschhorn (1960s – 2000s, including Elliot, the Schmunzelmonster , Streethunter , Oscar winner)
• Joe Hisaishi (since the 1980s, including Flecki, my friend , Princess Mononoke )
• Wolfgang Hohensee (1950s – 1980s, including the green monster )
• James Horner (1970s – 2010s, including Braveheart , Titanic , Avatar , multiple Oscar and Grammy winner)
• Joachim Holbek (since the 1980s, including Europe , Freeze - nightmare night watch )
• Lee Holdridge (since the 1970s, including The Crazy Cannon , The Mists of Avalon , Emmy Prize winner)
• Nicholas Hooper (since the 1990s, including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , murder on page one )
• James Newton Howard (since the mid-1980s, including Pretty Woman , The Sixth Sense , Defiance - For my brothers who never gave up )
• Alan Howarth (since the 1980s, including Die Fürsten der Dunkelheit , Halloween V - Die Rache des Michael Myers )
• Gottfried Huppertz (1920s – 1930s, including Metropolis , Die Nibelungen )
• Dick Hyman (since the 1950s, including Moonstruck , Beloved Aphrodite , Emmy Prize winner)
• Ole Høyer (1960s – 1990s, including Jungfernstreich , The pretty Arne and Rosa )

I.

• Akira Ifukube (1940s – 1990s, including Godzilla , The Return of King Kong )
• Peter Igelhoff (1930s – 1970s, including, of course, the drivers , we make music )
• Alberto Iglesias (since the 1980s, including The Eternal Gardener , The Lovers of the Arctic Circle )
• Shin'ichirō Ikebe (since the 1970s, including Ode to Joy , Mirai Shōnen Conan )
• Günther Illi (since the 1990s, including Die Nun und der Kommissar , civil courage )
• Neil Innes (since the 1970s, including Erik the Viking )
• Pat Irwin (since the 1980s, including Pepper Ann , Angela Anaconda )
• Mark Isham (since the 1980s, including Von Löwen und Lämmern , Amy and the Wildgänse , Emmy Prize winner)
• Chu Ishikawa (since the 1980s, including Tetsuo: The Iron Man , Nightmare Detective )
• Robert Israel (since the 1990s, dubbing including The Racket , Unterwelt )

J

• Steve Jablonsky (since the 2000s, including Transformers )
• Peter Janda (since the 1980s, including Müller's office )
• Maurice Jarre (1950s – 2000s, including Doctor Schiwago )
• Michael Jary (1930s – 1950s, blood brotherhood , but being a father very much )
• Laurie Johnson (1960s – 1980s, including the series With Umbrella, Charm and Melon and Die Profis )
• Adrian Johnston (since the 1990s, including reunion with Brideshead )
• Dan Jones (since the 1990s, including Lady Macbeth , A Song to Fall in Love with , Shadow of the Vampire )
• Hans Jönsson (1960s – 1970s, including two Durbridge films )
• Trevor Jones (since the 1980s, including Mississippi Burning , The Last of the Mohicans )
• David Julyan (since the 2000s, including The Descent )
• Walter Jurmann (1930s – 1940s, including Marx Brothers films )

K

• Jan AP Kaczmarek (since the 1980s, including Horsemen , When dreams learn to fly , Oscar winner)
• Takashi Kako (since 1977, including Conspiracy of the Children , The Quarry , Amida-do Dayori )
• Steffen Kaltschmid (since 1999, including The Pilgrim , Tatort , Bernd das Bread , The Voice of the Eagle )
• Michael Kamen (1970s – 2000s, including Die Hard Series, Lethal Weapon Series, Robin Hood - King of Thieves )
• Tuomas Kantelinen (since the 1990s, including The Best Mother , Arn - The Crusader , Jussi Prize Winner)
• Bronisław Kaper (1930s – 1960s, including Lili , mutiny on the Bounty , Oscar winner)
• Fred Karlin (1960s – 1990s, including lovers and other strangers , The Story of Jane Pittman , Oscar and Emmy Prize winner)
• Kenji Kawai (since the 1980s, including Avalon - Game for Your Life , Ip Man )
• Juri Khanon (* 1988 to 1992, including Days of Darkness, Save and Save, Das Chagrinkbochen, Felix Prize Winner )
• Wojciech Kilar (1960s – 2010s, including Bram Stoker's Dracula , The Nine Gates , The Pianist , César Prize Winner)
• David Kitay (since the 1980s, including Scary Movie , Harold & Kumar , look who's talking! )
• Philipp F. Kölmel (since the 1990s, including Cascadeur , French for beginners , Welcome to Kölleda , ruby red )
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1930s – 1950s, including A Restless Life , Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds , Oscar winner)
• Mark Korven (since the 1980s, including The White Room , Curtis' Charm , Genie Prize Winner)

L.

• Francis Lai (since the 1960s, including Bilitis , A Man and a Woman , The Dream Ship , Oscar winner)
• Reinhard Lakomy (1970s – 1990s, including the dragon Daniel , carnations in aspic )
• Robert Lane (since the 1990s, including Elizabeth I , Red Dust - The truth leads to freedom )
• Hans Lang (1930s – 1960s, including engagement at Lake Wolfgang , the landlady from the Danube beach )
• Nathan Larson (since the 1990s, including Tigerland , Lovesong for Bobby Long )
• Richard LaSalle (1950s – 1980s, including the diary of a murderer , lost between strange worlds )
• David Nessim Lawrence (since the 1990s, including American Pie - Like a hot apple pie , Harper's Island )
• Byung-woo Lee (since the 1990s, including The Host , Mother )
• Raymond Lefèvre (1950s – 1980s, including Louis and his extraterrestrial cabbages , hash me, I'm the killer )
• Michel Legrand (since the 1950s, including Yentl , The Three Musketeers , Oscar & Golden Globe winner)
• Christopher Lennertz (since the 1990s, including Hop - Easter Bunny or Superstar , Supernatural )
• Paul Leonard-Morgan (since the 2000s, including coroner Dr. Leo Dalton , Spooks - In the sights of MI5 , no limit )
• Wolfgang Lesser (1950s – 1960s, including König Drosselbart , description of a summer )
• Leo Leux (1930s – 1950s, including Truxa , The Troublemaker )
• Sylvester Levay (since the 1980s, including Airwolf , Die City-Cobra )
• Michael J. Lewis (since the 1960s, including the Atlantic Explosive Command , Theater des Horens )
• Daniel Licht (since the 1990s, including Dexter , Thinner - Der Fluch )
• Joseph LoDuca (since the 1980s, including Tanz der Teufel , Xena - Die Kriegerprinzessin , Emmy Prize winner)
• Markus Lonardoni (since the 1980s, including Die Deutschen , Tatort )
• Michał Lorenc (since the 1980s, including Exit in Red , spring in autumn )
• Deborah Lurie (since the 1990s, including Suddenly in love , 9 )
• Danny Lux (since the 1990s, including Boston Public , Boston Legal , Ally McBeal , My Name Is Earl , Sabrina - Totally Verhext! )

M.

• Egisto Macchi (1960s – 1990s, including Novembermond , Bandidos )
• Theo Mackeben (1930s – 1950s, including dance on the volcano , home )
• Hans-Martin Majewski (1930s – 1990s, including Die Brücke , The flying classroom )
• Nikos Mamangakis (since the 1960s, including Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik , Kaspar Hauser )
• Mark Mancina (since the 1980s, including Bad Boys - Harte Jungs , Tarzan )
• Henry Mancini (1950s – 1990s, including Breakfast at Tiffany's , The Pink Panther , Grammy and Oscar winner)
• Harry Manfredini (since the 1970s, including Friday the 13th , Wes Craven's Wishmaster )
• Clint Mansell (since the 1990s, including Requiem for a Dream , The Wrestler )
• Anthony Marinelli (since the 1980s, including 15 minutes of fame , Sliders - The gateway into a foreign dimension )
• Dario Marianelli (since the 1990s, including V for Vendetta , Der Solist , Oscar and Golden Globe winner)
• Andrzej Markowski (1950s – 1960s, including The Silent Star )
• Franklyn Marks (1950s – 1970s for Disney Studios)
• Cliff Martinez (since the 1980s, including Narc , Der Mandant )
• Willy Mattes (1940s – 1970s, including The Frog with the Mask , The Red Circle )
• Brian May (1960s – 1990s, including Mad Max 1 & 2 , Missing in Action 2 - The Return )
• Hans May (1920s – 1950s, including A Song Goes Around the World , The Great Unknown )
• Dennis McCarthy (since the 1970s, including Star Trek: Meetings of the Generations , MacGyver , Emmy Prize winner)
• Joel McNeely (since the 1980s, including Star Force Soldier , Die Geister der Titanic , Emmy Prize winner)
• Bear McCreary (since the 2000s, including Battlestar Galactica , The Walking Dead , Outlander )
• Alois Melichar (1930s – 1950s, The Double Lottery , The Immortal Heart )
• Alan Menken (since the 1980s, including The Little Shop of Horror , Beauty and the Beast , Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy Award winner)
• Edmund Meisel (1920s – 1930s, including battleship Potemkin , The Red Circle )
• Will Meisel (1930s – 1960s, including Queen of a Night , A Waltz for You )
• Hansom Milde-Meißner (1920s – 1950s, including the gas man , girl in uniform )
• Paul Misraki (1930s – 1990s, including scream if you can , stopover in Paris )
• Cyril Mockridge (1930s – 1960s, including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , The Hound Of Baskerville )
• Charlie Mole (since the 1980s, including crime seduced , Othello )
• Fred Mollin (since the 1970s, inter alia Nick Knight - The Vampircop , Friday the 13th Part VIII - Manhattan Death Trap )
• Piero Montanari (since the 1980s, including Ghosthouse )
• Hugo Montenegro (1960s – 1970s, including When killers lie in wait , Charming Jeannie )
• Guy Moon (since the 1980s, including The Brady Family , Danny Phantom )
• Mike Moran (since the 1970s, including Time Bandits , Wasser - Der Film )
• Giorgio Moroder (since the 1970s, including Scarface , Flashdance , Oscar winner)
• Ennio Morricone (1950s-2010s, including Play Me a Song of Death , Mission , Grammy, Golden Globe, Oscar winner)
• John Morris (since the 1960s, including The Wild Wild West , The Elephant Man , Emmy Prize Winner)
• Jerome Moross (1940s – 1960s, including adventure on the Mississippi , wide country )
• Stéphane Moucha (since the 1990s, including Die Fremde , The Lives of Others )
• Dominic Muldowney (since the 1970s, including 1984 , The Snipers )
• Rolf-Hans Müller (1950s – 1980s, including Salto Mortale , All my animals )
• Siggi Mueller (since the 1980s, including Mein Mann, mein Leben und du , Erkan & Stefan in The Death Comes Krass )
• John Murphy (since the 1990s, including Kick-Ass , Sunshine )
• Jennie Muskett (since the 1980s, including The Prince & I , Robinson Crusoe )
• Stanley Myers (1950s – 1990s, including Those Going Through Hell , My Wonderful Laundromat )
• Fred Myrow (1960s – 1990s, including Das Böse , Journey to the Isle of Spirits )

N

• Gerd Natschinski (1950s – 1980s, including Hot Summer )
• Thomas Natschinski (since the 1960s, including spooky under the ferris wheel , spooky outside )
• Wilhelm Neef (1950s – 1990s, including The Sons of the Great Bear , Ernst Thälmann - leader of his class )
• Alfred Newman (1930s – 1970s, including Airport , Anastasia , Oscar winner)
• David Newman (since the 1980s, including Ice Age , Anastasia )
• Randy Newman (since the 1970s, including Toy Story , The Unyielding , Oscar winner)
• Thomas Newman (since the 1970s, including Findet Nemo , The Green Mile , Emmy and Grammy award winners)
• Lennie Niehaus (since the 1970s, including Merciless , Bird , Emmy Prize winner)
• Charly Niessen (1950s – 1980s, including The Blue Sea and You , Hula-Hopp, Conny )
• José Nieto (since the 1970s, including Goya's ghosts , Captain Apache )
• Jack Nitzsche (1960s – 1990s, including The Exorcist , The Seventh Sign , Oscar and Golden Globe Prize Winner)
• Adam Nordén (since the 1990s, including Direct Action , Zozo )
• Erik Nordgren (1940s – 1970s, including the smile of a summer night , like in a mirror )
• Alex North (1930–1970s, including Good Morning, Vietnam , Spartacus Emmy and Golden Globe awardees)
• Julian Nott (since the 1980s, including Wallace & Gromit - On the hunt for the giant rabbit )
• Michael Nyman (since the 1980s, including Das Piano , Gattaca )

O

• Rainer Oleak (since the 1980s, including the indoor fountain , Klinikum Berlin Mitte - life in readiness )
• Lotar Olias (1930s – 1960s, including Freddy and the Millionaire , Kaiserball )
• Riz Ortolani (since the 1950s, including Mondo Cane , alone against the Mafia )
• Atli Örvarsson (since the 1990s, including Babylon AD , 8 perspectives )
• John Ottman (since the 1990s, including Superman Returns , Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination )
• Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Ovtschinnikow (1930s – 1980s, including War and Peace , Andrej Rublev )

P

• Don Peake (since the 1970s, including Hill of Bloody Eyes , The House of the Forgotten )
• Heitor Pereira (since the 2000s, including Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights , on the go with boys )
• Jean-Claude Petit (since the 1980s, including Cyrano von Bergerac , Les Misérables , Cesar Prize winner)
• Stu Phillips (since the 1960s, including a sheriff in New York , flowers without fragrance )
• Sebastian Pille (since the 2000s, including hunting season - on the trail of the whalers , I'm gone at sixteen )
• Nicola Piovani (since the 1960s, including Life is Beautiful , Das Sams , Oscar winner)
• Edward H. Plumb (1940s – 1950s, including Bambi , Pinocchio )
• Jocelyn Pook (since the 1990s, including Eyes Wide Shut , Everest - Race in Death )
• Basil Poledouris (1970s – 2000s, including RoboCop , Hunt for Red October )
• Conrad Pope (since the 1990s, including Metalbeast , Die Frauen des Haus Wu )
• Steve Porcaro (since the 1990s, including A Murder of Crows - Diabolische Temptation , Metro - Negotiating is a matter of nerves )
• Rachel Portman (since the 1980s, including Jane Austen's Emma , God's work and the devil's contribution , Oscar winner)
• Mike Post (since the 1980s, numerous TV series, including Das A-Team , Hunter , Law & Order , Magnum )
• John Powell (since the 1980s, including In the Body of the Enemy , Flight 93 , Hancock )
• Zbigniew Preisner (since the 1980s, including Hitler Youth Salomon , three colors: white )
• Steven Price (since the 2010s, including Heart of Steel , Gravity (film) , Oscar winner)
• André Previn (since the 1940s, including Gigi , Elmer Gantry (film) , Oscar winner)
• Anton Profes (1930s – 1960s, including Sissi , The White Dream )
• Claudio Puntin (since the 1990s, including Sunset in Venice , Soundless Wind Chime )

R.

• Peer Raben (1960s – 2000s, including Die Flambierte Frau , Lili Marleen )
• Trevor Rabin (since the 1970s, including Armageddon - The Last Judgment , The Public Enemy No. 1 )
• AR Rahman (since the 1990s, including Slumdog Millionaire , 127 Hours , Oscar winner)
• Robert O. Ragland (1960s – 2000s, including American Monster , Showdown )
• David Raksin (1930s – 1990s, including The Day After , Colorado )
• Ernö Rapée (1920s – 1940s, including The Man Who Laughs , King of Kings )
• Matthias Raue (since the 1980s, including river cruise with chicken , Adelheid and her murderers )
• Mathias Rehfeldt (since the 2010s, including The Sorcerer's Apprentice , Walpurgis Night - The Girls and Death )
• Niki Reiser (since the 1980s, including Go for Zucker! , The White Masai )
• Graeme Revell (since the 1980s, including Sin City , The Crow )
• Egon Riedel (since the 1990s, including Das Blut der Templer , Hui Buh - Das Schlossgespenst )
• J. Peter Robinson (since the 1980s, including Mit Herz und Hand , Mr. Nice Guy )
• Carsten Rocker (since the 1990s, including that you think of me forever , missing )
• Heinz Roemheld (1930s – 1960s, including Dracula's daughter , Nothing New in the West , Oscar winner)
• Fabian Römer (since the 1990s, including Jimmie , Die Tür )
• Stephan Römer (since 2009, including Die Fallers , Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss )
• Jeff Rona (since the 1990s, including White Squall - Tearing Current , The Ice Cold Clique )
• David Rose (1940s – 1980s, including Das Korsarenschiff , Company Petticoat , Emmy Prize winner)
• Raimund Rosenberger (1950s – 1980s, including The Executioner of London , The House Tyrant )
• Leonard Rosenman (1950s – 2000s, including The Lord of the Rings , Star Trek IV: Back to the Present )
• Laurence Rosenthal (since the 1950s, including Clash of the Titans , Meteor , Emmy Prize winner)
• Sven Rossenbach (since 2001, including In the face of crime , The white rabbit )
• Nino Rota (1930s – 1970s, including The Godfather , eight and a half , Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar winner)
• Miklós Rózsa (1930s – 1980s, including Ben Hur , El Cid , Quo vadis?, Oscar winner)
• Arthur B. Rubinstein (since the 1970s, including WarGames - war games , Gegen die Zeit , Emmy Prize winner)
• Marius Ruhland (since the 1990s, including Anatomy , Heaven )
• Jeff Russo (since 2009, including Fargo , Star Trek: Discovery , Mile 22 , Emmy Prize winner)
• Carlo Rustichelli (1930s – 1990s, including four for one Ave Maria , divorce in Italian )

S.

• Ryūichi Sakamoto (since the 1980s, including The Last Emperor , Little Buddha , Oscar and Grammy Award winner)
• Oskar Sala (1940s – 2000s, including Snow White and Rose Red , The Birds )
• Hans J. Salter (1930s – 1960s, including the executioner of London , autumn storms )
• Peter Sandloff (1950s – 1980s, including the invisible claws of Dr. Mabuse , The Avenger )
• Gustavo Santaolalla (since the 1980s, including Babel , Brokeback Mountain , Oscar winner)
• Karl-Ernst Sasse (1960s – 1990s, including track of the falcon , blood brothers )
• Camille Sauvage (in France since 1946)
• Dale Schacker (since the 1980s, including Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs , Voltron , Widget - The Little Guardian )
• Lalo Schifrin (since the 1950s, including THX 1138 , Kobra, take over , Grammy Award winner, film music award for his life's work)
• Andreas Schilling (since the 1990s, including edelweiss pirates )
• Dieter Schleip (since the 1980s, inter alia Der Rote Kakadu , Der Felsen , inter alia German Television Award, German Film Critics Award, Adolf Grimme Award)
• Willy Schmidt-Gentner (1920s – 1950s, including Nathan der Weise , Emil and the detectives )
• Enjott Schneider (since the 1970s, including 23 - Nothing is what it seems , Stalingrad )
• Frank Schreiber (since the 2000s, including Manou The Swift, Ummah - Among friends )
• Eric Serra (since the 1980s, including In the Rush of the Deep , James Bond 007 - Goldeneye , The Fifth Element , César Prize Winner)
• Theodore Shapiro (since the 1990s, including the ovine princes , the devil wears Prada , me, you and the other )
• Edward Shearmur (since the 1990s, including Johnny English , Jacob the Liar , Emmy Prize winner)
• Sherman Brothers (mid-1950s to early 1970s, including Mary Poppins , The Jungle Book , Grammy Award winner)
• Howard Shore (since the 1980s, including The Silence of the Lambs , The Lord of the Rings , Aviator , multiple Oscar and Grammy winner)
• Alan Silvestri (since the 1980s, including Back to the Future , Forrest Gump , Cast Away , Grammy Award winner)
• Paul J. Smith (mid-1930s to 1960s, including Pinocchio , Cinderella , Oscar winner)
• Mark Snow (since the 1970s, including the X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases , Smallville )
• Johan Söderqvist (since the 1990s, including Effi Briest , So dark the night )
• Carl Stalling (1920s to 1990s, music for more than 700 cartoons, including Mickey Mouse and Looney Tunes )
• Richard Stauch (1930s – 1950s; mainly DEFA fairy tale films e.g. Hansel and Gretel , Cinderella )
• Max Steiner (1930s to 1960s, including The Traitor , Our Life with Father , Oscar winner)
• Morton Stevens (from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, including Hawaii Five-Zero )
• Herbert Stothart (1930s to late 1940s, including the Wizard of Oz , pride and prejudice , Oscar winner)
• Marc Streitenfeld (since the 2000s, including American Gangster , Robin Hood )
• Cong Su (since the late 1980s, including the last emperor , Oscar winner)
• Karel Svoboda (mid-1960s to 2000s, approx. 900 film and TV music tracks, including Maya the Bee , The Visitors )

T

• Joby Talbot (since the 1990s, including The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , The Son of Rambow )
• Frédéric Talgorn (since the 1990s, including Asterix at the Olympic Games , Heavy Metal: FAKK² , Anthony Zimmer )
• Michael Tavera (since the 1980s, including Stitch & Co. - The Movie , Mickey's Clubhouse , Piggy Wilbur's great adventure )
• Eugen Thomass (1960s – 1990s, including these drombuschs , sugar - a really sweet catastrophe )
• Peter Thomas (since the 1960s, including The Witcher , Raumpatrouille )
• Maurice Thiriet (1930s – 1970s, including fanfan, the hussar , children of Olympus )
• Yann Tiersen (since the 1990s, including The fabulous world of Amélie , Good Bye, Lenin ! , César Prize winner)
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1920s – 1970s, including twelve noon , The Old Man and the Sea , Oscar winner)
• Martin Todsharow (since the 1990s, including Agnes and his brothers , elementary particles )
• Tomandandy (since the 1990s, including Killing Zoe , The Mothman Prophecies )
• Ceiri Torjussen (since the 2000s, including Wes Craven presenting Dracula III - Legacy )
• Herbert Trantow (1940s – 1960s, including Pünktchen and Anton , on the Reeperbahn at half past twelve )
• Brian Tyler (since the 1990s, including Constantine , John Rambo )
• Christopher Tyng (since the 1990s, including Futurama , OC, California )

U

• Shigeru Umebayashi (since the 1980s, including 2046 , Hannibal Rising - How it all began )

V

• Fabio Vacchi (since the 2000s, including Gabrielle - love of my life )
• Vangelis (since the 1960s, including Blade Runner , 1492 - The Conquest of Paradise )
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1930s – 1950s, including Scott's last trip )
• Ben Vaughn (since the 1980s, including Hinterm Mond, on the left )
• James L. Venable (since the 1990s, including Jersey Girl , Scary Movie 4 )
• Lucas Vidal (since the 2000s, including Make Believe , Mientras duermes and Die Herrschaft der Schatten )
• Titus Vollmer (since the 1990s, including A Case for Two , The Old Man , Istanbul Murder Commission )

W.

• WG Snuffy Walden (since the 1980s, including Providence , Lipstick Jungle )
• Shirley Walker (1990s – 2000s, including Final Destination , Space 2063 )
• Oliver Wallace (1940s – 1960s, including Dumbo , Peter Pan , Oscar winner)
• William Walton (1930s – 1970s, including Heinrich V , Hamlet )
• Michael Wandmacher (since the 1990s, including Punisher: War Zone , My Bloody Valentine 3D )
• Thomas Wanker (since the 1990s, including The Day After Tomorrow , Dresden )
• Stephen Warbeck (since the 1990s, including Her Majesty Mrs. Brown , Shakespeare in Love , Oscar winner)
• Toshiyuki Watanabe (since the 1970s, including Uchū Kyōdai )
• Franz Waxman (1930s – 1960s, including the Boulevard of Twilight , A Place in the Sun , Oscar winner)
• Roy Webb (1920s – 1960s, including cat people , Sindbad the seafarer )
• Matthias Weber (since the 1990s, including In 3 Days You're Dead , The Fall of Lemming )
• Konstantin Wecker (since the 1970s, including The White Rose , Bavarian Film Prize 2009 for Lippel's Dream )
• Hans-Hendrik Wehding (1950s – 1970s, including don't forget my Traudel )
• Ralf Wengenmayr (since the 1990s, including Wickie and the strong men , All my daughters )
• Joachim Werzlau (1950s – 1970s, including Jakob the Liar , The Brave Little Tailor )
• Walter Werzowa (since the 1980s, including Taking Lives - He would kill for your life , Mimic 2 )
• Gert Wilden (since the 1950s, including me, Dr. Fu Man Chu , Heidi )
• Rolf Alexander Wilhelm (1950s – 1990s, including Pappa ante Portas , The Flying Classroom )
• Charles Williams (1930s-1940s, including The 39 Steps , A Lady Disappears , The Apartment )
• David C. Williams (since the 1970s, including God's Army - The Last Battle , Supernova )
• John Williams (since the 1950s, including Star Wars , Indiana Jones , ET , Oscar, Grammy, Emmy award winners)
• Joseph Williams (since the 1990s, including Roswell , Category 7 - The End of the World )
• Patrick Williams (since the 1960s, including four crazy guys - We can all, nobody can do us , The streets of San Francisco )
• Kasper Winding (since the 1970s, including The Flying Devils , The beautiful bathing day , Robert Prize winner)
• Herbert Windt (1930s – 1960s, including dogs, do you want to live forever , triumph of will )
• Gerhard Winkler (1930s – 1960s, including The Voice of Longing , Black Forest Melody )
• Debbie Wiseman (since the 1980s, including Lesbian Vampire Killers , Freeze Frame )
• Raymond Wong (since the 1990s, including Kung Fu Hustle , Shaolin Kickers )
• Alex Wurman (since the 1990s, including Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy , Hollywood Cops )
• David Wurst (since the 1990s, including Storm Catcher , The Foreigner: Black Dawn )
• Eric Wurst (since the 1990s, including Active Stealth , Knight of the Apocalypse )

X

• Stavros Xarchakos (since the 1960s, including Rembetiko )

Y

• Gabriel Yared (since the 1970s, including The English Patient , Room 1408 , Oscar winner)
• Jo Yeong-wook (since the 1990s, including Joint Security Area )
• Christopher Young (since the 1980s, including Ghost Rider , Virtuosity )
• Victor Young (1930s – 1950s, including around the world in 80 days , the winner , Oscar winner)

Z

• Stephan Zacharias (since the 1990s, including Der Untergang )
• Gordon Zahler (1950s – 1970s, including Plan 9 from space , The Silent Star )
• Lee Zahler (1920s – 1940s, including Batman and Robin , The Last of the Mohicans )
• Geoff Zanelli (since the 1990s, including Disturbia , Into the West , Emmy Prize winner)
• Marcelo Zarvos (since the 2000s, including The Good Shepherd , Remember Me - Live the Moment , The Beaver )
• Paul Zaza (since the 1970s, including Prom Night - The Night of the Butcher )
• Guy Zerafa (since the 1990s, including Sabotage - Dark Assassin , Fulltime Killer , Replicant )
• Helmut Zerlett (since the 1980s, including news from WiXXer , Maria an Callas )
• Aaron Zigman (since the 2000s, including Mr. Magoriums Wunderladen , Sex And The City - Der Film )
• Hans Zimmer (since the 1980s, including The Lion King , The Dark Knight , Inception , Pirates of the Caribbean , Oscar winner)
• Christoph Zirngibl (since the 2000s, Jerry Cotton , news from WiXXer )
• Carl Zittrer (since the 1980s, including Prom Night - Die Nacht des Schlächers , Porky’s )
• Peter Zwetkoff (since the 1960s, including the land of fathers, land of sons )

See also

• Film music
• Film composer
• List of composers of German-language films

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017450/

• Gallery of film composers - digital gallery of autographs of well-known film composers including biographies