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Apr 3, 2024 · The soundtrack to a film or TV show is a hugely important part of the storytelling of a movie. A film composer’s music can evoke emotion, tell a narrative, and create a mood on its own. The musical score really can make or break a movie experience for viewers.
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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.
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- Rachel Portman. Four women in cinematic history have won Academy Awards for Best Original Score: Marilyn Bergman for Yentl, Rachel Portman for Emma, Ann Dudley for The Full Monty, and Hildur Guonadottir for Joker.
- Elmer Bernstein. With due deference to Howard Shore, Phillip Glass, Alexandre Desplat, and other worthy contenders, Elmer Bernstein has over 250 credits as a film composer.
- Jerry Goldsmith. With over 250 credits amassed from 1953 until his death in 2004, Jerry Goldsmith is responsible for some of the most memorable film music of all time.
- Hans Zimmer. German composer Hans Zimmer earned his first Oscar nomination for Rain Man in 1989. Five years later, he won the Academy Award for scoring The Lion King.
In 1977, John Williams re-popularized the epic cinema sound of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman and other composers from the Hollywood Golden Age: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) became the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time, and spawned countless musical imitators.
In 1977, John Williams re-popularized the epic cinema sound of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman and other composers from the Hollywood Golden Age: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) became the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time, and spawned countless musical imitators.
Scores, soundtracks and iconic music to watch movies by – as picked by great composers.
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100 Greatest Movie Composers. This list is a list of best film composers chosen based on composition, originality, variation, variety, quantity and success in the film score business.
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