Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman was born on March 17, 1900, and died on February 17, 1970. He was an American composer, arranger, and conductor who created music for films. He began his career as a young, talented musician and became a respected figure in the history of film music.
Max Steiner
Maximilian Raoul Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian composer and conductor who moved to America and became one of Hollywood’s most famous musical composers. Steiner was a gifted child who conducted his first musical play at age twelve. By fifteen, he was working full-time as a professional, skilled in composing, arranging, and conducting music.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɔʁnɡɔlt]; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor who moved to the United States in the mid-1930s and later became a U.S. citizen. A very talented child, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history.
Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa (Hungarian: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ]; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer who studied in Germany from 1925 to 1931. He worked in France from 1931 to 1935, the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1940, and the United States from 1940 until his death in 1995. He also spent time in Italy starting in 1953.
Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. He received classical training in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution. After the Russian Revolution, he moved to Berlin and later to New York City.
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein ( / ˈ b ɜːr n s t iː n / BURN -steen ; April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. His career lasted more than 50 years, during which he created some of the most well-known and unforgettable music in Hollywood history. He wrote over 150 original film scores and music for nearly 80 television shows.
James Horner
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer and conductor. Between 1978 and 2015, he worked on more than 160 film and television productions. He was known for combining choral and electronic music with traditional orchestral arrangements, and for using themes from Celtic music in his work.
Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert Elfman was born on May 29, 1953. He is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He became famous as the lead singer and main songwriter for the new wave music group Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s.
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ]; born September 12, 1957) is a German film composer and music producer. He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, one BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and five Grammy Awards. He has also been nominated for seven Emmy Awards.
Howard Shore
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his film scores. He has created music for more than 80 films, including the scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He frequently works with director David Cronenberg, scoring all but one of Cronenberg’s films since 1979.