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Revision as of 05:17, 24 December 2010
The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio.
A
- Rod Abernethy — Star Trek: Encounters, Wheelman, Dead Space
- Amanda Abizaid — The 13th Alley
- J. J. Abrams (b. 1966) — Felicity, Lost, Alias, Fringe[1]
- André Abujamra (b. 1965) — Durval Discos, Carandiru[2]
- Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) — Valter Brani Sarajevo[3]
- John Adams (b. 1947) — Matter of Heart[4]
- Barry Adamson (b. 1958) — Lost Highway, Delusion
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977) — Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Dangerous Moonlight, Beau Brummell[5]
- John Addison (1920–1988) — Tom Jones, A Bridge Too Far[6]
- Larry Adler (1914–2001) — Genevieve[7]
- Mirwais Ahmadzaï (b. 1960) — No Body Is Perfect, Pardonnez-moi
- Air (formed 1995) — The Virgin Suicides[8]
- Masami Akita (Merzbow; formed 1979) — The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man, Lost Paradise
- Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989) — Gate of Hell, Fires on the Plain, Mount Hakkoda[9]
- Ismo Alanko (b.1960) — Taivaan tulet, Remontti
- Mazhar Alanson (b. 1950) — Everything's Gonna Be Great[10]
- Damon Albarn (b. 1968) — Ordinary Decent Criminal, Ravenous, 101 Reykjavík[11]
- Timothy Albee — Kaze, Ghost Warrior[12]
- Dan Andrei Aldea (b. 1950) — Nunta de piatră
- Edesio Alejandro (b. 1958) — Life Is to Whistle, Suite Habana, Un rey en la Habana[13]
- Alessandro Alessandroni (b. 1925) — Any Gun Can Play
- Jeff Alexander (1910–1989) — The Tender Trap, Jailhouse Rock, Kid Galahad[14]
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960) — The Girl of Solbakken, Mans kvinna
- Hossein Alizadeh (b. 1951) — Gabbeh, A Time for Drunken Horses, Turtles Can Fly
- A. R. Rahman (b. 1966) — Roja, Lagaan, Slumdog Millionaire[15]
- Herb Alpert (b. 1935) — Trabanten
- John Altman (b. 1949) — Little Voice[16]
- William Alwyn (1905–1985) — The Fallen Idol, Odd Man Out, Fires Were Started
- Masamichi Amano (b.1957) — Battle Royale, Giant Robo
- W. D. Amaradeva
- Alejandro Amenábar (b.1972) — The Sea Inside, The Others
- Daniele Amfitheatrof
- David Amram (b.1930) — The Manchurian Candidate, Splendor in the Grass
- Anamanaguchi
- Anand Raj Anand
- Kai Normann Andersen
- Murray C. Anderson
- Benny Andersson (b.1946) — Mio in the Land of Faraway, Songs from the Second Floor, You, the Living
- Michael Andrews (b.1959) — Donnie Darko, Orange County, Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Jurriaan Andriessen
- George Antheil (1900–1959) — In a Lonely Place, Ballet Mécanique
- Paul Antonelli
- Yoshino Aoki — video game music composer; Breath of Fire III, Breath of Fire IV
- Louis Applebaum (1918–2000) — The Story of G.I. Joe
- Takanori Arisawa
- David Arkenstone
- Harold Arlen (1905–1986) — The Wizard of Oz
- Craig Armstrong (b.1959) — Romeo + Juliet, Ray, Moulin Rouge!
- Leo Arnaud
- David Arnold (b.1962) — Independence Day, Quantum of Solace, Little Britain
- Sir Malcolm Arnold
- Len Arran
- Jorge Arriagada — Time Regained, Klimt, Salvador Allende
- Claude Arrieu
- Eduard Artemyev (b.1937) — Solaris, Stalker, Burnt by the Sun
- Joseph Arthur
- Art Zoyd (formed 1968) — new scores for Nosferatu, Metropolis, Häxan
- Jeff Arwady
- Noriyuki Asakura — video game composer; Onimusha, Way of the Samurai
- Assassin (formed 1985) — La Haine
- Edwin Astley
- Richard Attree
- Georges Auric (1899–1983) — La Belle et la bete, Bonjour Tristesse
- Eric Avery
- Max Avery Lichtenstein — Tarnation, Puzzlehead
- Mark Ayres
- Alexandre Azaria
- Lex de Azevedo — The Swan Princess, Where the Red Fern Grows
- Charles Aznavour
B
- Luis Bacalov (b.1933) — Django
- Burt Bacharach
- Pierre Bachelet
- Chris P. Bacon
- Michael Bacon
- Angelo Badalamenti (b.1937) — Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The City of Lost Children
- Klaus Badelt (b.1967) — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Equilibrium, Wu ji
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff
- Mischa Bakaleinikoff
- Buddy Baker (1918-2002) — The Fox and the Hound, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Napoleon and Samantha
- Alexander Bălănescu
- Iain Ballamy (b.1964) — MirrorMask
- Glen Ballard
- Richard Band (b.1953) — Re-Animator, Puppet Master
- Thomas Bangalter (b.1975) — Irréversible, Enter the Void
- Don Banks
- Claus Bantzer (b.1942) — Cherry Blossoms
- Lesley Barber
- Gato Barbieri (b.1934) — Last Tango in Paris
- Blixa Bargeld
- Mister Bark
- James Edward Barker — Psych:9, The Drought, The Vanishment
- Warren Barker
- Andrew Barnabas — MediEvil, Primal
- Erran Baron Cohen — Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Brüno, Da Ali G Show
- Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio
- Bebe Barron (1925–2008) — Forbidden Planet
- Louis Barron (1920–1989) — Forbidden Planet
- John Barry (b. 1933) — Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Out of Africa, Midnight Cowboy
- Steve Bartek (b.1952) — Novocaine, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Desperate Housewives
- Dee Barton
- Stephen Barton
- Fabio Barzagli
- Jules Bass
- George Bassman
- Tyler Bates — 300, Watchmen, The Devil's Rejects
- Hubert Bath
- Mark Batson
- Mike Batt
- Julián Bautista
- Arnold Bax
- Les Baxter
- Jeff Beal — Monk, Pollock
- John Beal
- Robin Beanland — Conker's Bad Fur Day, Conker: Live and Reloaded
- Guy Béart
- Bobby Beausoleil — Lucifer Rising
- Giuseppe Becce (1877–1973) — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Der letzte Mann, Tiefland
- Christophe Beck
- Jeff Beck
- David Bell
- Andrew Belling — Wizards
- Richard Bellis
- Marco Beltrami (b. 1966) — Scream, The Hurt Locker, I, Robot
- Arthur Benjamin
- Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936) — Murder on the Orient Express, Far from the Madding Crowd, Four Weddings and a Funeral
- David Bergeaud — Prince Valiant, Ratchet & Clank, The Outer Limits
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989) — Top Hat, Holiday Inn, Easter Parade
- James Bernard
- Charles Bernstein — A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo, White Lightning
- Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004) — The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Far from Heaven
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) — On the Waterfront
- Harry Betts
- Amin Bhatia
- Bruno Bizarro (b.1979) — A Vida Privada de Salazar, Niño Migraña, O Rosto da Traição
- Adam Berry — South Park, Balto II: Wolf Quest, Kim Possible
- Dennis Berry
- Peter Best (b.1943) — "Crocodile" Dundee, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
- Kurt Bestor
- Harry Betts
- Vishal Bhardwaj (b.1960) — The Blue Umbrella, Omkara, Godmother
- Vanraj Bhatia
- Christian Biegai
- Magnus Birgersson — Mirror's Edge
- Anil Biswas
- Ragnar Bjerkreim
- Björk (b.1965) — Dancer in the Dark, Drawing Restraint 9
- Stanley Black
- Richard Blackford (b.1954) — House of Harmony, The Shell Seekers
- Howard Blake
- Art Blakey
- Terence Blanchard (b.1962) — Inside Man, Malcolm X, Clockers, Sugar Hill
- Jamie Blanks
- Teddy Blass
- Arthur Bliss
- Len Blum
- Armando Bo
- Wes Boatman
- Michael Boddicker
- Ed Bogas — Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
- Carsten Bohn
- Claude Bolling
- Bernardo Bonezzi
- Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001) — Black Orpheus
- Fred Bongusto
- R C Boral
- Simon Boswell (b.1956) — Santa Sangre, Dust Devil, Tin Man
- Martin Böttcher (b.1927) — Winnetou, Derrick, Das schwarze Schaf
- Frédéric Botton (1937-2008) — Hunting and Gathering
- Roddy Bottum
- Ned Bouhalassa
- Pierre Boulez
- Pieter Bourke
- David Bowie
- Scott Bradley
- Steven Bramson
- Glenn Branca
- Otto Brandenburg
- Angelo Branduardi — Momo
- Stephen Bray
- Michael Breckenridge
- Buddy Bregman
- Goran Bregović (b. 1950) — Time of the Gypsies, Underground
- Joseph Carl Breil (1870–1926) — The Birth of a Nation, Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
- Willem Breuker
- Philip Brigham
- Jon Brion
- Benjamin Britten
- Jeff Britting
- Timothy Brock
- Michael Brook (b.1951) — An Inconvenient Truth, Into the Wild
- Mel Brooks
- Eric Brosius — System Shock 2, Thief: The Dark Project, Guitar Hero
- Michael Bross — Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
- Dirk Brossé
- Bruce Broughton
- Leo Brouwer
- Bill Brown
- James Brown (1933–2006) — Black Ceasar, Slaughter's Big Ripoff
- George Bruns
- Joanna Bruzdowicz (b. 1943) — Vagabond, Jacquot de Nantes
- Jimmy Bryant
- Gavin Bryars
- David Buckley
- Paul Buckmaster — 12 Monkeys
- Harold Budd
- Roy Budd
- Peter Buffett
- Bun Bun — Breath of Fire, Metal Slug 1st Mission, Mega Man 3
- Roman Bunka
- Velton Ray Bunch
- Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) — Brideshead Revisited, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Chronicles of Narnia
- Rahul Dev Burman
- Sachin Dev Burman
- Justin Burnett
- T-Bone Burnett
- Ralph Burns
- Carter Burwell (b. 1954) — Fargo, Being John Malkovich, Blood Simple
- David Buttolph
- Joseph Byrd
- David Byrne
C
- C.G mix
- John Cacavas
- John Cage (1912–1992) — Dreams That Money Can Buy, Works of Calder
- Peter Calandra
- Jesús Calderón
- John Cale (b.1942) — American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol
- Cali
- Sean Callery
- Pino Calvi
- David Campbell
- Pedro Camacho
- Francisco Canaro
- Paul Cantelon
- David Carbonara
- Gerard Carbonara
- Sam Cardon
- Wendy Carlos (b.1939) — A Clockwork Orange, Tron, The Shining
- John Carpenter
- Pete Carpenter
- Hans Carste
- Gaylord Carter
- Kristopher Carter
- Doreen Carwithen
- Tristram Cary
- Carles Cases
- Johnny Cash
- Teddy Castellucci
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Brian Castillo
- Nick Cave
- Ryan Cayabyab
- Sapan Chakraborty
- Chakri
- Charlie Chaplin
- Benoît Charest
- Kenneth Chasen
- Ken Chastain
- Stuart Chatwood
- Jay Chattaway
- Matthieu Chedid
- Yury G. Chernavsky
- Don Cherry
- Paul Chihara
- Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
- Chitragupta
- Salil Chowdhury
- Sandeep Chowta
- Jamie Christopherson
- Toby Chu
- Frank Churchill (1901-1942) — Bambi, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
- Suzanne Ciani
- Alessandro Cicognini
- Grzegorz Ciechowski
- The Cinematic Orchestra
- Stelvio Cipriani
- Julien Civange
- Dolores Claman
- Clannad
- James Kenelm Clarke
- Malcolm Clarke
- Stanley Clarke — The Transporter
- Alf Clausen — The Simpsons
- George S. Clinton — Austin Powers, The Astronaut's Wife, Wild Things
- Charlie Clouser — Saw, Numb3rs, The Stepfather, Resident Evil: Extinction
- Elia Cmiral
- Eric Coates
- Coil
- Ozan Çolakoğlu (b.1972) — G.O.R.A., Organize İşler, Sınav
- Ray Colcord
- Jude Cole
- Lisa Coleman
- Cyril Collard
- Anthony Vincent Collins
- Phil Collins
- Michel Colombier
- Zebedy Colt
- Peter Connelly
- Con Conrad
- Marius Constant
- Paul Constantinescu
- Bill Conti
- Ry Cooder
- Jason Cooper
- Ray Cooper
- Stewart Copeland
- Aaron Copland
- Cecil Copping
- John Corigliano
- Bruno Coulais
- Alexander Courage
- Vladimir Cosma
- Alexander Courage
- Crush 40
- Douglas J. Cuomo
- Mike Curb
- Hoyt Curtin
D
- Juan D'Arienzo
- Ben Daglish
- V. Dakshinamoorthy
- Burkhard Dallwitz
- Đặng Hữu Phúc
- Britt Daniel
- John Dankworth
- Jeff Danna
- Mychael Danna
- Ken Darby
- Mason Daring
- David Darling
- Samar Das
- Peter Dasent
- Vladimir Dashkevich
- Evelyne Datl
- Shaun Davey
- Iva Davies
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Carl Davis
- Don Davis
- Jonathan Davis
- Miles Davis
- Guido De Angelis
- Maurizio De Angelis
- Francesco De Masi
- Tullio De Piscopo
- Frank De Vol
- Barry De Vorzon
- Dead Can Dance
- Richard DeBenedictis
- John Debney
- Charles Deenen
- Fabian Del Priore
- Norman Dello Joio
- Jack Delano
- Georges Delerue
- Joe Delia
- Julie Delpy
- Milton DeLugg
- Éric Demarsan
- Olivier Derivière
- Jean Derome
- Russ DeSalvo
- Alexandre Desplat
- Paul Dessau
- Adolph Deutsch
- Stephen Deutsch
- Deva
- Srikanth Deva
- DeVotchKa
- Frédéric Devreese
- Sussan Deyhim
- James Di Pasquale
- Neil Diamond
- Michelle DiBucci
- Vince DiCola
- Enrique Santos Discépolo
- Ramin Djawadi
- Simon Dobson
- Robert E. Dolan
- Thomas Dolby
- Klaus Doldinger
- Pino Donaggio
- Walter Donaldson
- James Dooley
- Pierre van Dormael
- Paul Doucette
- Joel Douek
- Patrick Doyle
- Carmen Dragon
- Christopher Drake
- Robert Drasnin
- Jojo Draven
- Dennis Dreith
- Jorge Drexler
- George Dreyfus
- Howard Drossin
- Jack Curtis Dubowsky
- John Du Prez
- Anne Dudley
- Antoine Duhamel
- Charles Dumont
- Isaak Dunayevsky
- Maksim Dunayevsky
- Clay Duncan
- Robert Duncan
- Trevor Duncan
- George Duning
- The Dust Brothers
- Frank Duval
- Jeff van Dyck
- Dado Dzihan - Well Tempered Corpses, Sitting Ducks, Breaking and Entering
E
- E.S. Posthumus
- Brian Easdale — The Red Shoes, Peeping Tom
- Clint Eastwood
- Kyle Eastwood
- Nicolas Economou
- Randy Edelman
- Greg Edmonson
- Carl Edouarde
- Ross Edwards
- Stefan Eichinger
- Philippe Eidel
- Cliff Eidelman
- Christian Eigner — Die Viertelliterklasse
- Ludovico Einaudi
- F. M. Einheit
- Richard Einhorn — The Prowler, Voices of Light
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Der Eisenrost
- Hanns Eisler
- Element of Crime
- Danny Elfman "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Corpse Bride", "Edward Scissorhands"
- Jonathan Elias
- Rachel Elkind
- Boris Elkis
- Duke Ellington
- Dean Elliott
- Jack Elliott
- Don Ellis
- Warren Ellis
- Albert Elms
- Elwood
- Keith Emerson
- Jon English
- Tobias Enhus
- Jeremy Enigk
- Brian Eno — The Lovely Bones, Sebastiane
- Roger Eno
- Enya
- Harry Escott
- Ilan Eshkeri
- Juan García Esquivel
- Ray Evans
F
- Adam F
- Bent Fabric
- Asser Fagerström
- Brian Fahey
- Sammy Fain
- Percy Faith
- Nima Fakhrara
- Harold Faltermeyer
- David Fanshawe
- Paul Farrer
- Toufic Farroukh
- Bruce Faulconer
- Jeffrey Fayman
- George Fenton
- Jay Ferguson
- Paul Ferris
- Nico Fidenco
- Brad Fiedel
- Jerry Fielding
- Magnus Fiennes
- Mike Figgis
- Eveline Fischer
- Luboš Fišer
- Frank Fitzpatrick
- Stephen Flaherty
- Tom Flannery
- Flo & Eddie
- Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley
- Tim Follin
- Ari Folman
- Troels Brun Folmann
- Dan Forden
- Keith Forsey
- Bruce Fowler
- Charles Fox
- Jesús Franco
- Christopher Franke
- Benjamin Frankel
- Jason Frederick
- Freur
- Gerald Fried
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Bill Frisell
- Fred Frith
- John Frizzell
- Fabio Frizzi
- Edgar Froese
- Dominic Frontiere
- Hideyuki Fukasawa
- Matt Furniss
- Nathan Furst
- Giovanni Fusco
G
- Peter Gabriel
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Vincent Gallo
- Martin Galway
- Douglas Gamley
- Gara Garayev
- Anja Garbarek
- Jan Garbarek
- Antón García Abril
- Russell Garcia
- Ruy Garcia
- Dan Gardopée
- Snuff Garrett
- Mort Garson
- Georges Garvarentz
- Giorgio Gaslini
- Tony Gatlif
- Mohammed Gauss
- Marvin Gaye
- Ron Geesin
- Grant Geissman
- Lisa Gerrard
- Matthew Gerrard
- George Gershwin
- Irving Gertz
- Ghantasala
- Michael Giacchino
- Michael Gibbs
- Richard Gibbs
- Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Gary Gilbertson
- Alan Gill
- Terry Gilkyson
- Daniel Giorgetti
- Paul Giovanni
- Girls Against Boys (formed 1988) — Series 7: The Contenders
- Lutz Glandien
- Scott Glasgow
- Philip Glass
- Paul Glass
- Patrick Gleeson
- Evelyn Glennie
- Nick Glennie-Smith
- Goblin
- Erik Godal
- Vladimír Godár
- Lucio Godoy
- Ramana Gogula
- Matthias Gohl
- Ernest Gold
- Jeffrey Gold
- Murray Gold
- Billy Goldenberg
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Joel Goldsmith
- Jonathan Goldstein (composer)
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Benny Golson
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Miles Goodman
- Ron Goodwin
- Alain Goraguer
- Michael Gordon
- Michael Gore
- Adam Gorgoni
- Manami Gotoh
- Louis F. Gottschalk
- Morton Gould
- Patrick Gowers
- Paul Grabowsky
- Ron Grainer
- Jason Graves
- Allan Gray
- Barry Gray
- Clifford Grey
- Jody Gray
- Gavin Greenaway
- Johnny Green
- Walter Greene
- Jonny Greenwood
- Gustaf Grefberg
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Mark Griskey
- Raymond van het Groenewoud
- Launy Grøndahl
- Herbert Grönemeyer
- Charles Gross
- Jacob Groth
- Dave Grusin
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Jean-Pierre Guiran
- Fuat Güner
- Christopher Gunning
- Gurukiran
- Olof Gustafsson
H
- Alexander Hacke
- Manos Hadjidakis
- Georg Haentzschel
- Richard Hageman
- Earle Hagen
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Taro Hakase
- Halfdan E
- Dick Halligan
- Shirō Hamaguchi
- Chico Hamilton
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Chuck Hammer
- Jan Hammer
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Hamsalekha
- Herbie Hancock
- Frederic Hand
- Kentarō Haneda
- James Hannigan
- Ilmari Hannikainen
- Glen Hansard
- Raymond Hanson
- Chihiro Harada
- Hagood Hardy
- Jon Hare
- Leigh Harline
- Joe Harnell
- Don Harper
- Don L. Harper
- Albert Harris
- Johnny Harris
- Sue Harris
- John Harrison
- Jimmy Harry
- Jimmy Hart
- Hal Hartley
- Richard Hartley
- Paul Hartnoll
- Mick Harvey
- Richard Harvey
- Tomoki Hasegawa
- Ichiko Hashimoto
- Paul Haslinger
- Aki Hata
- Tony Hatch
- Donny Hathaway
- Marvin Hatley
- Katsuhisa Hattori
- M. Maurice Hawkesworth
- Alan Hawkshaw
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Hikaru Hayashi — Death by Hanging
- Isaac Hayes
- Tim Haywood
- Richard Hazard
- Jim Hedges
- Neal Hefti
- Reinhold Heil
- Michael Hennagin
- Joe Henry
- Hans Werner Henze
- Paul Hepker
- Victor Herbert
- Michel Herr
- Bernard Herrmann
- Paul Hertzog — Bloodsport, Kickboxer
- Dan Hess
- David Hess
- Nigel Hess
- Eric Hester
- Andrew Hewitt
- David Hewson
- Miki Higashino
- Masanori Hikichi
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
- Paul Hindemith
- Yoshihisa Hirano
- Hajime Hirasawa
- Susumu Hirasawa
- David Hirschfelder
- Joel Hirschhorn
- Joe Hisaishi
- Peter Hajba
- Michael Hoenig
- Derrick Hodge
- Friedrich Hollaender
- Dulcie Holland
- David Holmes
- Bo Holten — The Element of Crime
- Arthur Honegger
- Hannu Honkonen
- Johan Hoogewijs
- Les Hooper
- Nicholas Hooper
- Nellee Hooper
- Anthony Hopkins
- Antony Hopkins
- Keith Hopwood
- Trevor Horn
- James Horner
- Richard Horowitz
- André Hossein
- Tomoyasu Hotei
- James Newton Howard
- Ken Howard
- Alan Howarth
- Peter Howell
- Robert Hughes
- Scott Humphrey
- Craig Huxley
- Søren Hyldgaard
- Dick Hyman
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic
I
- Jacques Ibert
- Abdullah Ibrahim
- Akira Ifukube
- Alberto Iglesias (b.1955) —All About My Mother, The Kite Runner, The Constant Gardener
- Ilaiyaraaja
- John Illsley
- Jerrold Immel (b.1936) —Dallas, How the West Was Won, Voyagers!
- In the Nursery (formed 1981) —new music for the silent films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Man with a Movie Camera, Asphalt
- John Ireland
- Markéta Irglová (b.1988) —Once
- Pat Irwin
- Peter Isaac —John Safran's Race Relations, Speaking in Tongues, Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure
- Mark Isham (b.1951) —Of Mice and Men, The Cooler, Blade, Crash
- Chu Ishikawa —Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Gemini, A Snake of June
- Emir Işılay
- Masumi Itō
- Teiji Ito (1935–1982) —Meshes of the Afternoon, The Very Eye of Night
- Peter Ivers
- Taku Iwasaki
- Taro Iwashiro (b.1965) —Red Cliff, Memories of Murder
- Masaharu Iwata
J
- Steve Jablonsky (b.1970) —Transformers, The Island, Steamboy
- Richard Jacques
- Mick Jagger (b.1943) —Invocation Of My Demon Brother, Alfie
- Jaidev
- Shankar Jaikishan
- Ravindra Jain
- Bob James (b.1939) —Taxi, Daniel
- Malek Jandali
- Chas Jankel
- Enzo Jannacci (b.1935) —Seven Beauties
- Werner Janssen
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) —Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Topaz, Dead Poets Society
- Michael Jary
- Maurice Jaubert
- Harris Jayaraj
- Wyclef Jean
- Jeet
- Merrill Jenson
- Zhao Jiping
- Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim)
- Adan Jodorowsky (b.1979) —Echek, Teou
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (b.1929) —El Topo, The Holy Mountain
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Elton John
- Johnson
- J. J. Johnson
- Laurie Johnson
- Nathan Johnson
- Arthur Johnston
- Bobby Johnston
- Jim Johnston
- Brian Jones
- Dan Jones
- John Paul Jones
- Quincy Jones (b.1933) —In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Color Purple, Roots
- Tim Jones (b. 1971) —The Forsaken, Chuck, Karla
- Raymond Jones
- Ron Jones
- Trevor Jones (b.1949) —The Dark Crystal, Dark City, Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans
- Richard Joseph
- Michael Josephs
- Don Julian (1937-1998) —Savage!, Shorty the Pimp
- David Julyan —Memento, The Descent, The Prestige
- Junkie XL (b.1967) —DOA: Dead or Alive, SSX Blur, Need for Speed: ProStreet
- Walter Jurmann
- Patrick Juvet
K
- John Erik Kaada
- Dmitri Kabalevsky
- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- Mauricio Kagel
- Gus Kahn
- Akari Kaida
- Yuki Kajiura
- Edd Kalehoff
- George Kallis
- Bert Kalmar
- Michael Kamen
- John Kander
- Shigeru Kan-no
- Yoko Kanno
- Tuomas Kantelinen
- Bronisław Kaper
- Sol Kaplan
- Eleni Karaindrou
- Nele Karajlić
- Anton Karas
- Fred Karlin
- Laura Karpman
- Kent Karlsson
- Peter Kater
- Emilio Kauderer
- Jake Kaufman
- Kenji Kawai
- Norman Kay
- Yakov Kazyansky
- John E. Keane
- John M. Keane
- M. M. Keeravani
- Roger Kellaway
- Paul Kelly
- Rolfe Kent
- Walter Kent
- Jerome Kern
- Premasiri Kernadasa
- Aram Khachaturian
- Khaled
- Aashish Khan
- Ali Akbar Khan
- Praga Khan
- Usha Khanna
- Alex Khaskin
- Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
- Tikhon Khrennikov
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
- Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Wojciech Kilar
- Mark Kilian
- Alastair King
- John King
- Kaki King
- Gershon Kingsley
- Gökhan Kırdar
- Grant Kirkhope
- Martin Kiszko
- Kitarō
- Mark Klem
- Johnny Klimek
- Jan Klusák
- Mark Knight
- David Knopfler
- Mark Knopfler
- Chiho Kobayashi
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Robbie Kondor
- Joseph Koo
- Ben Kopec
- Hermann Kopp
- Anders Koppel
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Danny Kortchmar
- Richard Kosinski
- Joseph Kosma
- Irwin Kostal
- Robert Kraft
- William Kraft
- Robert J. Kral
- Raoul Kraushaar
- John Henry Kreitler
- K. M. Radha Krishnan
- David Kristian
- Mina Kubota
- Vivian Kubrick
- Taro Kudou
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Gary Kuo
- Hitomi Kuroishi
- Emir Kusturica
- Keisuke Kuwata
- Chan Kwong-Wing
- Jesper Kyd
L
- John T. La Barbera
- Fariborz Lachini
- Thorsten Laewe
- Bappi Lahiri
- Francis Lai (b.1932) —Love Story, Bilitis, A Man and a Woman
- Nick Laird-Clowes
- Constant Lambert
- Russ Landau
- Marcel Landowski
- Bruce Langhorne
- Daniel Lanois
- Laraaji
- Glen A. Larson
- Nathan Larson
- Richard LaSalle
- James Last
- Felice Lattuada
- Tats Lau
- Ken Lauber
- William Lava
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Tom Lavin
- James Lavino
- David Nessim Lawrence —American Pie, High School Musical
- Elliot Lawrence
- Stephen J. Lawrence
- Maury Laws
- Raam Laxman
- Jean-Marc Lederman
- Lee Byung-woo (b.1965) —A Tale of Two Sisters, The Host, Mother
- Raymond Lefèvre (1929-2008) —Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, La Soupe aux choux
- Michel Legrand (b.1932) —Cléo from 5 to 7, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, F for Fake
- Barry Leitch
- Christopher Lennertz (b.1972) —Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, Saint Sinner, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Supernatural
- Sean Lennon
- Nicholas Lens
- Patrick Leonard
- Raymond Leppard
- Sondre Lerche (b.1982) —Dan in Real Life
- César Lerner
- Jérôme Leroy
- Yaacov Bilansky Levanon
- Sylvester Levay
- Laurent Levesque
- James S. Levine
- Michael A. Levine
- Krishna Levy (b.1964) —8 Women
- Louis Levy
- Shuki Levy
- Frank Lewin
- Herschell Gordon Lewis
- Leslie Lewis
- Paul Lewis
- Jan Leyers
- Blake Leyh
- Sven Libaek
- Michael Licari
- György Ligeti
- Russell Lieblich
- Krister Linder
- Zdeněk Liška
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Jay Livingston
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lowell Lo
- Los Lobos
- Didier Lockwood
- Malcolm Lockyer
- Joseph LoDuca —Xena: Warrior Princess, The Evil Dead, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Army of Darkness
- John Loeffler
- Frederick Loewe
- Henning Lohner
- Jon Lord
- Rob Lord
- Saša Lošić
- Alexina Louie
- Louiguy
- Jacques Loussier
- Chris Lowe
- David Lowe
- Mundell Lowe
- Jaye Luckett
- Ralph Lundsten
- Evan Lurie
- John Lurie
- Danny Lux
- David Lynch (b.1946) —Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Liam Lynch
M
- Lebo M
- Galt MacDermot
- Madonna
- Jun Maeda
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Shankar Mahadevan
- Taj Mahal
- Vusi Mahlasela
- Anu Malik
- Kalyani Malik
- Albert Hay Malotte
- Riichiro Manabe
- Josh Mancell
- Mark Mancina
- Henry Mancini
- Johnny Mandel
- Christopher Mann
- Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
- Franco Mannino
- Manohar
- Clint Mansell
- Keith Mansfield
- Marilyn Manson — Resident Evil
- Tigran Mansurian — The Color of Pomegranates, We and Our Mountains
- Kevin Manthei
- Homero Manzi
- Dario Marianelli — Atonement, V for Vendetta, Agora
- Chris Marker — Sans Soleil
- Clair Marlo
- Richard Marriott
- Branford Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- George Martin — Yellow Submarine, Live and Let Die
- Jerry Martin
- Cliff Martinez (b.1954) — Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Solaris, Kafka
- J Mascis
- Massive Attack (formed 1988) — Danny the Dog
- Diego Masson
- Toshio Masuda
- Muir Mathieson
- Masaya Matsuura
- Dave Matthews
- Siegfried Matthus
- Billy May
- Brian May
- Simon May
- Curtis Mayfield — Superfly
- Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Dennis McCarthy
- Paul McCartney
- Craig McConnell
- Bear McCreary
- Nathan McCree
- Keff McCulloch
- Gary McFarland
- Rory McFarlane
- Don McGlashan
- Bill McGuffie
- Tim McIntire
- Rod McKuen
- Joel McNeely
- Joe Meek
- DJ Mehdi
- Edmund Meisel (b. 1894) — The Battleship Potemkin
- Gil Mellé
- Wendy Melvoin (b. 1964) — Heroes, Dangerous Minds
- Loy Mendonsa
- Alan Menken
- Dean Menta
- Johnny Mercer
- Freddie Mercury
- Wim Mertens
- Mateo Messina
- Dominic Messinger
- Micki Meuser
- Mickey J Meyer
- Lanny Meyers
- Guy Michelmore
- Mario Migliardi
- Darius Milhaud
- Marcus Miller
- Robyn Miller
- Chieli Minucci
- Paul Misraki
- Shyamal Mitra
- Shinkichi Mitsumune
- Hajime Mizoguchi
- Vic Mizzy
- Moby
- Cyril J. Mockridge
- Mogwai
- Ghulam Mohammed
- Madan Mohan
- S. Mohinder
- Charlie Mole
- Paddy Moloney
- Money Mark
- Francis Monkman
- Egil Monn-Iversen
- Hugo Montenegro
- Guy Moon
- Anthony Moore
- Dudley Moore
- Lennie Moore
- Mike Moran
- Mark Morgan
- Akihiko Mori
- Nobuhiko Morino
- Angela Morley
- Giorgio Moroder
- Jerome Moross
- Andrea Morricone (b. 1964) — Cinema Paradiso, Capturing the Friedmans[17]
- Ennio Morricone (b. 1928) — A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables[18]
- John Morris
- Trevor Morris
- Bob Mothersbaugh
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Rob Mounsey
- Dominic Muldowney
- Mugison
- Nico Muhly
- Manas Mukherjee
- Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- Pankaj Mullick
- David Munrow
- Vano Muradeli
- Rika Muranaka
- Alexi Murdoch
- John Murphy
- Stanley Myers
N
- Hideki Naganuma
- Kōtarō Nakagawa
- Masato Nakamura
- Takayuki Nakamura
- Desmond Nakano
- Naked Lunch
- Gianna Nannini
- Michiko Naruke
- Mario Nascimbene
- Nash the Slash
- Nashad
- Naushad
- Javier Navarrete
- Robert Anthony Navarro
- O. P. Nayyar
- Blake Neely
- Oliver Nelson
- Neo
- Michael Nesmith
- Olga Neuwirth
- Ira Newborn
- Alfred Newman
- David Newman
- Emil Newman
- Lionel Newman
- Joey Newman
- Randy Newman
- Thomas Newman
- Mbongeni Ngema
- Bruno Nicolai
- Lennie Niehaus
- Tomohito Nishiura
- Joy Nilo
- Harry Nilsson
- Jack Nitzsche
- Yuji Nomi
- Ehsaan Noorani
- Per Nørgård
- Graeme Norgate
- Monty Norman
- Alex North
- Christopher North
- Julian Nott
- The Notwist
- Michael Nyman
- Molly Nyman
O
- Karen O
- Richard O'Brien (b.1942) — Shock Treatment
- Martin O'Donnell
- Tom O'Horgan
- Walter O'Keefe
- Sharon O'Neill
- Paul Oakenfold
- Deane Ogden (b.1974) — Dreams on Spec, Ball & Chain, The Sensei
- Erkan Oğur
- Hisayoshi Ogura
- Mike Oldfield
- Hal Oppenheim
- Orbital
- Buxton Orr
- Shinji Orito
- Riz Ortolani
- Michiru Oshima (b.1961) — Ico, Legend of Legaia, Arc the Lad, Fullmetal Alchemist
- Alex Otterlei — Xyanide, Totems
- John Ottman (b.1964) — The Usual Suspects, Fantastic Four, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, X2
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (b.1936) — Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, War and Peace
- Mark Ovenden
- Atilla Özdemiroğlu
P
- Craig Padilla
- Gene Page
- Jimmy Page
- Marty Paich
- Shelly Palmer
- Alan Parker
- Clifton Parker
- Elizabeth Parker
- Jim Parker
- Dean Parks
- Gordon Parks
- Van Dyke Parks
- Arvo Pärt
- Ioan Gyuri Pascu
- Johnny Pate
- R. P. Patnaik
- Mike Patton
- Arun Paudwal
- Alex Paul
- Gene de Paul
- Johnny Pearson
- Gunner Møller Pedersen
- Bernard Peiffer
- Ahmad Pejman
- Borja Penalba
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Michael Penn
- Heitor Pereira
- Frank Perkins
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
- Brendan Perry
- William P. Perry
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Tom Petty
- Sudhir Phadke
- Barrington Pheloung
- Art Phillips
- Britta Phillips
- John Phillips
- Stu Phillips
- Winifred Phillips
- The Phoenix Foundation
- Lucian Piane
- Ástor Piazzolla
- Piero Piccioni
- Stéphane Picq
- Enrico Pieranunzi
- Jason Pierce
- Pink Floyd
- Antonio Pinto
- Nicola Piovani
- Douglas Pipes
- Plaid
- Michael Richard Plowman
- Terry Plumeri
- Dmitry Pokrass
- Pier Paolo Polcari
- Basil Poledouris
- David Pomeranz
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Jocelyn Pook
- Popol Vuh
- Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov
- Steve Porcaro
- Pornosonic
- Michel Portal
- Cole Porter
- Rachel Portman
- Mike Post
- Sally Potter
- Andrew Powell
- John Powell
- Vasant Prabhu
- Devi Sri Prasad
- Prashant-Krishnan
- Pray for Rain
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Don Preston
- André Previn
- Dory Previn
- Alan Price
- Prince
- Robert Prince
- Pritam
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Craig Pruess
Q
R
- R.E.M. (formed 1980) — Man on the Moon
- Jaan Rääts
- Peer Raben (1950–2007) — Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Querelle
- Trevor Rabin
- James Rado
- Robert O. Ragland
- A. R. Rahman
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Brian Ralston
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Rajan-Nagendra
- David Raksin
- S. Rajeswara Rao
- Ernö Rapée
- Roop Kumar Rathod
- François Rauber
- Raveendran
- Ravi
- Simon Ravn
- Satyajit Ray
- Ray Reach
- Alto Reed
- Steve Reich
- Ernst Reijseger
- Brian Reitzell
- Franz Reizenstein
- Mike Renzi
- Himesh Reshammiya
- Graeme Revell
- Gian Piero Reverberi
- Silvestre Revueltas
- Graham Reynolds
- Trent Reznor
- Rheostatics
- Andi Rianto
- Fred Rich
- Neil Richardson
- Max Richter
- Chris Rickwood
- Nelson Riddle
- Stan Ridgway
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Waldo de los Ríos
- Stephen Rippy
- Laza Ristovski
- Lolita Ritmanis
- Paul Robb
- Richard Robbins
- Andy Roberts
- Jamie Robertson
- J. Peter Robinson
- Nile Rodgers
- Robert Rodriguez
- Heinz Eric Roemheld
- Roger Roger
- Alejandro Román
- Alain Romans
- Douglas Romayne
- Sigmund Romberg
- Philippe Rombi
- Manuel Romero
- Paul Romero
- Jeff Rona
- Ann Ronell
- David Rose
- Max van der Rose
- Leonard Rosenman
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Roshan
- Atticus Ross
- William Ross
- Renzo Rossellini
- Hubert Rostaing
- Nino Rota (1911-1979) — La Strada, La Dolce Vita, The Godfather
- Arnie Roth — Barbie as Rapunzel, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
- Glen Roven
- Hahn Rowe
- Bruce Rowland
- Miklós Rózsa
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Donald Rubinstein
- John Rubinstein
- Harry Ruby
- Steve Rucker
- Pete Rugolo
- Mark Russell
- Carlo Rustichelli
- Paolo Rustichelli
- Mark Rutherford
- RZA (b.1969) — Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Afro Samurai
S
- S.E.N.S.
- Haim Saban
- Danny Saber (b.1966) —Blade 2
- Shigeaki Saegusa
- Craig Safan (b.1948) —The Last Starfighter, Fade to Black, Cheers
- Jamie Saft
- Toshihiko Sahashi
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) —The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Salim-Sulaiman
- Hans J. Salter
- Michael Salvatori
- Leonard Salzedo
- Adnan Sami
- George Sanger
- John Sangster
- Stéphane Sanseverino
- Carlos Santana
- Gustavo Santaolalla (b.1951) —Brokeback Mountain, Amores perros, Babel
- Cláudio Santoro
- Philippe Sarde
- David Sardy
- Masaru Satō
- Naoki Satō
- Tenpei Sato
- Jordi Savall
- Nitin Sawhney
- Paul Sawtell
- Walter Scharf
- Victor Schertzinger
- Peter Schickele (b.1935) —Silent Running, Where the Wild Things Are
- Lalo Schifrin (b.1932) —Mission: Impossible, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Dirty Harry
- Adam Schlesinger
- Irmin Schmidt
- Johannes Schmoelling
- Helge Schneider
- Alfred Schnittke
- Gaili Schoen
- Eberhard Schoener
- Schoolly D (b.1966) —New Rose Hotel
- Barry Schrader
- Scott Schreer
- Ralph Schuckett
- Norbert Schultze
- Klaus Schulze (b.1947) —Angst, Body Love, Le Moulin de Daudet
- Walter Schumann
- Sigi Schwab
- David Schwartz
- Stephen Schwartz
- Garry Schyman
- John Scott
- Tom Scott
- Humphrey Searle (1915-1982) —The Haunting
- Fat Segal —Skins
- Misha Segal —The Phantom of the Opera, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, The Last Dragon
- Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) —Animal Farm
- Mark Seibert
- Tsuyoshi Sekito
- Jun Senoue
- Kristian Sensini
- Seppuku Paradigm (formed 2005) —Martyrs, Eden Log, Red Nights
- Alex Seropian
- Éric Serra
- Arban Severin
- Steven Severin (b.1955) —Visions of Ecstasy, Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman
- Thomas Edward Seymour
- Kyriakos Sfetsas
- Marc Shaiman
- Vladimir Shainsky
- Gingger Shankar
- Ravi Shankar
- Ray Shanklin
- Shantel
- Theodore Shapiro
- Jamshied Sharifi
- Shark
- Mani Sharma
- Monty Sharma
- Edward Shearmur
- Bert Shefter
- William Sheller
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Tetsuya Shibata
- Leroy Shield
- Kevin Shields
- Yasunori Shiono
- Sumio Shiratori
- David Shire
- Howard Shore
- Ryan Shore
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Aadesh Shrivastava
- Shudder to Think
- Leo Shuken
- Mort Shuman
- Louis Siciliano
- Steve Sidwell
- Valgeir Sigurðsson
- Louis Silvers
- Alan Silvestri
- Samuel Sim
- Zoran Simjanović
- Carly Simon
- Claudio Simonetti
- Madan Gopal Singh
- Uttam Singh
- 16Volt
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
- Frank Skinner
- Leland Sklar
- Andys Skordis
- Cezary Skubiszewski
- Wikluh Sky (b.1980) —A Serbian Film
- Mark Slater
- Michael Small
- Bruce Smeaton
- Paul J. Smith
- Mark Snow
- Sofa Surfers
- Sohail Sen (b 1984) — Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey[19]
- Martial Solal
- Stephen Sondheim
- Nicolás Sorín
- Ondřej Soukup
- André Souris
- Leonid Soybelman
- Stamatis Spanoudakis
- Benjamin Speed
- Sam Spence
- Herbert W. Spencer
- Spiralmouth
- Glenn Stafford
- Carl Stalling
- Stuart A. Staples
- Herman Stein
- Ronald Stein
- Fred Steiner
- Max Steiner
- Aage Stentoft
- Stereo Total
- Cat Stevens
- Leith Stevens
- Morton Stevens
- David A. Stewart
- Gary Stockdale
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Ethan Stoller
- Robert Stolz
- Richard Stone
- Herbert Stothart
- Patricia Lee Stotter
- Matthew Strachan
- Oscar Straus
- Charles Strouse
- Joe Strummer
- Ike Stubblefield
- Andy Sturmer
- Cong Su
- Morton Subotnick (b.1933) —Dreamwood
- Jeff Sudakin
- Andy Summers
- Sun City Girls
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Georgy Sviridov
- Karel Svoboda
- Mola Sylla
- Władysław Szpilman
T
- Mousse T.
- Germaine Tailleferre
- Masafumi Takada
- Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996) —Ran, Dodes'ka-den, Woman in the Dunes, Pitfall, The Face of Another, Empire of Passion, Kwaidan
- Joby Talbot (b.1971) —The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Franklyn
- Frédéric Talgorn
- Tan Dun (b.1957) —Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Don't Cry, Nanking, The Banquet
- Kōhei Tanaka (b.1954) —Vampire Princess Miyu, Alundra, The Granstream Saga
- Tangerine Dream (formed 1967) —Legend, Firestarter, Thief, Sorcerer
- Mikael Tariverdiev
- Brian Tarquin
- John Tavener (b.1944) —Children of Men, Pilgrimage, Battle in Heaven
- Michael Tavera
- Mick Taylor
- Boris Tchaikovsky
- Team Shanghai Alice
- Jeroen Tel
- Sébastien Tellier
- Tenacious D
- Tenmon
- Neil Tennant
- John Tesh
- Jeanine Tesori
- Francois Tetaz
- Alan Tew
- Third Ear Band
- Mikis Theodorakis
- They Might Be Giants
- Maurice Thiriet
- Chance Thomas
- Pete Thomas
- Peter Thomas
- Stuart Michael Thomas
- Virgil Thomson
- Jon Mikl Thor
- Ken Thorne
- Throbbing Gristle
- Yann Tiersen
- Tôn-Thất Tiết
- Martin Tillman
- Chris Tilton
- Christopher Tin
- Tindersticks
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- George Tipton
- Boris Tishchenko
- Ernst Toch
- Pyotr Todorovsky
- Richard Tognetti
- Magome Togoshi
- Sotaro Tojima
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- James Tomalin
- tomandandy
- Tomatito
- Isao Tomita
- Sheridan Tongue
- Pınar Toprak
- Ceiri Torjussen
- Veljo Tormis
- David Torn
- Raúl de la Torre
- Kazumi Totaka
- Toto
- Colin Towns
- Kazuhiko Toyama
- Jeff Toyne
- The Transcenders
- Brian Transeau (as BT)
- Stephen Trask
- Armando Trovaioli
- Andrzej Trzaskowski
- Mark Tschanz
- Yuka Tsujiyoko
- Jonathan Tunick
- Tuxedomoon
- Tommy Tycho
- Tom Tykwer
- Brian Tyler
- Christopher Tyng
- Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
U
- Matt Uelmen
- Nobuo Uematsu (b.1959) —primarily video game music composer; Final Fantasy series, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Blue Dragon
- Tatsuya Uemura
- Kōji Ueno
- Yoko Ueno
- Özkan Uğur
- Shigeru Umebayashi (b,1951) —In the Mood for Love, 2046, House of Flying Daggers, Tears for Sale
- Piero Umiliani
- Underworld
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990) —No Exit, Line of Apogee
V
- Steve Vai
- Gary Valenciano
- Frank Valentini
- Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
- Jonne Valtonen
- John Van Tongeren
- David Vanacore
- Vangelis (b.1943) — Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Chariots of Fire, Alexander, L'Apocalypse des animaux
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ben Vaughn — That '70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Psycho Beach Party, Black Mask
- Eddie Vedder (b.1964) — Into The Wild
- Herman van Veen
- Cris Velasco
- Caetano Veloso
- James L. Venable
- G K Venkatesh
- S.P. Venkatesh
- Stéphane Venne
- Peter Vermeersch
- Vertexguy
- Mike Vickers
- Vidyasagar
- Vishal Bhardwaj (b 1960) — Omkara, Kaminey[20]
- Emil Viklický
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Dado Villa-Lobos
- Carl Vine
- Anandji Virji Shah
- Kalyanji Virji Shah
- Vishal-Shekhar
- M. S. Viswanathan
- José María Vitier
- Roman Vlad
- Tolis Voskopoulos
- Neil D. Voss
- Chris Vrenna
- Henny Vrienten
W
- Waddy Wachtel
- Kaoru Wada
- Derek Wadsworth
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Tom Waits
- W. G. Walden
- Mark Walk
- Scott Walker
- Shirley Walker
- Simon Walker
- Jack Wall
- William Walton
- Wang Chung
- Thomas Wanker
- Stephen Warbeck
- Edward Ward
- Kyle Ward
- Dean Wareham
- Régis Wargnier
- Mervyn Warren
- Henryk Wars
- Don Was
- Ned Washington
- Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Roger Waters
- Franz Waxman
- Jeff Wayne
- Jimmy Webb
- Roy Webb
- Simon Webb
- Konstantin Wecker
- Craig Wedren
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Wendy & Lisa
- Walter Werzowa
- Fred Wesley
- Bugge Wesseltoft
- Mel Wesson
- Nigel Westlake
- David Whitaker
- Richard A. Whiting
- Guy Whitmore
- David Whittaker
- George Whitty
- Frederik Wiedmann
- Zygmunt Wiehler
- Clarence Wijewardena
- Gert Wilden
- Matthew Wilder
- Simon Wilkinson
- Steve Willaert
- Charles Williams
- Jim Williams
- John Williams
- Joseph Williams
- Patrick Williams
- Paul Williams
- Malcolm Williamson
- Meredith Willson
- Mortimer Wilson
- Nancy Wilson
- Sam Winans
- Herbert Windt
- Kirk Winterrowd
- Jean Wiener
- David Wise
- Debbie Wiseman
- Charles Wolcott
- Peter Wolf
- Richard Wolf
- Jonathan Wolff
- Byron Wong
- Christopher Wong
- Raymond Wong Ying-Wah
- D. Wood
- Ronnie Wood
- John Wooldridge
- Lyle Workman
- Tim Wright
- Allie Wrubel
- Alex Wurman
- Bill Wyman
X
Y
- Shoji Yamashiro
- Stomu Yamashta
- Yanni
- Gabriel Yared
- Peyman Yazdanian
- Wandly Yazid
- Jack Yellen
- Yello
- Narciso Yepes
- Gary Yershon
- Michael Yezerski
- Yiruma
- Seiji Yokoyama
- Yo La Tengo
- Yuji Yoshino
- Christopher Young
- Neil Young
- Victor Young
Z
- Dorin Liviu Zaharia
- Geoff Zanelli
- Frank Zappa
- Richard Zarou
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Aleksandr Zatsepin
- Paul Zaza
- Zazie
- Pablo Ziegler
- Aaron Zigman
- Winfried Zillig
- Hans Zimmer
- Rob Zombie
- John Zorn
- Zuntata
- Inon Zur
- Ralph Zurmühle
- Otto Zykan
References
- ^ J. J. Abrams at IMDb
- ^ André Abujamra at IMDb
- ^ Bojan Adamič at IMDb
- ^ John Adams at IMDb
- ^ Richard Addinsell at IMDb
- ^ John Addison at IMDb
- ^ Larry Adler at IMDb
- ^ Air at IMDb
- ^ Yasushi Akutagawa at IMDb
- ^ Mazhar Alanson at IMDb
- ^ Damon Albarn at IMDb
- ^ Timothy Albee at IMDb
- ^ Edesio Alejandro at IMDb
- ^ Jeff Alexander at IMDb
- ^ A. R. Rahman at IMDb
- ^ John Altman at IMDb
- ^ Andrea Morricone at IMDb
- ^ Ennio Morricone at IMDb
- ^ Sohail Sen at IMDb
- ^ Vishal Bhardwaj at IMDb