Favorite Film Score Composers


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Not sure if this topic belongs here or under "Banter" as with the other music threads, or if many other people collect or pay attention to film scores. In any case, here are my top 10, with the level of exposure playing a heavy role in ranking.

10. Basil Poledouris

9. John Barry

8. Michael Giacchino

7. Trevor Jones

6. Alexandre Desplat

5 & 4 (tie) Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (like them both separately and together, though lately I've been less keen on some of Zimmer's recent output)

3. Patrick Doyle

2. John Williams

1. Howard Shore

Honorable Mentions: Bernard Herrmann, Alan Menken

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Max Steiner (King Kong, The Searchers), Franz Waxman (Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard), Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Taxi Driver), Elmer Bernstein (The Man with the Golden Arm, Sweet Smell of Success), John Carpenter (Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog), Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Blow Out, Body Double), Tangerine Dream (Sorcerer, Thief), Vangelis (Blade Runner), Howard Shore (Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, The Lord of the Rings), Clint Mansell (The Fountain)

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