THE CLASS OF 2007
Edited by Scott Bettencourt
How many composers does it take to score 306 films? Apparently it takes
225 composers (counting the likes of The Phoenix Foundation and Underworld
as one composer each) -- while certain composers like James Newton Howard,
Mark Isham and Aaron Zigman were remarkably prolific, there were also a
striking number of films scored by multiple composers (hence the repetition
of many titles on this list).
These are the composers of the 306 Oscar-eligible films of 2007 (some
films have no original score and thus are not listed). I have listed in
brackets a handful of films that were released in 2007 but which are not
on the Academy's eligible list, presumably because the studios didn't submit
them for consideration (Captivity, anyone?), while scores that received
a CD release are marked with an asterisk.
Some big names went entirely unrepresented this year, such as James
Horner, Randy Newman, Thomas Newman, Rachel Portman and John Williams,
while such veterans as Dave Grusin, Christopher Gunning, Wojciech Kilar,
Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin and David Shire made welcome reappearances.
1. ALTMAN, STEPHAN
Bella
2. ANDREWS, MICHAEL
The TV Set
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3. ARMIGER, MARTIN
Introducing the Dwights
4. ARMSTRONG, CRAIG
Elizabeth: The Golden Age*
5. ARNOLD, DAVID
Amazing Grace*
Hot Fuzz*
6. ASCHE & SPENCER
War/Dance
7. ATHALE, NEIL
In a Day
8. BACALOV, LUIS
Caravaggio*
Sea of Dreams*
9. BADELT, KLAUS
Premonition*
Rescue Dawn*
TMNT
10. BARR, NATHAN
Hostel Part II*
11. BARZELAY, EEF
Rocket Science*
12. BATES, TYLER
Halloween
300*
13. BAUER, VARHAN
Goya's Ghosts
14. BECK, CHRISTOPHE
Fred Claus
License to Wed
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
Year of the Dog*
15. BEINTUS, JEAN-PASCAL
The 11th Hour
16. BELTRAMI, MARCO
[Captivity]
The Invisible
Live Free or Die Hard*
3:10 to Yuma*
17. BERETTA, MARIO
Vitus*
18. BERNET, OLIVIER
Persepolis*
19. BEVERIDGE, RYAN
Race You to the Bottom
20. BIJAN, DANIEL
The Genius Club
21. BLANCHARD, TERENCE
Talk to Me
22. BOLAND, TIM
Stomp the Yard
23. BOMAR, SCOTT
Black Snake Moan
24. BROOK, MICHAEL
Into the Wild
25. BT
Catch and Release*
Look
26. BUCKLEY, PAUL
Happily N'Ever After
27. BURWELL, CARTER
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Hoax
No Country for Old Men
28. CANTELON, PAUL
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
29. CARDONI, JEFF
Firehouse Dog*
Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
30. CASTELLUCCI, TEDDY
Are We Done Yet?
Wild Hogs
31. CASTRIGANO, ANTONIO
Golden Door*
32. CAVE, NICK
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
33. CHEVALIER, CHRISTOPHE
Looking for Cheyenne
34. CLINTON, GEORGE S.
Code Name: The Cleaner*
35. CLOUSER, CHARLIE
Dead Silence*
Death Sentence
Resident Evil: Extinction*
Saw IV
36. CODA, JOHN
Bratz
37. CONLAN, JOSEPH
American Pastime
38. CRANE, DAN
Air Guitar Nation
39. DAME, TERRY
Puccini for Beginners
40. DANNA, JEFF
Fracture*
41. DANNA, MYCHAEL
Breach*
Fracture*
Surf's Up*
42. DARING, MASON
Honeydripper
43. DEBNEY, JOHN
Evan Almighty*
Georgia Rule
44. DECERMIC, IRINA
One to Another
45. DELPY, JULIE
2 Days in Paris
46. DESPLAT, ALEXANDRE
The Golden Compass*
Lust, Caution*
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium*
The Valet
47. DJAWADI, RAMIN
Mr. Brooks*
48. DOOLEY, JAMES
Daddy Day Camp
49. DOYLE, PATRICK
The Last Legion*
Sleuth*
50. DRIZHAL, LUDEK
Badland
51. DUDLEY, ANNE
Black Book*
Lake of Fire
The Walker
52. EASTWOOD, CLINT
Grace Is Gone*
53. EASTWOOD, KYLE
Rails & Ties*
54. EDELMAN, RANDY
Balls of Fury*
Underdog
55. ELFMAN, DANNY
The Kingdom*
Meet the Robinsons*
56. ELIAS, JONATHAN
Pathfinder*
57. ELLIS, WARREN
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
58. ESCOTT, HARRY
Deep Water
A Mighty Heart*
59. ESCOVEDO, ALEJANDO
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
60. ESHKERI, ILAN
Hannibal Rising
Stardust*
Strength and Honor
61. FENTON, GEORGE
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
62. FRANKE, CHRISTOPHER
Berkeley
63. FRIZZELL, JOHN
Primeval
The Reaping*
64 GIACCHINO, MICHAEL
Ratatouille*
65. GIACCO, CARLO
December Boys
66. GLASS, PHILIP
No Reservations
67. GOLD, MURRAY
Death at a Funeral
68. GOLDENTHAL, ELLIOT
Across the Universe
69. GOLDSMITH, JONATHAN
Away from Her
70. GOLUB, PETER
The Great Debaters*
71. GOLIJOV, OSVALDO
Youth without Youth*
72. GOODALL, HOWARD
Mr. Bean's Holiday
73. GOODMAN, JOEL
Canvas
74. GORGONI, ADAM
Starting Out in the Evening*
75. GREENWOOD, JONNY
There Will Be Blood*
76. GREGSON-WILLIAMS, HARRY
Gone Baby Gone
The Number 23*
Shrek the Third*
77. GREGSON-WILLIAMS, RUPERT
Bee Movie*
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
78. GROUPE, LAURENCE
Resurrecting the Champ*
79. GRUSIN, DAVE
Easy Money
80. GUBICH, CHRIS
Fat Girls
81. GUEST, IVOR
Taxi to the Dark Side
82. GULYA, ROBERT
The Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years
83. GUNNING, CHRISTOPHER
La Vie en Rose*
84. HANNA, HABIB SHEHADEH
The Band's Visit
85. HARRIS, JESSE
The Hottest State
86. HASLINGER, PAUL
Shoot 'Em Up*
Vacancy*
87. HEFFES, ALEX
My Enemy's Enemy
88. HEIBLUM, LEONARDO
Trade
89. HEIL, REINHOLD
Blood and Chocolate
90. HENRY, JOE
Knocked Up
91 HENSELMANS, WARD
Buddha's Lost Children
92. HEPKER, PAUL
Rendition*
93. HOLKENBORG, TOM
DOA: Dead or Alive
94. HOLLANDER, ANDREW
Gray Matters
Waitress
95. HOLMES, DAVID
Ocean's Thirteen*
96. HOOPER, NICHOLAS
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*
97. HOROWIZ, RICHARD
Meeting Resistance
98. HOWARD, JAMES NEWTON
Charlie Wilson's War*
The Great Debaters*
I Am Legend*
The Lookout
Michael Clayton*
The Water Horse*
99. IGLESIAS, ALBERTO
The Kite Runner*
100. ISHAM, MARK
Freedom Writers
Gracie*
In the Valley of Elah*
Lions for Lambs*
The Mist*
Next*
Reservation Road*
101. ISLES, STEVE
Nina's Heavenly Delights
102. JABLONSKY, STEVE
Dragon Wars*
The Hitcher
Transformers*
103. JOHANSSON, BARDI
Eleven Men Out
104. JOHNSTON, ADRIAN
Becoming Jane*
105. JOHNSTON, BOBBY
Wristcutters: A Love Story*
106. JOOSTEN, BERNARD
Buddha's Lost Children
107. KACZMAREK, JAN A.P.
Evening*
108. KARPMAN, LAURA
Man in the Chair
109. KELLY, PAUL
Jindabyne*
110. KENT, ROLFE
The Hunting Party*
Reign Over Me*
111. KILAR, WOJCIECH
We Own the Night*
112. KILIAN, MARK
Rendition*
113. KITAY, DAVID
Because I Said So*
114. KLIMEK, JOHNNY
Blood and Chocolate
115. KOCH, HANS
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
116. LAZAR, ALAN
Duck
117. LEE, JON
Who's Your Caddy?
118. LENNERTZ, CHRISTOPHER
Alvin and the Chipmunks
[The Comebacks]
The Perfect Holiday
119. LERCHE, SONDRE
Dan in Real Life*
120. LEVIN, ANDRES
El Cantante
Feel the Noise
Ladron Que Roba a Ladron
121. LEVINE, JAMES S.
Delta Farce
122. LIEBERMAN, JACOBO
Trade
123. LOGAN, ROBERT
Taxi to the Dark Side
124. LURIE, DEBORAH
Sydney White
125. LURIE, EVAN
Interview
126. LUSCOMBE, DAN
Jindabyne
127. LODUCA, JOSEPH
The Messengers
128. MACDONALD, DON
Fido
129. MANCINA, MARK
August Rush
Shooter*
130. MANSELL, CLINT
Smokin' Aces*
Wind Chill
131. MANSFIELD, DAVID
Stephanie Daley
132. MARIANELLI, DARIO
Atonement*
[Beyond the Gates]*
The Brave One*
133. MARKS, WALTER
Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone
134. MARSHALL, PHILIP
Nanking
135. MARTINEZ, CLIFF
First Snow
136. MATTHEWMAN, STUART
The Astronaut Farmer*
137. MCKNIGHT, BRIAN
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls
138. MCNEELY, JOEL
I Know Who Killed Me*
139. MENKEN, ALAN
Enchanted*
140. MESSINA, MATEO
Juno
141. MILLER, MARCUS
I Think I Love My Wife
This Christmas
142. MOBY
Southland Tales
143. MOITRA, SHANTANU
Eklavya -- The Royal Guard
144. MONTY
Saawariya
145. MORRICONE, ENNIO
The Unknown Woman [La Sconosciuta]*
146. MORRIS, TREVOR
The Hills Have Eyes 2
147. MUHLY, NICO
Joshua*
148. MURPHY, JOHN
Sunshine
28 Weeks Later
149. NEELY, BLAKE
Starter for 10
150. NEW ORDER
Control
151. NEWMAN, DAVID
Norbit
152. NYMAN, MOLLY
Deep Water
A Mighty Heart*
153. O'HARA, ERIN
Sicko
154. OTTMAN, JOHN
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer*
The Invasion*
155. PEREIRA, HEITOR
Illegal Tender
156. PHIPPS, MARTIN
Pierrepoint
157. PHOENIX FOUNDATION, THE
Eagle vs. Shark
158. PINTO, ANTONIO
Love in the Time of Cholera*
Perfect Stranger*
159. PLAID
Tekkonkinkreet
160. POWELL, JOHN
The Bourne Ultimatum*
P.S. I Love You
161. PURO, ALEC
The Good Night*
162. RABIN, TREVOR
Hot Rod
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
163. RAHMAN, A.R.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age*
164. RAWLINGS, DAVID
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
165. REITZELL, BRIAN
30 Days of Night*
166. RETZER, SAM
Stomp the Yard
167. REVELL, GRAEME
Awake
The Condemned
Darfur Now*
168. RICHEY, CRAIG
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
169. RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT
Grindhouse*
170. RONA, JEFF
Sharkwater
Slow Burn
171. ROSS, WILLIAM
September Dawn*
172. RYAN, BILL
The Heartbreak Kid
173. RYAN, BRENDAN
The Heartbreak Kid
174. SAKAMOTO, RYUICHI
Silk*
175. SALE, JAMES T.
Music Within
176. SALL, RALPH
Nancy Drew
177. SANKO, ANTON
[The Last Winter]*
Steep
178. SANTAOLALLA, GUSTAVO
Things We Lost in the Fire
179. SAWHNEY, NITIN
The Namesake*
180. SCHIFRIN, LALO
Rush Hour 3*
181. SCHLESINGER, ADAM
Music and Lyrics
182. SCHOCK, HARRIET
Hollywood Dreams
183. SHAIMAN, MARC
The Bucket List*
Hairspray*
184. SHAPIRO, THEODORE
Blades of Glory*
Mr. Woodcock
185. SHEARMUR, EDWARD
Dedication
Epic Movie
186. SHEPPARD, PHILIP
In the Shadow of the Moon*
187. SHIRE, DAVID
Zodiac*
188. SHORE, HOWARD
Eastern Promises*
The Last Mimzy*
189. SILVESTRI, ALAN
Beowulf*
190. SIM, SAMUEL
Awake
191. SODERQVIST, JOHAN
Things We Lost in the Fire
192. STEVENS, MICHAEL
Rails & Ties*
193. STINSON, TOMMY
Catch and Release*
194. STREITENFELD, MARC
American Gangster*
195. SUCHARITKUL, SOMCHOW
Buddha's Lost Children
196. SUOZZO, MARK
The Nanny Diaries
197. SWIHART, JOHN
The Brothers Solomon*
[The Sasquatch Gang]
198. TALBOT, JOBY
Arctic Tale*
199. TALGORN, FREDERIC
Moliere*
200. TAMAS, MIHALY
56 Drops of Blood
201. TESORI, JEANINE
Show Business
202. THIERET, BEATRICE
Lady Chatterley*
203. TIET, TON-THAT
Holly
204. TOMANDANDY
Freshman Orientation
[P2]
Right at Your Door*
205. TORN, DAVID
Lars and the Real Girl*
206. TRASK, STEPHEN
Feast of Love
In the Land of Women
The Savages
207. TURNER, PAUL
Cut Sleeve Boys
208. TYLER, BRIAN
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem*
Bug
War*
209. UMEBAYASHI, SHIGERU
Hannibal Rising
210. UNDERWORLD
Sunshine
211. VELAZQUEZ, FERNANDO
The Orphanage*
213. WAINWRIGHT III, LOUDON
Knocked Up
213. WANG, NATHAN
The Final Season
The Game Plan
214. WEDREN, CRAIG
Rescue 911!: Miami
[The Ten]
215. WELCH, GILLIAN
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
216. WILL.I.AM
Freedom Writers
217. WINGO, DAVID
Great World of Sound
218. WORKMAN, LYLE
Superbad*
219. YARED, GABRIEL
1408*
220. YELLES, DJAMEL BEN
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
221. YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER
Ghost Rider*
Lucky You
Spider-Man 3
222. ZANELLI, GEOFF
Disturbia*
Hitman*
223. ZARVOS, MARCELO
[Ira & Abby]
You Kill Me
224. ZIGMAN, AARON
Alpha Dog*
Bridge to Terabithia*
Good Luck Chuck
The Jane Austen Book Club*
Martian Child*
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium*
Pride
The Wendell Baker Story
Why Did I Get Married?
225. ZIMMER, HANS
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*
The Simpsons Movie*
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