1. Sylvester Levay 2. Hans Zimmer 3. Harold Faltermeyer 4. Jonathan Elias 5. Tim Truman 6 .Tangerine Dream 7. Jan Hammer 8. Thomas Newman 9. Giorgio Moroder 10. Vangelis 11. Mark Mancina 12. James Newton Howard 13. Patrick Leonard 14. W. G. Snuffy Walden 15. Yves Laferriere 16. David Foster 17. John Petersen 18. Jay Ferguson 19. Trevor Rabin 20. Gary Chang 21. Harry Gregson-Williams 22. Matthew Margeson 23. Vince DiCola 24. Craig Armstrong 25. BT 26. Nick Glennie-Smith 27. Patrick O'Hearn 28. Christopher Franke 29. Mark Isham 30. Steve Jablonsky
In alphabetical, but no other specific order (and I am sure I left someone out):
John Barry Tyler Bates Elmer Bernstein John Carpenter & Alan Howarth Danny Elfman Harold Faltermeyer Michael Giacchiano Philip Glass Billy Goldenberg Elliot Goldenthal Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Hermann James Horner James Newton Howard Maurice Jarre David Julyan Cliff Martinez Ennio Morricone Thomas Newman Basil Poledouris Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Leonard Rosenman Miklos Rozsa Lalo Shifrin Howard Shore Alan Silvestri Max Steiner John Williams Vangelis Hans Zimmer
1. Harold Faltermeyer 2. Brad Fiedel 3. Giorgio Moroder 4. Jack Nitzsche 5. Sylvester Levay 6. Tim Truman 7. J. Peter Robinson 8. Michael Hoenig 9. Tangerine Dream 10. David Michael Frank 11. Charles Bernstein 12. Jerry Goldsmith 13. John Williams 14. Ennio Morricone 15. James Horner 16. James Newton Howard 17. Hans Zimmer 18. Mark Mancina 19. Thomas Newman 20. Alan Silvestri 21. Trevor Jones 22. Mark Isham 23. Basil Poledouris 24. Jay Ferguson 25. Mark Snow 26. Maurice Jarre 27. Michael Kamen 28. Randy Edelman 29. David Foster 30. Michael Kamen
In my formative years John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith were king of the hill. They are my first two picks.
After that in no particular order.....
James Horner James Newton Howard John Barry Basil Poledouris Bernard Herrmann Alan Silvestri Miklos Rozsa Michael Kamen Maurice Jarre Hans Zimmer Elmer Bernstein Howard Shore
1. John Barry 2. Bernard Herrmann 3. Jerry Goldsmith 4. Ennio Morricone 5. Lalo Schifrin 6. Miklos Rozsa 7. John Williams 8. Nino Rota 9. James Horner
10. Alex North 11. Elmer Bernstein 12. Henry Mancini 13. James Bernard 14. Georges Delerue 15. Michel Legrand 16. Dimitri Tiomkin 17. John Carpenter 18. Franz Waxman 19. Michael Kamen 20. Max Steiner
21. Basil Poledouris 22. Christopher Gunning 23. Gabriel Yared 24. Fred Steiner 25. Alfred Newman 26. Michael Small 27. Danny Elfman 28. David Raksin 29. Roy Budd 30. Ron Goodwin
Jerry Goldsmith Elmer Bernstein Jerry Fielding Lalo Schifrin John Williams Bernard Herrmann Michael Giacchino Gerald Fried Frank DeVol James Horner James Newton Howard Dominic Frontiere Jerome Moross Alfred Newman Ennis Morricone Maurice Jarre Alex North Ernest Gold David Raksin Dimitri Tiomkin
20) John Scott 19) Trevor Jones 18) Richard Rodney Bennett 17) Howard Blake 16) Bernard Herrmann 15) Laurence Rosenthal 14) Jerry Goldsmith 13) Maurice Jarre 12) Toru Takemitsu 11) Barry Gray 10) James Horner 9) Michael Kamen 8) John Corigliano 7) Elmer Bernstein 6) George Fenton 5) Vangelis 4) Georges Delerue 3) Miklos Rozsa 2) John Barry 1) John Williams
1. James Horner 2. John Williams 3. Jerry Goldsmith 4. John Barry 5. Basil Poledouris 6. Alan Silvestri 7. Michael Kamen 8. David Arnold 9. James Newton Howard 10. Hans Zimmer 11. Danny Elfman 12. Christopher Young 13. Bill Conti 14. Thomas Newman 15. Bruce Broughton 16. Howard Shore 17. John Scott 18. John Powell 19. John Debney 20. Fernando Valezquez 21. Georges Delerue 22. Ken Thorne 23. Lee Holdridge 24. Leonard Rosenman 25. Maurice Jarre 26. Randy Newman 27. Robert Folk 28. Vangelis 29. Trevor Jones 30. Elmer Bernstein
More or less in order: Ennio Morricone Jerry Goldsmith John Barry Elmer Bernstein Lalo Schifrin Bernard Herrmann Henry Mancini John Williams Miklós Rózsa Basil Poledouris Erich Korngold Roy Budd Ron Goodwin Goblin Trevor Jones Michael Kamen James Bernard Jerry Fielding Danny Elfman Maurice Jarre Franz Waxman John Carpenter Pino Donaggio Alfred Newman Philippe Sarde Tangerine Dream Bruno Nicolai Piero Piccioni Burt Bacharach Issac Hayes
1. Hans Zimmer 2. James Horner 3. John Williams 4. James Newton Howard 5. Bear McCreary 6 George Kallis 7 Ennio Morricone 8 Alan Menken 9 Jerry Goldsmith 10. Mark Mancina 11. David Arnold 12. Dario Marianelli 13. Panu Aaltio 14. Ramin Djawadi 15. John Powell 16. A.R Rahman 17. Danny Elfman 18. Alan Silvestri 19. John Debney 20. Debbie Wiseman 21. Michael Giacchino 22. Vangelis 23. Don Davis 24. Alexandre Desplat 25. Nicholas Britell 26. Randy Edelman 27. Tom Holkenborg 28. Harry Gregson-Williams 29. Christopher Wong 30. Thomas Newman
As I mentioned over on the "Favorite Single Composer" thread I could easily list 50. The first 3 are in order. They're included in the top 15 which are not in order (except for the top 3). The balance of 30 are just alphabetical. 1) Jerry Goldsmith 2) Ennio Morricone 3) Elmer Bernstein 4) Miklos Rozsa, 5) Jerry Fielding 5) John Williams 7) Maurice Jarre 8) Jerome Moross 9) Bernard Herrmann 10) John Barry 11) Basil Poledouris 12) Leonard Rosenman 13) Ron Goodwin 14) Alex North 15) Alfred Newman 16) Malcom Arnold 17) Bill Conti 18) Frank Cordell 19) Georges Delerue 20) Alexandre Desplat 21) George Duning 22) Danny Elfman 23) Benjamin Frankel 24) Sol Kaplan 25) Eric Wolfgang Korngold 26) Nino Rota 27) John Scott 28) Max Steiner 29) Dimitri Tiomkin 30) Franz Waxman
There are just too many composers which I appreciate! Sometimes I prefer one over the other! So here are my top 35 composers!
MY TOP TEN LIST DOES NOT CHANGE! The list of my top 10 composers – also provides you with their best film scores which I truly love – as well as advising you why they "belong" in my top ten…
The remaining composers are there as well.
1. John Williams: Superman: The Movie – Star Wars – Indiana Jones – Jaws – Hook – ET – Home Alone – The Poseidon Adventure 2. Jerry Goldsmith: Supergirl – Gremlins – Rambo – The Great Train Robbery – Hoosiers – Congo – Star Trek: The Motion Picture 3. James Horner: Star Trek II + III – Titanic – Cocoon – An American Tail – Field Of Dreams – Rocketeer – 48HRS – Commando 4. John Barry: Twelve James Bond Scores – Somewhere In Time – Dances With Wolves – High Road To China – King Kong (1976) 5. Alan Silvestri: Back To The Future – Romancing The Stone – Overboard – Flight Of The Navigator – Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Forrest Gump 6. Bill Conti: For Your Eyes Only – Masters Of The Universe – North & South – Rocky – The Karate Kid – The Right Stuff – Broadcast News – The Coolangatta Gold 7. Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther Series – Santa Claus: The Movie – The Great Race – The Thorn Birds – Darling Lili – Lifeforce 8. Elmer Bernstein: The Ten Commandments – The Great Escape – The Magnificent Seven – The Three Amigos – Ghost Busters, An American Werewolf In London 9. Maurice Jarre: Firefox – Doctor Zhivago – Lawrence Of Arabia – Prancer – Almost An Angel – Ghost – The Island At The Top Of The World 10. Danny Elfman: Batman – Big Fish – Edward Scissorhands – Black Beauty – Spider Man – Hulk – Alice In Wonderland – OZ: The Great and Powerful
The others I have not mentioned are:
11. Basil Poledouris 12. Bruce Broughton 13. Ennio Morricone 14. Miklós Rózsa 15. Lalo Schrifrin 16. Jerry Fielding 17. Georges Delerue 18. John Scott 19. Michael Kamen 20. Victor Young 21. Alfred Newman 22. Bernard Herrmann 23. Max Steiner 24. Marvin Hamlisch 25. David Shire 26. Vangelis 27. Bruce Rowland 28. Jack Nitzsche 29. James Newton Howard 30. Howard Shore 31. Lee Holdridge 32. Marc Shaiman 33. Craig Safan 34. Dave Grusin 35. Randy Edelman
Why 30? Too many. 01. John Williams 02. Jerry Goldsmith 03. Erich Wolfgang Korngold 04. Miklos Rozsa 05. Bernard Herrmann 06. Alfred Newman 07. Max Steiner 08. Basil Poledouris 09. John Scott 10. Alan Silvestri 11. Randy Newman 12. James Horner 13. Elmer Bernstein 14. Patrick Doyle 15. Chroistopher Young 16. Victor Young 17. Franz Waxman 18. Michael Kamen 19. Cliff Eidelman 20. James Newton Howard 21. Maurice Jarre 22. Trevor Jones 23. Ennio Morricone 24. Thomas Newman 25. John Barry 26. Michael Giacchino 27. Henry Mancini 28. John Debney 29. Elliot Goldenthal 30. Danny Elfman The first five are in the correct order all the rest change all the time.
There are just too many composers which I appreciate! Sometimes I prefer one over the other! So here are my top 35 composers!
MY TOP TEN LIST DOES NOT CHANGE! The list of my top 10 composers – also provides you with their best film scores which I truly love – as well as advising you why they "belong" in my top ten…
The remaining composers are there as well.
1. John Williams: Superman: The Movie – Star Wars – Indiana Jones – Jaws – Hook – ET – Home Alone – The Poseidon Adventure 2. Jerry Goldsmith: Supergirl – Gremlins – Rambo – The Great Train Robbery – Hoosiers – Congo – Star Trek: The Motion Picture 3. James Horner: Star Trek II + III – Titanic – Cocoon – An American Tail – Field Of Dreams – Rocketeer – 48HRS – Commando 4. John Barry: Twelve James Bond Scores – Somewhere In Time – Dances With Wolves – High Road To China – King Kong (1976) 5. Alan Silvestri: Back To The Future – Romancing The Stone – Overboard – Flight Of The Navigator – Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Forrest Gump 6. Bill Conti: For Your Eyes Only – Masters Of The Universe – North & South – Rocky – The Karate Kid – The Right Stuff – Broadcast News – The Coolangatta Gold 7. Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther Series – Santa Claus: The Movie – The Great Race – The Thorn Birds – Darling Lili – Lifeforce 8. Elmer Bernstein: The Ten Commandments – The Great Escape – The Magnificent Seven – The Three Amigos – Ghost Busters, An American Werewolf In London 9. Maurice Jarre: Firefox – Doctor Zhivago – Lawrence Of Arabia – Prancer – Almost An Angel – Ghost – The Island At The Top Of The World 10. Danny Elfman: Batman – Big Fish – Edward Scissorhands – Black Beauty – Spider Man – Hulk – Alice In Wonderland – OZ: The Great and Powerful
The others I have not mentioned are:
11. Basil Poledouris 12. Bruce Broughton 13. Ennio Morricone 14. Miklós Rózsa 15. Lalo Schrifrin 16. Jerry Fielding 17. Georges Delerue 18. John Scott 19. Michael Kamen 20. Victor Young 21. Alfred Newman 22. Bernard Herrmann 23. Max Steiner 24. Marvin Hamlisch 25. David Shire 26. Vangelis 27. Bruce Rowland 28. Jack Nitzsche 29. James Newton Howard 30. Howard Shore 31. Lee Holdridge 32. Marc Shaiman 33. Craig Safan 34. Dave Grusin 35. Randy Edelman
