Top 10 Best Modern Movie Composers
The best overall composers in the world of modern film music. Each composer is respectfully judged off1) Their ability to cover all themes with suited music.
2) Their ability to make the human being feel appropriate emotion when called for.
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3) Their choice of instruments and themes conveyed in the music.
The Top Ten
1 Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films.
Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films.
2 Alexandre Desplat
3 John Williams
John Williams is an American film composer. He often collaborated with Steven Spielberg on his films.
John Williams is an American film composer. He often collaborated with Steven Spielberg on his films. He is the greatest we have now, why must he be disrespected for all of his hard work, he is an artist, with value that must not be destroyed, he's the legend.
4 Patrick Doyle
5 Nicholas Hooper
6 Alan Silvestri
7 James Horner
8 Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since A Fistful of Dollars, all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since Cinema Paradiso, The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, ...read more.
Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since A Fistful of Dollars, all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since Cinema Paradiso, The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, ...read more.
9 James Howard
10 Danny Elfman
The Contenders
11 Howard Shore
12 Ramin Djawadi
13 Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has ...read more.
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has ...read more.BAdd New Item