Most Timeless Composers

The Top Ten
1 Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, ...read more.
2 Ralph Vaughan Williams
3 Camille Saint Saens
4 Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor.
5 Claude Debussy Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Best composer ever period.

6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era, born in Salzburg.

I don't like Mozart that much

7 Edvard Grieg
8 Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
9 Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer. Schubert died before his 32nd birthday, but was extremely prolific during his lifetime. His output consists of over six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music ...read more.
10 Edward Elgar
The Contenders
11 Grant Kirkhope
12 John Williams John Williams is an American film composer. He often collaborated with Steven Spielberg on his films.

Uh hello? Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones?! And have you seen his Olympics pieces, they are great too!

13 Michael Giacchino
14 Scott Bradley
15 Carl Stalling
16 Danny Elfman
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