MUSIC 2F03 Composers

Bernard Hermann

Composed scores for Citizen Kane (1941) and Psycho.

Max Steiner

Known for composing the score for Casablanca.

Hugo Friedhofer

Best known for his score for The Best Years of Our Lives.

Aaron Copland

Composed for Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), The Red Pony (1949), and The Heiress (1949).

Sergei Prokofiev

Famous for his work on Alexander Nevsky.

Miklos Rozsa

Notable for scores of films like Double Indemnity, The Killers, Spellbound, and Ben-Hur.

David Raskin

Composed the score for Laura.

Eric Nordgren

Known for composing the score for The Seventh Seal.

Fumio Hayasaka

Famous for his score for Seven Samurai.

Luiz Floriano Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Composed the music for Orfeu Negro.

Anton Karas

Known for the score of The Third Man.

Louis and Bebe Barron

Composed the score for Forbidden Planet.

Adolph Deutsch

Famous for his music in Some Like It Hot.

Dmitri Tiomkin

Known for composing the score for High Noon.

Dave Grusin + Simon and Garfunkel

Collaborated on the score for The Graduate.

Ennio Morricone

Composed the memorable score for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Nino Rota

Known for his iconic score for The Godfather.

John Williams

Composed music for famous films including Star Wars, Jaws, and Harry Potter.

John Carpenter

Known for directing and composing the score for Halloween.

Alan Menken

Famous for composing for Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.

Hans Zimmer

Known for his score for Interstellar.

Thomas Newman

Composed music for early James Bond films.

Dario Marianelli

Known for his score for Atonement.