Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.
Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12th, 1957) is a German composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has com...
See Hans Zimmer's other roles →Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme,...
See Danny Elfman's other roles →Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist know...
See Randy Newman's other roles →James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of a...
See James Cameron's other roles →Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950) is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-found...
See Mark Mothersbaugh's other roles →Emmy Award winning composer Bear McCreary was first launched into pop culture with his groundbreaking score to the hi...
See Bear McCreary's other roles →Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has...
See Howard Shore's other roles →Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his mu...
See Alexandre Desplat's other roles →Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, composer and producer. Ross, along with Tr...
See Atticus Ross's other roles →Marco Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has wor...
See Marco Beltrami's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, producer, and compose...
See Tyler Bates's other roles →Brian Tyler is an American composer, producer, conductor, and film producer most known for his scores for motion pict...
See Brian Tyler's other roles →David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is a British film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films, a...
See David Arnold's other roles →Christophe Beck is a Canadian television and film score composer. He was born on November 30, 1972 in Montreal, Canada
See Christophe Beck's other roles →John Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. ...
See John Debney's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer for film, telev...
See Steve Jablonsky's other roles →Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), also known by his stage name Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch compose...
See Tom Holkenborg's other roles →Christopher Lennertz was born on January 2, 1972 and is currently 52 years old.
See Christopher Lennertz's other roles →Dario Marianelli (born 21 June 1963) is an Italian composer known for his frequent collaborations with director Joe W...
See Dario Marianelli's other roles →Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American actor, director, writer and producer. His not...
See Garry Marshall's other roles →Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer best known for his many film scores. In a ca...
See Thomas Newman's other roles →Heitor Teixeira Pereira (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer, songwriter, musician, arrang...
See Heitor Pereira's other roles →Joseph Trapanese was born on August 7, 1984 and is currently 39 years old.
See Joseph Trapanese's other roles →Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American composer and orchestrator of film and television scores.
See Christopher Young's other roles →Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, writer and producer. A major figure of ...
See Steven Spielberg's other roles →John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Widely regarded as one ...
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