Mine would be:
(1) Ennio Morricone
(2) Hans Zimmer
(3) John Williams
(4) Michael Giacchino
(5) Danny Elfman
Haydn
Hisaishi
Mozart
Shostokovich
Bach
The ancients ... erroneously settled on heliocentrism IDNeon
1. James Horner
2. Danny Elfman
3. John Williams
4. Hans Zimmer
5. Nick Glennie-Smith
Volker Flenske: (While torturing David) I don't know why you're doing this to yourself!
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
James Newton Howard
Howard Shore
Hans Zimmer
John Williams
Ennio Corrinco
Bruno Nicolai
Pino Donaggio
But best of all is the underrated Goblin
Georges Delerue
William Walton
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovich
David Amram
Concert music:
Steve Reich
John Adams
Olivier Messiaen
Claude Debussy
Johann Sebastian Bach
Film music:
Jerry Goldsmith
Bernard Herrmann
Elliot Goldenthal
Ennio Morricone
Howard Shore (especially his pre-LotR scores)
Basil Poledouris (sorry, can't throw anyone out of this list)
Game music:
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
Gary Shyman
Jack Wall
--
No, Schmuck! You are only entitled to your INFORMED opinion!!
-- Harlan Ellison
Concert music:
Steve Reich
John Adams
Olivier Messiaen
Claude Debussy
Johann Sebastian Bach
Film music:
Jerry Goldsmith
Bernard Herrmann
Elliot Goldenthal
Ennio Morricone
Howard Shore (especially his pre-LotR scores)
Basil Poledouris (sorry, can't throw anyone out of this list)
Game music:
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
Gary Shyman
Jack Wall
--
No, Schmuck! You are only entitled to your INFORMED opinion!!
-- Harlan Ellison
"Game music:
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
Gary Shyman
Jack Wall"
What? No Hamilton Altstatt or Jerry Martin?
Lighten Up...