Greatest movie music composer?

[Robert Urbanek]

Who is (or was) the greatest movie music composer? Some nominees and samples of their movies:

John Barry

Born Free, The Lion in Winter, 11 James Bond films

Elmer Bernstein

The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Walk on the Wild Side

Henry Mancini

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, Days of Wine and Roses

John Williams

Jaws, Star Wars, the Indiana Jones films

 

[Synthaholic]

Thomas Newman.

Road To Perdition, Skyfall, Wall-E, Bridge of Spies, 1917, Cinderella Man, Six Feet Under, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Scent of a Woman, and many more.

 

[Auld Phart]

Henry Mancini​

Henry Mancini | Music Department, Composer, Actor

Known for: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Thorn Birds, The Pink Panther

www.imdb.com

• Won 4 Oscars
  • 39 wins & 93 nominations total

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000049/mediaindex/?ref_=nm_mi_sm

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Basil Poledouris -- Score for "Lonesome Dove"

 

[WinterBorn]

Ennio Morricone

 

[konradv]

Ennio Morricone

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly- The Danish National Symphony Orchestra​

 

[Innocynioc]

John Barry is my favorite.

 

[GMCGeneral]

That's an easy one, John Williams. He would also succeed Arthur Fiedler as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

 

[GMCGeneral]

John won an Academy for Best Original Score for this movie. I weep like a baby every time I listen to this theme.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

That's an easy one, John Williams. He would also succeed Arthur Fiedler as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

You beat me to the brunch,was about to say the same thing,yeah that’s an easy one no contest,the man was a genius with the Star Wars music.he was also the one that came up with the really fast passé lost in space them song,can’t post it now sense I’m on a tablet but will later.

Stripes is one of my favorite top ten favorite films so Elmer Bernstein would be second.

 

[hjmick]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly- The Danish National Symphony Orchestra​

 

[whoisit]

Rogers and Hammerstein, the best of the best.

 

[luiza]

What is the matter with you so called film buffs ?
Bernard Herrmann wins it by so many miles that the fight for second place is irrelevant .

Does no one know anything about anybody here ?
DYOR . Bernard , by that country mile .

Some of the answers before mine are embarrassing . What films have you not watched and know nothing about ?

God help you .Bernard does all the sound tracks in heaven .

 

[LA RAM FAN]

What is the matter with you so called film buffs ?
Bernard Herrmann wins it by so many miles that the fight for second place is irrelevant .

Does no one know anything about anybody here ?
DYOR . Bernard , by that country mile .

Some of the answers before mine are embarrassing . What films have you not watched and know nothing about ?

God help you .Bernard does all the sound tracks in heaven .

Uh no thst would be John Williams that wins it by so many miles.

 

[luiza]

Twisted Nerve 1968 by that mile .The most memorable , in front of the next three or four places .
It will drive you insane .

John Williams is right up there with the best .
But BH's CV is with the greatest masters, Welles and Hitchcock , who demanded him . For good reason

 

[skye]

Several already mentioned here plus...

Max Steiner! among others he wrote the soundtrack for the movie "Casablanca" and "Gone With The Wind" and on and on and on..........the man was a true genius!

 

[Rocko]

Hans Zimmer

 

[luiza]

Several already mentioned here plus...

Max Steiner! among others he wrote the soundtrack for the movie "Casablanca" and "Gone With The Wind" and on and on and on..........the man was a true genius!

Well said . Up there with Bernard , though only an excellent second position .imho .
BH rolled out dozens .

 

[skye]

Well said . Up there with Bernard , though only an excellent second position .imho .
BH rolled out dozens .

Max Steiner is my number one composer, but there were many amazing other ones of course!

 

[whoisit]

Rogers and Hammerstein, the best of the best.

One of my favorite songs of Rogers & Hammerstein,