What are you favorite film composers

Alan Silvestri

Alexandre Desplat

John Williams

Danny Elfman

Michael Giacchino

Edit: Thomas Newman

Nick Glennie-Smith
Harry Gregson-Williams
Hans Zimmer

3 of the 4 people who made the soundtrack for The Rock.

Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer and Clint Mansell.

The correct answer is John Williams

Danny Elfman, Randy Newman, Trent Reznor. Their lyrical music ain't bad either.

Vangelis... I listen to the Blade Runner soundtrack frequently.

Basil Poledouris.

Off the top of my head probably Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, and Michael Giacchino.

Jerry Goldsmith.

They are humans, most of them.

No love for James Horner?

Michael Giacchino for sure. I know it's not a movie but Lost had some of the best music around. Say what you want about the show, but that music was pure gold.

Carter Burwell (mostly for In Bruges, and Seven Pyschopaths)

Cliff Martinez (mostly for Drive)

I really liked that there Star Trek: Into Darkness soundtrack too. Micheal Giacchino did that too.

Hans Zimmer, Clint Mansell, and Michael Giacchino are the ones I enjoy most consistently.

Then there is a whole host of composers that produced some of the greatest individual scores throughout the of cinema.

Yann Tiersen is my favorite. Look up the Amelie soundtrack on youtube. It is two uninterrupted hours of lovely. :)

Or how about I post the thing right here:

• Maurice Jarre ~ Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, A Passage to India, Dr. Zhivago, etc...
• Bernard Herrmann ~ Citizen Kane, Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Cape Fear, Taxi Driver, etc...
• Henry Mancini ~ Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Pink Panther, Charade, Hatari, A Shot in the Dark, The Great Mouse Detective, etc...
• Elmer Bernstein ~ The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, The World of Henry Orient, Ghostbusters, etc...
• Hans Zimmer ~ The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Kung-Fu Panda, Man of Steel
• Alan Menken ~ The Disney Renaissance stuff, you know them...

Not in any particular order and yes, I like John Williams, too...just not as much as Bernard Herrmann or Elmer Bernstein.

That he isn't around any more to score this potential new Conan movie with Arnold makes me very sad.

There are some guys doing orchestration in metal bands who I'd love to see do an epic film score. They'd certainly be more memorable and have more melody than the bland sonic wallpaper from hacks like Tyler Bates.

Mine tend to be Homo Sapiens.

Elliot Goldenthal, Leonard Rosenman, Jerry Fielding.

@liquidus: yes, this is correct. With a dash of reznor/ross :D

Hans Zimmer (the last samurai ost killed me)

In no particular order, just off the top of my head. Howard Shore, James Horner, Harry Gregson-Williams, Danny Elfman, John Carpenter, Vince DiCola, Quincy Jones, Giogio Moroder, RZA.

I grew up mostly listening to showtunes composers like Arthur Schwartz, Cole Porter, Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein (AKA Rogers & Hammerstein), Leonard Bernstein, Nacio Herb Brown etc. When I found my own music it was from guys who were in bands turned composers, Danny Elfman Mark Mothersbaugh, Mike Patton, Joey Santiago, Elmer Bernstein (Animal House), Wendy/Walter Carlos (Tron)

I suggest checking out avant-garde metal band; Fantômas' The Director's Cut. An entire album of film score covers.

A cover of Jerry Goldsmith's The Omen theme.

Mike Patton also did a cover of Deep Deep Down by Italian composer Ennio Morricone theme for Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Patton's score Crank was also pretty good. If you like grindcore and unconventional music in general it should appeal to you.

Glad to see I'm not alone.

Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson Williams, and John Williams.

That said I give you 10 hours of Time from Inception;

Enjoy!

John Carpenter. Better composer than director?

Also, Angelo Badalamenti. Click for eargasm...

Howard Shore. I love a lot of film music, but I've only ever gone out and got the soundtracks for Lord of the Rings for some reason.

Angelo Badalamenti, hands down.

The obvious choices have already been mentioned multiple times, so I'm gonna go with another favorite of mine; Gustavo Santaolalla. Can't wait to hear The Last Of Us' soundtrack.

Yann Tiersen (Amelie, Goobye Lenin), Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables) and Joe Hisaishi (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Spirited Away)

Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Howard Shore are probably my big three.

Shout outs to Clint Mansell, James Horner, Bernard Herrmann and Danny Elfman.

Joe Hisaishi, Howard Shore and Clint Mansell.

Hans Zimmer hands down. This song alone would make me want to see him live if he ever went on the road touring.

Angelo Badalamenti, John Carpenter, Michael Kamen, Basil Poledouris.

Huh, seems like I really like 80s action movies.

Hans Zimmer, Clint Mansell, John Williams

Here is Clint's adaptation of Swan Lake

Came to post this :)

Basil Poledouris, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, I guess. John Williams definitely holds a place in my heart, though.

Hans Zimmer for Crimson Tide'sRoll Tide

I'd definitely say Clint Mansell, Howard Shore, and John Williams are up there too, though!

John Williams and Hans Zimmer