Mine would be:

[fgadmin]

Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Film General

---

puck-man — 11 years ago(June 30, 2014 10:39 PM)

Mine would be:
(1) Ennio Morricone
(2) Hans Zimmer
(3) John Williams
(4) Michael Giacchino
(5) Danny Elfman

[fgadmin]

filmflaneur — 11 years ago(July 02, 2014 08:18 AM)

Haydn
Hisaishi
Mozart
Shostokovich
Bach
The ancients erroneously settled on heliocentrism
IDNeon

[fgadmin]

hiddenagenda1 — 11 years ago(July 04, 2014 02:24 PM)

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!

[fgadmin]

SharpWalkers — 11 years ago(September 09, 2014 01:31 PM)

Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
James Newton Howard
Howard Shore
Hans Zimmer

[fgadmin]

Yellow-Psychopath — 11 years ago(September 30, 2014 01:54 AM)

John Williams
Ennio Corrinco
Bruno Nicolai
Pino Donaggio
But best of all is the underrated Goblin

[fgadmin]

bob998 — 11 years ago(January 24, 2015 01:02 PM)

Georges Delerue
William Walton
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovich
David Amram

[fgadmin]

megArnold — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 10:45 AM)

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

[fgadmin]

megArnold — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 10:47 AM)

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

[fgadmin]

!!!deleted!!! (58935640) — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 11:23 AM)

"Game music:
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
Gary Shyman
Jack Wall"
What? No Hamilton Altstatt or Jerry Martin?
Lighten
Up

[fgadmin]

Blondie_64 — 11 years ago(February 28, 2015 11:29 AM)

1. Hans Zimmer
2. Ennio Morricone
3. John Williams
4. Bernard Herrmann
5. Danny Elfman

[fgadmin]

WeAintFoundShin — 11 years ago(March 20, 2015 11:15 AM)

Approximately:
Morricone
Williams
Goldsmith
Elfman
Silvestri
Many other greats/good ones: Kamen, Herrmann, etc.

[fgadmin]

ReptilePatrol — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 08:04 PM)

Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
Joe Hisaishi
John Williams
Thomas Newman
Check out my blog!
http://animationalley.blogspot.com

[fgadmin]

WeAintFoundShin — 10 years ago(September 09, 2015 11:17 AM)

Ennio Morricone
John Williams
Danny Elfman
Michael Kamen
James Horner
HM:
Alan Silvestri
Bernard Herrmann
John Du Prez
John Carpenter
Jerry Goldsmith
James Newton Howard

[fgadmin]

kingusaking — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 06:04 AM)

1. Joe Hisaishi
2. Philip Glass
3. John Williams
4. Alexandre Desplat
5. Michael Giacchino

[fgadmin]

kavs23 — 10 years ago(February 17, 2016 01:21 PM)

1. John Williams
2. Hans Zimmer
3. Alexandre Desplat

[fgadmin]

DonObi-WanGump — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 02:48 PM)

1. John Williams
2. Hans Zimmer
3. Howard Shore
4. Ennio Morricone
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto

[fgadmin]

profjcsmith — 9 years ago(June 18, 2016 02:07 AM)

1. John Williams
2. Howard Shore
3. Ramin Djawadi (why has no-one. else put him?)
4. James Horner
5. Hans Zimmer

[fgadmin]

politicidal — 9 years ago(July 22, 2016 06:04 AM)

1. John Williams
2. Hans Zimmer
3. Bernard Hermann
4. Jerry Goldsmith
5. Michael Giacchino
   What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.

[fgadmin]

I_Love_Hutch — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 08:38 PM)

1. Pino Donaggio
2. John Barry
3. Georges Delerue
4. Bernard Herrman
5. Goblin
   I thought I was gonna die! - Roseanne Roseannadanna

[fgadmin]

CinematicFanatic93 — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 04:14 AM)

1. Hans Zimmer
2. John Williams
3. Howard Shore
4. James Horner
5. Ennio Morricone