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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

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  1. John Williams
  2. Hans Zimmer
  3. Jerry Goldsmith
  4. James Horner
  5. Marco Beltrami
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  1. Hans Zimmer
  2. John Williams
  3. Howard Shore
  4. James Horner
  5. Ennio Morricone
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  1. Pino Donaggio
  2. John Barry
  3. Georges Delerue
  4. Bernard Herrman
  5. Goblin
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  1. John Williams
  2. Hans Zimmer
  3. Bernard Hermann
  4. Jerry Goldsmith
  5. Michael Giacchino
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  1. John Williams
  2. Howard Shore
  3. Ramin Djawadi (why has no-one. else put him?)
  4. James Horner
  5. Hans Zimmer
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  1. John Williams
  2. Hans Zimmer
  3. Howard Shore
  4. Ennio Morricone
  5. Ryuichi Sakamoto
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  1. John Williams
  2. Hans Zimmer
  3. Alexandre Desplat
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  1. Joe Hisaishi
  2. Philip Glass
  3. John Williams
  4. Alexandre Desplat
  5. Michael Giacchino
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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

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Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
Joe Hisaishi
John Williams
Thomas Newman
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Approximately:
Morricone
Williams
Goldsmith
Elfman
Silvestri
Many other greats/good ones: Kamen, Herrmann, etc.

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  1. Hans Zimmer
  2. Ennio Morricone
  3. John Williams
  4. Bernard Herrmann
  5. Danny Elfman
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"Game music:
Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
Gary Shyman
Jack Wall"
What? No Hamilton Altstatt or Jerry Martin?
Lighten
Up

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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
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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

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Georges Delerue
William Walton
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovich
David Amram

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

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Jeremy Soule
Inon Zur
James Newton Howard
Howard Shore
Hans Zimmer

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  1. James Horner
  2. Danny Elfman
  3. John Williams
  4. Hans Zimmer
  5. Nick Glennie-Smith
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Haydn
Hisaishi
Mozart
Shostokovich
Bach
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