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Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Lennertz
American composer
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American composer
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John Powell
John Powell
English composer of film scores
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Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi
Iranian-German composer
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Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)
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Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell
American composer
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Ludwig Göransson
Ludwig Göransson
Swedish composer
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Antonio Sánchez
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
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Keefus Ciancia
Keefus Ciancia
American musician
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Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino
American composer of music for films, television and video games
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Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
French film composer, of Greek descent
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Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna
Canadian composer
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Elliot Goldenthal
Elliot Goldenthal
American composer
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James Horner
James Horner
film composer and conductor
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John Williams
John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Alan Silvestri
Alan Silvestri
American composer
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Dario Marianelli
Dario Marianelli
Italian composer
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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Icelandic musician and composer
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Austin Wintory
Austin Wintory
American composer
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James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard
American composer, conductor, and music producer
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The Haxan Cloak
The Haxan Cloak
British musician
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Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
German film composer and music producer
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T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett
American record producer, musician, and songwriter (born 1948)
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Atticus Ross
Atticus Ross
English musician, composer and record producer
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David Arnold
David Arnold
English film composer
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Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood
British musician
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Alberto Iglesias
Alberto Iglesias
Spanish composer
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Pritam Chakraborty
Pritam Chakraborty
Indian music director and composer
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Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
American composer and conductor, most known for his works in film and television scoring (1924-2004)
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A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Indian singer and composer
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Jeremy Soule
Jeremy Soule
American composer
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Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
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Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler
American composer, producer, conductor, and film producer
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Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary
American composer and musician
Carter Burwell
American film score composer

Carter Burwell

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American film score composer
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Academy Award for Best Original Score

Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American composer of film scores. He has consistently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored most of their films, including Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, Hail, Caesar! and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Burwell has also scored three of Todd Haynes's films, three of Spike Jonze's films, and all the films of Martin McDonagh. He has received Oscar nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes's Carol (2015) and McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).