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Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
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James Horner
James Horner
film composer and conductor
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Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa
Hungarian-American composer
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Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
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Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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Johnny Green
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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John Williams
John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Bruce Broughton
Bruce Broughton
American orchestral composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works
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Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell
American film score composer
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Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)
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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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James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard
American composer, conductor, and music producer
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Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann
American composer (1911-1975)
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John Powell
John Powell
English composer of film scores
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Don Black
Don Black
English lyricist
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Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
German film composer and music producer
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Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin
American conductor
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Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino
American composer of music for films, television and video games
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Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
American composer (1901-1970)
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Norman Gimbel
Norman Gimbel
American lyricist of popular songs, television, and movie themes (1927-2018)
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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Icelandic musician and composer
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Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman
American composer best known for his many film scores
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Ludwig Göransson
Ludwig Göransson
Swedish composer
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Justin Hurwitz
Justin Hurwitz
American composer and screenwriter
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American composer
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Charles Fox
Charles Fox
American composer for film and television
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Ken Darby
Ken Darby
American composer
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Hal David
Hal David
American lyricist
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
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Todd Boekelheide
Todd Boekelheide
Sound engineer
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Alex North
Alex North
American composer
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Euel Box
Euel Box
American composer
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Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes
American film director and screenwriter
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Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
French film composer, of Greek descent
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Yip Harburg
Yip Harburg
American lyricist
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Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle
Scottish composer
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John Mauceri
John Mauceri
American conductor, producer and arranger
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Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger
American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
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Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
French composer
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Bill Conti
Bill Conti
American composer and conductor (born 1942)
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Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell
American composer
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Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman
American composer and musician
Charles Bernstein
composer

Charles Bernstein

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Charles Harold Bernstein (born February 28, 1943) is an American composer of film and television scores. He is a Daytime Emmy Award winner, and a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Music Branch, and is a member of the Board of Directors for both the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the Society of Composers & Lyricists.