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Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell
American composer
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Frans Bak
Frans Bak
Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist
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Jeff Beal
Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
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John Williams
John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Tyler Strickland
Tyler Strickland
American composer
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Dustin O'Halloran
Dustin O'Halloran
American musician
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Todd Boekelheide
Todd Boekelheide
Sound engineer
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Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo
American songwriter and composer
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Jharrel Jerome
Jharrel Jerome
American actor
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Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
American basketball player
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Steven Schoenberg
Steven Schoenberg
musical artist
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Kamau Kenyatta
Kamau Kenyatta
American musician
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Blake Neely
Blake Neely
American composer
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Lee Holdridge
Lee Holdridge
Haitian-born, American composer and orchestrator
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Tarik Shah
Tarik Shah
American musician
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Jeff Danna
Jeff Danna
film composer
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Ray Heindorf
Ray Heindorf
American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Sean Callery
Sean Callery
American composer
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Emily Bear
Emily Bear
American child composer and pianist
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Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary
American composer and musician
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Gingger Shankar
Gingger Shankar
Indian American singer and composer
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Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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George Fenton
George Fenton
British film composer
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Alan Lazar
Alan Lazar
South African-born composer, novelist, and member of the band Mango Groove
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Bill Cunliffe
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
Kris Bowers
American composer and pianist

Kris Bowers

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American composer and pianist
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Kristopher Bowers (born 1989) is an American composer and pianist who has composed scores for films, video games, television and documentaries including Green Book, Madden NFL, Dear White People, and Kobe Bryant's Muse. He has recorded, performed, and collaborated with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West, and José James. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition in 2011 and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition in 2017 for The Snowy Day. Bowers worked on the score of Ava DuVernay's Netflix mini-series When They See Us.