Famous Favorite Composers!

Date of Birth 25 August 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Date of Death 14 October 1990, New York City, New York, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name Louis Eliezer Bernstein

Nickname Lennie

Date of Birth 14 August 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA

Date of Death 22 June 2015, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Plane Crash)

Birth Name James Roy Horner

Date of Birth 9 June 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA

Spouse Sophie Howard (25 April 1992 - present) 2 children Rosanna Arquette (13 September 1986 - 2 October 1987) (divorced)

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Never conducts his own music

A famously fast worker, Howard is often called upon to provide last-minute replacement scores for films, or to add to existing soundtracks.

Has said that his single most favorite composer is probably 'Ludwig van Beethoven'.

Date of Birth 25 August 1943 , Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date of Birth 21 June 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Birth Name Boris Claudio Schifrin

Bruce Lee personally chose him to score Enter the Dragon (1973). Upon their lunch meeting, Lee told him that he worked out to the soundtrack from Mission: Impossible (1966).

Composed the 1970 Paramount TV jingle. This was used from the fall of 1970 to the fall of 1976, and from the fall of 1978 until the fall of 1987.

Has composed a large number of concert works for chamber ensembles and orchestras which are published by MMB Music, Inc. (of St. Louis, MO).

Received the Film Music Society's career achievement award.

His song "Tar Sequence," from the music score for Cool Hand Luke (1967), was used for many years as the theme song for local "Eyewitness News" broadcasts on ABC-owned television stations (i.e. WABC-TV in New York, New York, USA and WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois, USA).

Date of Birth 12 September 1957, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Birth Name Hans Florian Zimmer

Spouse Vicki Carolin (19 March 1982 - 7 April 1992) (divorced) 1 child Suzanne Zimmer (? - ?) 3 children

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Uses elements from the characters culture in the music. Some examples are tribal chants in The Lion King, Ukulele in Pearl Harbor and Guitar with vocals in Gladiator.

Seamlessly mixes synthesizers with real instruments and soloists. Often uses solo cello and acoustic/electric guitar.

Frequently works with DreamWorks Animation

Completely self-taught, he learned everything he knows through collaboration and experimenting.

He pushes collaboration between composers because that is how he learned. Every composer that has come out of Media Ventures learned by working with him on various scores by conducting, writing additional music, or even co-composing with him. Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Mark Mancina, Klaus Badelt, and Steve Jablonsky are just a few composers who are now doing solo work after expanding from Media Ventures.

He told in an interview that he would retire for some years after The Dark Knight, saying he has been exhausted in the past years. He also said that he wants to help young composers and would produce their scores. His future plan is also about touring the world holding concerts with his own music.

His favorite movie theme of all time is from Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) by John Carpenter.

Fans and industry insiders in the film music world credit Crimson Tide (1995) as a turning point in both his career and the scoring business. The Grammy-winning score, often heard in trailers since, was a departure from the norm, making use of digital synthesizers, electronic keyboards, and the latest computer technology to digitally produce a rousing score with traditional orchestral arrangements.

Date of Birth 16 February 1938 , New York City, New York, USA

His father, John Corigliano, Sr., was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1943 to 1966, and was seen on many of Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts".

In 1979 was comissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to write a new opera for the company, the first Met comission in almost fifteen years. After twelve years of work composing, Corigliano's new opera, "The Ghosts of Versailles," received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, in December 1991, with James Levine conducting.

Date of Birth 10 May 1894, Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Date of Death 11 November 1979, London, England, UK (complications of hip fracture)

Birth Name Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin

Nickname Timmy Dimi

Height 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse Olivia Cynthia Patch (1972 - 11 November 1979) (his death) Albertina Rasch (1927 - 2 October 1967) (her death) Carolina Perfetto (? - ?) 1 child