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Soundtrack Composers

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Max Steiner (1888-1971)

  • He was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films.
  • He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve
  • He moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films.
  • He was referred to as "the father of film music".
  • Some of his compositions were:
    • King Kong (1933),
    • Little Women (1933)
    • Casablanca (1942)
    • Gone with the Wind (1939)

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Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)

  • He was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures.
  • Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho.
  • He also composed scores for many other movies, including
  • He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles).

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Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

  • He was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player.
  • He composed a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile composers of all time.
  • He had composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works.
  • Some of his film music include:
    • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    • Once Upon a Time in the West
    • Cinema Paradiso
    • The Mission
    • The Untouchables

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John Williams (1932-)

  • He is an American composer, conductor, and pianist.
  • He has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores.
  • Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three of his feature films.
  • Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards and 5 Academy Awards.
  • Some of his works are:

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