| 1 | People who create music. More specifically, people who put extremely careful craftsmanship into their music. These aren't just artists that "jam out" their songs. These are artists who usually use sheet music, or at the very least computer software to plan out their music. |
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| 3 | !!Creators: |
| 4 | %% Mod Note: Everybody on this index should be moved to the Music namespace. |
| 5 | [[index]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[AC:{{Baroque|Music}} (1600–1760)]] |
| 8 | * Music/JohannSebastianBach |
| 9 | * Music/PDQBach |
| 10 | * Music/GeorgeFredericHandel |
| 11 | * Music/ClaudioMonteverdi |
| 12 | * Music/GeorgPhilippTelemann |
| 13 | * Music/AntonioVivaldi |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[AC:{{Classical|Music}} (1730–1820)]] |
| 16 | * Music/CarlPhilippEmanuelBach |
| 17 | * Music/LuigiBoccherini |
| 18 | * Music/JosephHaydn |
| 19 | * Music/MichaelHaydn |
| 20 | * Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[AC:{{Romantic|ism}} (1815–1910)]] |
| 23 | * Music/LudwigVanBeethoven |
| 24 | * Music/HectorBerlioz |
| 25 | * Music/GeorgesBizet: Wrote the opera ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}''. |
| 26 | * Music/JohannesBrahms |
| 27 | * Music/AntonBruckner |
| 28 | * Music/FryderykChopin |
| 29 | * Music/AntoninDvorak: Wrote Symphony No. 9 in E minor (''From the New World''). Its finale has been played a ''lot''. |
| 30 | * Music/EdwardElgar |
| 31 | * Music/FranzLiszt: One of the greatest pianists ever. He invented the recital so people could listen to nothing but himself. |
| 32 | * Music/GustavMahler: the leading Austro-German composer after Brahms and Bruckner. Wrote symphonies for ridiculously large ensembles. Also incorporated songs into symphonies. His conducting was... entertaining. |
| 33 | * Music/FelixMendelssohn |
| 34 | * Music/ModestMussorgsky: Wrote ''Pictures at an Exhibition''. |
| 35 | * Music/JacquesOffenbach |
| 36 | * Music/SergeiRachmaninoff |
| 37 | * Music/GioachinoRossini |
| 38 | * Music/FranzSchubert |
| 39 | * Music/RobertSchumann |
| 40 | * Music/JohnPhilipSousa |
| 41 | * Louis Spohr |
| 42 | * Music/JohannStraussII: wrote ''Die Fledermaus Overture'' and ''The Blue Danube Waltz''. |
| 43 | * [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]] |
| 44 | * Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky |
| 45 | * Music/GiuseppeVerdi |
| 46 | * Music/LouisVierne |
| 47 | * Music/RichardWagner: An inspiration and influence for many film composers to this day. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[AC:Impressionist (1880s–1920s)]] |
| 50 | * Music/ClaudeDebussy |
| 51 | * Music/MauriceRavel |
| 52 | * Music/ErikSatie |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[AC:Verismo (1880s–1920s)]] |
| 55 | * Music/UmbertoGiordano |
| 56 | * Music/RuggeroLeoncavallo |
| 57 | * Music/PietroMascagni |
| 58 | * Music/GiacomoPuccini |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[AC:Atonal and Avant-Garde]] |
| 61 | * Music/MiltonBabbitt: took serialism to the next level with total serialism. Also one of the earliest electronic music composers. |
| 62 | * Music/BelaBartok: focused on folk music instead of traditional {{tonality}}. |
| 63 | * Music/AlbanBerg: successfully combined Romanticism with the twelve-tone technique, most notably in his Violin Concerto. |
| 64 | * Music/JohnCage: Also known for chance music and indeterminacy. |
| 65 | * Music/PhilipGlass, composer of the score for ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'', Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}, and the Creator/StephenHawking biopic ''A Brief History of Time'' (not related to the book of the same name), and an accomplished composer in his own right, besides, Glass is also notable for collaborating with Mickey Hart (drummer from Music/TheGratefulDead) on the intro music for the Opening Ceremony at the 1996 Summer UsefulNotes/OlympicGames in Atlanta, a work named "Call to the Nations". Also known for minimalism. |
| 66 | * Music/CharlesIves: Wrote experimental music using vernacular music and also did a lot of Church music. He was a fan of polytonality and manly dissonance. |
| 67 | * Music/SteveReich: one of the biggest names in minimalism. He is an influence for all sorts of things, even the music to ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''. |
| 68 | * Music/ArnoldSchoenberg: invented twelve-tone serialism. One of the first people in the atonal genre and the springboard for the later total serialism. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[AC:Neotonality and Neoclassicism]] |
| 71 | * Music/SamuelBarber: wrote "Adagio for Strings". |
| 72 | * Music/AaronCopland: Mentioned in a few spots on the Wiki. "Fanfare for the Common Man" is SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in distilled form, but he's probably most famous for Rodeo which you've almost certainty heard, either in a western or in the background while someone told you what Beef is for, and while he didn't compose the melody, he did immortalize the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" in his ballet ''Appalachian Spring''. |
| 73 | * Music/GustavHolst: Born in England to Swedish parents, his suite "The Planets" has been an inspiration to composers for generations. If you've ever watched a movie, you've heard his influence. |
| 74 | * Music/ScottJoplin: Ragtime pianist known for "The Entertainer", "Maple Leaf Rag" and "Searchlight Rag". |
| 75 | * Music/OlivierMessiaen: "The most important French composer of born in the twentieth century." Wrote a lot of church music. |
| 76 | * Music/SergeiProkofiev: Wrote ''Peter and the Wolf''. Also known for his piano works, motor rhythms, and dissonance. |
| 77 | * Music/DmitriShostakovich: One of the composers who struggled under the Soviet Union. He was criticized, even censured, but was still able to express what was "inexpressible" through his music. |
| 78 | * Music/RichardStrauss: Wrote 2 symphonies, operas (the most famous being ''Salome'' and ''Der Rosenkavalier''), and the tone poem ''Also sprach Zarathustra''. |
| 79 | * Music/IgorStravinsky: Wrote ''Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring'' in 1913. Known as the composer who wouldn't die (lived 1882 to 1971). Also wrote ''Firebird'' and ''Petrushka''. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[AC:MusicalTheatre]] |
| 82 | * Music/IrvingBerlin: Wrote many songs including "God Bless America," "White Christmas," and "Alexander's Ragtime Band." |
| 83 | * Music/JerryBrock: Known for the musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and the Pulitzer winning ''Fiorello''. |
| 84 | * Music/GeorgeGershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue" is his most famous work. Also did ''Porgy and Bess'' and ''An American in Paris''. He wrote the music; his brother Ira wrote the lyrics. |
| 85 | * Music/OscarHammersteinII: Wrote many songs for musicals, including ''Showboat'', ''The Sound of Music'', ''Oklahoma!'', and ''The King and I''. |
| 86 | * Music/LorenzHart: Wrote most of the lyrics to music by Richard Rodgers. |
| 87 | * Music/JoeIconis: Wrote the music ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' and ''Theatre/LoveInHateNation''. |
| 88 | * Music/JeromeKern: Wrote the musical ''Showboat''. Also did Hollywood musicals later on. |
| 89 | * Music/SylvesterLevay: Frequent collaborator with writer Michael Kunze on Austrian musicals such as ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}} and ''Theatre/{{Mozart}}'' |
| 90 | * Creator/AndrewLloydWebber: British composer of worldwide hit musicals including ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' and ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. %% The family name is Lloyd-Webber |
| 91 | * Creator/DaveMalloy |
| 92 | * Creator/LinManuelMiranda: Wrote ''Theatre/InTheHeights'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. |
| 93 | * Creator/AnthonyNewley: ''Stop The World, I Want To Get Off!'' and ''The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd''. Also a singer-songwriter and actor. |
| 94 | * Music/PasekAndPaul: Songwriting/composing duo, have written for theater (''Dogfight'', ''James and the Giant Peach'', ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'') as well as TV and film (''Film/LaLaLand'', ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'') |
| 95 | * Music/TimRice: Wrote lyrics to many musicals by Creator/AndrewLloydWebber. Also worked on many animated musicals, such as ''Aladdin'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. |
| 96 | * Music/RichardRodgers: Worked closely with Lorenz Hart, then much more famously with Oscar Hammerstein II. Won every music award available (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and even the Pulitzer). |
| 97 | * Music/StephenSondheim: A prolific composer of Broadway musicals, such as ''West Side Story''. |
| 98 | * Music/ErikVanDerWurff: Dutch composer who written and composed songs for the Dutch musical ''Alfred Jodocus Kwak'' with Creator/HermanVanVeen. Eric Van Der Wurff also worked on the soundtrack for the [[WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak 1989 animated series of the same name.]] |
| 99 | * Music/JeanineTesori: Composed ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'', ''Theatre/CarolineOrChange'', ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'', ''Theatre/{{Violet}}'', ''Theatre/FunHome'', and ''Theatre/KimberlyAkimbo''. She and her ''Fun Home'' lyricist Lisa Kron were the first all-women composing team to win the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[AC:Film and Television Score Composers]] |
| 102 | * Music/JohnBarry: Film/JamesBond's music man. |
| 103 | * Music/ElmerBernstein: Wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse never sounded so "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4oiuJCCjw magnificent]]". |
| 104 | * Music/SeanCallery: best known for his work on ''Series/TwentyFour'', he makes music to fight terrorism to. Emmy winner. |
| 105 | * Creator/JohnCarpenter: Not only did he write/direct/produce films such as ''Film/Halloween1978'', ''Film/TheThing1982'' and ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', he composed them as well. |
| 106 | * Music/CharlieClouser: Known for his work on TV shows and movies like ''Film/SawI'', ''Series/Numb3rs'', and ''Series/WaywardPines''. He previously worked with Music/NineInchNails. |
| 107 | * Music/VladimirCosma: The most prolific composer in the history of French cinema. He scored countless comedies such as ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'' and ''Film/TheMadAdventuresOfRabbiJacob''. |
| 108 | * Music/DonDavis, famous for composing the scores for ''Film/TheMatrix'' trilogy. |
| 109 | * Music/AlexandreDesplat |
| 110 | * Music/RaminDjawadi: If it involves epic action scenes, especially with high technology, call this man; best known for ''Film/IronMan'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' and ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. |
| 111 | * Music/KlausDoldinger: Composer for the early films of Creator/WolfgangPetersen, as well as a {{Jazz}} saxophonist. |
| 112 | * Music/PatrickDoyle |
| 113 | * Music/DannyElfman: a very prolific film score composer. From animation to live action he's covered just about everything. |
| 114 | * Music/JerryGoldsmith: He has boldly gone where no other composer has ever gone before. |
| 115 | * Music/HarryGregsonWilliams |
| 116 | * Music/HildurGudnadottir: Composed haunting scores for ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' and ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'', among others. |
| 117 | * Music/BernardHerrmann: generally considered the father of the modern film score, he was most famous for composing many of the scores for the films of Creator/AlfredHitchcock. |
| 118 | * Music/JoeHisaishi composed the scores for Hayao Miyazaki's films. The John Williams of Japan. |
| 119 | * Music/NatalieHolt |
| 120 | * Music/JamesHorner: ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II]]'' and ''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock III]]''. ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer''. ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}''. ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. ''Film/{{Glory}}''. ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Are you beginning to realize the awesomeness? |
| 121 | * Music/JamesNewtonHoward: Composer of many recognizable films such as ''Film/TheSixthSense'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', and many more. |
| 122 | * Music/AkiraIfukube: ''The'' official composer for ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. He created Godzilla's roar by himself. |
| 123 | * Music/MauriceJarre: Famous for his collaborations with directors Creator/DavidLean and Creator/PeterWeir. |
| 124 | * Music/JohannJohannsson did the score for films like ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'', ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'' or ''Film/{{Arrival}}''. |
| 125 | * Music/MichelLegrand |
| 126 | * Music/DarioMarianelli: Best known for his Oscar-winning work on ''Film/{{Atonement}}'', among many other films. |
| 127 | * Music/EnnioMorricone: Made pop music popular for use in films starting with ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly''. He's also done traditional classical music and film scores a such as ''The Untouchables'' and ''The Mission''. |
| 128 | * Music/AlfredNewman: Composed the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox fanfare. |
| 129 | * Music/DavidNewman |
| 130 | * Music/EmilNewman |
| 131 | * Music/JoeyNewman |
| 132 | * Music/LionelNewman |
| 133 | * Music/MariaNewman |
| 134 | * Music/RandyNewman |
| 135 | * Music/ThomasNewman |
| 136 | * Music/JohnOttman: Composer of three films of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''. He also does editing. |
| 137 | * Creator/GordonParks |
| 138 | * Music/StevenPrice |
| 139 | * Music/TrevorRabin |
| 140 | * Music/NinoRota: A giant of Italian film scoring, most associated with Creator/LuchinoVisconti, Music/FedericoFellini and, of course, ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 141 | * Music/LaloSchifrin: Scored dozens of action movies and shows, but probably best known for composing the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme and for being Creator/ClintEastwood's AssociatedComposer. |
| 142 | * Music/EricSerra: Known for being Creator/LucBesson's AssociatedComposer. |
| 143 | * Music/TheShermanBrothers: SiblingTeam responsible for many classic Disney song scores but arguably their biggest, most successful hit was ''Film/MaryPoppins''. |
| 144 | * Music/HowardShore: Composed for ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films and also some other stuff. |
| 145 | * Music/AlanSilvestri: ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' is one of his more famous film scores. |
| 146 | * Creator/BrendonSmall: Mostly known for doing the music of his own shows (''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'') as well as occasionally contributing to other animated series such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever''. |
| 147 | * Music/MaxSteiner |
| 148 | * Music/RichardStone |
| 149 | * Music/FranzWaxman: Golden Age composer best known for his UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning scores for ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' and ''Film/APlaceInTheSun'', done in back to back years. |
| 150 | * Music/JohnWilliams: If you've ever seen ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'', you've heard his music, but that's only one of [[Film/{{Jaws}} many]], [[Franchise/IndianaJones many]], [[Film/SchindlersList many]], '''[[Film/JurassicPark many]]''' films for which he has composed. Usually the regular composer for Creator/StevenSpielberg. Besides films, he also composed the official theme for the 1984 Summer UsefulNotes/OlympicGames in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles (a work which has since officially become '''the''' Olympic Fanfare), a broadcast theme for coverage US coverage of the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, the official theme for the 1996 Summer Games in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, and the official theme for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. You've also heard his piece "The Mission" if you've watched Creator/{{NBC}} Nightly News, as it's that news-cast's official theme-song. One of three composers to win more than one Oscar for best film score. |
| 151 | * Music/HansZimmer: Did the scores for ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', and many more. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[AC:Contemporary]] |
| 154 | * Music/ErikAho: An American composer who has contributed to the soundtrack of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' and ''Series/TheAmazingRace''. He has also composed soundtracks for ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'', ''{{VideoGame/Drakan}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheSuffering''. |
| 155 | * Music/LaurieAnderson |
| 156 | * Creator/MayaAngelou |
| 157 | * Music/TakanoriArisawa |
| 158 | * Music/DavidArnold: a British composer who, in a moment of {{Irony}}, composed the score to ''Film/IndependenceDay''. He also composed the theme to the 2012 London Olympics and several films in the ''Film/JamesBond'' series. |
| 159 | * Music/EduardArtemyev: Pioneer of electronica since the 1960s, and film composer for Creator/AndreiTarkovsky, Creator/NikitaMikhalkov, and Creator/AndreiKonchalovsky. |
| 160 | * Music/BurtBacharach |
| 161 | * Music/LorneBalfe: One of Music/HansZimmer's many proteges. |
| 162 | * Music/ChristopheBeck |
| 163 | * Music/LeonardBernstein |
| 164 | * Music/LeslieBricusse |
| 165 | * Music/CarterBurwell |
| 166 | * Music/WendyCarlos |
| 167 | * Music/BillConti |
| 168 | * Music/{{Cosmo}} |
| 169 | * Music/JohnDebney |
| 170 | * Music/Deco27 |
| 171 | * Music/PinoDonaggio |
| 172 | * Music/BobDylan |
| 173 | * Music/RandyEdelman |
| 174 | * Music/IlanEshkeri |
| 175 | * Music/BradFiedel |
| 176 | * Creator/TobyFox: Composed music for ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', various video games (most famously ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', plus various external projects), and professional musicians. |
| 177 | * Music/MichaelGiacchino |
| 178 | * Music/PhilipGlass |
| 179 | * Music/MurrayGold |
| 180 | * Music/JoelGoldsmith: Son of the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, and composer of several ''[[Franchise/StargateVerse Stargate]]'' TV spin-offs. |
| 181 | * Music/LudwigGoransson |
| 182 | * Music/{{GYARI}} |
| 183 | * Music/MarvinHamlisch |
| 184 | * Music/YoshikiHayashi. Music/XJapan and related projects. Yoshiki has also has done film pieces for ''Film/SawIV'' (title track "IV" is his work), ''Catacombs'', ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', ''Goemon'', an Akira Kurosawa memorial project, and for the Golden Globes awards ceremony for 2012 and 2013. |
| 185 | * Music/SusumuHirasawa |
| 186 | * Music/HoneyWorks |
| 187 | * Music/MarkIsham |
| 188 | * Music/MasumiItou (alias Hikaru Nanase) |
| 189 | * Music/SteveJablonsky |
| 190 | * Music/DavidJulyan |
| 191 | * Music/MarcJungermann |
| 192 | * Music/JunkieXL |
| 193 | * Music/YukiKajiura |
| 194 | * Music/MichaelKamen |
| 195 | * Music/YokoKanno |
| 196 | * Music/AramKhachaturian |
| 197 | * Music/ErichWolfgangKorngold |
| 198 | * Music/YevgenyKrylatov |
| 199 | * Music/LeiberAndStoller |
| 200 | * Music/RobertLopez |
| 201 | * Music/{{Machigerita}}: Composes for TV-shows, video games, himself, and his band, NILADMIRARI. |
| 202 | * Music/JohnMackey |
| 203 | * Music/KevinMacLeod: Composes ''loads'' of [[PublicDomainSoundtrack royalty-free music]], used most often in Website/YouTube videos. |
| 204 | * Music/HenryMancini: ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'', the ''Peter Gunn'' theme (used in the video game ''VideoGame/SpyHunter1983''), the Baby Elephant Walk. |
| 205 | * Music/HarryManfredini: The musical voice of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' saga. |
| 206 | * Music/ClintMansell: Formerly of Music/PopWillEatItself, now specializes in minimalistic, emotional, frequently creepy scores for films such as ''Literature/RequiemForADream'' and ''Film/{{Moon}}''. |
| 207 | * Music/ToshiroMayuzumi |
| 208 | * Music/BearMcCreary: Composer of some memorable scores to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'', ''Series/Foundation2021'', ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' and ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' |
| 209 | * Music/AlanMenken |
| 210 | * Music/KateMillerHeidke |
| 211 | * Music/MarkMothersbaugh: Of Music/{{Devo}} and a billion TV and movie ventures. |
| 212 | * Music/{{mothy}} |
| 213 | * Music/MichaelNyman |
| 214 | * Music/RizOrtolani |
| 215 | * Music/KowOtani |
| 216 | * Music/DanielPemberton |
| 217 | * Music/BasilPoledouris |
| 218 | * Music/ColePorter |
| 219 | * Music/JohnPowell |
| 220 | * Music/GraemeRevell |
| 221 | * Music/LionelRichie |
| 222 | * Music/MiklosRozsa |
| 223 | * Music/AlexeiRybnikov |
| 224 | * Music/RyuichiSakamoto |
| 225 | * Music/SasakureUK |
| 226 | * Music/HiroyukiSawano |
| 227 | * Music/StephenSchwartz |
| 228 | * Music/VerkaSerduchka: Under her real name, Andriy Danylko. |
| 229 | * Music/PaulShapera: Rock composers, known for making a series of [[PunkPunk Punk rock operas]]. |
| 230 | * Creator/SPSomtow (may fit in several categories, as a composer of symphonies, opera, musicals, and more, as well as being an author of fiction.) |
| 231 | * Music/LindseyStirling |
| 232 | * Creator/RebeccaSugar |
| 233 | * Music/TamiyaTerashima provided the music for ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' and ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea''. |
| 234 | * Music/JGThirlwell |
| 235 | * Music/YannTiersen |
| 236 | * Music/ViktorTsoi: Composed and sang for his band, Kino. |
| 237 | * Music/BrianTyler |
| 238 | * Music/{{Vangelis}} |
| 239 | * Music/EdgardVarese |
| 240 | * Music/ScottWalker |
| 241 | * Music/RonWasserman: Best known for providing the music for the early seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. |
| 242 | * Music/JeffWayne, creator of the {{rock opera}}s ''[[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds War of the Worlds]]'' and ''Spartacus''. |
| 243 | * Music/KurtWeill |
| 244 | * Music/AlissaWhiteGluz: Canadian singer/songwriter most notable for her work in Music/TheAgonist, and the current lead singer for Music/ArchEnemy. |
| 245 | * Music/ChristopherYoung |
| 246 | * Music/FrankZappa |
| 247 | * Music/JohnZorn: Highly eclectical and impossible to pigeonhole artist, mostly active in jazz, though his gigantic catalogue has tried out various genres and styles throughout the years. |
| 248 | * Music/LouieZong |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[AC:Video Games]] |
| 251 | * Music/HirokazuAndo: Composed most ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games, as well as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''. |
| 252 | * Music/{{Basiscape}}: Music studio founded by Music/HitoshiSakimoto and his colleagues after he left Creator/SquareEnix. Primarily known for their collaborations with Creator/{{Vanillaware}} and their games. |
| 253 | * Music/AlexanderBrandon: Best-known for his work on ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. |
| 254 | * Music/OlivierDeriviere: A French creator who is most commonly known either for the OminousLatinChanting of ''VideoGame/ObsCure'' and ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2008'' games or the digital, glitchy soundtrack of ''VideoGame/RememberMe''. |
| 255 | * Music/ChikayoFukuda: The main music composer at Creator/CyberConnect2, and composed the music for the ''Franchise/DotHack'' series, ''Naruto Ultimate Ninja'' Series and ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''. Started out by composing the music for ''VideoGame/TailsSkyPatrol''. |
| 256 | * Music/MickGordon: Australian composer best known for composing ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' and the first two seasons of the 2013 ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''. |
| 257 | * Music/MasashiHamauzu: Composed for the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series and the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. Was a late-comer to both franchises, but helped redefine their music. |
| 258 | * Music/MikiHigashino: Composed for the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' series, the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series and two of Creator/{{Konami}}'s ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' games. |
| 259 | * Music/KotaHoshino: chief composer for the ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' series. |
| 260 | * Music/ShinjiHosoe: One of the "Sampling Masters" behind the music for ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer''. |
| 261 | * Music/GoIchinose: Composed for the vast majority of main series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' titles. |
| 262 | * Creator/DaisukeIshiwatari: Better known as the man who created ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and its godly soundtrack. He also did the soundtracks for ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' and ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising''. If you get into a discussion regarding fighting game music, chances are he or his works will immediately pop up. |
| 263 | * Music/KenjiIto: Composed for the ''[=SaGa=]'' series and the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' series. |
| 264 | * Music/NoriyukiIwadare: Composed for the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' series, the ''VideoGame/{{Langrisser}}'' series, and various installments in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series. |
| 265 | * Music/MasaharuIwata: Most-often working in collaboration with Music/HitoshiSakimoto. |
| 266 | * Music/ShotaKageyama: Composed for several ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games. |
| 267 | * Music/AkariKaida: Composed for several ''Franchise/MegaMan'' games, and notably for ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' and the ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'' series. |
| 268 | * Music/DanKehler: Made music for several mid-to-late Creator/{{Sierra}} adventure games. |
| 269 | * Music/HirokiKikuta: Composed ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' and ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'', and also founded the company that developed the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' games. |
| 270 | * Music/KojiKondo: Main composer for the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. |
| 271 | * Music/YuzoKoshiro: Main composer for ''The Revenge of VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'', the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series, and president of development studio Ancient. |
| 272 | * Music/JesperKyd: ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' and ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' amongst others, started out in the Amiga scene. |
| 273 | * Creator/JulianLeFay: Better known as one of the creators of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series. Mainly a programmer, but also did the soundtrack for quite a few games on the Amiga scene, including ''VideoGame/SwordOfSodan''. %% Legitimate creator, should not be moved to Music/ |
| 274 | * Music/MichaelMcCann: Best known for ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' and ''VideoGame/Borderlands3''. |
| 275 | * Music/ShojiMeguro: Composed the music for a lot of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games, most notably the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' subseries. |
| 276 | * Music/YasunoriMitsuda: Composed for the ''VideoGame/{{Chrono|Trigger}}'' [[VideoGame/ChronoCross series]], ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode 1'', and various other games. |
| 277 | * Music/{{MONACA}}: Studio most widely known for their work on ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}''. |
| 278 | * Music/KentaNagata: Composed most ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' games, ''VideoGame/TenEightySnowboarding'', and some ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games, among others. |
| 279 | * Music/ManabuNamiki: Frequent collaborator with 8ing/Raizing and Creator/{{Cave}} |
| 280 | * Music/MichikoNaruke: Composed the ''VideoGame/TenshiNoUta'' and ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series. |
| 281 | * Music/NielsByeNielson: Lead composer on the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'' and "additional composer" for ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''. Has also worked on other games. |
| 282 | * Music/YoshihiroSakaguchi: Composer for Capcom, under the pseudonym Yuukichan's Papa. Created the "sound" of ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' and contributed to the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. |
| 283 | * Music/HitoshiSakimoto: Uematsu's more or less 'successor' to the ''Final Fantasy'' series. |
| 284 | * Music/MotoiSakuraba: Composer for most of the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'', ''VideoGame/StarOcean'', and ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', among others. |
| 285 | * Music/IchiroShimakura: Composer for ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', ''VideoGame/MarioParty4'', ''VideoGame/MarioPartyAdvance'', ''VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'', some ''Franchise/{{Bomberman}}'' games, and ''VideoGame/StarSoldierVanishingEarth'', among others. |
| 286 | * Music/YokoShimomura: Composer for ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''VideoGame/{{Breath of Fire|I}}'', ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, among others. Long list. |
| 287 | * Music/MasayoshiSoken: Composer for ''VideoGame/MarioHoops3On3'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'', among others. |
| 288 | * Music/JeremySoule: Known for his work on ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, primarily airy atmospheric tracks. |
| 289 | * Music/KoichiSugiyama: Aside from his work on several famous Japanese TV series, he is also the man behind the music of ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. Music/NobuoUematsu considers him an influence. He also composed the score for ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' (1989). |
| 290 | * Music/MitsutoSuzuki |
| 291 | * Music/MasafumiTakada: Longtime collaborator of Creator/Suda51 for titles such as ''VideoGame/Killer7'' and ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. Also the main composer for the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series. |
| 292 | * Music/TommyTallarico: Responsible for the music of many, many games, such as ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' and ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''. |
| 293 | * Music/HirokazuTanaka: Composer for many early games for Creator/{{Nintendo}}, including ''VideoGame/DrMario'', ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', ''VideoGame/KidIcarus1986'', ''VideoGame/Metroid1'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''. Also was involved with numerous [[AnimeThemeSong vocal songs]] for ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. |
| 294 | * Music/NobuoUematsu: When you think of video game music, his name typically comes up, because he did all the music for the first nine ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games. He also composed some pieces for ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. |
| 295 | * Music/DavidWise: Composer for ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', ''VideoGame/SnakeRattleNRoll'', ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' and ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors''. |
| 296 | * Music/KenjiYamamoto: The composer for the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series, the ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime Trilogy]]'', and various others. |
| 297 | * Music/MichiruYamane: Important composer in the Creator/{{Konami}} Kukeiha Club who did most of the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series music and eventually became independent. |
| 298 | * Music/AkiraYamaoka: Another Creator/{{Konami}} Kukeiha Club veteran who quickly achieved breakout success with ''Franchise/SilentHill''. |
| 299 | * Music/MahitoYokota: Composer for the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' under Music/KojiKondo's supervision; he's been in charge of composing for live orchestras. |
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| 302 | * Creator/DAGames: Mostly known for his songs related to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. He also specializes in other video games as well when he has the vibe for it alongside his own original material like ''[[Music/IrisUK IRIS]]''. |
| 303 | * Music/JTMusic: Mainly known for his songs related to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock''. He specializes in many other video games though. |
| 304 | * Music/KyleAllenMusic: Known for his ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' songs. |
| 305 | * Music/MadameMacabre: Specializes in songs regarding Creepypasta, ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''. Also original songs. |
| 306 | * Music/ManOnTheInternet: Specializes in lyricizing music from video games as well as original songs. |
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