swap_horiz Tōru Takemitsu Alternatives

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Ennio Morricone

Italian composer (1928–2020) who scored over 500 films, including Sergio Leone's Westerns such as The Good, the Bad and...

Italian Contemporary Film Orchestral

8.9 Great

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Bernard Herrmann

American composer (1911–1975) best known for his film scores for Alfred Hitchcock, including Psycho (1960) and Vertigo (...

Opera Modern American Film

8.8 Great

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Joe Hisaishi

Japanese composer best known for his decades-long collaboration with director Hayao Miyazaki, scoring virtually every St...

Anime Contemporary Japanese Film

8.4 Great

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese composer and musician who won an Academy Award for The Last Emperor (1987) and was a pioneering figure in elect...

Contemporary Electronic Japanese Film

8.3 Great

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Jerry Goldsmith

American composer Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004) was a highly influential film and television scorer, creating iconic theme...

Modern Television American Film

8.3 Great

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Nino Rota

Italian composer (1911–1979) celebrated for film scores including The Godfather and his long collaboration with Federico...

Opera Modern Italian Film

8.2 Great

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Howard Shore

Canadian composer (born 1946) best known for his Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (200...

Opera Contemporary Canadian Film

8.2 Great

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Henri Dutilleux

Henri Dutilleux was a prominent French composer of the 20th century, renowned for his meticulously crafted scores and ri...

Modern French Impressionist Orchestral

8.0 Great

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, and conductor whose substantial body of work includes the famous symphony...

German Modern Neoclassical Orchestral

7.8 Good

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George Benjamin

British composer (born 1960) whose opera Written on Skin (2012) has been widely performed and acclaimed internationally.

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957) whose scores for The Lion King (1994) and Inception (2010) made him among Hollywood's m...

German Contemporary Electronic Film

7.8 Good

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Alexandre Desplat

French composer who won Academy Awards for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017), among the most...

French Contemporary Film Orchestral

7.8 Good

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Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer considered among the most prolific in history, producing over 3,000 works across virtually every...

German Baroque Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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John Barry

English composer John Barry (1933–2011) profoundly shaped the spy genre by composing the stylish scores for eleven James...

Modern Film Orchestral British

7.8 Good

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William Walton

William Walton was a major English composer of the 20th century, noted for the dramatic cantata "Belshazzar's Feast" and...

Symphony Modern Film Orchestral

7.7 Good

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Michael Giacchino

American composer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Pixar's Up (2009) and scored the Mission: Imposs...

Television American Contemporary Film

7.7 Good

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Gérard Grisey

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998) was a French composer and founding figure of spectral music, which derives musical structure f...

French Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.7 Good

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Alfred Newman

American composer Alfred Newman (1901–1970) was a prominent conductor and music director who won nine Academy Awards for...

Modern American Film Orchestral

7.7 Good

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Magnus Lindberg

Finnish composer (born 1958) known for dense, complex orchestral works such as Kraft (1985) and his tenure with the New...

Contemporary Modernist Orchestral Chamber

7.6 Good

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Toshio Hosokawa

Japanese composer (born 1955) known for works inspired by calligraphy and Zen aesthetics, including the opera Hanjo (200...

Contemporary Japanese Orchestral Chamber

7.3 Good