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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, singer, and violinist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a capp...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

7.82 Good

2

Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino is an American composer of film, television, and video game music. He is known for his frequent collab...

Music Television American Contemporary

7.72 Good

3

Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman is an American composer, singer, and songwriter known for film and television music as well as his work wit...

American Contemporary TV Film

7.52 Good

4

William Bolcom

William Bolcom is an American composer and pianist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1988 for his "Twelve New Etud...

Opera American Contemporary Piano

7.45 Good

5

John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an American composer of contemporary classical music, known for his symphonic, chamber, and operatic...

Music Opera American Contemporary

7.41 Good

6

George Crumb

George Crumb was an American contemporary composer recognized for his avant-garde style, atmospheric textures, and explo...

American Contemporary Chamber Mystical

7.36 Good

7

Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer recognized for her contributions to contemporary classical music, particularly in...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.18 Good

8

John Luther Adams

John Luther Adams is an American composer whose work frequently examines landscape, climate, and the physical experience...

Nature Music American Contemporary

7.08 Good

9

Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon is an American composer of contemporary classical music whose catalog includes orchestral, chamber, chor...

Music American Contemporary Accessible

6.85 Fair

10

Christopher Rouse

Christopher Rouse was an American composer known primarily for orchestral music marked by dense textures, strong rhythmi...

Music Symphony American Contemporary

6.81 Fair

11

George Walker

George Walker was an American composer and pianist whose music includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, and solo piano works...

Music American Contemporary Orchestral

6.81 Fair

12

Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman (born 1979) is an American contemporary composer recognized for intricate orchestral works that draw struc...

Music Complex American Contemporary

6.76 Fair

13

Joan Tower

Joan Tower, born in 1938, is an American composer whose catalog includes orchestral, chamber, piano, and wind-band music...

Music American Contemporary Orchestral

6.67 Fair

14

David Lang

David Lang is an American contemporary composer and a co-founder of the music collective Bang on a Can. His output inclu...

American Contemporary Minimalist Choral

6.49 Fair

15

Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe is an American composer whose work includes orchestral, chamber, choral, and music-theater pieces. She co-fo...

American Contemporary Choral Downtown

6.44 Fair

16

Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen was an American composer, conductor, and pianist who lived from 1938 to 2020. His music often uses seri...

Complex American Contemporary Serial

6.03 Fair

17

Peter Lieberson

Peter Lieberson was an American composer whose music includes orchestral works, chamber pieces, concertos, and vocal com...

Music American Contemporary Vocal

5.98 Mediocre

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Mason Bates

Mason Bates is an American composer whose work combines acoustic orchestration with electronic sounds, digital processin...

Music American Contemporary Accessible

5.98 Mediocre

19

Michael Torke

Michael Torke is an American composer associated with post-minimalism, a style that combines repetitive rhythmic process...

Music American Contemporary Orchestral

5.11 Mediocre

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David T. Little

David T. Little is an American contemporary composer whose work includes opera, chamber music, and music that draws on r...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

4.92 Poor