A is for Addison, André and Arnold
B is for Barry, Bennett and Burwell
C is for Corigliano, Conti and Copland
D is for Delerue, Doyle and Desplat
E is for Ennio, Elmer and Elfman
F is for Friedhofer, Fielding and Fenton
G is for Goldenthal, Grusin and Gold
H is for Herrmann, Hamlisch and Henry
I is for Iglesias, Isham and Ikifube
J is for John, Jerry and James
K is for Korngold, Kaper and Karlin
L is for Legrand, Lewis and Lai
M is for Menken, Michael and Maurice
N is for Newman, Newman, Newman, Newman, Newman and Newman
O is for Nino, Pierro and Lalo
P is for Prokofiev, Portman and Powell
Q is for “Quit with all the Zimmer clones!”
R is for Rosenman, Rozsa and Raksin
S is for Shostakovich, Shire and Shore
T is for Theodorakis, Takemitsu and Tiomkin
U is for Bruno, Bruce and Stu
V is for Van Cleave, Vangelis and Vlad
W is for Walton, Walker and Waxman
X is for Fox, Alex and Max
Y is for Yared, Young and Young
Z is for Zimmer, Mizzy and Ziv
Okay, so I cheated a little bit…
What are YOUR ABC’s of film composers?
Jerry should be listed twice, under J and G. And, let’s see, also under A for Absolutely great. And B for Beautiful melodist. And C for…
Cult, cult, cult, cult… ;)
and the list goes on…hahaha
A is for ADDISON, AMRAM and ARNOLD
B is for BERNSTEIN, BARRY and BACHARACH
C is for COPLAND, CONTI and CHAPLIN
D is for DUNING, DONAGGIO and DeVOL
E is for ELFMAN, EIDELMAN and ELLINGTON
F is for FIELDING, FRIED and FREIDHOFER
G is for GREEN, GOLD and GOLDSMITH
H is for HARLINE, HERRMANN and HEFTI
I is for ISHAM
J is for JARRE
K is for KORNGOLD, KAPER and KOSTEL
L is for LAI and LEGRAND
M is for MOROSS, MANCINI and MORRICONE
N is for NEWMAN, NORTH and NASCIMBENE
O is for Oh No! I can only think of OLDFIELD
P is for PROKOFIEV, PREVIN and POLEDOURIS
Q is for Quincy, JONES that is!
R is for RAKSIN, ROSZA and ROTA
S is for STEINER, SARDE and SCHIFRIN
T is for TIOMKIN, THEODORAKIS and TAKEMITSU
U is for UMILIANI
V is for VAN CLEAVE
W is for WAXMAN, WILLIAMS and WALTON
X is for those that remember XAVIER CUGAT
Y is for YOUNG and YARED
Z is for ZAZA, ZEITLAN and ZIMMER
Damn! Your Q is better than mine…FAR better! And I remember Xavier Cugat, reports to the contrary that I was alive during his heyday in the ’40s.
A is for AMFITHEATROF
B is for BLISS
C is for COPLAND
D is for DIAMOND [David]
E is for EISLER [Hans]
F is for FRIEDHOFER
G is for GOULD [Morton]
H is for HERRMANN
I is for IFUKUBE
J is for JANSSEN [Werner]
K is for KOPP [Rudolph George]
L is for LEGRAND
M is for MOROSS
N is for NORTH
O is for OVCHINNIKOV [Vyacheslav]
P is for PREVIN
Q is for QUILTER [Roger]
R is for ROZSA
S is for SEIGMEISTER [Elie]
T is for TIOMKIN
U is for ??? (you’ve got me on that one)
V is for VARESE [Edgard]
W is for WALTON
X is for XENAKIS [Yannis]
Y is for YARAD
Z is for ZIV [Mikael]