Category Archives: Favorite Music Composers

Music composers and their compositions are in a language that transcends boundaries and feeds us a different vibe.

Joe Kraemer (composer).

Joe Kraemer (born 1971) is an American composer. His film scores include The Way of the Gun (2000), Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008), and Jack Reacher (2012), as well as Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Biography[edit] Kraemer was born in Buffalo, […]

The Five (composers).

The Five, also known as the Mighty Handful and the New Russian School, were five prominent 19th-century Russian composers who worked together to create distinct Russian classical music. Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin all lived in Saint Petersburg, and collaborated from 1856 to 1870. Contents 1 History […]

John Adams (composer).

This article is about the California-based composer. For the formerly Alaska-based composer, see John Luther Adams. John Adams John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism. His works include Harmonielehre (1985), Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986), On the Transmigration of […]

Stephen Schwartz (composer).

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1970), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), […]

List of Star Trek composers and also songs

This is a list of composers of music for the series Star Trek, and other articles about music associated with the franchise. Contents 1 Composers 2 Film soundtracks overview 2.1 The Original Series 2.1.1 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 2.1.2 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 2.1.3 Star Trek III: The Search […]

Checklist of Classical-era composers

This is a list of composers of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent composers of the Classical era include Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Salieri, Muzio Clementi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert. Contents 1 Early Galante era […]

Listing of Baroque composers

Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Contents 1 Brief timeline 2 Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49) 3 Early Baroque era composers (born 1550–99) 4 Middle Baroque era composers (born 1600–49) 5 Late Baroque era composers (born 1650–99) 6 Early Galante era composers – transition from Baroque to Classical (born […]

Ben Johnston (author).

Not to be confused with Ben Jonson, Ben Johnson, or Ban Johnson. Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr. (born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia) is a composer of contemporary music in just intonation: “one of the foremost composers of microtonal music” (Bush 1997). He was called, “one of the best non-famous composers this country has to […]