Since the days before even its official creation, Filmtracks has maintained tributes to the most successful contemporary composers. Through the first thirteen years of the site, these tributes were limited to either the most popular composers in the industry or those whose work Filmtracks wished to specifically support. In 2009, the tributes were automated so that at least a basic page could exist for all active, major composers, even if a wealth of information was not published for that composer.

The most extensive tributes contain editorial summaries of the composer's career, a biography, a filmography (containing only scores for full-length productions on the big or small screen; no television series, video games, or concerts are included), editorial recommendations of the composer's must-have scores, several quotes from the composer, and up to three pictures. The most basic composer pages include one picture, year of birth (and death, if applicable), and links to each of that composer's reviews at Filmtracks.

All tributes automatically provide data on which of the composer's scores (if any) exist in the top 100 lists of Filmtracks' traffic and viewer ratings averages. This information, as well as the statistics listed in the filmographies and review lists, is updated once per day (or immediately upon the addition of new reviews). To qualify for a basic page at Filmtracks, a composer must have been active in the Digital Age of film music (starting in the late-1980's) and have several works reviewed at the site.

Note: Although the format of all the tributes changed significantly in 2009, the static content (summaries and biographies) of the previously existing tributes was not updated at that time. That material dates to the last round of tribute updates in 2003.