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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 composer pages feature 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 two 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 composer pages automatically provide data on which of his or her 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.
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
RT FRVRVTCT DatesAvailable Information
•Craig Armstrong1959-123.833.3746,58129306/09 - 05/15REC
•David Arnold1962-153.533.2945,63352709/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Klaus Badelt1968-1133.12105,7282,50406/09 - 05/15REC
•Lorne Balfe1976-312.812.8224,99143909/21
•John Barry1933-2011403.63.3330,7039107/98 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•Tyler Bates1965-92.112.415,09610509/21
•Christophe Beck1972-163.063.035,3986905/15
•Marco Beltrami1966-292.762.8119,91326306/09 - 05/15REC
•Elmer Bernstein1922-2004243.483.1912,2224908/03 - 05/15SUMFLM
•Bruce Broughton1945-113.363.274,7602406/09 - 05/15REC
•Carter Burwell1955-192.842.8212,23715406/09 - 05/15
•Mychael Danna1958-163.253.055,7403406/09 - 05/15REC
•Don Davis1957-103.33.0345,5791,06206/09 - 05/15
•John Debney1956-563.323.152,20892110/99 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•Georges Delerue1925-1991103.893.352,5182210/26REC
•Alexandre Desplat1961-333.423.1817,67120207/09 - 05/15REC
•Ramin Djawadi1974-122.752.595,53311109/26REC
•Patrick Doyle1953-513.533.3128,66440407/98 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Randy Edelman1947-203.053.1229,92417409/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Cliff Eidelman1964-173.293.179,2603407/01 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Danny Elfman1953-973.133.24161,2691,83005/97 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•George Fenton1950-2026143.643.4517,34611706/09 - 05/15REC
•Michael Giacchino1967-563.33.0726,93328806/09 - 05/15REC
•Elliot Goldenthal1954-163.133.1818,75856307/03 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQ
•Jerry Goldsmith1929-20041503.193.19159,97697709/96 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•Ludwig Göransson1984-92.672.842,6672809/26
•Harry Gregson-Williams1961-4032.9856,50097206/09 - 05/15REC
•Bernard Herrmann1911-1975103.63.253,773510/26REC
•Lee Holdridge1944-143.773.378,29314708/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Tom Holkenborg1967-192.162.516,6799209/21
•James Horner1953-20151083.153.2208,8612,59711/95 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•James Newton Howard1951-903.233.2190,7401,39112/00 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Mark Isham1951-272.852.8810,7255206/09 - 05/15REC
•Steve Jablonsky1970-152.22.4712,39628305/15
•Henry Jackman1974-252.82.798,3347305/15
•Trevor Jones1949-183.783.4526,84814709/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Michael Kamen1948-2003153.133.2135,36123006/09 - 05/15
•Harald Kloser1956-92.562.553,94510509/21
•Mark Mancina1957-163.253.0711,4979106/09 - 05/15
•Dario Marianelli1963-113.643.36,41718706/09 - 05/15REC
•Mark McKenzie1957-103.93.384,534701/00 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Joel McNeely1959-163.383.118,8454906/09 - 05/15
•Alan Menken1949-173.713.4760,99414406/09 - 05/15REC
•Ennio Morricone1928-2020163.313.310,8127406/09 - 05/15REC
•Mark Mothersbaugh1950-92.672.752,191509/26
•David Newman1954-123.173.2719,9598206/09 - 05/15REC
•Randy Newman1943-213.143.1223,72313506/09 - 05/15REC
•Thomas Newman1955-423.173.1462,63553607/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•John Ottman1964-353.173.0522,40343708/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Basil Poledouris1945-2006353.543.2938,03737707/98 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Rachel Portman1960-303.313.2429,05315107/98 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•John Powell1963-623.293.1156,14062206/09 - 05/15REC
•Trevor Rabin1954-122.52.6313,99417906/09 - 05/15
•Graeme Revell1955-192.742.7817,72128806/09 - 05/15REC
•Miklós Rózsa1907-199593.563.21864110/26
•Marc Shaiman1959-123.333.1520,0409106/09 - 05/15
•Theodore Shapiro1971-92.892.921,518709/26REC
•Howard Shore1946-253.563.32102,7193,10406/09 - 05/15REC
•Alan Silvestri1950-683.213.1543,85557108/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Brian Tyler1972-433.243.1221,44027806/09 - 05/15REC
•Benjamin Wallfisch1979-163.313.114,4061709/21REC
•Stephen Warbeck1953-73.293.229,4833606/09 - 05/15
•John Williams1932-923.683.51374,1145,01509/96 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
•Gabriel Yared1949-103.113.1719,91049906/09 - 05/15REC
•Christopher Young1957-313.393.1212,12218209/03 - 05/15SUMFLMREC
•Hans Zimmer1957-1302.852.9307,3386,57305/97 - 05/15SUMFLMRECEXQEXP
Legend:
Reviews: RT - Review Total (the number of reviews of that composer's works at Filmtracks)
Ratings: FR - Filmtracks Rating (average of all ratings for that composer's reviews)
VR - Viewer Rating (average of all Filmtracks readers' ratings for that composer's scores)
VT - Vote Total (sum of all reader votes cast for each composer's scores)
Comments: CT - indicates the sum of all messages posted in response to the reviews of that composer's music
Dates: 1st - indicates the month and year during which the page was first published
2nd - indicates the month and year of the most recent significant revision (if any) to the page
Extras: SUM - Editorial summary or biography of that composer's career
FLM - Filmography of the composer's feature motion picture scores
REC - Additional editorial recommendations
EXQ - Additional quotes by the composer
EXP - Additional pictures of the composer
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