composers & songwriters
Elfman, Danny
Known for his work with Oingo Boingo (which included writing the theme song for Weird Science), as well as solo work on films including Alice in Wonderland, Batman, Beetlejuice, Big Eyes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlotte's Web, Corpse Bride, Dark Shadows, Darkman, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands, Epic, Frankenweenie, The Frighteners, Good Will Hunting, Goosebumps, The Grinch, Hellboy II, Hulk, Mars Attacks!, Meet the Robinsons, Men in Black, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Oz the Great and Powerful, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Planet of the Apes, Scrooged, Sleepy Hollow, Spider-Man, Spy Kids, etc., as well as theme music for TV shows including Batman: The Animated Series, Desperate Housewives, The Flash, The Simpsons, Tales from the Crypt, Wednesday, etc.
Goldsmith, Jerry
I mainly know him for his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (and other Star Trek stuff), but he also worked on Alien, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, Basic Instinct, The 'Burbs, Chinatown, Deep Rising, Gremlins, Innerspace, I.Q., L.A. Confidential, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Matinee, Mom and Dad Save the World, Mulan, The Mummy, The Omen, Our Man Flint, the original Planet of the Apes movies, Poltergeist, the Rambo movies, Runaway, The Secret of NIMH, Six Degrees of Separation, Small Soldiers, Supergirl, Total Recall, The Twilight Zone, etc.
Horner, James
I know him for Aliens, The Amazing Spider-Man, An American Tail, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Bicentennial Man, Casper, Cocoon, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Jumanji, Patriot Games, The Rocketeer, Star Trek II, Star Trek III, Swing Kids, Titanic, Willow, and probably some other stuff.
Kanno, Yoko
I know her for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Oban Star-Racers, Wolf's Rain, and she's worked on a bunch of other things I'd like to see.
Mansell, Clint
I know him for Blood: the Last Vampire, Definitely, Maybe, Pi, Requiem for a Dream (the theme from which was later reworked for the trailer of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), and I guess he's done a bunch of other stuff.
Menken, Alan
I know him for Aladdin (franchise), Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Enchanted, Galavant, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid (franchise), Little Shop of Horrors, Mirror Mirror, one ep of The Neighbors, Pocahontas, one song from Ralph Breaks the Internet, Tangled.
Newman, Randy
I know him for James and the Giant Peach, Maverick, Monk, Monsters, Inc., Pleasantville, The Princess and the Frog, Three Amigos, the Toy Story movies, and he's done other stuff I should probably see.
Schickele, Peter
I really just know him as the host of Schickele Mix, but I'd kind of like to check out his work with PDQ Bach, I guess.
The Track Team
I basically just know their work on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
Williams, John
I mainly know him for the Star Wars movies, but there's also The Adventures of Tintin, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Far and Away, the Harry Potter movies, the Home Alone movies, Hook, the Indiana Jones movies, the Jaws movies, the Jurassic Park movies, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman, The Terminal, War of the Worlds, and tons of other stuff.
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