American film score composers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 217. Chapters: Irving Berlin, Philip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Aaron Copland, Marvin Gaye, John Williams, Cole Porter, André Previn, Bernard Herrmann, Trent Reznor, George Gershwin, Randy Newman, Raymond Scott, Mervyn Warren, George Antheil, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, James Horner, Dimitri Tiomkin, John Carpenter, Marvin Hamlisch, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, David Byrne, Ry Cooder, James Newton Howard, Kenneth Ascher, Thomas Newman, Inon Zur, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alan Menken, Elliot Goldenthal, Robert Russell Bennett, Frank Macchia, Stewart Copeland, Elmer Bernstein, Larry Weir, Max Steiner, Terence Blanchard, Brian Keane, Wendy Carlos, Alf Clausen, John Beal (composer), Garry Schyman, Brian Tyler (composer), Alfred Newman (composer). Excerpt: Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907 and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" sparked an international dance craze in places as far away as Berlin's native Russia, which also "flung itself into the ragtime beat with an abandon bordering on mania." Over the years he was known for writing music and lyrics in the American vernacular: uncomplicated, simple and direct, with his aim being to "reach the heart of the average American" whom he saw as the "real soul of the country." He wrote hundreds of songs, many becoming major hits, which made him "a legend" before he turned thirty. During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. Many songs became popular themes and anthems, including "Easter Parade", "White Christmas", "Happy Holiday", "This is the Army, Mr. Jones", and "There's No Business Like Show Business". His Broadway musical and 1942 film, This is the Army, with Ronald Reagan, had Kate Smith singing Berlin's "God Bless America" which was first performed in 1938. Smith still performed the song on her 1960 CBS television series, The Kate Smith Show. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Celine Dion recorded it as a tribute, making it #1 on the charts. Berlin's songs have reached the top of the charts 25 times and have been extensively re-recorded by numerous singers including Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Waters, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney, Cher, Diana Ross, Bing Crosby, Rita Reys, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, Al Jolson, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald. Composer Douglas Moore sets Berlin apart from all