Sci Fi and Fantasy Filim and Television Soundtracks. Who is your favourite composer?

[Starfist]

Hello there.
Here is a question for you.
Who are your favourite Science Fiction and Fantasy Film and Television composers?
Yes in this thread you can have more than one.

To start us off here are a few of mine. Or should I say the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

John Barry
John Williams
James Horner
Jerry Goldsmith
Joel Goldsmith
David Arnold
Vangelis

I have to admit to having a large collection of film and tv soundtracks.
So it's over to you.

[DigiFluid]

Alexander Brandon (Deus Ex)
Daft Punk (TRON Legacy)
Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones)
Murray Gold (Doctor Who 2005-)
Mark Griskey (SW: Knights of the Old Republic II, SW: The Old Republic)
Steve Jablonsky (Gears of War 2 & 3)
Clint Mansell (Moon)
Michael McCann (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
Bear McCreary (BSG, Caprica, Eureka)
Marty Simon (Lexx)
Mark Snow (The X-Files, Millennium)
Jeremy Soule (SW: Knights of the Old Republic, Skyrim)
Jack Wall (Mass Effect 1 & 2)
John Williams (Star Wars)

[Starfist]

Thank you for your reply Digi.
I see a couple of familar names on your list. And a few I don't recognise.

Taking Digi's lead. You can add Sci Fi and Fantasy Game soundtrack composers to your list if you so wish.
I have to admit that is a genre I forgot. And I apologise.

[DigiFluid]

It happens

[Morbo]

John Williams
James Horner
Jerry Goldsmith
Joel Goldsmith

these are no brainers, obvi.
But I'll definitely add Michael Giacchino (LOST + many new shows). His stuff is brilliant.

Maybe Hans Zimmer should get a nod.

[Brie]

That's a though one, there are so many and sometimes you don't even know who does the music however my favoites (at least right now) are:

John Williams
James Howard (I also love his non sci-fi/fantasy music like Titanic and Braveheart)
Hans Zimmer (PotC, Inception)
Howard Shore (LotR - which is about the only fantasy thing he have done though he have doe great music to other movies)
Jerry Goldsmith
Joel Goldsmith

[Sp!der]

Michael Giacchino ( Lost, Star Trek, John Carter )
John Williams ( you know what )
Bear McCreary ( BSG )
Hans Zimmer ( Inception, Batman Begins)
Steve jablonsky ( the island, transformers )
Patrick Doyle ( Thor, Rise of the planets of the apes, you get uses to the title )
James Newton Howard ( Lady in the Water, boring movie, awesome score!)
Daft Punk ( Tron: Legacy )

[Blencathra]

My absolute favourite is Murray Gold for Doctor Who. I absolutely adore the Doctor Who soundtracks & play them constantly (much to my daughter's annoyance )

Fave track is - I am the Doctor

[Tachyon]

Ramin Djawadi and Bear McCreary are the first names that pop up in my mind.

[Teddybrown]

Names that pop to mind:
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings and might as well put the Hobbit cause we all know thats going to be awesome too!
Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt - Also Pirates of the Caribbean
John Williams - Star Wars/Indianna Jones/Jaws/Jurassic Park/Harry Potter
James Horner - Titanic
Murray Gold - Doctor Who (Cant believe I almost forgot him)
Joel Goldsmith - Stargate/Sanctuary
David Arnold - Stargate/Sherlock

Many more that I cant think of at the moment....

[fumblesmcstupid]

Christopher Franke: Babylon 5

I love his stuff

[rlr149]

jesper kydd - assasins creed/hitman and some others

[Starfist]

Thank you to everyone who has replied so far.
I am sure there are others out there...

I seeing a few familar names.

[Teddybrown]

Jack Wall (Mass Effect 1 & 2)

Did he do the music for ME3?
The games do definately have a good music score to with them!

[DigiFluid]

Did he do the music for ME3?
The games do definately have a good music score to with them!

Actually no, Jack Wall was not involved in ME3's score. Wall and Sam Hulick co-composed/produced the scoring for ME1 and ME2, but the list of composers and producers involved expanded considerably with the ME2 dlc content.

The music for Kasumi's Stolen Memory and Arrival was done by Sascha Dikiciyan and Cris Velasco (ie: the guys from Sonic Mayhem, who years and years ago did the OST for Quake 2), while the music for Overlord and Lair of the Shadow Broker was done by Christopher Lennertz.

The soundtrack for Mass Effect 3 was handled jointly (different composers for different tracks) by Sam Hulick, Christopher Lennertz, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan, and franchise newcomer Clint Mansell.

Mansell, of course, is notable for composing the soundtracks for Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Moon, Black Swan, and a number of other high-profile feature films.