Composers

We thank all the brilliant composers from today as well as the past, whose
music make a movie emotionally tangible and also define the success of
»Hollywood in Vienna«.

2014

Michael
Balgavy

Creative Director
Co-Producer

Randy
Newman

Film music composer, Singer, Songwriter, Max Steiner Awardee 2014, 2-times Oscar winner, 6 Grammys, 3 Emmys

Known For

Monsters Inc., Monsters University, Toy Story 1-3, Monk, A Bug's Life, The Princess and the Frog
2013

James
Horner

Film composer, Max Steiner Awardee 2013, 2-times Oscar winner, 2-times Golden Globe awardee

Known For

Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar
2012

Lalo
Schifrin

Film composer, classical composer, Jazz Legend, 4-times Grammy winner, 6-times Oscar nominee

Known For

Mission Impossible, Dirty Harry, Rush Hour

Miklós
Rózsa

Film composer, classical composer, 3-times Oscar winner

Known For

Ben Hur, Double Indemnity

Hans
Zimmer

Film composer, music producer, Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Grammy winner

Known For

The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean

Jerry
Goldsmith

Film composer, conductor Oscar-winner, 18-times Oscar nominee, 5-times Emmy winner

Known For

Star Trek, The Omen, Planet of the Apes, Basic Instinct

David
Arnold

Film composer, music producer, Grammy winner, 9-times BMI Film & TV Awards winner

Known For

James Bond—Casino Royale, Independence Day, Star Gate

Bruce
Broughton

Film composer, composer for Disney attractions, 10-times Emmy winner, Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, board member of ASCAP

Known For

Silverado, Tiny Toon Adventures, Bamby II

Anton
Karas

composer

Known For

The Third Man

David
Raksin

Film composer, lecturer in film music

Known For

Laura, The Bad and the Beautiful, Will Penny

Ennio
Morricone

Film composer, conductor, Oscar for life achievement

Known For

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Mission, Cinema Paradiso

Bernard
Herrmann

The score to Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho is one of the greatest contributions of maestro Bernard Herrmann to the world of music.

Known For

Psycho

Nino
Rota

Film Composer, Grammy and Academy Award winner

Known For

The Godfather, The Godfather, part 2, La Strada, La Dolce Vita

Franz
Waxman

Film composer, orchestrator, conductor, two Academy Awards

Known For

The Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard
2011

Alan
Silvestri

Film composer, awardee of the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award 2011, 2-times Grammy winner, 2-times Oscar nominee, 9-times winner of BMI Film Music Award

Known For

Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Polar Express

Patrick
Doyle

Film composer, actor, 2-times Oscar and Golden Globe nominee

Known For

Sense and Sensibility, Henry V, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Much Ado about Nothing

Alexandre
Desplat

Film composer, Oscar-, Golden Globe and 2-time Grammy winner, 8-times Oscar nominee

Known For

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, The King’s Speech, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nicholas
Hooper

Film composer, Grammy nominated for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Known For

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

John
Williams

Film composer, conductor 5-times Oscar winner, 4-times Golden Globe winner, 13-times Grammy winner

Known For

Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter

Bruce
Broughton

Film composer, composer for Disney attractions, 10-times Emmy winner, Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, board member of ASCAP

Known For

Silverado, Tiny Toon Adventures, Bamby II

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Film- and Opera composer, Oscar Winner

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sea Hawk, King’s Row

John
Powell

Film composer, Oscar-nominated for How to train your Dragon (2011)

Known For

How to train your Dragon, Shrek, Ice Age (2,3), Kung Fu Panda, The Bourne Identity
2010

Max
Steiner

Film composer 3-times Oscar winner, Golden Globe winner

Known For

Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong

Howard
Shore

Film Composer, Max Steiner awardee 2010, 3-times Oscar winner, 2-times Golden Globe winner, 3-times Grammy winner

Known For

The Lord of the Rings-Trilogy, The Fly, The Aviator

Miklós
Rózsa

Film composer, classical composer, 3-times Oscar winner

Known For

Ben Hur, Double Indemnity

John
Williams

Film composer, conductor 5-times Oscar winner, 4-times Golden Globe winner, 13-times Grammy winner

Known For

Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter

Klaus
Badelt

Film composer

Known For

Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Recruit

James
Horner

Film composer, Max Steiner Awardee 2013, 2-times Oscar winner, 2-times Golden Globe awardee

Known For

Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Film- and Opera composer, Oscar Winner

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sea Hawk, King’s Row

Christian
Kolonovits

Composer, arranger, conductor, producer

Known For

Nordwand
2009

Gerrit
Wunder

Film composer

Known For

Law and Order, Na Naia—Legend of the Dolphins

Max
Steiner

Film composer 3-times Oscar winner, Golden Globe winner

Known For

Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong

Roman
Kariolou

Film composer

Known For

Winner of Vienna Film Music Price 2009

John
Barry

Film composer, Max Steiner Awardee 2009, 5-times Oscar winner, 4-time Grammy winner, Officer of the British Empire, Honorary Doctor at the University of York

Known For

James Bond, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves

Harald
Kloser

Film composer, script writer, producer

Known For

The Day after Tomorrow, 2012, Der Unfisch

Maurice
Jarre

Film composer, 3-times Oscar winner, 4-times Golden Globe winner

Known For

Schiwago, Lawrence from Arabia, Ghost

John
Williams

Film composer, conductor 5-times Oscar winner, 4-times Golden Globe winner, 13-times Grammy winner

Known For

Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter

Bruce
Broughton

Film composer, composer for Disney attractions, 10-times Emmy winner, Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, board member of ASCAP

Known For

Silverado, Tiny Toon Adventures, Bamby II
2007

Max
Steiner

Film composer 3-times Oscar winner, Golden Globe winner

Known For

Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong

Jerry
Goldsmith

Film composer, conductor Oscar-winner, 18-times Oscar nominee, 5-times Emmy winner

Known For

Star Trek, The Omen, Planet of the Apes, Basic Instinct

Hugo
Friedhofer

Film composer, Arranger Oscar winner

Known For

The Best years of our Lives, An Affair to Remember

Arnold
Schönberg

Classical composer

John
Williams

Film composer, conductor 5-times Oscar winner, 4-times Golden Globe winner, 13-times Grammy winner

Known For

Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Film- and Opera composer, Oscar Winner

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sea Hawk, King’s Row