John Murphy

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John Murphy is a prominent British film composer from the city of Liverpool. He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark (OMD) and Heaven 17.

Craig Armstrong

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Armstrong studied musical composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded the Charles Lucas prize and the Harvey Lohr scholarship for composition.

Zbigniew Preisner

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Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing parts from records.

Thomas Newman

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Thomas Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American film score composer and a member of a family who established a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood.

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

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A collaboration between two notable composers for the Batman Begins and The Dark Knight motion pictures. Hans Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer from Germany James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated film score composer.

Eric Serra

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Eric Serra's father, Claude, was a famous French song writer in the '50s and '60s, and, as such, Eric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years of age. In the early 80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie 'L'Avant dernier combat' (1981).

The Dust Brothers

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The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles-based producers E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo (John King), famous for their creation of sample-based music in the 1980s, and specifically for their work on the groundbreaking albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys and Odelay by Beck.

Yann Tiersen

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Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born June 23, 1970 in Brittany, France) is a French musician who is best known for being the composer of the soundtrack for the popular 2001 movie "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain". He has received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne.