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David Newman, 70
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James Horner (1953-2015)
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Morton Subotnick, 91
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Jason Robert Brown, 53
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Thomas Newman, 68
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Joseph Williams, 63
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James Newton Howard, 72
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Brian Tyler, 51
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Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
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David Paich, 69
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John Cage (1912-1992)
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Alex Lacamoire, 48
13
Lisa Coleman, 63
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Roy Ayers, 83
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David Lang, 67
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Chloe Flower, 38
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George Duke (1946-2013)
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Mark Mancina, 67
19
Christopher Tin, 47
20
Charlie Gillingham, 64
21
Curtis RX, 44
22
Scott Hansen, 47
23
Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
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Gabrial McNair, 50
25
Ryan Dorin, 44
26
Michael Andrews, 56
27
Michael Wolff, 71
28
Deke Sharon, 56
29
Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
30
Wendy Melvoin, 60
31
Greg Laswell, 49
32
Don Davis, 67
33
Danny Jacob, 67
34
Carla Bley (1936-2023)
35
Hal Lindes, 70
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Max Vernon, 35
37
William Stromberg, 59
38
Joey Newman, 47
39
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
40
Mark Morgan, 62
41
Justin Caine Burnett, 50
42
Carmine Coppola (1910-1991)
43
Leonard Slatkin, 79
44
Kirsten Lawrence, 48
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Billy Childs, 67
46
Marty Paich (1925-1995)
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Tim Ware, 75
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