Danny Elfman, 71
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Roy Ayers (1940-2025)
2
James Horner (1953-2015)
3
David Newman, 71
4
Jason Robert Brown, 54
5
Joseph Williams, 64
6
Scott Hansen, 48
7
Brian Tyler, 52
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Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
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James Newton Howard, 73
10
Thomas Newman, 69
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Carmine Coppola (1910-1991)
12
Morton Subotnick, 92
13
Lisa Coleman, 64
14
Michael Andrews, 57
15
Chloe Flower, 39
16
Mark Mancina, 68
17
Alex Lacamoire, 49
18
Mark Morgan, 63
19
John Cage (1912-1992)
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Greg Laswell, 51
21
Justin Caine Burnett, 51
22
Carla Bley (1936-2023)
23
Ryan Dorin, 45
24
Born in California
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Don Davis, 68
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Deke Sharon, 57
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Michael Wolff, 72
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Charlie Gillingham, 65
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Gabrial McNair, 51
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Curtis RX, 45
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Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
32
David Paich, 70
33
George Duke (1946-2013)
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Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
35
David Lang, 68
36
Max Vernon, 36
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Wendy Melvoin, 61
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Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981)
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Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
40
Miles Goodman (1949-1996)
41
Christopher Tin, 48
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Joey Newman, 48
43
Billy Childs, 68
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Hal Lindes, 71
45
William Stromberg, 60
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Marty Paich (1925-1995)
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