Danny Elfman, 72
Composer
1
James Newton Howard, 74
2
Roy Ayers (1940-2025)
3
Mark Morgan, 64
4
Jason Robert Brown, 55
5
Brian Tyler, 53
6
David Newman, 71
7
Thomas Newman, 70
8
Ryan Dorin, 46
9
Alex Lacamoire, 50
10
James Horner (1953-2015)
11
John Cage (1912-1992)
12
Don Davis, 68
13
Joseph Williams, 65
14
Christopher Tin, 49
15
Chloe Flower, 40
16
Scott Hansen, 48
17
Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
18
Justin Caine Burnett, 52
19
Lisa Coleman, 65
20
Michael Andrews, 58
21
Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
22
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
23
Deke Sharon, 58
24
Born in California
Most Popular Composers
George Duke (1946-2013)
25
Mark Mancina, 68
26
David Paich, 71
27
William Stromberg, 61
28
Carmine Coppola (1910-1991)
29
Curtis RX, 46
30
Hal Lindes, 72
31
Charlie Gillingham, 65
32
Michael Wolff, 73
33
Max Vernon, 37
34
Wendy Melvoin, 61
35
Danny Jacob, 69
36
Geoff Zanelli, 51
37
David Lang, 68
38
Carla Bley (1936-2023)
39
Joey Newman, 49
40
Morton Subotnick, 92
41
Billy Childs, 68
42
Greg Laswell, 51
43
Gabrial McNair, 52
44
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
45
Leonard Slatkin, 81
46
Kirsten Lawrence, 49
47
Marty Paich (1925-1995)
48
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