Danny Elfman, 73
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1
John Williams, 94
2
Sean Lennon, 51
3
Kevin MacLeod, 54
4
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
5
Christopher Escalante, 37
6
Emily Bear, 25
7
David Darling, 85
8
Alan Menken, 77
9
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
10
Duncan Sheik (1969-2026)
11
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
12
George Crumb (1929-2022)
13
Michael Giacchino, 59
14
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
15
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
16
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
17
John Adams, 79
18
Haven Gillespie (1888-1975)
19
Tito Puente (1923-2000)
20
Born in United States
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Lena Raine, 42
21
Wendy Carlos, 86
22
Stephen Hilton, 52
23
Steve Reich, 90
24
Kyle Dixon, 42
25
Marc Shaiman, 67
26
Arthur Johnston (1898-1954)
27
Eric Whitacre, 56
28
David Newman, 72
29
Mark Morgan, 65
30
James Newton Howard, 75
31
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
32
Wadada Leo Smith, 84
33
Brandon Coleman, 44
34
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
35
James Syler, 65
36
Joseph Williams, 66
37
Chuck Mangione (1940-2025)
38
Stephen Schwartz, 78
39
Chris Botti, 64
40
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
41
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
42
Aaron Accurso, 47
43
Philip Glass, 89
44
Ian Axel, 41
45
Don Davis, 69
46
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
47
Alan Silvestri, 76
48
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