Choose the Best Film Composer of All Time

The uncle of composer Randy Newman, Alfred Newman's scores appeared in dozens of films including The Robe, How the West Was Won, How Green Was My Valley, The Mark of Zorro, The King and I, My Friend Flicka, and others. Until John Williams beat his record, Newman had obtained the most Oscar nominations for any film composer.

Randy Newman is a renowned composer and talented vocalist who has composed music for movies like Toy Story, Seabiscuit, Cars, A Bug's Life, and Monsters University. He also performed the theme song for the popular crime series MONK.

Just his scoring of The Lego Movie alone makes Mothersbaugh eligible in this competition. But he has also composed music for plenty of other movies like Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and more.

Working extensively with director Tim Burton, Danny Elfman is known for his work on movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Meet the Robinsons, Hulk, and Mars Attacks!

Giacchino has gotten to contribute scores to some of the most popular film franchises of all time. The list of films he has scored includes Land of the Lost, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: Beyond, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange, Rogue One, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and more.