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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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The music is a collaboration between AR Rahman, the Oscar-winning Indian composer of Slumdog Millionaire, and Hans Zimmer, whose scores for Gladiator, The Dark Knight and Dune have helped define the sound of modern Hollywood.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sohm is a longtime fan of Boyer’s music, and in 2023 he reached out to the composer about teaming up for the country’s 250th.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The sixth annual fundraiser honored Oscar winner Charlize Theron with the Icon Award, filmmaker and composer John Carpenter with the Luminary Award and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo with the Vantage Award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s Chef” for having catered Kremlin events, leveraged high-level contacts to serve his grand ambitions for Wagner, the international mercenary force named for 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“But it must've been ace having a composer for a father.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The movie, which has Hindi and English versions, has been scored by Oscar-winning composers Hans Zimmer and A.R.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

To achieve that, she commissioned additional music from film trailer composers, including Hans Zimmer's company Bleeding Fingers.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Industry editors, sound mixers, visual effects artists and composers had said such a credit was necessary to lure jobs back from overseas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Through constant touring and “tireless promotion of composers we assume were always famous,” Ms. Fritz writes, Clara shaped the musical canon according to her own exquisite ear and sophisticated taste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

For example, one class of scales that intrigues some composers is symmetrical scales.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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