Danny Elfman, 71
Composer
1
David Newman, 70
2
James Horner (1953-2015)
3
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
4
Jason Robert Brown, 54
5
John Cage (1912-1992)
6
Joseph Williams, 64
7
James Newton Howard, 73
8
Scott Hansen, 48
9
Mark Mancina, 67
10
Roy Ayers, 84
11
Ryan Dorin, 45
12
Brian Tyler, 52
13
George Duke (1946-2013)
14
Lisa Coleman, 64
15
Carla Bley (1936-2023)
16
Max Vernon, 36
17
Chloe Flower, 39
18
Alex Lacamoire, 49
19
Thomas Newman, 69
20
Miles Goodman (1949-1996)
21
Michael Andrews, 57
22
Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
23
Deke Sharon, 57
24
Born in California
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Carmine Coppola (1910-1991)
25
Charlie Gillingham, 65
26
Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981)
27
Michael Wolff, 72
28
Danny Jacob, 68
29
Greg Laswell, 50
30
Christopher Tin, 48
31
Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
32
Gabrial McNair, 51
33
Curtis RX, 45
34
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
35
David Paich, 70
36
Wendy Melvoin, 61
37
David Lang, 68
38
Don Davis, 68
39
Marty Paich (1925-1995)
40
Mark Morgan, 63
41
Kirsten Lawrence, 49
42
Hal Lindes, 71
43
William Stromberg, 60
44
Joey Newman, 48
45
Leonard Slatkin, 80
46
Justin Caine Burnett, 51
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Morton Subotnick, 91
48
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