1.
Sergei Prokofiev
81 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
2.
Igor Stravinsky
81 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
3.
Dmitri Shostakovich
74 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
4.
Debussy
Big influence on Ravel and other impressionists and expressionists. Big influence on movie music.
72 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
5.
Sergei Rachmaninov
69 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
6.
Maurice Ravel
56 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
7.
Bela Bartok
56 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
8.
Alban Berg
49 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
9.
Arvo Pärt
46 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
10.
Olivier Messiaen
33 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
11.
György Ligeti
Widely considered to be the best post-war composer. Innovative AND traditional.
30 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
12.
Aaron Copland
29 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
13.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
27 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
14.
Arnold Schoenberg
22 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
15.
Witold Lutosławski
21 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
16.
Charles Ives
21 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
17.
Sofia Gubaidulina
18 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
18.
George Gershwin
18 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
19.
Iannis Xenakis
7 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
20.
Henri Dutilleux
7 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
21.
Gérard Grisey
6 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
22.
Morton Feldman
6 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
23.
George Crumb
5 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
24.
Paul Hindemith
4 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith -
25.
Benjamin Britten
4 points - added 16 years ago by zblsmith - 1 comment
Comments:
why isn't he right at the top?
Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points
26.
Leoš Janáček
3 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
27.
Alfred Schnittke
2 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
28.
Jean Sibelius
Because leaving him out of the top 5, maybe even the top 3, displays complete musical ignorance.
1 point - added 11 years ago by guest -
29.
Edgard Varèse
1 point - added 13 years ago by guest -
30.
Ennio Morricone
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
31.
John Williams
Movie scores
-2 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
32.
Erik Satie
-2 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
33.
Hans Zimmer
-3 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
34.
Danny Elfman
-5 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
35.
Pierre Boulez
-11 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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