Lisa commented that Marge's retelling of Mozart's history sounded like the film " Amadeus ", which Lisa described as inaccurate and then she pointed out Salieri was a respected composer.

Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin, KBE ( 16 April 188925 December 1977 ) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.

The film is also notable for its memorable theme by Greek composer Vangelis, who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Cronenberg has collaborated with composer Howard Shore on all of his films since The Brood ( 1979 ), ( see List of noted film director and composer collaborations ) with the exception of The Dead Zone ( 1983 ), which was scored by Michael Kamen.

* 1949 – John Altman, British film composer

* 1906 – Franz Waxman, German film composer ( d. 1967 )

* 1960 – Rachel Portman, English film composer

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music.

Fuller went into a collaborative partnership with composer Ben Weisman and co-wrote one song, " Rock-A-Hula Baby ", for the film.

Each of these art forms, and the criticism thereof, is primarily concerned with a sole creative force: the author of a novel ( not, for example, his editor or type-setter ), the composer of a piece of music ( though sometimes the performers are given credence, akin to actors in film today ), or the painter of a fresco ( not his assistants who mix the colours or often do some of the painting themselves ).

* 1964 – Mervyn Warren, American film & TV composer and musician ( Take 6 )

As dramatised in the film Topsy-Turvy, the author and composer were at an impasse until 8 May 1884, when Gilbert dropped the lozenge idea and agreed to provide a libretto without any supernatural elements.

James R. " Jim " Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953 ) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer.

His paternal grandfather was Maximilian Steiner ( 1830 – 1880 ), the influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien ; his father was Gabor Steiner ( 1858 – 1944 ), Viennese impresario and carnival and exposition manager, responsible for the Ferris wheel in the Prater that would become the setting for a key scene of the film The Third Man ( 1949 ); his godfather was the composer Richard Strauss.

* 2008 – Leonard Rosenman, American film composer ( b. 1924 )

* 2006 – Basil Poledouris, American film score composer ( b. 1945 )

* 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer

He later won an Academy Award and Grammy Award for scoring The Last Emperor ( 1987 ), and has also won two Golden Globe Awards for his work as a film composer.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has won a number of awards for his work as a film composer, beginning with his score for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) winning him the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.

* Stephen Day ( musician ), film composer, singer / songwriter, and sarodist

He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula ; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law.

In the 1935 Marx Brothers ' film " A Night at the Opera ", in one of the more unusual uses of the song, composer Herbert Stothart arranged for a full pit orchestra to segue seamlessly from the overture of Il Trovatore into the chorus of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game ".

The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Anita O ' Day, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, and Jack Teagarden.

A 1978 film adaptation directed by Robert Mulligan starred Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda.

Richard Mulligan ( November 13, 1932 – September 26, 2000 ) was an American television and film actor best known for his role as Burt Campbell in the 1970s sitcom Soap and later as Dr. Harry Weston on The Golden Girls and its spin-off Empty Nest.

The Other is a 1972 psychological horror film directed by Robert Mulligan, adapted for film by Tom Tryon, from his bestselling novel.

Director Robert Mulligan had hoped to shoot the film on location in Connecticut, where it takes place, but because it was autumn when the film entered production ( and therefore the color of the leaves would not reflect the height of summer, when the story takes place ) this idea was dropped.

Among the film's admirers was Roger Ebert, who wrote in his review, " film has been criticized in some quarters because Mulligan made it too beautiful, they say, and too nostalgic.

In the same interview, Tryon also hinted that he had been initially considered to direct the film before Robert Mulligan was hired for the job: " It was all step-by-step up to the point of whether I was going to become a director or not.

Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 American drama film starring Lee Remick and Steve McQueen, directed by Robert Mulligan.

Roberts who today ( 2012 ) under the name John Roberts is a national correspondent for Fox News ; Christopher Ward, a noted songwriter and producer who collaborated musically with Mike Myers on the Austin Powers movies ; Sook-Yin Lee, now a noted CBC Radio host and actress ; Terry David Mulligan, a prolific film and TV character actor ; actress Amanda Walsh ; Erica Ehm, who became a noted songwriter after leaving Much ; and George Stroumboulopoulos, now a Canadian television personality on CBC.

is a 1981 American film written and directed by Blake Edwards starring Julie Andrews and Richard Mulligan.

The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City.

The Man in the Moon is a 1991 American drama film, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sam Waterston, Reese Witherspoon and Jason London.

She had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group, along with Candice Bergen, Larry Hagman, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Pettet and others.

Her boyfriend, jazz musician Gerry Mulligan, had a small part in the film as a bumbling blind date ; he remained with her through her final years as she died from cancer.

The exterior of Ham House was used as the exterior of Hailsham Boarding School in the 2010 film Never Let Me Go, which starred Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley.

* The Rat Race, a 1960 film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds

Robert Mulligan ( August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008 ) was an American film and television director best known as the director of humanistic American dramas, including To Kill A Mockingbird ( 1962 ), Summer of ' 42 ( 1971 ), The Other ( 1972 ), Same Time, Next Year ( 1978 ) and The Man in the Moon ( 1991 ).

" With the help of a screenplay by Horton Foote as well as the pivotal casting of Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch, however, the film became a huge hit, and Mulligan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.

After this film, Pakula broke ties with Mulligan to pursue his own career in directing.

In the 1990s, at the age of 66, Mulligan would release his final film, The Man in the Moon ( 1991 ), starring a young Reese Witherspoon ( in her film debut ) as Dani, a 14-year old girl who develops an attraction to an older boy ( Jason London ), only to feel betrayed when he falls for her older sister instead.