He has served as the Franz Lehár Composer in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh ( 2007 ), twice as Composer in Residence for the Princeton University Atelier ( 1998, 2005 ); as Artist in Residence at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( 2000 – 2002 ); Sigma Chi-William P. Huffman Composer in Residence at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio ( 1999 – 2000 ); Artist in Residence at Baylor University, Waco, Texas ( 1998 – 1999 ); on the musical studies faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music ( 1996 – 1998 ); as an Associate Professor at Bard College ( 1988 – 1997 ); as a Visiting Professor at the City College of New York ( 1997, 1993 – 1994 ); and as a Lecturer in Music at New York University ( 1988 – 1990 ).

Lutenist / Composer Jozef van Wissem composed lute music and vocals for the Sims Medieval video game.

Composer John Williams composed the Star Wars main theme in the same key (

Composer Edward Elgar composed a cantata titled The Black Knight.

Composer Gabriel Yared, who went on to win BAFTA Awards and an Oscar for his other scores, composed the music for Romero.

The English Composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams ( 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958 ) composed a piece of music called " Epithalamion " consisting of 11 songs: The Prologue, Wake now, The Calling of the Bride, The Minstrels, Procession of the Bride, The Temple Gates, The Bell Ringers, The Lover's Song, The Minstrel's Song, Song of the Winged Loves, and Prayer to Juno.

* Composer Haflidi Hallgrimsson has composed music featuring Daniil Kharms writings translated into English.

Composer David Amram composed a concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra titled Ode to Lord Buckley, and dedicated to Buckley's memory.

* In 1995, the American Composer Timothy Brock composed a soundtrack to the film, which has been released on CD by K Records.

Allan Gilliland, the ESO's second Composer in Residence ( 2000 – 2004 ) composed nine major works for the orchestra, as well as a colorful new orchestration of Canada's national anthem.

Composer Henry Mancini composed the musical score with Joseph Gershenson, who conducted the Universal-International studio orchestra's recreations of Miller's arrangements on the soundtrack.

The Mozilla Suite was composed of several main programs: Navigator ( a Web browser ), Communicator ( Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups ), a Web page developer ( Mozilla Composer ), an IRC client ( ChatZilla ) and an electronic address book.

Composer Jesper Kyd also composed a track called " Meditation Begins " for the Assassin's Creed score that is a saltarello-type arrangement with an ominous overtone, a sample of which can be heard at the page for the score.

Composer Robert Farnon composed The Gaels: An American Wind Symphony, as a commission to the Roxbury High School band in honor of the school's mascot, the gael.

Percy French, the renowned Irish Composer, once stayed here and composed the song " There's Only One Street In Dromcollogher ".

* Joshua Thompson – Composer

In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet Antigone at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize-an award of the " William and Noma Copley Foundation ", which later changed its name to " Cassandra Foundation "-as the " Best European Composer of the Year ".

Lawrence Dillon ( born 3 July 1959, Summit, NJ ) is an American composer, and currently Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Composer Dinesh Subasinghe became the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces for SATB choirs.

* A bust and plaque located at his last residence, in New York City at 309 W. 57th Street, inscribed: " The Great Hungarian Composer / Béla Bartók / ( 1881 – 1945 ) / Made His Home In This House / During the Last Year of His Life ".

* Composer Isao Tomita released an album, Bermuda Triangle, inspired by the region.

Composer Bear McCreary made heavy use of and helped spread awareness of taiko drums and taiko groups in the soundtracks for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series.

* Takanori Arisawa: Composer of the Japanese versions of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers and Digimon Frontier.

* Keiichi Oku: Composer of Digimon Savers.

* Kousuke Yamashita: Composer for the Japanese version of Digimon Xros Wars.

* Shuki Levy: Composer for the English language releases of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Tamers.

* Deddy Tzur: Composer for the English language release of Digimon Frontier.

* Thorsten Laewe: Composer for the English language release of Digimon Savers.

Composer John Farmer, who was in Oxford's service at the time, dedicated The First Set of Divers & Sundry Ways of Two Parts in One to him in 1591, noting in the dedication his patron's love of music.

: The Music Supervisor, or Music Director, works with the Composer, Mixers and Editors to create and integrate the film's music.

: The Composer is responsible for writing the musical score for a film.

Composer Akira Ifukube's score won a Japanese Academy Award.

Institutions like KM Music Conservatory founded by Oscar Winning Composer, A. R. Rahman, Calcutta School of Music, Bangalore School of Music, Eastern Fare Music Foundation, Delhi School of Music, Delhi Music Academy, and many others are dedicated to contributing to the progress or growth and supporting Western classical music.

Composer Walter Niemann declared " The fact that Brahms began his creative activity with the German folk song and closed with the Bible reveals ... the true religious creed of this great man of the people.

The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.

Beethoven: The Universal Composer.

* Rosa-A Horse Drama: The Death of a Composer ( 1993 – 94 ) ( libretto by Peter Greenaway ) Opera for 2 sopranos, tenor, 2 baritones, female speaker, 8 mixed voices, orchestra.

* 1892 – Sayed Darwish, Egyptian Singer and Composer ( d. 1923 )

* 1868 – Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer ( d. 1917 )

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

He spent much of his time in the local movie theatre, adoring the music of such film composers as Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman.

Other notable influences based in film music include Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, David Tamkin and Franz Waxman.

Along with such composers as Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman and Miklós Rózsa, Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films.

** Franz Waxman, German-American composer ( b. 1906 )

) The music score was by Franz Waxman and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.

This episode contains several parallels to Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard and shares the same composer and conductor of music, Franz Waxman.

This included Charles Gerhardt's series of albums devoted to classic film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, and others, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Kingsway Hall.

** The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman ( 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967 ) was a German-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasie for violin and orchestra, based on musical themes from the Bizet opera Carmen, and for his musical scores for films.

Waxman was born Franz Wachsmann in Königshütte ( Chorzów ) in the German Empire's Prussian Province of Silesia ( now in Poland ).

Franz Waxman worked with the director Alfred Hitchcock in four films, including Rebecca ( 1940 ), Suspicion ( 1941 ), The Paradine Case ( 1947 ), and Rear Window ( 1954 ).

Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Louis Levy, and Dimitri Tiomkin are the only composers who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock.

Franz Waxman had two Academy Award nominations for his scores with Alfred Hitchcock: Rebecca and Suspicion.

* Franz Waxman: extensive list of works

* Article by fellow composer David Raksin on Franz Waxman

* Official site on Franz Waxman, which provides comprehensive information on Waxman's life and works, and includes a discography

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