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Title: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: WSBG Returns Yet Again! on September 24, 2022, 04:32:08 PM

Mine are:
Ronald Hanmer
Steve Race
Trevor Duncan
Van Phillips
Stuart Crombie
Dennis Farnon
Raymond Jones
King Palmer
Austin Rayner
Bruce Campbell
Cyril Watters
Edward White

Post a reply if you have a favorite or favorites. =)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: MatthewTheScienceBoy on September 24, 2022, 04:39:13 PM

Andrew Blythe and Marten Joustra
Biddy Blyth and Mike Trim

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: TheMusicalAvenger on September 29, 2022, 08:42:46 PM

Mine are:
Ronald Hanmer
Trevor Duncan
Gerhard Trede
Harry Bluestone
Harry Lubin
Phil Green
Wilfred Burns
Don Banks
Robert Farnon

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Greta on September 30, 2022, 08:56:59 AM

Personally, a whole page wouldn't be enough for listing mine...
Quite impossible answer.

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: WSBG Returns Yet Again! on October 02, 2022, 04:18:57 AM

*Bump!* King Palmer is now in my favorites!

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: C0NN1E on October 02, 2022, 04:32:29 AM

I'm not good at listing favourites, but do I need to even say it? Gerhard Trede. Man was a masterful composer.

Gerhard Narholz is simply on Trede level too.

Harry Bluestone is good!

Honestly though, most library music is good, so I'll listen to just whatever, no matter the composer.

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: KPMFan1000 on January 26, 2023, 03:08:37 AM

I'm bringing this thread back.
My favorites are:
Gerhard Narholz
Gerhard Trede
Hans Ehrlinger
Sam Fonteyn
Jan Stoeckart
Johnny Hawksworth
Roger Roger
Pierre Arvay

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: WSBG Returns Yet Again! on October 21, 2023, 02:43:27 PM

*Bump!* I just added a few more composers to my favorites. =)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: LotusHomeMedia on October 23, 2023, 12:51:48 AM

For me its probably (in no particular order):
Alan Hawkshaw
Peter Reno
Nino Nardini
Alan Feanch
Pierre Arvay
Umiliani
Alessandroni
Mladen Franko

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: apmnut on October 23, 2023, 02:34:50 AM

Sam Spence
Syd Dale
Roger Roger
Gerhard Trede
Jack Shaindlin
Phil Green
Gerhard Narholz
Hans Ehrlinger
Van Phillips
Werner Tautz
Heinz Kiessling

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Yohanes Salomo on October 23, 2023, 11:30:13 AM

[Note: I'll be adding more composers when i encounted ones.]
My most number one favorite composers are:
1. Walter Murphy (Valentino)
2. Craig Austin/Brian Nimens (Sound Ideas)
3. Hendrix Bekker/Hennie Bekker (Sound Ideas/Parry Music/Network Music)
4. Greg Kavanagh (Sound Ideas/Parry Music/Network Music)
5. Roland St. John Hanneman (Dimension/Valentino/Sound Ideas)
6. Craig Riley/Brian Nimens (Sound Ideas)
7. Craig Palmer (Network Music/Emil Ascher)
8. Larry Owens (Network Music/Parry Music/Emil Ascher)
9. Marc Aramian (Sound Ideas/Turner Music/Emil Ascher)
10. Curt MacDonald (Fresh Music/Digital Juice)
11. Bill Holloman (Fresh Music/Digital Juice)
12. Steve Wenger/Steven Wenger (River City/Digital Juice)
13. Keith Mansfield (KPM/Bruton)
14. Alan Hawkshaw (KPM/Bruton)
15. James Williamson (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
16. Wolfgang Städele (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
17. Ole Georg Hansen (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
18. Tom Elliott (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
19. Axel Simone (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
20. John Colby (Valentino)
21. Todd Anderson (Valentino)
22. Beatriz Franzetti (Valentino)
23. Edd Kalehoff/Edward Woodley Kalehoff Jr. (Sound Ideas/Turner Music/Kalehoff Productions)
24. Robert Israel (Sound Ideas/Turner Music)
25. Herb Avery (Sound Ideas/Turner Music)
26. Steve Hulse (Sound Ideas/Turner Music)
27. Oscar Estrada (Sound Ideas/Turner Music)
28. Shelton Leigh Palmer (Sound Ideas/Turner Music)
29. Stephen Martin/Steve Martin (Match Music)
30. Arch Bacon (Match Music)
31. Paul Osborne (Match Music)
32. Jack Waldenmaier (The Music Bakery)
33. Jerrold W. Lambert/Jerry Lambert (Sound Ideas/Big Score Music)
34. Neil Davenport/Neal Davenport (Musikos/Davenport Music Library)
35. Steve Dimond (Musikos/Davenport Music Library)
36. Jamie Hoover (Musikos/Davenport Music Library)
37. Bill Soden (Musikos/Davenport Music Library)
38. Geoff Bastow (Sonoton/Selected Sound)
39. Jeff Newmann (Sonoton)
40. John Epping (Sonoton)
41. Gene Ort (Gene Michael Productions Music/GMP Music)
42. Brian Gagnon (Airforce/Sound Ideas)
43. Dan Siegel (Network Music)
44. Rolf Anton Krueger (Selected Sound)
45. Roland Kovac (Selected Sound)
46. Dom Massaro (Valentino)
47. Elaine Suchow (Valentino)
48. Paul Suchow (Valentino)
49. Dwight Mikkelsen (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
50. Sebastian (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
51. Nikki Bernard (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
52. Lee Ashley (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
53. Christopher Tyng (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
54. Alex Riatta (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
55. Roger Webb (De Wolfe/Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
56. Ralph Douglas Robertson (Sound Ideas/Parry Music)
57. George Axon (Sound Ideas/Parry Music)
58. Les Peel (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
59. Peter Vanderlohren (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
60. Wolfgang Käfer (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music/Chappell/Carlin)
61. Ib Glindemann (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music/Chappell)
62. Kim Holst (Chappell)
63. Quito Colayco (Chappell/Carlin)
64. Colin Towns (Chappell/Carlin)
65. Jeremy Stills (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
66. Jimmy Kaleth (Sound Ideas/Chappell)
67. Peter Morris (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
68. Jan Pomerans (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music)
69. Rick Baker (Chappell)
70. Cath Baxter (Chappell)
71. Bill Robuck (Sound Ideas/Big Score Music)
72. Jim Jacobsen (Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Music/Network Music/Killer Tracks)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: KPMPK1001 on October 23, 2023, 05:59:49 PM

My favorite composers are:

Keith Mansfield
Alan Hawkshaw
Johnny Pearson
Syd Dale
Sam Spence
John Coleman
John Scott

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: WIILKAS on October 23, 2023, 08:37:58 PM

James Williamson
Peter Morris
Craig Austin
Jerrold W. Lambert
Larry Owens
Manuel Angel Rodriguez Reyna
David Rojo Huezo
Amparo Rubin Tagle
Roberto Sanchez Bustos
Bill Robuck
Dan Siegel
Craig Palmer

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: BenKirb on October 28, 2023, 07:51:01 PM

My favorites are:

Keith Mansfield (KPM/Bruton)
Alan Hawkshaw (KPM/Bruton)
Craig Palmer (Network Music)
Timothy Bryson (Megatrax)
Patrice Irving (Megatrax)
Ritch Speer (Chameleon Music)
Steve Wenger (River City/Digital Juice)
Kirk Cirillo (Chameleon Music/Music 2 Hues)
Brian Nimens/Craig Austin (Sound Ideas)
Bob Byrne (Network Music)
Peter Hunrichs (Network Music)
David Cebert (Network Music)
Jack Waldenmaier (The Music Bakery)
Andrew Blythe (Atmosphere)
Marten Joustra (Atmosphere)
Mark Hawkins (Atmosphere)
Brian Beshears (Studio Cutz)
Matt Hirt (Studio Cutz)
Giovanni Lodigiani (Studio Cutz/Sound Ideas)
John Dennis (Studio Cutz)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: mshow81 on October 29, 2023, 10:32:34 PM

Hard for me to pick just one composer, so here are some of my favorites (in no particular order)...

Syd Dale
Johnny Pearson
Johnny Hawksworth
Keith Mansfield
Keith Papworth
Jack Trombey
King Palmer

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: JB Jhonatan on November 16, 2023, 11:58:14 PM

Walter Murphy (Valentino)
Craig Austin (Sound Ideas)
Hennie Bekker (Sound Ideas)
Craig Palmer (Network Music)
Todd Anderson (Valentino)
Geoff Bastow (Sonoton/Selected Sound)
Jeff Newmann (Sonoton)
Dieter Reith (Sonoton)
Roland St John Hanneman (Valentino/Sound Ideas/Dimension)
Brian Gagnon (Airforce/Sound Ideas)
Rolf Anton Krueger (Selected Sound)
Dan Siegel (Network Music)
Larry Groupe (Network Music)
John Charles Fiddy (Sonoton/KPM)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Enzito 🇧🇷 on November 17, 2023, 02:07:30 AM

Among so many that have already been mentioned here (such as Alan Hawshaw and John Charles Fiddy, from Bruton), I need two:

Alan Moorhouse, and Steve Gray. These are mentions that I want to highlight.

But, I will soon make a more complete list. Still, it would be unfair, as I would certainly fail to mention someone.

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: danthemusiclover on November 22, 2023, 07:45:30 AM

Mike Oldfield
Sally Oldfield
Piero Piccioni
Alessandro Alessandroni
Piero Umiliani
Armando Trovajoli
Daniele Patucchi
Bruno Nicolai
Gian Piero Reverberi
Gianfranco Reverberi
Keith Mansfield
Stefano Torossi
Alan Tew
Stelvio Cipriani
Puccio Roenels
Giuliano Sorgini
Luis Bacalov
Guido & Maurizio de Angelis
Franco Micalizzi
Rino & Luigi de Filippi
Amedeo Tommasi
Gianni Mazza
Mario Molino
Guy Boyer
Yuji Ohno
Jun Fukamachi
I Gres
Sohail Rana
Don Sebesky
James Asher
Enzo Scoppa
Sandro Brugnolini
Alan Hawkshaw
Johnny Pearson
Les Baxter
Ennio Morricone
Antonio Ricardo Luciani
Gianni Marchetti
Tomita
Alan Moorhouse
Francis Lai
Alain Goraguer
Janko Nilovic
Alan Feanch
Christian Chevallier
Michel Gonet
Vladimir Cosma
Dave Lawson
Johnny Hawksworth
Alan Parker
Klaus Weiss
Steve Gray
Giacomo & Edda dell'Orso
Claude Vasori
Simon Haseley
Nick Ingman
Georges Deleure
Karl Heinz Schäfer
Charles Dumont
Walter Rizzati
Hugo Montenegro
Dominic Frontiere
Lalo Schifrin
Henry Mancini
Paolo Casa
Daniela Casa
Franco Tamponi
Remigio Ducros
Ugo Fusco
Carlo Pes
Oscar Lindok
John Cameron
Basil Kirchin
Fabio Fabor
Francis Rimbert
John Fiddy
Claude Perraudin
Teddy Lasry
Claude Larson
Joël Vandroogenbroeck
Frédérick Rousseau
Uwe Buschkötter
Georges Rodi
Palmino Pia
Jean-Pierre Decerf
Roberto Nicolosi
Carlo Savina
Luciano Simoncini
Gianni Sposito

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: nidostar on November 22, 2023, 08:54:20 AM

I agree with Greta an impossible question to answer. Perhaps we should change the topic title to "List every composer you've ever heard of" to fit better with most of the responses so far!!!  :) :) :)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: danthemusiclover on November 22, 2023, 09:19:05 AM

True, in fact the ones I like the most are only 15 or 20 of the 639162836 that I have named above

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: nidostar on November 22, 2023, 04:18:13 PM

Quote from: danimin on November 22, 2023, 09:19:05 AM

True, in fact the ones I like the most are only 15 or 20 of the 639162836 that I have named above

Ha, ha, ha! That many, eh?!!  ;)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: danthemusiclover on November 22, 2023, 04:45:00 PM

Quote from: nidostar on November 22, 2023, 04:18:13 PM

Quote from: danimin on November 22, 2023, 09:19:05 AM

True, in fact the ones I like the most are only 15 or 20 of the 639162836 that I have named above

Ha, ha, ha! That many, eh?!!  ;)

yeah, is my serotonin <3

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Cold Inhuman Element on December 06, 2023, 11:11:19 PM

My favorite production music composers, not specially sorted:
Joel Vandroogenbroeck
Georges Rodi
Mladen Franko
Val Podlasinski
David Vorhaus
Roger Roger
Guy Boyer
Stéphane Joly
Teddy Lasry
Egisto Macchi
Guiseppe Aleo + Luigi Mosello
Christian Chevallier
Michel Gonet
Jean-Louis Bucchi
Jean-Pierre Decerf
Luigi Ceccarelli

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: WSBG Returns Yet Again! on January 11, 2024, 05:04:09 AM

*Bump!* Edward White's now on my list.

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Cerdes on February 03, 2024, 06:32:32 PM

Nino Nardini is my number one for sure.

Then in no particular order:
Piero Umiliani
Alain Goraguer
Frank Maston
Carlo Rustichelli

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Ian16545 on July 21, 2024, 06:32:26 AM

Like some of the others here, my tops include:

APM (Bruton, KPM, Themes International, Omnimusic, et al.)
Keith Mansfield
Alan Hawkshaw
Irving Martin and Brian Dee
Johnny Pearson
David Lindup
Ray Russell
Syd Dale
Duncan Lamont
Brian Bennett
John Cameron
Trevor and Geoff Bastow
Richard Hill
Zack Laurence
Neil Richardson
Patrick Wilson
Frank Ricotti
John Scott
Adrian Baker
Paul Keogh
Dick Walter
Harold Fisher
Tony Hymas
Mike Moran
Dave Hewson and Pete Morris
Francis Monkman
Cliff Hall
Steve Gray
Brian Wade
John Fiddy
David Snell
Clive Hicks
Mike Vickers
Dave Richmond
Alan Parker
Van Phillips
Tony Kinsey
Harold Smart
Paul Martin
Jack Dorsey
Max Harris
Ken Moule
Andrew Jackman
W. Merrick Farran
John Shakespeare
Paddy Kingsland
Tony Hiller
Gal Galbraith
Sam Sklair
Doug Wood
Mark Styles
Ed Kosowski
Haim Cotton
John Manchester

UPM (Network Music, Killer Tracks, et al.)
Craig Palmer
Larry Owens
Bill Cantos
Jonathan Merrill
Stefan Olesten
Dennis Woodrich
Clark Gault
John Hobbs
Brian Bliss
Grant Geissman
Steve Kujala
Lars Clutterham
Rick Braun
Al Capps
Larry Groupé
Larry Wolff

BMG (Valentino, Parry, Big Score)
Michael Reynolds
Irving Fields
Bill Potts
Jean Dalia
Samuel Spence
George Kleinsinger
Bob Donovan
Eugene Bianco
Richard Sanders
Joey Carbone
Paul Zaza
Bill Brohn
Dom Massaro
George Chase
Walter Murphy
Louise Messina and William Bingham

de Wolfe
Roger Webb
Sir Karl Jenkins
Graham Todd
Reg Tilsley
Brian Alberici and Andrew May

WCPM (Gari, Ole Georg, Capitol, et al.)
Frank Gari
Ole Georg
Henrik Nielsen
Robert Ascot
Manfred Minnich
Dan Kirsten
Tom Elliot
Jack Arel and Jean-Claude Petit

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: nidostar on July 22, 2024, 01:35:20 PM

Maybe we should rename the thread to How Many Library Composers Can You Name In A Single Post, hee, hee! Sorry, couldn't resist!

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: furrball on July 23, 2024, 10:48:36 AM

I'll start with the first one I became familiar with, and that's Don Voegeli (of course!  ;D ), and then follow that up with favorite composers that I didn't know wrote library music (until I joined this list!):
Brian Eno (Roxy Music),
Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe),
Andrew Clark (also Be Bop Deluxe),
Patrick Campbell-Lyons (UK Nirvana),
Henry Marsh (Sailor)
and Phil Pickett (also Sailor).
While I'm at it, I've got to add Delia Derbyshire.

(I just noticed that all of my entries, except for Voegeli, are British!)

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: Bruton Music on September 12, 2024, 05:44:21 PM

David Lindup has always been one of my favourites. And he's just a great big band writer anyway - think of his scores for bands such as those of Ted Heath and Johnnie Spence.

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: gabrielperovanoths on February 04, 2025, 02:08:28 PM

Hard to pick, but i will try: My favorite composers from library (Production Music) are:

John Charles Fiddy
Alan Hawkshaw
John Cameron
Tony Hymas
Stephen Gray
Jack Dorsey
Trevor Bastow
Geoff Bastow
Johnny Pearson
Keith Mansfield
Duncan Lamont
Brian Laurence Bennett
David Lindup
Gregor F. Narholz
Donn Wilkerson
Steve Rucker
Thomas Jones Chase
Steven M. Stern
Al Capps
Udi Harpaz
Bruce Chianese
Geoff Levin
Steve Kujala
Robert Leslie Bennett
Christopher Franke
Eric Darken
Larry Groupé
Boris Nonte
Ryan Amon
Jonathan Merrill
Helene Blazy
Denis Levaillant
Jean Yvesn Rigo
Brice Davoli
Michael Reynolds
George Chase
Dan Kirsten
Ib Glindemann
Cyril Watters
Jeffrey Fayman
Yoav Goren
Christopher Hajian
Richard Samalin

Title: Re: Who is your number one favorite composer(s)?
Post by: ζBUS on February 04, 2025, 07:13:20 PM

I've slept on this thread for too long, but I'd say my favorites come in three distinct categories.

"The Classics" (the ones that get people into library)
- Alan Hawkshaw
- Cedric King Palmer
- Dick Walter
- Frederic Bayco
- George Hormel
- Gerhard Narholz
- Gregor Narholz
- Gerhard Trede
- Hans Ehrlinger
- Hubert Clifford
- Ib Glindemann
- John Fox
- John Seely
- Johnny Hawksworth
- Keith Papworth
- Mladen Franko
- Ole Georg
- Richard Myhill
- Roger Roger
- Ronald Hanmer
- Sam Spence
- Syd Dale
- Trevor Duncan
- William Merrick Farran

"The New Age" (not necessarily New Age, just the big names of the 80s/90s/00s)
- Arch Bacon
- Armand Frydman
- Christian Poulet
- David "Wrong Way" Feldstein
- Eric Gemsa
- Georges Bodossian
- Greg Wardson
- James Harrington
- Jean-Paul Merkel
- Jim Jacobsen
- Joel Vandroogenbroeck
- Jonathan Merrill
- Larry Groupe
- Rick DiFonzo
- Rik Carter
- Ronnie Aspery
- Steve Donnelly
- Steve Everitt
- Steve Martin
- Thierry David
- Tom Blades

"The Inseperable Duos" (composers that almost always worked together)
- Andrew Blythe & Marten Joustra
- Chris Lang & Eric Cunningham
- Chris Many & Geoff Levin
- Daniel Darras & Christian Leroux
- Dolph Taylor & Russell Emanuel
- Dominique Guiot & Eric Mallet
- Howard Jones & Tim Shaxson
- Jean-Yves D'Angelo & Kamil Rustam
- Laurent Thierry-Mieg & Thierry Durbet
- Stéphane Joly & Eric Caspar