HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, The Fog)
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Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall)

Ennio Morricone (The Thing, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Hateful 8)
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Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October, Free Willy, Lassie)

Brad Fiedel (Fright Night, Terminator 1 & 2, Gladiator)
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James Horner (Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13, Aliens)

Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, The Pirates of the Caribbean)
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John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, Schindlers List)

Danny Elfman (Batman (1989), Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men In Black)
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Bernard Herrman (Psycho, Taxi Driver, all Alfred Hitchcock themes)

Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Seven)
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Jerry Goldsmith (Rambo, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Gremlins)

Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Predator, Avengers)
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James Newton Howard (Signs, Hunger Games, Falling Down, The Fugitive)

Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter, various Wes Anderson movies)
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Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Thor, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious)