The following is a list of people who predominantly compose soundtrack music for film and television:
- Craig Armstrong
- David Arnold
- Burt Bacharach
- John Barry
- Elmer Bernstein
- Leonard Bernstein
- Walter Carlos/Wendy Carlos
- Eric Coates
- Bill Conti
- John Corigliano
- Patrick Doyle
- Danny Elfman
- George Fenton
- Brad Fiedel
- Jerry Fielding
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Philip Glass
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Dave Grusin
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Bernard Herrmann
- David Hirschfelder
- James Horner
- James Newton Howard
- Maurice Jarre
- Quincy Jones
- Walter Jurmann
- Michael Kamen
- Michel Legrand
- Henry Mancini
- Clint Mansell
- Cliff Martinez
- Alan Menken
- Giorgio Moroder
- Ennio Morricone
- Jerome Moross
- Alfred Newman
- Lionel Newman
- Randy Newman
- Thomas Newman
- Alex North
- Michael Nyman
- Mike Post
- Andre Previn
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Nino Rota
- Miklos Rozsa
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Lalo Schifrin
- Marc Shaiman
- Edward Shearmur
- David Shire
- Howard Shore
- Alan Silvestri
- Mark Snow
- Max Steiner
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Vangelis
- Stephen Warbeck
- Franz Waxman
- John Williams
- Gabriel Yared
- Victor Young
- Hans Zimmer
