There are a number of classical composers who ventured into the realm of film scores. Most of these began their creative output by composing "regular" classical music, then added music scores for films. Some of these were asked to do this because of their name and reputation, in short, their popularity. A few others branched out into classical music after beginning with film scores' I think John Williams is a good example of this. However, all of these composers (and others) have composed some form of classical music - a concerto, a suite, a symphony, etc. The list looks quite ragged, but, because of its length, I decided to list this way, even after significantly abridging it.
Aaron Copland
Of Mice and Men (1939) The North Star (1943) The Red Pony (1948) The Heiress (1949) Something Wild (1961) [rereleased as Music for a Great City (1964)]
Phillip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) The Thin Blue Line (1988) Powaqqatsi (1988) Secret Window (2004) Neverwas (2005) The Illusionist (2006)
The Secret Agent (1996) [1931] Dracula (1999)
Cassandra's Dream (2007) Mr Nice (2009)
Bernard Hermann
Citizen Kane (1941) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Jane Eyre (1944) Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) On Dangerous Ground (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Trouble with Harry (1955) The Kentuckian (1955) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) A Hatful of Rain (1957) Vertigo (1958) The Naked and the Dead (1958) The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
North by Northwest (1959) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Psycho (1960)
The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) Mysterious Island (1961) Tender Is the Night (1962) Cape Fear (1962) Jason and the Argonauts (1963) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Torn Curtain (1966) (unused score) Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Bride Wore Black (1968) Obsession (1976) Taxi Driver (1976)
Erich Korngold
Captain Blood (1935) The Green Pastures (1936) Anthony Adverse (1936)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Another Dawn (1937) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) The Sea Hawk (1940) The Sea Wolf (1941) Kings Row (1942) Between Two Worlds (1944) Of Human Bondage (1946)
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kijé (1934) Alexander Nevsky (1938) Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 (1942-5)
Miklos Rozsa
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Jungle Book (1942) Sahara (1943)
Double Indemnity (1944) Spellbound (1945) The Lost Weekend (1945)
A Double Life (1947) Madame Bovary (1949) The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Quo Vadis? (1951) Ivanhoe (1952) Julius Caesar (1953)
Ben-Hur (1959) King of Kings (1961) El Cid (1961)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) The Green Berets (1968)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Providence (1977) Last Embrace (1979) Time After Time (1979) Eye of the Needle (1981) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Franz Waxman
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Fury (1936) Captains Courageous (1937)
A Christmas Carol (1938) The Young in Heart (1938) Rebecca (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) Suspicion (1941) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Humoresque (1946) Dark City (1950) The Furies (1950) Sunset Boulevard (1950) A Place in the Sun (1951) Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) Stalag 17 (1953)
Rear Window (1954) The Silver Chalice (1954) Mister Roberts (1955) Peyton Place (1957)
John Williams
Diamond Head (1963) The Killers (1964) None But the Brave (1965) The Rare Breed (1966) John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) Valley of the Dolls (1967)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967) How to Steal a Million (1968) Heidi (1968) The Reivers (1969) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Jane Eyre (1970)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Cowboys (1972)
Cinderella Liberty (1973) Tom Sawyer (1973) The Towering Inferno (1974)
Earthquake (1974) The Sugarland Express (1974) Jaws (1975)
The Eiger Sanction (1975 Family Plot (1976) Midway (1976)
The Missouri Breaks (1976) Black Sunday (1977)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Jaws 2 (1978) The Fury (1978) Superman (1978) 1941 (1979)
Dracula (1979) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
SpaceCamp (1985) Empire of the Sun (1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) (Adapted by Alexander Courage.)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Presumed Innocent (1990) Home Alone (1990)
Hook (1991) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Far and Away (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler's List (1993) Sabrina (1995) Sleepers (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Amistad (1997) Home Alone 3 (1997) [Main theme only] Saving Private Ryan (1998) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Angela's Ashes (1999) The Patriot (2000) A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Minority Report (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) [Adapted by William Ross]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) The Terminal (2004)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) War of the Worlds (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Munich (2005) Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
It should be evident that there is a considerable body of evidence that classical composers have contributed significantly to the field of film scores. In the next post, I would like to discuss that relationship between classical music and "movie music."
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