Okay so we have a fav VGM composer thread now lets start a film composer thread, we can also as what he/she has composed that you liked.

Okay as for me

Trevor Rabin - Snakes On A Plane
Mark mancina - Con Air
Paul Haslinger - Vacancy
Tyler Bates - 300
Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice
James Newton Howard - Space Jam And Just Cause


Your turn.

Angelo Badalamenti (Scored most of David Lynch's films; Blue Velvet and Lost Highway are particular standouts)

Basil Poledouris (Robocop, Conan the Barbarian)

Carmine Coppola (Apocalypse Now, one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in my life, movie or otherwise)

Brad Fiedel (Terminator 1 & 2)

Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Equilibrium
Hans Zimmer - Crimson Tide, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3
James Newton Howard - The Village, Lady in the Water
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia
Trevor Rabin - Armageddon, The Guardian
Michael Kamen - Band of Brothers
John Williams (Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, other obvious choices...)
John Debney (The Scorpion King [not a very good movie, but great music])

I'm sure there are others, but that's all for now.

Danny Elfman - Batman, MIB, etc...
Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream
Eric Serra - The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional
Paul Willaims - Phantom of the Paradise
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek I,V,VIII,IX,X

Also...
The Dust Brothers - Fight Club
Bjork - Dancer in the Dark

I wouldn't mind seeing them delve further into film composition in their respective careers.

John Barry - Dances With Wolves
John Williams - Angela's Ashes, Indiana Jones (all 3)
James Horner - The New World, Titanic, Deep Impact
Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands
Thomas Newman - Road to Perdition
Trevor Rabin - Armageddon
James Newton Howard - King Kong, Blood Diamond
Mark Isham - The Hitcher
John Murphy - Sunshine
Brian Tyler - Bubba Ho-tep
Jerry Goldsmith - The Edge, Total Recall
Alan Silvestri - Contact, Predator, Forrest Gump, Mouse Hunt
Eric Serra - The Fifth Element
Hans Zimmer - Gladiator, Rain Man, Broken Arrow, The Thin Red Line
Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules
John Powell - Bourne Series, Chicken Run
Michael Kamen - Die Hard (3/4)
Randy Edelman - The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart

There are too many to list really. These are some that come to mind though.

Mark Mancina - Twister
Hanz Zimmer - Gladiator, parts of Lion King
Danny Elfman - Nightmare Before Christmas

Danny Elfman - Any, they are all quite memorable
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Brian Tyler - Six String Samurai

Nino Rota - The Godfather

John Williams
Harry Gregson Williams

John Williams for the Star Wars movies
Carter Burwell for Raising Arizona
Hans Zimmer for Pirates of the Caribbean
Shigeru Umebayashi for the 2046 Soundtrack

Picking out just a small handful is difficult, but for those who have that *special* place in my heart...

Jerry Goldsmith for everything, but particularly Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Sand Pebbles, The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint, Poltergeist, Chinatown, Omens 1-3, Legend.

Bernard Herrmann for everything, but particularly Fahrenheit 451.

Elliot Goldenthal.

GONE....

Hans Zimmer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight)
Mark Mancina (Con Air)

^James Howard helped with both Batman scores as well. Give hm credit :P

Jerry goldsmith (Star Trek, Supergirl etc. just damn amazing)
John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Harry Potter, Towering Inferno)
Danny Elfman (MIB Batman 1)
Alan Selvestri (BTTF, Predator)

^James Howard helped with both Batman scores as well. Give hm credit :P

Oh yeah... Completely blanked on his name... Yeah, him too. :)

Hans Zimmer - Cause i love epic music, and that's the kind he mostly composes.
Thanks to him many movies became something more than just another piece of wortless tape.

My favorite film composer overall is Danny Elfman for the 1989 Batman Movie and Batman Returns. I also loved his work for the Tales from the Crypt TV series.

Hans Zimmer (King Arthur, Last Samurai)
Eleni Karaindrou (Eternity and A Day)
Rachel Portman (Joy Luck Club, Human Stain)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful)
Steve Jablonsky (Transformers)
Gabriel Yared (Possession)
Mark Isham (Life as a House, Last Dance)
Michael Kamen (Winter Guest)
Ilan Eshkeri (Strength & Honour)
James Horner (Field Of Dreams, The Missing)
Brian Tyler (Children of Dune)
Lee Holdridge (Mists of Avalon, East of Eden)

I have to stop... *lol*

Jerry Goldsmith: Rudy, The Edge,
Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard: Batman Begins (Both), The Dark Knight (Both), The Last Samurai (Zimmer), Defiance (Howard)
John Powell: The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum
Ennio Morricone: My Name is Nobody, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Scarlet and the Black
Howard Shore: LOTR Trilogy and (hopefully in the near future) The Hobbit pt(s). 1 & 2