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page 121st-century American composers

Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)

J. J. Abrams
American filmmaker (1966-)
John Mayer
American musician (born 1977)

John Carpenter
American filmmaker, composer and actor (born 1948)
Joe Satriani
American guitarist
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
James Newton Howard
American composer and music producer (born 1951)
Anoushka Shankar
British-American musician

Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)
Steve Reich
American composer (born 1936)

Tom Morello
American guitarist and musician

Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor (1930-2014)
Angelo Badalamenti
American composer (1937–2022)

Alan Menken
American composer (born 1949)
Orrin Hatch
American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (2015-2019)
Thomas Newman
American composer and conductor (born 1955)

Buckethead

Benny Blanco
Benjamin Joseph Levin, known professionally as Benny Blanco, is an American record producer. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Blanco has also won five BMI Songwriter of the Year Awards, won the 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year Award, and received eleven Grammy Award nominations.

Kevin MacLeod
American composer and music producer (born 1972)
Chuck Lorre
American television director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

Scott Walker
British-American singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (1943–2019)
Michael McKean
American actor and comedian (born 1947)

Steve Jablonsky
American composer

Rebecca Sugar
American animator and screenwriter
Justin Hurwitz
American composer and screenwriter
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
Bill Conti
American composer and conductor
Jeremy Soule
American composer
Frank Klepacki
American musician, video game music composer and sound director
Jay Park
South Korean-American rapper and singer (born 1987)

Dickey Betts
American guitarist (1943–2024)
Michael W. Smith
American musician and songwriter
Loren Bouchard
American director and musician
Cliff Martinez
American musician and composer, composer, drummer
Arkady Luxemburg
American composer
BT
American musician
John Kander
American musical theatre composer
Joseph Williams
American singer, songwriter, and film score composer, best known for his work in the rock band Toto (born 1960)
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor, pianist and composer
Adam Wingard
American film director
Lena Raine
American composer and producer (born 1984)
Shirley Walker
American film and television composer (1945–2006)
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
Bernie Leadon
American musician
Randy Edelman
American musician, producer, and composer for film and television (born 1947)
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer (1924–2009)
Tycho
American musician, composer, songwriter and record producer
Gary Wright
American, singer, musician and composer

Tom Scott
American jazz musician (born 1948)
David Woodard
American conductor and writer
Carole Bayer Sager
American lyricist, singer and songwriter
Eric Barone
American video game developer
Steve Roach
American composer and musician
Connie Smith
American country music artist
Ted Neeley
AmerNeeloynger, musician, and actors
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer of classical music
Jon Hassell
American trumpeter and composer of fusion music (1937-2021)