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composer

Last updated: Thu Oct 23 2025 11:43:39 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

"Composer" encompasses instrumental works created by individual composers across classical, neoclassical, and cinematic styles. The music ranges from traditional orchestral arrangements to contemporary minimalist piano pieces and atmospheric soundscapes designed for film and concert settings. These works prioritize compositional craft and emotional depth over commercial song structures.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags
43		1966	Iannis Xenakis	Xenakis, I.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Metastaseis / Pithoprakta / St/48 / Achorripsis / Syrmos / Hiketides Suite
58		1968	Iannis Xenakis	Xenakis, I.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Jonchaies / Shaar / Lichens / Antikhthon
11		1969	Karlheinz Stockhausen	Hymnen	composer germany
92		1969	Richard Wagner	Wagner, R.: Orchestral Music From Operas
88		1972	John Field	Field: Complete Nocturnes	composer ireland piano
72		1974	Leopold Stokowski	Fantasia	classical composer conductor instrumental orchestra
6		1975	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Music Box Archives vol 38	baroque classical composer german piano
51		1978	Malibu	Lost At Sea (Kelly Moran Remix)	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings
33		1979	Johann Sebastian Bach	Johannes-Passion	baroque choral christian composer
61		1984	Malcolm McLaren	Fans
99		1986	David Foster	David Foster	adult contemporary composer
63		1987	John Coltrane	John Coltrane	composer jazz
80		1988	Malibu	One Life : four remixes	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings
31		1989	Trevor Rabin	Can't Look Away	composer rock
49		1989-11-13	Philip Glass	Songs from The Trilogy	alternative composer contemporary classical minimalism
4		1992	Paolo Conte	900	chanson composer italian jazz singer-songwriter
16		1992	Janice Giteck	Home (Revisited)	composer
15		1993	James Newton Howard	Signs Original Soundtrack	classical composer soundtrack
35		1993	Germaine Tailleferre	Tailleferre: Kammermusik	composer
64		1993	James Newton Howard	The Village Original Soundtrack	classical soundtrack
73		1995	Hans Zimmer	Angels and Demons	classical composer instrumental soundtrack
100		1996-11-05	Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	bass composer
28		1997	Nicola Piovani	La Vita E Bella	composer
52		1998	Dominique A	C'était ici	composer contemporary classical female vocalists folk france male vocalists paris piano strings
30		1998-10-09	René Aubry	Plaisirs d'Amour	instrumental soundtrack
9		1999	Various	Water for Elephants	classical composer soundtrack
62		1999-05-26	坂本龍一	ウラBTTB	ambient asian asian pop composer instrumental j-pop japanese piano
48		2001	Kaija Saariaho	Saariaho: Du cristal - …à la fumée - 7 Papillons - Nymphéa	composer contemporary classical finland nordic
86		2001	CJ Music	Rise of the Phoenix King	composer soundtrack
56		2002	Malibu	Tilting On Windmills	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings
10		2002-10	Jóhann Jóhannsson	End of Summer	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
1		2003-02-26	Emilie Autumn	Enchant	ethereal
20		2004-02-26	Max Richter	The Blue Notebooks	contemporary classical neoclassical piano postclassical
27		2005	Original Soundtrack	The Thin Red Line	composer instrumental soundtrack
8		2005-03-15	Ellis Marsalis	Ruminations in New York	composer jazz jazz piano new orleans solo piano
12		2005-05-24	Okkyung Lee	Nihm	composer
3		2006	Anthony Ocana	Anthony Ocana	composer
25		2006	Jeremy Soule	Oblivion Soundtrack	classical composer soundtrack
91		2006-02-22	Hyde	SEASON'S CALL	composer japanese
14		2006-06-06	Gil Evans	The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions	composer jazz
21		2006-06-07	河井英里	まどろみの輪廻	asian asian pop composer female vocalists j-pop japanese singer-songwriter
7		2006-09-13	Max Richter	From "The Art of Mirrors"	ambient composer contemporary classical contemporary instrumental contemporary piano instrumental minimalism neoclassical piano piano ambient piano solo solo piano
89		2007-05-27	Valgeir Sigurðsson	Ekvílibríum	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano
24		2008-03-26	Cristal Snow	The Prophecy	breakcore comedy composer cyberpunk dark ambient deathcore dirty south emo garage goregrind grindcore j-rock lo-fi male vocalists mexican nigeria noise noise rock noisecore nsbm pop rap screamo soundtrack suicidal black metal symphonic black metal techno underground rap world
59		2008-12-19	Frozen Silence	Sky	alternative classical composer contemporary classical contemporary piano easy listening ethereal finland finnish impressionism instrumental meditation minimalism neoclassical new age piano piano solo solo piano
95		2009-03-17	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Without Sinking	instrumental composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic
40		2009-04-19	Ólafur Arnalds	Found Songs	contemporary classical neoclassical piano
42		2009-09-17	Jose Travieso	A Retrospective: The Early Years - 1994-2003	acoustic composer contemporary classical contemporary instrumental instrumental neoclassical new age piano solo piano spanish
53		2010-05-07	Ólafur Arnalds	...and they have escaped the weight of darkness	contemporary classical neoclassical piano
66		2010-08-27	Vijay Iyer	Uneasy	composer jazz piano
13		2010-09	Clem Leek	Holly Lane	ambient contemporary classical minimalism piano contemporary piano neoclassical piano ambient
71		2010-11-09	Quincy Jones	Q: Soul Bossa Nostra	composer jazz usa
96		2011-02-15	Thomas Bergersen	Archangel	composer instrumental orchestral soundtrack
34		2011-02-17	Biggi Hilmars	Cinematic Songs	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
77		2011-02-22	Julia Kent	Green And Grey	ambient composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
65		2011-06-22	Thomas Bergersen	Classics, Vol. 2
82		2011-06-22	Thomas Bergersen	Classics, Vol. 1
87		2012-02	Abel Korzeniowski	W.E. - Music From The Motion Picture	soundtrack
78		2013-07-04	Ramin Djawadi	Westworld: Season 3 (Music From The HBO Series)	ambient composer instrumental soundtrack
39		2013-09-30	Daníel Bjarnason	Over Light Earth	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano
22		2014	Egor Grushin	Dominicano	acoustic alternative ambient classical classical crossover classical piano composer contemporary classical contemporary piano easy listening instrumental minimalism neoclassical new age piano ukraine ukrainian
50		2014-01-31	Otto A Totland	Pinô	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
57		2014-08-24	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Saman	iceland instrumental
32		2014-10-21	Endless Melancholy	Fragile	alternative ambient chillout composer contemporary classical contemporary instrumental contemporary piano electroacoustic electronic ethereal instrumental minimalism neoclassical new age orchestral piano piano ambient post-rock postclassical solo piano soundscape soundtrack ukraine ukrainian
2		2015	Anna Thorvaldsdottir	Aerial	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano
17		2015	John Williams	Star Wars: Das Imperium Schlägt Zurück (Original Film-Soundtrack)	classical composer instrumental soundtrack
29		2015	John Williams	Star Wars: Eine Neue Hoffnung (Original Film-Soundtrack)	classical composer instrumental jazz soundtrack
37		2015	Luciana Bigazzi	Full Moon	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
97		2015-04-01	Ólafur Arnalds	We Contain Multitudes (from home)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
85		2015-10	Julia Kent	Asperities	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
83		2015-11-06	Max Richter	Sleep	ambient contemporary classical piano
55		2016-03-28	Nils Frahm	Solo Remains	contemporary classical
74		2016-08-19	Peter Broderick	Partners	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
54		2017	Carlo Rustichelli	Amici miei	composer
76		2017-01-27	Max Richter	Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works	contemporary classical composer instrumental piano
5		2017-02-28	The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra	Donkey Kong 64 Symphony	composer orchestra
93		2017-08-04	Poppy Ackroyd	Sketches	classical composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
46		2017-12-01	Otto A. Totland	The Lost	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
47		2018	Imogen Heap	The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - In Four Contemporary Suites	ambient composer instrumental soundtrack
98		2018-10-11	Thomas Bergersen	Invincible	composer instrumental orchestral soundtrack
79		2019-11-08	Shida Shahabi	Shifts	classical composer iran iranian piano sweden
45		2019-12	Louis Cooper	Thoughts	baroque beethoven classical composer instrumental
18		2020	Sarah Kirkland Snider	Penelope	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
26		2020	John Williams	Williams on Williams (Music from the Films of Steven Spielberg)	composer orchestral soundtrack
38		2020-01-27	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Fólk fær andlit	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic
70		2020-11-06	Ólafur Arnalds	Say My Name (feat. Arnór Dan)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
44		2021-04-23	Eydís Evensen	Brotin	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano composer
84		2021-04-23	Eydís Evensen	Bylur	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano composer
75		2021-07-23	Natalie Holt	Loki: Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) [Original Soundtrack]	composer soundtrack
67		2021-09-10	Ólafur Arnalds	saman	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic
68		2022-01-21	Joseph Shirley	The Book of Boba Fett: Vol. 1 (Chapters 1-4) [Original Soundtrack]	composer soundtrack
23		2022-03-25	Mari Sainio	Tales	composer contemporary classical instrumental nordic piano
81		2022-04-22	Nils Frahm	Nils has a new piano	composer contemporary classical instrumental piano
90		2023-11-22	Ólafur Arnalds	Eulogy for Evolution 2017 (Remastered 10th Anniversary Edition)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
19			Multi-interprètes	Mono No Aware	alternative ambient composer drone electronic female vocalists
36			譚盾	Hero - Music from the Original Soundtrack	chinese classical composer contemporary classical instrumental soundtrack
41			Bang Jun seok	텔 미 썸딩 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	composer korean orchestral soundtrack
60			Orchestra de Blonde	Navidad	orchestra composer ambient symphonic metal symphony
94			Jung JaeIl	Squid Game (Original Soundtrack from The Netflix Series)	composer instrumental korean soundtrack
69			Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Takafumi Nishimura	NieR Gestalt & Replicant Original Soundtrack

Related genres

• instrumental
• classical
• contemporary classical
• soundtrack
• piano
• ambient
• electronic
• world
• new age
• jazz