This is a general list of composers who have written music for the musical theatre, along with their works organized by first production date. This list primarily contains musicals, but also includes links to film adaptations. Lyricists and their work are listed separately.
For composers whose names fall into the M-Z alphabetic range, see List of musicals by composer: M to Z.
A Joseph Abella Siddhartha (2007); music also by Jude Gitamondoc, Alfeuso Esposite Danny Abosch Unwritten Rules (2007) Placebo (2010) Fancy Nancy The Musical (2012) Off The Wall (2013) Miles & Me (2013) Goosebumps The Musical (2016) Fabrice Aboulker (b. 1959) Les mille et une vies d'Ali Baba (2000); music also by Alain Lanty Tim Acito Zanna, Don't! (2002) The Women of Brewster Place (2007) Cliff Adams (1923–2001) Liza of Lambeth (1976) Dianne Adams The Wind in the Willows (1997) Richard Addinsell (1904–1977) Alice in Wonderland (1947) Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure... (1955) Living for Pleasure (1958) John Addison (1920–1998) Cranks (1955) The Amazons (2002) Gary Adler (b. 1965) Altar Boyz (2005); music also by Michael Patrick Walker Richard Adler (1921–2012) John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953); music also by Jerry Ross and others The Pajama Game (1954); music also by Jerry Ross; also a 1975 film Damn Yankees (1955); music also by Jerry Ross; also a 1958 film Kwamina (1961) A Mother's Kisses (1968) Music Is (1976) Milton Ager (1893–1979) What's in a Name? (1920) Rain or Shine (1929); music also by Owen Murphy Murray Anderson's Almanac (1929); music also by Henry Sullivan Fred E. Ahlert (1892–1953) Paris (1928); music also by Cole Porter, Walter Kollo, Harry Warren, Louis Alter Harry Akst (1894–1963) Artists and Models of 1927 (1927); music also by Maurice Rubens Calling All Stars (1934) Michelangelo Alasá Born to Rumba (1991) Chez Garbo (1996) Damon Albarn (b. 1968) Wonder.land (2015) Brad Alexander (b. 1971) Just So Stories (2003) If You Give A Pig A Pancake & Other Story Books (2008) Click, Clack, Moo (2009) See Rock City & Other Destinations (2010) We The People: America Rocks! (2010) Duck For President & Other Story Books (2010) Gene Allan Billy (1969); music also by Ron Dante Herbert Allen Space Is So Startling (1962); music also by Richard Hadden, Cecil Broadhurst Peter Allen (1944–1992) Up in One (1979); music also by others Legs Diamond (1988) The Boy from Oz (1998); music also by others Steve Allen (1921–2000) Sophie (1963) Peter Allwood Pendragon (1994) Todd Almond People Like Us (2005) Steven M. Alper (b. 1958) The Gifts of the Magi (1988); music also by Randy Courts The Library (1996) The Immigrant (2000) Gaby Alter Nobody Loves You (2012) Louis Alter (1902–1980) Paris (1928); music also by Cole Porter, Walter Kollo, Harry Warren, Fred E. Ahlert John Altman (b. 1949) Kisses on a Postcard (2004); music also by Gordon Clyde Alfred Alvarez Bed, Boys and Beyond (2000) César Alvarez The Elementary Spacetime Show The Universe is a Small Hat FUTURITY Dan Alvy Identical Twins from Baltimore (1995) Trey Anastasio (b. 1964) Hands on a Hard Body (2012); music also by Amanda Green Mark Andersen Widow's Waltz (1992) Leroy Anderson (1908–1975) Goldilocks (1958) Stardust (1987); music also by Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman Roger Anderson Chaplin (1993) Shine! – The Horatio Alger Musical (2001) Abe (2009) Benny Andersson (b. 1946) Abbacadabra (1983); music also by Björn Ulvaeus Chess (1984); music also by Björn Ulvaeus Kristina från Duvemåla (1995); music also by Björn Ulvaeus Mamma Mia! (1999); music also by Björn Ulvaeus; also a 2008 film Judy Hart Angelo Preppies (1983); music also by Gary Portnoy Barbara Anselmi It Shoulda Been You (2015) Greg Antonacci (1947–2017) Dance with Me (1975) Danny Apolinar (1934–1995) Your Own Thing (1968); music also by Hal Hester Harry Archer (1886–1960) Little Jessie James (1923) Paradise Alley (1924); music also by Carle Carlton and A. Otvos My Girl (1924) Merry, Merry (1925) Twinkle, Twinkle (1926) Just a Minute (1928) Leslie Arden (b. 1957) The Boys Are Coming Home (2006) The House of Martin Guerre (1997) Harold Arlen (1905–1986) 9:15 Revue (1930); music also by others Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1930 (1930); music also by Jay Gorney You Said It (1931) Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932 (1932) Americana (1932); music also by Jay Gorney, Herman Hupfeld, Richard Meyers Life Begins at 8:40 (1934) Hooray for What! (1937) Star and Garter (1942); music also by others Bloomer Girl (1944) St. Louis Woman (1946) House of Flowers (1954) Jamaica (1957) Saratoga (1959) The Harold Arlen Songbook (1967) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Wizard of Oz (2011); music also by Andrew Lloyd Webber David Arnold (b. 1962) Made in Dagenham (2014) Mel Atkey (1958–2022) O Pioneers! (2001) A Little Princess (2003) Nat D. Ayer (1987–1952) The Bing Boys Are Here (1916) Yes, Uncle! (1917) Charles Aznavour (1924–2018) Lautrec (2000)
B Burt Bacharach (1928–2023) Promises, Promises (1968) The Look of Love (2003) David Baker (1926–1988) Phoenix '55 (1955) Copper and Brass (1957) Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead (1961) Come Summer (1969) Evelyn Baker The Catch of the Season (1904); music also by Herbert Haines The Talk of the Town (1905); music also by Herbert Haines My Darling (1907); music also by Herbert Haines Thomas Baker The Black Crook (1866); music also by George Bickwell, Giuseppe Operti Jon Balcourt (b. 1985) The Neverending Story Across the Way Forbidden Fruit Idol: The Musical (2007) Glen Ballard (b. 1953) Ghost (2011); music also by Dave Stewart Sara Bareilles (b. 1979) Waitress (2015) Jiří Bareš 451° Fahrenheita (1993) Romeo a Julie (2002) Jeanne Bargy (1921–1993) Greenwich Village, U.S.A. (1960) Pinocchio (1965) Wayne Barker (b. 1965) Clue: The Musical (1997); music also by Galen Blum, Vinnie Martucci Peter and the Starcatcher (2012) Gary Barlow (b. 1971) Never Forget (2007) Finding Neverland (2012); music also by Eliot Kennedy Calendar Girls (2015); previous title The Girls Billy Barnes (1927–2012) The Billy Barnes Revue (1959) The Billy Barnes People (1961) Billy Barnes' L.A. (1962) Blame It on the Movies: The Reel Music of Hollywood (1989) Billy Barnes Revued (1999) Charles Barnes Priorities of 1942 (1942); music also by Marjery Fielding Eric Lane Barnes (b. 1960) Fairy Tales (1995) Mark Baron Frankenstein - A New Musical (2007) John Barry (1933–2011) Passion Flower Hotel (1965) Lolita, My Love (1971) Billy (1974) The Little Prince and the Aviator (1981) Brighton Rock (2004) Debra Barsha Radiant Baby (2003) Lionel Bart (1930–1999) Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1959) Oliver! (1960); also a 1968 film Blitz! (1962) Maggie May (1964) Twang! (1965) La Strada (1969) Fred Barton (b. 1958) Miss Gulch Returns! – The Wicked Musical (1985) Neil Bartram The Story of My Life (2008) The Theory of Relativity (2014) William H. Batchelor Sinbad (1891) Matt Batt (b. 1949) The Hunting of the Snark (1991) Jim Bauer The Blue Flower (2011) Clark Baxtresser A Very Potter Senior Year (2012); music also by Darren Criss, A.J. Holmes, Pierce Siebers The Beach Boys Good Vibrations (2005); music also by Brian Wilson Beaker Canticle of the Plains (1997); music also by Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker Gilbert Bécaud (1927–2001) Roza (1987) Hank Beebe (1926–2023) Tuscaloosa's Calling Me...But I'm Not Going (1975) Bee Gees (Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) Saturday Night Fever (1998); also a 1977 film Louie Bellson (1924–2009) Portofino (1958); music also by Will Irwin Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957) The White Horse Inn (1936); music also by others Robert Bendorff (1951–1996) Strike (1985) Scratch the Surface (1989) Adorable Me! The Totie Fields Story (1990) Aka, Henry Sugar (1992) Over My Dead Body (1992, 1995) Totie (1993) Stop the Parade (1994) Eleanor of Aquitaine (1995–1996) Great Expectations (1995) Quint Benedetti (1926–2014) Topsy (1984) Nell Benjamin Cam Jansen (2004); music also by Laurence O'Keefe Legally Blonde (2007); music also by Laurence O'Keefe James Stewart Bennett Dogs (1983) Mark Bennett The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1991) Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981) Great to Be Alive! (1950); music also by Abraham Ellstein Casey Bennetto (b. 1969) Keating! (2005) Sara Bareilles Waitress (2015) Henri Berény (1871–1932) Lord Piccolo (1910, adapted as Little Boy Blue in 1911) The Girl from Montmartre (1912); music also by Jerome Kern Neil Berg The Prince and the Pauper (1997) Tim and Scrooge The Man Who Would Be King Grumpy Old Men (2008) The 12 (2010) Keith Berger (b. 1952) Broken Toys (1982) Matthew Roi Berger Fat Camp (2009) Michel Berger (1947–1992) Starmania (1979) Le Légende de Jimmy (1990) Baldwin Bergersen (1914–2000) Allah Be Praised! (1944); music also by Don Walker Carib Song (1945) Small Wonder (1948); music also by Albert Selden The Crystal Heart (1960) Norman Bergman Strip! (1987) Steven Bergman Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical (1997) The Curse of the Bambino (2001) Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006) Nowhere to Go But Up! (1962) Irving Berlin (1888–1989) Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 (1910); music also by others Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 (1911); music also by others Watch Your Step (1914) Stop! Look! Listen! (1915) Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (1916); music also by others The Century Girl (1916); music also by Victor Herbert The Cohan Revue of 1918 (1917); music also by George M. Cohan Yip Yip Yaphank (1918) The Canary (1918); music also by others Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 (1919); music also by others Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 (1920); music also by others Music Box Revue (1921) Music Box Revue (1922) Music Box Revue (1923) Music Box Revue (1924) The Cocoanuts (1925); also a 1929 film Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 (1927) Face the Music (1932) As Thousands Cheer (1933) Louisiana Purchase (1940) This Is the Army (1942); also a 1943 film Annie Get Your Gun (1946) Miss Liberty (1949) Call Me Madam (1950); also a 1953 film Mr. President (1962) There's No Business Like Show Business (2000) White Christmas (2001) The Tin Pan Alley Rag (2009); music also by Scott Joplin Top Hat (2011) Norman L. Berman (b. 1949) Strider: The Story of a Horse (1979); music also by Mark Razovsky, S. Vetkin First Kids (2010) James Bernard (1925–2001) Virtue in Danger (1963) Danny K Bernstein Far From Canterbury (2015) Douglas Bernstein A Backer's Audition (1992); music also by Denis Markell Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004) How Now, Dow Jones (1967) Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967 film); music also by James Van Heusen Merlin (1983) Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) On the Town (1944) Peter Pan (1950) Wonderful Town (1953) Candide (1956) West Side Story (1957) A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958); music also by Jule Styne, André Previn, Saul Chaplin, Roger Edens The Race to Urga (1969) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) Rick Besoyan (1924–1970) Little Mary Sunshine (1959) The Student Gypsy (1963) Babes in the Wood (1964) Henri Betti (1917–2005) Folies Bergère of 1964 (1964); music also by Georges Ulmer Jim Betts Little Women Prince Chakrband Bhumibol (1927–2016) Michael Todd's Peep Show (1950) Nick Bicât (b. 1949) The Knife (1987) George Bickwell The Black Crook (1866); music also by Thomas Baker, Giuseppe Operti Bernie Bierman (1908–2012) The Farmer Weds a Widow (1998) We Have Something to Say (1999) Gene Bissell New Faces of 1968 (1968) Michael Bitterman Five After Eight (1979) Discovering Magenta (1998) Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Carmen Jones (1943); also a 1954 film Frank Black (1894–1968) The Duchess Misbehaves (1946) Bryan Blackburn (1928–2004) Come Spy with Me (1966) Richard Blackford (b. 1954) King: A Musical Testimony (1990) Nick Blaemire