The following film directors and film score composers have worked together on at least five projects, organized by name of the director.
A Lenny Abrahamson Stephen Rennicks Adam & Paul (2004) Garage (2007) What Richard Did (2012) Frank (2014) Room (2015) The Little Stranger (2018) J. J. Abrams Michael Giacchino Mission: Impossible III (2006) Star Trek (2009) Super 8 (2011) Star Trek into Darkness (2013) The Great Beyond (2026) Andrew Adamson Harry Gregson-Williams Shrek (2001) Shrek 2 (2004) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) Mr. Pip (2013) Robert Aldrich Frank De Vol World for Ransom (1954) Kiss Me Deadly (1955) The Big Knife (1955) Attack (1956) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) The Dirty Dozen (1967) The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) Ulzana's Raid (1972) Emperor of the North Pole (1973) The Longest Yard (1974) Hustle (1975) The Choirboys (1977) The Frisco Kid (1979) ...All the Marbles (1981) Irwin Allen Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter The Sea Around Us (1953) The Animal World (1956) The Story of Mankind (1957) The Big Circus (1959) The Lost World (1960) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) The Time Tunnel (1966) Pedro Almodóvar Alberto Iglesias The Flower of My Secret (1995) Live Flesh (1997) All About My Mother (1999) Talk to Her (2002) Bad Education (2004) Volver (2006) Broken Embraces (2009) The Skin I Live In (2011) I'm So Excited! (2013) Julieta (2016) Dolor y gloria (2019) The Human Voice (2020) Parallel Mothers (2021) Strange Way of Life (2023) The Room Next Door (2024) Bitter Christmas (2026) Jon Amiel Christopher Young Copycat (1995) The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) Entrapment (1999) The Core (2003) Creation (2009) Paul Thomas Anderson Jonny Greenwood There Will Be Blood (2007) The Master (2012) Inherent Vice (2014) Phantom Thread (2017) Licorice Pizza (2021) One Battle After Another (2025) Wes Anderson Alexandre Desplat Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Isle of Dogs (2018) The French Dispatch (2021) Asteroid City (2023) The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Theo Angelopoulos Eleni Karaindrou Voyage to Cythera (1984) The Beekeeper (1986) Landscape in the Mist (1988) The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) Ulysses' Gaze (1995) Eternity and a Day (1998) Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (2004) The Dust of Time (2008) Hideaki Anno Shirō Sagisu Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) The End of Evangelion (1997) Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) Shin Godzilla (2016) Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) Michelangelo Antonioni Giovanni Fusco Story of a Love Affair (1950) The Lady Without Camelias (1953) I vinti (1953) Le Amiche (1955) Il Grido (1957) L'Avventura (1960) L'Eclisse (1962) Red Desert (1964) Dario Argento
Goblin Deep Red (1975) Suspiria (1977) Tenebre (1982) Phenomena (1985) Sleepless (2001) Ennio Morricone The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) The Stendhal Syndrome (1995) The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Darren Aronofsky Clint Mansell Pi (1998) Requiem for a Dream (2000) The Fountain (2006) The Wrestler (2008) Black Swan (2010) Noah (2014) Richard Attenborough George Fenton Gandhi (1982) Cry Freedom (1987) Shadowlands (1993) In love and War (1996) Grey Owl (1997) John G. Avildsen Bill Conti Rocky (1976) Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) The Formula (1980) Neighbors (1981) The Karate Kid (1984) The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Happy New Year (1987) For Keeps (1988) Lean on Me (1989) The Karate Kid Part III (1989) Rocky V (1990) 8 Seconds (1994) Inferno (1999)
B John Badham
Arthur B. Rubinstein Whose Life is it Anyway? (1981) Blue Thunder (1983) WarGames (1983) Stakeout (1987) The Hard Way (1991) Another Stakeout (1993) Nick of Time (1995) David Shire The Impatient Heart (1971) Isn't It Shocking? (1973) The Godchild (1974) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Short Circuit (1986)
Michael Bay
Steve Jablonsky The Island (2005) Transformers (2007) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) Pain & Gain (2013) Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Josh Becker Joseph LoDuca Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985) Lunatics: A Love Story (1991) Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994) Running Time (1997) Alien Apocalypse (2005) Morning, Noon & Night (2018) Bruce Beresford Georges Delerue Crimes of the Heart (1986) Her Alibi (1989) Mister Johnson (1990) Black Robe (1991) Rich in Love (1992) Ingmar Bergman
Erlan von Koch Crisis (1946) It Rains on Our Love (1946) A Ship Bound for India (1947) Music in Darkness (1948) Port of Call (1948) Prison (1949) Erik Nordgren Thirst (1949) This Can't Happen Here (1950) Summer Interlude (1951) Waiting Women (1952) Summer with Monika (1953) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Ansiktet (1958) The Virgin Spring (1960) The Devil's Eye (1960) Through A Glass Darkly (1961)
Bernardo Bertolucci Ennio Morricone Before the Revolution (1964) Partner (1968) 1900 (1976) Luna (1979) Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981) Luc Besson Éric Serra Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) Le Grand Bleu (1988) Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) Lucy (2014) Anna (2019) Bharathiraja A. R. Rahman Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) Karuththamma (1994) Anthimanthaarai (1996) Taj Mahal (1999) Kangalal Kaidhu Sei (2003) Brad Bird
Michael Giacchino The Incredibles (2004) Ratatouille (2007) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) Tomorrowland (2015) Incredibles 2 (2018) Ray Gunn (2026) Kristopher Carter The Other Side (2006) Dance of the Dead (2008) The Birds of Anger (2011) V/H/S: Viral (2014) – They contribute a segment. Siren (2016) Howl at the Dead (2023) The Heretiks (2026)
Paul Bogart
Arthur B. Rubinstein The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972) Look Homeward, Angel (1972) The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973) The Easter Promise (1975) You Can't Take It with You (1979)
Mauro Bolognini Ennio Morricone Le streghe (1967) English: "The Witches" Arabella (1967) L'assoluto naturale (1969) Un bellissimo novembre (1969) English: "That Splendid November" Metello (1970) Chronicle of a Homicide (1972) Drama of the Rich (1974) a.k.a. "The Murri Affair" Libera, My Love (1975) Down the Ancient Staircase (1975) The Inheritance (1976) Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) The Lady of the Camellias (1980) The Venetian Woman (1986) Farewell Moscow (1987) Gli indifferenti (1987) English: A Time of Indifference Husband and Lovers (1991) Italian: "La villa del venerdi" Uwe Boll Jessica de Rooij Seed (2007) In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) Postal (2007) BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008) Rampage (2009) Darfur (2009) Max Schmeling (2010) Auschwitz (2011) BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) Blubberella (2011) In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011) Assault on Wall Street (2013) Capital Punishment (2014) Rampage: President Down (2016) Boulting Brothers John Addison Seven Days to Noon (1950) High Treason (1951) Josephine and Men (1955) Private's Progress (1956) Lucky Jim (1957) Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) A French Mistress (1960) Kenneth Branagh Patrick Doyle Henry V (1989) Dead Again (1991) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Hamlet (1996) Love's Labour's Lost (2000) As You Like It (2006) Sleuth (2007) Thor (2011) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) Cinderella (2015) Murder on the Orient Express (2017) All is True (2018) Artemis Fowl (2019) Death on the Nile (2022) Mel Brooks John Morris The Producers (1968) The Twelve Chairs (1970) Young Frankenstein (1974) Blazing Saddles (1974) Silent Movie (1976) High Anxiety (1977) History of the World, Part I (1981) Spaceballs (1987) Life Stinks (1991) Clarence Brown Herbert Stothart The Son-Daughter (1932) Night Flight (1933) Chained (1934) Anna Karenina (1935) Ah, Wilderness! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) Conquest (1937) Of Human Hearts (1938) Idiot's Delight (1939) Edison, the Man (1940) Come Live with Me (1941) They Met in Bombay (1941) The Human Comedy (1943) The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) National Velvet (1944) The Yearling (1946) Luis Buñuel Raúl Lavista Susana (1951) A Woman Without Love (1952) El bruto (1953) Wuthering Heights (1953) The River and Death (1954) The Exterminating Angel (1962) Jeff Burr Jim Manzie From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) Stepfather II (1989) Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) Night of the Scarecrow (1995) Tim Burton Danny Elfman Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) Beetlejuice (1988) Batman (1989) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Batman Returns (1992) Mars Attacks! (1996) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Planet of the Apes (2001) Big Fish (2003) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Corpse Bride (2005) (Mike Johnson served as co-director). Alice in Wonderland (2010) Dark Shadows (2012) Frankenweenie (2012) Big Eyes (2014) Dumbo (2019) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
C Edward L. Cahn
Richard LaSalle Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) Gun Street (1961) The Clown and the Kid (1961) Incident in an Alley (1962) Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Pier 5, Havana (1959) A Dog's Best Friend (1959) Vice Raid (1960) Cage of Evil (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) The Police Dog Story (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Gun Fight (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) Ronald Stein Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) Runaway Daughters (1956) Flesh and the Spur (1956) Dragstrip Girl (1957) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jet Attack (1958) Suicide Battalion (1958)
Frank Capra Dimitri Tiomkin Lost Horizon (1937) You Can't Take It with You (1938) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Meet John Doe (1941) The Battle of Russia (1943) The Battle of China (1944) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) D.J. Caruso Brian Tyler Eagle Eye (2008) Standing Up (2013) The Disappointments Room (2016) xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (2017) Redeeming Love (2022) Nick Cassavetes Aaron Zigman John Q. (2002) The Notebook (2004) Alpha Dog (2006) My Sister's Keeper (2009) Yellow (2012) The Other Woman (2014) God Is a Bullet (2023) Enzo G. Castellari
Guido De Angelis & Maurizio De Angelis Sting of the West (1972) High Crime (1973) Street Law (1974) Cipolla Colt (1975) The Big Racket (1976) Keoma (1976) The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979) The Shark Hunter (1979) The Last Shark (1981) Light Blast (1985) Francesco De Masi Renegade Riders (1967) Any Gun Can Play (1968) Johnny Hamlet (1968) Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) Eagles Over London (1969) Hector the Mighty (1972) The Inglorious Bastards (1978) Escape from the Bronx (1983) Eagles Over London (1969)
Nick Castle Craig Safan Tag: The Assassination Game (1982) The Last Starfighter (1984) Major Payne (1995) Mr. Wrong (1996) Delivering Milo (2001) 'Twas the Night (2001) Damien Chazelle Justin Hurwitz Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009) Whiplash (2014) La La Land (2016) First Man (2018) Babylon (2022) George Clooney Alexandre Desplat The Ides of March (2011) The Monuments Men (2014) Suburbicon (2017) The Midnight Sky (2020) The Boys in the Boat (2023) Jean Cocteau Georges Auric