{"id":5725,"date":"2015-02-26T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2017-10-12T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:27:35","slug":"best-tv-music-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/best-tv-music-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best TV music composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t about TV main themes &#8212; that&#8217;s a post for another day. This is about music throughout TV episodes. Most TV shows have incidental music that&#8217;s not very distinctive &#8212; below are the ones that are.<\/p>\n<h2>Best of the best<\/h2>\n<p>1) Michael Giacchino &#8212; <strong>Lost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now scoring movies such as <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>, <strong>Up<\/strong>, and <strong>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/strong>, Michael Giacchino amazingly scored all 121 episodes of <strong>Lost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 albums, 1 for each season + 1 for the finale<\/li>\n<li>my favourite tracks\n<ul>\n<li>Hurley&#8217;s Handouts (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Gathering (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>Ji Yeon (season 4)<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s No Place Like Home (season 4)<\/li>\n<li>Karma Has No Price (season 6 &#8220;the final season&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>A Memorable Kiss (season 6 &#8220;the final season&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) Christophe Beck &#8212; <strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now scoring movies such as <strong>Frozen<\/strong> and <strong>Edge of Tomorrow<\/strong>, Christophe Beck scored <strong>Buffy<\/strong> mostly in seasons 2 to 4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 albums, &#8220;The Score&#8221; and &#8220;Once More, With Feeling&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>my favourite tracks\n<ul>\n<li>Sugar High (from &#8220;Band Candy&#8221;) (The Score)<\/li>\n<li>Faith&#8217;s End (From &#8220;Graduation Day&#8221;) (The Score)<\/li>\n<li>Suite from &#8220;Restless&#8221;: Willow&#8217;s Nightmare\/First Rage\/Chain Of Ancients (Once More, With Feeling)<\/li>\n<li>Sacrifice (From &#8220;The Gift&#8221;) (Once More, With Feeling)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3) Dennis McCarthy &#8212; <strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also composing the music for the movie <strong>Star Trek Generations<\/strong> and the theme for <strong>Deep Space Nine<\/strong>, Dennis McCarthy scored many episodes of <strong>The Next Generation<\/strong> and other <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> shows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>various albums such as &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation Vol. 3&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>my favourite track\n<ul>\n<li>Suite from the Visitor: Rainy Night (The Best of Star Trek &#8212; 30th Anniversary Special!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4) Jay Chattaway &#8212; <strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jay Chattaway scored many episodes of <strong>The Next Generation<\/strong> and other <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> shows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>various albums such as &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation Vol. 4&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>my favourite track\n<ul>\n<li>Orchestral Suite from the Inner Light (The Best of Star Trek &#8212; 30th Anniversary Special!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5) Greg Edmonson &#8212; <strong>Firefly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greg Edmonson scored all 14 episodes of <strong>Firefly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 album<\/li>\n<li>my favourite tracks\n<ul>\n<li>Big Bar Fight<\/li>\n<li>The Funeral<\/li>\n<li>Cows \/ New Dress \/ My Crew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Honourable mentions<\/h2>\n<p>6) David Arnold &amp; Michael Price &#8212; <strong>Sherlock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7) Mark Snow &#8212; <strong>The X-Files<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8) Christopher Franke &#8212; <strong>Babylon 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9) Joel Goldsmith &#8212; <strong>Stargate SG-1<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Stargate Atlantis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10) Bear McCreary &#8212; <strong>Battlestar Galactica<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The good old days<\/h2>\n<p>11) Alexander Courage, George Duning, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan &amp; Fred Steiner &#8212; <strong>Star Trek<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t about TV main themes &#8212; that&#8217;s a post for another day. This is about music throughout TV episodes. Most TV shows have incidental music that&#8217;s not very distinctive &#8212; below are the ones that are. 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