1. Joseph Parry (1841)

British Composer

Welsh composer best remembered for composing the hymn tune Aberystwyth, which was used in the national anthem of South Africa.

2. Arthur Sullivan (1842)

British Composer

Second half of Gilbert & Sullivan whose works include 15 popular operas. He wrote the music for the famous 19th-century English hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers."

3. Sidney Jones (1861)

British Composer

Former conductor and occasional composer, arguably most known for creating scores for musical comedies during the Edwardian and Victorian periods.

4. Bernard Johnson (1868)

British Composer

English composer and organist who worked as Nottingham's City Organist in 1910.

5. Gordon Jacob (1895)

British Composer

Known for his use of wind instruments. His version of the British National Anthem was used for Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation.

6. Harry Mortimer (1902)

British Composer

English composer, conductor, and cornet player known for conducting the Morris Concert Band and the Fairey Aviation Band.

7. Michael Tippett (1905)

British Composer

World War II-era British composer. His most famous musical works include an opera entitled The Midsummer Marriage and an oratorio called A Child of Our Time.

8. Ron Grainer (1922)

British Composer

Australian composer known for his work in British film and television. He composed "Doctor Who's" theme music.

9. Harry Gregson-Williams (1961)

British Composer

British film composer who worked on the scores for Enemy of the State from 1998 and The Chronicles of Narnia from 2005.

10. Murray Gold (1969)

British Composer

Best known as the composer of the television sensation Doctor Who since the show's revival in 2005, he is a five-time BAFTA nominated composer across various media. He is also...

11. Will Todd (1970)

British Composer

Popular composer and pianist best known for works like Winter Dances, Midwinter, and The Blackened Man.

12. Howard Goodall (1958)

British Composer

British composer of television scores, musical theatre pieces, and choral music. His works include The Dreaming (a musical) and Eternal Light: A Requiem (a choral and orchestral piece).

13. Thomas Adès (1971)

British Composer

English composer of orchestral, operatic, choral, and chamber works. From 2005 to 2006, he worked as a resident composer, conductor, and pianist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

14. Joby Talbot (1971)

British Composer

British composer known for writing scores for TV series like The League of Gentlemen and films like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

15. Michael Berkeley (1948)

British Composer

British composer known to radio fans for hosting "Private Passions" on BBC Radio 3. He received the Guinness Prize for Composition in 1977. His works included an oboe concerto from...

16. Julian Nott (1960)

British Composer

English composer best known for his musical contributions to the Wallace & Gromit animated films.

17. Rachel Portman (1960)

British Composer

Academy Award-winning film composer for "Emma" in 1996. She was the first female composer to win for Best Musical or Comedy Score.

18. Paul Mealor (1975)

British Composer

Known for his choral compositions. He wrote the hit 2011 Christmas song "Wherever You Are" in honor of the troops serving in Afghanistan.

19. Patrick Doyle (1953)

British Composer

Scottish cinematic composer who became known for his scores for such Kenneth Branagh films as Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, and Henry V. He has received several Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.

20. Lorne Balfe (1976)

British Composer

British composer known for his contributions to hit films like The Dark Knight Rises as well as video games like Assassin's Creed III.

21. John Drinkwater (musician technologist) (Unknow)

British Composer

John Drinkwater American music writer. Working for the BBC he wrote the theme tune and incidental music for the award-winning children's drama series Dodgem. He was musical director for The...

22. Jamie Robertson (1981)

British Composer

Jamie Robertson is an English film score composer. Born in Essex Jamie studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 He grew up knowing...

23. Martin Kiszko (1958)

British Composer

Martin Edmund Kiszko is a British composer musicologist and librettist. He is best known for his film and television scores.

24. Patrick Hawes (Unknow)

British Composer

Patrick Hawes is a British composer conductor organist and pianist.

25. Deborah Mollison (1958)

British Composer

Deborah Mollison is a British composer and songwriter born on 29 May 1958 who works in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She studied composition piano and flute...

26. Thea Musgrave (1928)

British Composer

Thea Musgrave CBE is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972.

27. Hugh Wood (1932)

British Composer

Hugh Wood is a British composer.

28. Harrison Birtwistle (1934)

British Composer

Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle is a British composer.

29. Anthony Payne (1936)

British Composer

Anthony Payne is an English composer most famous for the work published as Edward Elgar: The Sketches for Symphony No. 3 elaborated by Anthony Payne. His career as a composer...

30. Brian Hodgson (Unknow)

British Composer

Brian Hodgson is a British television composer and sound technician. Born in Liverpool in 1938 Hodgson joined the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1962 where he became the original sound effects...

31. Alan Hawkshaw (1937)

British Composer

Alan Hawkshaw is a British composer and performer particularly of themes for movies and television programmes. Hawkshaw worked extensively for the KPM production music company in the 1960s and 1970s...

32. Richard Stoker (1938)

British Composer

Richard Stoker is a British composer and writer. He started playing the piano at six; at seven he was composing. After initial encouragement from Arthur Benjamin and Benjamin Britten he...

33. S.K.I.T.Z Beatz (1989)

British Composer

Aiden Robert Hogarth better known as S. K. I. T. Z Beatz is a composer based in London England. In 2010 he was appointed composer on BBC's EastEnders: E20 followed...

34. Ron Geesin (1943)

British Composer

Ronald Frederick Geesin is a Scottish musician and composer noted for his quirky creations and novel applications of sound. He is probably best known as the orchestrator and organizer of...

35. Robin Holloway (1943)

British Composer

Robin Greville Holloway is an English composer academic and writer.

36. Brian Ferneyhough (1943)

British Composer

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer who has resided in California United States since 1987. His work is characterized by highly complex notation and the extensive use of...

37. Anthony Powers (1953)

British Composer

Anthony Powers is a British composer of classical music.

38. Dave Hewson (composer) (Unknow)

British Composer

David Graham Hewson is a British composer of scores for television and films. His work includes a collaboration to develop scores for ITV News. Hewson works from his composing studio...

39. Stephen Barton (1982)

British Composer

Stephen Barton is a British film and video game composer who has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2001. He has composed the music for dozens of major film...

40. Robert Saxton (1953)

British Composer

Robert Saxton is a British composer.

41. Clarence Barlow (1945)

British Composer

Clarence Barlow is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works.

42. Nigel Hess (1953)

British Composer

Nigel John Hess is a British composer best known for his television theatre and film soundtracks including the theme tunes to Wycliffe Dangerfield Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Ladies in Lavender.

43. Christopher Norton (Unknow)

British Composer

19th-century New York state senator see Christopher F. Norton. Christopher Norton is a New Zealand-born British pianist and composer. Norton obtained a degree in music from the University of Otago...

44. John Du Prez (1946)

British Composer

John Du Prez is a musician conductor and composer. Du Prez was a member of the 1980s multi-hit Salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores...

45. Bramwell Tovey (1953)

British Composer

Bramwell Tovey OC OM is a British conductor and composer.

46. Orlando Gough (Unknow)

British Composer

Orlando Gough is a British composer educated at Oxford and noted for projects written for ballet contemporary dance and theatre. Collaborators have included Siobhan Davies Alain Platel Shobana Jeyasingh and...

47. Colin Matthews (1946)

British Composer

Colin Matthews OBE is an English composer of classical music.

48. Ilona Sekacz (1948)

British Composer

Ilona Sekacz is a British composer of concert film television and theatre music.

49. Benedict Mason (Unknow)

British Composer

Benedict Mason born on 23 February 1954 is a British composer. Mason was educated at King's College Cambridge and took a degree in film-making at the Royal College of Art....

50. David Buckley (1976)

British Composer

David Buckley is a British film score composer. Buckley is best known for working with composer Harry Gregson-Williams including work on the video game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of...