This collection of short biographies details the lives and works of some of the most famous film composers in history. Biographies include Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, James Horner, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, Howard Shore, and Michael Giacchino. Can also be used with Teaching Music History: Music in Film or separately as handouts.