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Top Grossing Composer at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Composers - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Screenwriters - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Composers
This list shows the highest grossing Composers based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | John Barry | $399,977,099 | 4 | $99,994,275 |
| 102 | Lalo Schifrin | $398,858,196 | 39 | $10,227,133 |
| 103 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | $397,612,609 | 4 | $99,403,152 |
| 104 | Pritam | $394,020,740 | 10 | $39,402,074 |
| 105 | Jon Brion | $392,728,729 | 13 | $30,209,902 |
| 106 | Harold Faltermeyer | $392,573,951 | 12 | $32,714,496 |
| 107 | Philip Glass | $391,976,635 | 26 | $15,076,024 |
| 108 | Dominic Lewis | $375,231,221 | 6 | $62,538,537 |
| 109 | Nick Urata | $370,437,939 | 13 | $28,495,226 |
| 110 | Joby Talbot | $365,632,106 | 3 | $121,877,369 |
| 111 | A.R. Rahman | $363,091,005 | 10 | $36,309,101 |
| 112 | Jed Kurzel | $358,559,047 | 6 | $59,759,841 |
| 113 | Pharrell Williams | $354,858,978 | 3 | $118,286,326 |
| 114 | Marc Steitenfeld | $354,792,669 | 2 | $177,396,335 |
| 115 | Erran Baron Cohen | $353,947,348 | 5 | $70,789,470 |
| 116 | Steve Mazzaro | $350,123,053 | 2 | $175,061,527 |
| 117 | Cliff Martinez | $349,941,836 | 13 | $26,918,603 |
| 118 | Alva Noto | $349,312,609 | 1 | $349,312,609 |
| 119 | Lisa Gerrard | $340,036,276 | 9 | $37,781,808 |
| 120 | Alex Heffes | $311,734,883 | 10 | $31,173,488 |
| 121 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | $304,793,859 | 11 | $27,708,533 |
| 122 | Robert Lydecker | $300,216,520 | 2 | $150,108,260 |
| 123 | Justin Hurwitz | $297,246,168 | 3 | $99,082,056 |
| 124 | David Kitay | $294,369,570 | 5 | $58,873,914 |
| 125 | Daniel Pemberton | $294,082,085 | 10 | $29,408,209 |
| 126 | Claude-Michel Schönberg | $293,359,282 | 1 | $293,359,282 |
| 127 | Roque Banos | $290,785,045 | 12 | $24,232,087 |
| 128 | Gustavo Santaolalla | $286,210,011 | 9 | $31,801,112 |
| 129 | Thomas Wanker | $284,500,000 | 1 | $284,500,000 |
| 130 | Koji Endo | $276,256,115 | 4 | $69,064,029 |
| 131 | David Hirschfelder | $273,266,359 | 4 | $68,316,590 |
| 132 | Elmer Bernstein | $272,958,654 | 10 | $27,295,865 |
| 133 | Javier Navarrete | $270,952,514 | 3 | $90,317,505 |
| 134 | Clinton Shorter | $270,866,606 | 4 | $67,716,652 |
| 135 | Thomas Hajdu | $270,111,926 | 11 | $24,555,630 |
| 136 | Andy Milburn | $270,111,926 | 11 | $24,555,630 |
| 137 | David Sardy | $266,656,744 | 7 | $38,093,821 |
| 138 | Marcelo Zarvos | $263,580,335 | 18 | $14,643,352 |
| 139 | Richard Gibbs | $259,763,374 | 8 | $32,470,422 |
| 140 | Trevor Morris | $259,446,651 | 7 | $37,063,807 |
| 141 | Pedro Bromfman | $248,582,431 | 2 | $124,291,216 |
| 142 | Nick Glennie-Smith | $248,071,080 | 5 | $49,614,216 |
| 143 | M.M. Keeravani | $244,613,165 | 3 | $81,537,722 |
| 144 | Mike Mogis | $235,845,799 | 4 | $58,961,450 |
| 145 | Jang Young-gyu | $233,037,802 | 3 | $77,679,267 |
| 146 | Federico Jusid | $232,107,946 | 8 | $29,013,493 |
| 147 | Daft Punk | $228,000,000 | 1 | $228,000,000 |
| 148 | Dong Dongdong | $227,290,552 | 1 | $227,290,552 |
| 149 | David Hykes | $224,898,484 | 1 | $224,898,484 |
| 150 | Nancy Wilson | $222,159,155 | 2 | $111,079,578 |
| 151 | Michael Brook | $216,934,003 | 24 | $9,038,917 |
| 152 | Kyle Eastwood | $213,470,430 | 3 | $71,156,810 |
| 153 | Michael Stevens | $213,470,430 | 2 | $106,735,215 |
| 154 | John Murphy | $213,034,687 | 7 | $30,433,527 |
| 155 | Chris Bacon | $211,172,080 | 4 | $52,793,020 |
| 156 | Mike Higham | $209,400,000 | 1 | $209,400,000 |
| 157 | Stargate | $208,671,880 | 1 | $208,671,880 |
| 158 | Marius de Vries | $204,977,727 | 5 | $40,995,545 |
| 159 | Stephen Warbeck | $202,056,774 | 5 | $40,411,355 |
| 160 | Lennie Niehaus | $200,420,000 | 7 | $28,631,429 |
| 161 | Paul Leonard-Morgan | $198,909,176 | 5 | $39,781,835 |
| 162 | Jack Nitzsche | $197,867,132 | 2 | $98,933,566 |
| 163 | The RZA | $193,699,352 | 3 | $64,566,451 |
| 164 | Jonathan Richman | $193,400,000 | 1 | $193,400,000 |
| 165 | Ryan Amon | $193,141,974 | 1 | $193,141,974 |
| 166 | West Dylan Thordson | $184,991,226 | 4 | $46,247,807 |
| 167 | Reinhold Heil | $184,840,600 | 5 | $36,968,120 |
| 168 | Antonio Pinto | $184,576,307 | 11 | $16,779,664 |
| 169 | Nathaniel Walcott | $182,699,322 | 2 | $91,349,661 |
| 170 | David Foster | $181,971,806 | 1 | $181,971,806 |
| 171 | Linda Thompson | $181,971,806 | 1 | $181,971,806 |
| 172 | Johnny Klimek | $181,220,883 | 8 | $22,652,610 |
| 173 | Stephen Trask | $181,023,338 | 5 | $36,204,668 |
| 174 | Michael Bearden | $180,000,000 | 1 | $180,000,000 |
| 175 | Dalparan | $172,662,382 | 2 | $86,331,191 |
| 176 | Zhao Yingjun | $170,732,267 | 1 | $170,732,267 |
| 177 | J. Peter Robinson | $168,971,487 | 24 | $7,040,479 |
| 178 | Nathan Furst | $163,598,757 | 4 | $40,899,689 |
| 179 | Rob Simonsen | $163,290,180 | 26 | $6,280,392 |
| 180 | Nile Rodgers | $160,647,699 | 1 | $160,647,699 |
| 181 | Frank Beard | $156,033,371 | 1 | $156,033,371 |
| 182 | Bear McCreary | $153,149,386 | 10 | $15,314,939 |
| 183 | John Morris | $150,001,106 | 29 | $5,172,452 |
| 184 | Vishal & Shekhar | $146,143,690 | 5 | $29,228,738 |
| 185 | Julian Nott | $141,524,605 | 1 | $141,524,605 |
| 186 | Deborah Lurie | $141,424,908 | 9 | $15,713,879 |
| 187 | Michael Karmen | $139,572,650 | 1 | $139,572,650 |
| 188 | Jeff Gibbs | $138,698,911 | 2 | $69,349,456 |
| 189 | Burkhard Dallwitz | $138,514,448 | 2 | $69,257,224 |
| 190 | Vangelis | $137,393,565 | 3 | $45,797,855 |
| 191 | Nathan Barr | $137,015,153 | 8 | $17,126,894 |
| 192 | Peng Dou | $135,586,679 | 1 | $135,586,679 |
| 193 | Chris Wilson | $133,451,826 | 1 | $133,451,826 |
| 194 | Alexander Janko | $133,451,826 | 3 | $44,483,942 |
| 195 | Dave Grusin | $133,418,687 | 3 | $44,472,896 |
| 196 | Christian Jacob | $133,377,988 | 2 | $66,688,994 |
| 197 | Wojciech Danowski | $133,339,902 | 1 | $133,339,902 |
| 198 | Cecile Corbel | $132,303,587 | 1 | $132,303,587 |
| 199 | Angelo Badalamenti | $131,160,602 | 6 | $21,860,100 |
| 200 | Tae-Sung Kim | $130,619,928 | 1 | $130,619,928 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
