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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 Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - 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 Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - 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 | Brad Fiedel | $570,898,383 | 6 | $95,149,731 |
| 102 | Charlie Clouser | $566,540,386 | 12 | $47,211,699 |
| 103 | Bear McCreary | $566,265,904 | 21 | $26,965,043 |
| 104 | Joel J. Richard | $564,405,692 | 5 | $112,881,138 |
| 105 | Nathan Wang | $543,681,705 | 15 | $36,245,447 |
| 106 | Rachel Portman | $539,533,312 | 24 | $22,480,555 |
| 107 | Gabriel Yared | $537,217,711 | 16 | $33,576,107 |
| 108 | Joe Hisaishi | $536,701,333 | 6 | $89,450,222 |
| 109 | Chan Kwong Wing | $517,437,838 | 7 | $73,919,691 |
| 110 | Paul Haslinger | $500,217,586 | 9 | $55,579,732 |
| 111 | Edward Shearmur | $500,000,056 | 16 | $31,250,004 |
| 112 | Fernando Velazquez | $492,423,954 | 13 | $37,878,766 |
| 113 | Justin Hurwitz | $488,443,220 | 4 | $122,110,805 |
| 114 | Basil Poledouris | $473,573,909 | 44 | $10,763,043 |
| 115 | Walter Murphy | $473,088,645 | 2 | $236,544,323 |
| 116 | Dave Metzger | $468,064,063 | 1 | $468,064,063 |
| 117 | Eric Clapton | $464,969,884 | 5 | $92,993,977 |
| 118 | Maurice Jarre | $463,422,986 | 7 | $66,203,284 |
| 119 | Chris Bacon | $462,567,770 | 7 | $66,081,110 |
| 120 | Andrew Kawczynski | $450,623,045 | 3 | $150,207,682 |
| 121 | Atli Orvarsson | $448,240,186 | 13 | $34,480,014 |
| 122 | Robert Rodriguez | $446,489,314 | 9 | $49,609,924 |
| 123 | A.R. Rahman | $443,155,455 | 12 | $36,929,621 |
| 124 | Ennio Morricone | $438,806,315 | 30 | $14,626,877 |
| 125 | Benny Andersson | $438,336,718 | 1 | $438,336,718 |
| 126 | Bjorn Ulvaeus | $438,336,718 | 1 | $438,336,718 |
| 127 | Pritam | $434,533,332 | 15 | $28,968,889 |
| 128 | Jed Kurzel | $432,517,300 | 14 | $30,894,093 |
| 129 | Clint Eastwood | $430,557,669 | 8 | $53,819,709 |
| 130 | Jon Brion | $419,177,200 | 16 | $26,198,575 |
| 131 | Trevor Jones | $418,594,878 | 9 | $46,510,542 |
| 132 | Nami Melumad | $417,671,251 | 2 | $208,835,626 |
| 133 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | $409,073,287 | 7 | $58,439,041 |
| 134 | David Sardy | $404,901,860 | 13 | $31,146,297 |
| 135 | Philip Glass | $401,650,624 | 26 | $15,448,101 |
| 136 | John Barry | $399,985,904 | 8 | $49,998,238 |
| 137 | Stephen Schwartz | $399,218,764 | 2 | $199,609,382 |
| 138 | Lalo Schifrin | $398,908,013 | 42 | $9,497,810 |
| 139 | Marcelo Zarvos | $398,828,826 | 28 | $14,243,887 |
| 140 | Nick Urata | $392,198,087 | 16 | $24,512,380 |
| 141 | Cliff Martinez | $384,550,562 | 15 | $25,636,704 |
| 142 | Roque Banos | $381,459,537 | 17 | $22,438,796 |
| 143 | M.M. Keeravani | $380,588,678 | 4 | $95,147,170 |
| 144 | Antonio Di Iorio | $375,500,000 | 1 | $375,500,000 |
| 145 | Erran Baron Cohen | $353,946,410 | 5 | $70,789,282 |
| 146 | Alva Noto | $349,300,408 | 1 | $349,300,408 |
| 147 | Laura Karpman | $338,733,899 | 13 | $26,056,454 |
| 148 | Lisa Gerrard | $337,438,630 | 10 | $33,743,863 |
| 149 | David Sanborn | $329,923,870 | 2 | $164,961,935 |
| 150 | Alex Heffes | $325,512,721 | 16 | $20,344,545 |
| 151 | West Dylan Thordson | $321,247,266 | 6 | $53,541,211 |
| 152 | Johnny Klimek | $319,193,741 | 11 | $29,017,613 |
| 153 | Volker Bertelmann | $316,415,517 | 22 | $14,382,524 |
| 154 | Thomas Hajdu | $314,350,790 | 16 | $19,646,924 |
| 155 | Andy Milburn | $314,350,790 | 16 | $19,646,924 |
| 156 | Anne Dudley | $310,623,220 | 6 | $51,770,537 |
| 157 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | $305,810,530 | 11 | $27,800,957 |
| 158 | Javier Navarrete | $304,214,804 | 5 | $60,842,961 |
| 159 | Abel Korzeniowski | $301,009,534 | 9 | $33,445,504 |
| 160 | Nathan Johnson | $300,879,539 | 6 | $50,146,590 |
| 161 | Robert Lydecker | $300,134,946 | 3 | $100,044,982 |
| 162 | David Kitay | $296,977,270 | 7 | $42,425,324 |
| 163 | Henry Lai | $295,967,451 | 2 | $147,983,726 |
| 164 | David Hirschfelder | $294,775,537 | 8 | $36,846,942 |
| 165 | Gustavo Santaolalla | $291,051,551 | 10 | $29,105,155 |
| 166 | Nicholas Britell | $287,636,707 | 12 | $23,969,726 |
| 167 | Richard Gibbs | $287,576,189 | 9 | $31,952,910 |
| 168 | Claude-Michel Schönberg | $286,032,312 | 1 | $286,032,312 |
| 169 | Koji Endo | $283,120,146 | 4 | $70,780,037 |
| 170 | Jongnic Bontemps | $282,445,072 | 4 | $70,611,268 |
| 171 | Thomas Wanker | $281,025,138 | 1 | $281,025,138 |
| 172 | Trevor Morris | $280,725,687 | 7 | $40,103,670 |
| 173 | Elmer Bernstein | $275,589,931 | 20 | $13,779,497 |
| 174 | Jang Young-gyu | $273,821,316 | 5 | $54,764,263 |
| 175 | Clinton Shorter | $272,867,670 | 5 | $54,573,534 |
| 176 | Bill Conti | $271,118,699 | 10 | $27,111,870 |
| 177 | Nick Glennie-Smith | $249,352,166 | 5 | $49,870,433 |
| 178 | Pedro Bromfman | $248,582,431 | 2 | $124,291,216 |
| 179 | Tom Tykwer | $246,745,986 | 5 | $49,349,197 |
| 180 | Nancy Wilson | $245,580,694 | 3 | $81,860,231 |
| 181 | Federico Jusid | $240,760,097 | 10 | $24,076,010 |
| 182 | Mike Mogis | $235,783,983 | 3 | $78,594,661 |
| 183 | Nathan Barr | $233,841,303 | 14 | $16,702,950 |
| 184 | Varqa Buehrer | $229,561,130 | 1 | $229,561,130 |
| 185 | Stephen Warbeck | $228,617,925 | 10 | $22,861,793 |
| 186 | Daft Punk | $227,803,436 | 1 | $227,803,436 |
| 187 | Germaine Franco | $227,106,381 | 6 | $37,851,064 |
| 188 | David Hykes | $224,898,484 | 1 | $224,898,484 |
| 189 | Stephen Trask | $221,875,397 | 7 | $31,696,485 |
| 190 | Dalparan | $220,104,911 | 3 | $73,368,304 |
| 191 | Michael Brook | $218,316,498 | 29 | $7,528,155 |
| 192 | Kyle Eastwood | $213,472,016 | 3 | $71,157,339 |
| 193 | Michael Stevens | $213,470,430 | 2 | $106,735,215 |
| 194 | Dong Dongdong | $212,660,552 | 1 | $212,660,552 |
| 195 | Mike Higham | $208,744,042 | 1 | $208,744,042 |
| 196 | Stargate | $208,600,386 | 1 | $208,600,386 |
| 197 | Marius de Vries | $207,757,748 | 7 | $29,679,678 |
| 198 | Michael Abels | $205,757,896 | 6 | $34,292,983 |
| 199 | Buck Sanders | $203,634,816 | 5 | $40,726,963 |
| 200 | Antonio Pinto | $202,401,944 | 16 | $12,650,122 |
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.