Roy Ayers (1940-2025)
Composer
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Danny Elfman, 71
2
David Newman, 71
3
James Horner (1953-2015)
4
Jason Robert Brown, 54
5
Thomas Newman, 69
6
Brian Tyler, 52
7
James Newton Howard, 73
8
Michael Andrews, 57
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Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
10
Scott Hansen, 48
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Mark Mancina, 68
12
Carmine Coppola (1910-1991)
13
John Cage (1912-1992)
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Joseph Williams, 64
15
Alex Lacamoire, 49
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Lisa Coleman, 64
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Don Davis, 68
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Max Vernon, 36
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Joey Newman, 48
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George Duke (1946-2013)
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Carla Bley (1936-2023)
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Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981)
23
Ryan Dorin, 45
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Born in California
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Miles Goodman (1949-1996)
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Chloe Flower, 39
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Deke Sharon, 57
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David Lang, 68
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Charlie Gillingham, 65
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Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
30
Curtis RX, 45
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Billy Childs, 68
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David Paich, 70
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Wendy Melvoin, 61
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Michael Wolff, 72
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Danny Jacob, 68
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Greg Laswell, 50
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Gabrial McNair, 51
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Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
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Marty Paich (1925-1995)
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Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
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Hal Lindes, 71
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William Stromberg, 60
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Leonard Slatkin, 80
45
Mark Morgan, 63
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Justin Caine Burnett, 51
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Morton Subotnick, 91
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