Movie Soundtrack Artists

This quiz has two categories. 1) Musical acts 2) Composers. Name the musical acts and composers who wrote or recorded these movie soundtracks.
If multiple answers fit, guess the most prominent
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Performers
Movie
Musical Act
The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
Saturday Night Fever
Bee Gees
Purple Rain
Prince
Evita
Madonna
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles
8 Mile
Eminem
Beaches
Bette Midler
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
Toy Story
Randy Newman
Tron: Legacy
Daft Punk
The Graduate
Simon & Garfunkel
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Tommy
The Who
Composers
Movie
Composer
Star Wars
John Williams
The Lion King (score)
Hans Zimmer
The Lion King (songs)
Elton John / Tim Rice
Lord of the Rings series
Howard Shore
The Phantom of the Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ennio Morricone
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein
De-Lovely
Cole Porter
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Level 62
Aug 3, 2014
Only 17% know Ennio Morricone? One of the best composers of the cinema?
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Level 84
Nov 26, 2014
I knew him, but actually first from The Mission (amazing score). I'm not surprised though that most do not. How many people actually pay attention to the composer of the score? John Williams is the only one that I think most people would know; maybe Howard Shore now too.
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Level 84
May 31, 2016
A lot of us older folks remember Leonard Bernstein wrote West Side Story - still not that many, it would seem. Less than Morricone, at present.
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Level 73
Jan 22, 2019
I remember Bernstein and I even remember Cole Porter. If we older quiz takers are expected to know 50 Cent and Eminem to be considered "well rounded" maybe it would only be fair if younger generations also needed to know some of the more "classic" composer, authors, and performers. Just sayin'.
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Level 78
Jun 28, 2018
I'm not completely sure about the US but Ennio Morricone is probably closer to being a household name in Europe, where some of his melodies are as prevelant in culture as the most famous classical music pieces. It also helps that Westerns are first and foremost identified with Sergio Leone while it appears that in America, "spaghetti westerns" are still just the less important bastard children of John Wayne/John Ford.
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Level 83
Sep 15, 2020
The so called spaghetti westerns ( Leone) are far superior to any John Wayne western ( apart from the Searchers) and Morricones soundtrack's are brilliant.
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Level 85
Mar 24, 2022
Remember: There were 100's of Spaghetti Westerns that weren't by Sergio Leone and the vast majority of them are terrible. Leone's films are classics largely BECAUSE they broke the mold and wound up being so much better than the average Spaghetti Western.

Also, with all respect to The Searchers and its lauded reputation, I would personally rank The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Stagecoach above it.

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Level 88
Jan 11, 2019
Sadly, I couldn't get Enrico Fermi out of my head even though he obviously belongs at the top of other quizzes.
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Level 53
Dec 21, 2017
I knew Morricone....just not how to spell it!
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Level 82
May 1, 2018
No Howard Shore or Hans Zimmer? And like others, surprised so few know Morricone.
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Level ∞
Jan 11, 2019
Added Shore and Zimmer.
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Level 88
Jul 25, 2021
Or Pink Floyd for Phantom Of The Opera?
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Level 58
Dec 20, 2018
No Hans Zimmer? Boo hiss.
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Level 76
Jan 13, 2019
Quite disappointed to realise I had no idea who composed the LotR soundtrack considering how amazing it is and how much I love everything Tolkien-related.
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Level 86
Jan 15, 2019
High school me is pretty pissed that I missed that one.
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Level 67
Jan 15, 2019
Why doesn't the quiz accept "Rice" as a sufficient answer?
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Level ∞
Jan 15, 2019
Fixed
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Level 72
Jan 15, 2019
You should add Vangelis too.
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Level 88
Jul 2, 2022
And tangerine dream
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Level 84
Jan 15, 2019
Was running out of time and thought surely Michael Jackson might be on this list. Well Jackson got me one more answer - Get Rich or Die Trying? Never heard of it :-)
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Level 74
Jan 15, 2019
Yan Tiersen is the best Soundtrack Artist. I don't say he should be on the list, just reminding you.
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Level 81
Jan 15, 2019
Queen for The Highlander would be a good one.
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Level 55
Jan 15, 2019
Sondheim did the lyrics for WSS, could he be included too?
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Level 63
Jan 15, 2019
No Will Smith, Men in Black, Wild Wild West
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Level 67
Jan 15, 2019
If you didn't know, that thumbnail is from when Whitney Houston is singing Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Level 80
Jan 15, 2019
While a lesser-known movie, I really like the original soundtrack that Sondre Lerche did for the movie Dan in Real Life.
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Level 93
Dec 8, 2019
it's an excellent soundtrack and the main reason I have watched it 4 times.
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Level 81
Dec 17, 2021
I am a bit disappointed there's no John Carpenter. A great director and a great composer, unique in that sense.
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Level 79
Feb 9, 2023
James Horner would be another great addition to this quiz...Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13, Avatar, etc.