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Bernard Herrman:
films already mentioned
Toru Takemitsu:
Black Rain,
Ran,
Dodes'kaden,
Woman of the Dunes,
Kwaidan
Sergei Prokofiev:
Alexander Nevsky,
and Lieutenant Kije (The film seems impossible to find, but the score makes an outstanding stand-alone piece)
Joseph Kosma:
Grand Illusion,
Children of Paradise,
and two honorary mentions: Mahler, who is not a film composer, but whose music has on more than a few occasions been used with extreme eloquence, and Shostakovich, who wrote great scores for films that I've never seen (the scores are more famous than the films in many cases).
Michael Kamen, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, and many others, to be sure, have put out many very appropriate scores, but none of them would I ever be inclined to listen to without the benefit of the film.
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