Alfred Newman wrote 20th Century Fox fanfare I dont know any others
Well, to be brutally honest, there aren't any famous composers, i.e. any composers that wrote anything well-known, from Australia. None of the composers that have their own category on WikiAnswers are Australian, and there are so many Australian composers I couldn't possibly give you a list of all of them.
Bartók Béla, Liszt Ferenc, Kodály Zoltán, and Erkel Ferenc are among the most well-known internationally.
Some well known classical composers from the past include George Handel, Franz Schubert, and Pyotr Tchaikovsy. However, some of their sexualities are subject to debate.
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gerald Finzi
Well-known composers like Ennio Morricone or John Williams will almost automatically get their own screen recognition. Lesser-known composers might be given that if the director or producer thinks they've done a superlative job, or if the contract they sign calls for it. There is no rule about it.
3 famous composers of the baroque period are Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi . You can read more at the following websites: Wikipedia.org - Baroque Music or for Composers DSOKids.com - Composers Periods MakingMusicFun.net - 'Meet the Composer' Biographies
Modern composers in pop-music are Игорь Крутой, Игорь Николаев, Константин Меладзе.
Franz Liszt, Felix Mendlessohn, Frederic Chopin, Giuseppe Verdi, and a lot of other composers that are not as well known. Schumann was a composer in the romantic era (1810-1856).
Any discussion of Asian music would have to include Toru Takemitsu, who was one of the first Eastern composers to gain worldwide recognition for his music. I would also say Tan Dun, who has written the music for many well-known movies (Hero, Crouching Tiger) as well as a large Classical repertoire. Other famous Asian composers would be Bright Sheng, who teaches at the University of Michigan, Akira Ifukube, who is most famous for the music of Godzilla. Other well-known composers would be Ichiro Nodaira, Isang Yun, P.Q. Phan, and Xian Xinghai.
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most well known classical composers of all time. He typically made about four figures for a salary.
Einojuhani Rautavaara is a contemporary Finnish composer who is rather well known. He has written several symphonies, concertos and a variety of orchestral works. Esa-Pekka Salonen is probably better known as a conductor rather than a composer, but he has written several well received works for orchestra and chamber ensemble.
Well-Tempered Clavier (two books), J. S. Bach Le Tombeau de Couperin, Maurice Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition, Modeste Moussorgsky