Ian Taylor.
Original music was composed by Howard Shore. The soundtrack credits are in the link below:
If someone is not specifically commissioned the soundtrack of a movie would be composed by the musical director.
Hans Zimmer
Harold Faltermeyer has composed the soundtrack to movies like Beverly Hills Cop 1, Fletch, The Running Man, Starlight Express, and Formula One. You can find a full list of the movies he has composed a soundtrack for on the Wikipedia page devoted to him.
Paul Menox
The Soundtrack was composed by Martin Phipps but I have yet to find a place to purchase it from.
The soundtrack was composed by Joby Talbot, a fairly new name who started composing in 1999 for several TV serials and more recently, the movie Arctic Tale.
The soundtrack was composed by Howard Shore.
Soundtrack, I would say. Since the song was composed directly for the movie, not composed before and then chosen later as a theme song, it is only part of a Soundtrack CD rather than in a specific genre.
The Yoshi's Island soundtrack was composed by Koji Kondo, who composes most Nintendo game soundtracks (Mario, Zelda, Yoshi, exc.)
Composed by Fay Lovsky. Can't find anything other thsan that
No, the song, "The Search is Over", is not included on The Lion King soundtrack. The only songs that appear on the soundtrack are the ones heard in the film which were composed by Tim Rice and Elton John.