as in musician
a person who writes musical compositions
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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Jones and Smith met in 1989 when Benny Medina pitched the idea for Fresh Prince to him and insisted on introducing him to the composer who served as the show's executive producer during Jones' own house party.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The cast has the lung capacity for more than two hours of singing and the songs, which Oppenheimer wrote the lyrics for and composer Joshua Schmidt scored, are flat-out stunners, belted with humble charm.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
With original composer Akira Yamaoka returning and an excellent sound design that crawls inside your head, Silent Hill 2 is a perfect showcase of respect for the past through the capabilities of the current generation of gaming systems.
—Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Among the lots are classical scores autographed by famous composers like Beethoven, Brahms, and Debussy, a 15th century copy of Virgil’s Aeneid once owned by British Prime Minister William Gladstone, and a compendium of early alchemical texts circa 1400 CE Italy.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Marina Watts, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The cast has the lung capacity for more than two hours of singing and the songs, which Oppenheimer wrote the lyrics for and composer Joshua Schmidt scored, are flat-out stunners, belted with humble charm.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
With original composer Akira Yamaoka returning and an excellent sound design that crawls inside your head, Silent Hill 2 is a perfect showcase of respect for the past through the capabilities of the current generation of gaming systems.
—Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Among the lots are classical scores autographed by famous composers like Beethoven, Brahms, and Debussy, a 15th century copy of Virgil’s Aeneid once owned by British Prime Minister William Gladstone, and a compendium of early alchemical texts circa 1400 CE Italy.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composer. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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