Michael Giacchino Michael Giacchino ( -LSB- dʒakˈkiːno -RSB- ; born October 10 , 1967 ) is an American composer of music for films , television and video games . He composed the scores to the television series Lost , Alias and Fringe , the video ' game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles , Ratatouille , Up , Mission : Impossible - Ghost Protocol , Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Jurassic World , Inside Out , Star Trek Beyond , Doctor Strange , Rogue One and Spider-Man : Homecoming .   Giacchino has received an Emmy Award and multiple Grammy Awards , as well as a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for his work on Up .
Christopher Young Christopher Young ( born April 28 , 1958 ) is an American music composer for both film and television .   Many of his music compositions are for horror films , including Hellraiser , Tales from the Hood , A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 : Freddy 's Revenge , Urban Legend , and Drag Me to Hell . Other works include Lucky You and Spider-Man 3 , for which he received the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Dramatic Feature Film . He also made three cameo appearances in Spider-Man 3 .   Young was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards . The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music . Sentieri selvaggi Sentieri Selvaggi is an Italian musical ensemble , specialising in contemporary music .   It was founded in 1997 by Carlo Boccadoro , Filippo Del Corno and Angelo Miotto . The ensemble has worked with composers such as Ludovico Einaudi , Michael Nyman , Philip Glass , Fabio Vacchi , David Lang , James MacMillan , Lorenzo Ferrero , Ivan Fedele and Louis Andriessen .   Sentieri Selvaggi has been a regular guest at Italian musical festivals including Teatro Alla Scala , Venice Biennale and MITO Music September , as well as at Italian cultural events including the Literary Festival at Mantua and the Science Festival at Genoa , and at international festivals including the Bang On A Can Marathon in New York City and the SKIF Festival in Saint Petersburg .   The group also organized a festival in Milan which since 2005 has become a contemporary music season with a program of concerts , public talks , and master classes . Every program focuses on a specific theme : in 2010 the title of the season is Nuovo Mondo ( New World ) .   The ensemble has also staged chamber operas , including Io Hitler by Filippo Del Corno , The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Michael Nyman and The Sound of a Voice by Philip Glass . Doctor at Large (TV series) Doctor at Large is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors . The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in the House , and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971 .   Writers for the Doctor at Large episodes were Bill Oddie , Graeme Garden , John Cleese , Graham Chapman , Bernard McKenna , Geoff Rowley , Andy Baker , Jonathan Lynn and David Yallop , as well as George Layton ( under the pseudonym of `` Oliver Fry '' ) . The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies ( sometimes '' !!? '' is appended to the title ) is a 1964 American monster movie written and directed by Ray Dennis Steckler . Steckler also starred in the film , billed under the pseudonym `` Cash Flagg '' . Upon release , the film was widely panned and is regarded by some critics as being one of the worst movies ever made .   In the film , three friends visit a carnival and stumble into a group of occultists and disfigured monsters . Produced on a $ 38,000 budget , much of it takes place at The Pike amusement park in Long Beach , California , which resembles Brooklyn 's Coney Island . The film was billed as the first `` monster musical '' , beating out The Horror of Party Beach by a mere month in release date . Gerry Anderson Gerry Anderson , MBE ( born Gerald Alexander Abrahams ; 14 April 1929 -- 26 December 2012 ) was an English television and film producer , director , writer and occasional voice artist . He remains famous for his futuristic television programmes , especially his 1960s productions filmed with `` Supermarionation '' ( marionette puppets containing electric moving parts ) .   Anderson 's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children 's series The Adventures of Twizzle . Supercar ( 1961 -- 62 ) and Fireball XL5 ( 1962 ) followed later , both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s . In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most successful series , Thunderbirds . Other television productions of the 1960s include Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons .   Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films whose box office performance was unexceptional . Following a shift towards live action productions in the 1970s , he had a long and successful association with media impresario Lew Grade and Grade 's company ITC , continuing until the second series of Space : 1999 .   After a career lull when a number of new series concepts failed to get off the ground , his career began a new phase in the early 1980s when audience nostalgia for his earlier Supermarionation series ( prompted by Saturday morning re-runs in Britain and Australia ) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned . Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson 's New Captain Scarlet . Doctor Who (pinball) Doctor Who is a pinball machine designed by Bill Pfutzenreuter ( Pfutz ) and Barry Oursler , and released by Midway ( under the Bally brand name ) in September 1992 . It is based on the television series of the same name , although the relationship of spinoff media to the parent series is open to question . As stated in the Gameplay section , the rulesheet is rather different from other pinball machines released at the time , which did n't help popularity ( and even now it is still seen as an exotic machine amongst collectors ) as casual players did not understand the complex rule changes that occur during the game .   The first 100 games included a moving Dalek topper that would turn side-to-side while the robot was speaking . The effect was achieved by fitting the robot 's body with a complex motor , cam , and optoelectronics system . Its complexity and expense lead to it being cut from the production run . Production Dalek toppers can be made to move with `` wobble head kits '' .   Prototypes featured the old Bally-style backbox ( and a totally different backglass ) , but this was changed to the Williams-styled one in order to cheapen the production process for both product lines . Claudio Simonetti Claudio Simonetti ( born February 19 , 1952 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian-born Italian musician and film composer . The keyboardist of the progressive rock band Goblin , Simonetti has specialized in the scores for Italian and American horror films since the 1970s .   A long-time collaborator of director Dario Argento , Simonetti has worked on several of the director/producer 's films including Deep Red , Suspiria , Dawn of the Dead , Tenebrae , Phenomena , Demoni , and Opera . His work has long been an iconic staple of Italian genre cinema , collaborating with directors like Ruggero Deodato , Umberto Lenzi , Lucio Fulci , Enzo G. Castellari , Lamberto Bava , and Sergio Martino . His highly experimental scores are known for their signature , electronic and progressive rock-influenced sound , and have been imitated numerous times . He studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome . Johnny Stecchino Johnny Stecchino is an Italian comedy film starring Roberto Benigni as the protagonist and director . This film is one of Benigni 's many collaborations with co-star and wife , Nicoletta Braschi . During its release in 1991 , it was the highest-grossing film in Italy .   This film follows the life of Dante , a quirky school bus driver ( Benigni ) for students with Down syndrome , who bears a striking resemblance to Johnny Stecchino , an Italian mafioso who is wanted by Sicilian mobsters for treason and murder . The film 's plot begins to unravel when Dante meets Maria , the wife of Stecchino , who begins her plan into tricking mobsters to kill Dante thinking he is Stecchino . The film takes several unexpected twists when Maria begins to fall for Dante , and it becomes clear that Dante can not possibly be the cold blooded killer , Johnny Stecchino .   The U.S. version released in theaters and on VHS is about 20 minutes shorter that the full Italian version . It trims several conversations including the final scene with Lillo sniffing cocaine . Doctor Dolittle (film) Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison , Samantha Eggar , Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough . It was adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting . It primarily fuses three of the books The Story of Doctor Dolittle , The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle , and Doctor Dolittle 's Circus .   The film had a notoriously protracted production with numerous setbacks along the way such as complications from poorly chosen shooting locations and the numerous technical difficulties inherent with the large number of animals required for the story . The film exceeded its original budget of $ 6 million by three times , and recouped $ 9 million upon release in 1967 , earning only $ 6.2 million in theatrical rentals .   The film received mixed to negative critical reviews , but through the studio 's intense lobbying , was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won awards for Best Original Song and Best Visual Effects . Allen Strange Allen Strange ( June 26 , 1943 in Calexico , California -- February 20 , 2008 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American composer . He authored two books , Electronic Music : Systems , Techniques , and Controls ( first published in the 1970s ) and Programming and Meta-Programming the Electro-Organism . He co-wrote The Contemporary Violin : Extended Performance Techniques with his wife , Patricia . Patrick Gowers William Patrick Gowers ( 5 May 1936 -- 30 December 2014 ) was an English composer , mainly known for his film scores .   Born in Islington , Gowers was the son of Stella Gowers ( née Pelly ) and Richard Gowers , a solicitor . His great-grandfather was the neurologist Sir William Richard Gowers , and his grandfather was the civil servant and writer Sir Ernest Gowers . He was educated at Radley College and later read music at Cambridge University . Whilst at Cambridge , he composed music for the Cambridge Footlights and taught composition part-time . He completed his doctorate , on the music of Erik Satie , in 1966 .   Gowers served as assistant conductor of Bill Russo 's London Jazz Orchestra . In 1964 , he was music director of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's productions of Marat/Sade in the West End and in New York . He subsequently composed the music for the 1967 film of Marat/Sade . In the 1970s , he directed the electronic music studio at Dartington and played keyboards for the New Swingle Singers .   Gowers began composing for feature and documentary films more extensively after his work on the film of Marat/Sade . Another notable early film score was for the 1969 Tony Richardson film of Hamlet . Other films for which he composed the music included :  Thomas er Fredloes ( 1968 )  Balladen om Carl-Henning ( 1969 )  The Virgin and the Gypsy ( 1970 )  Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen ( 1970 )  The Boy Who Turned Yellow ( 1972 )  Farlige kys ( 1972 )  A Bigger Splash ( 1974 )  Children of Rage ( 1975 )  Stevie ( 1978 )  Whoops Apocalypse ( 1986 )  Comic Act ( 1998 )   Gowers started writing music for television in the 1970s . In 1982 , he won the BAFTA original music award for his scores for Smiley 's People , The Woman in White and I Remember Nelson . Gowers composed the music to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and its sequels , starring Jeremy Brett , whose series ran from 1984 to 1994 ; the soundtrack was released in 1987 . Gowers also scored the TV film adaptations with Brett of The Sign of Four ( 1987 ) and The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1988 ) . Amongst other TV series for which he composed the music are Therese Raquin ( 1980 ) , Anna Karenina ( 1985 ) , and Forever Green ( 1989 ) .   Gowers ' concert music included works written for the guitarist John Williams : Chamber Concerto for Guitar and Rhapsody for Guitar , Electric Guitars and Electric Organ . He was also noted for his choral music , including his setting of Veni Sancte Spiritus and his commission for the consecration of Richard Harries as bishop of Oxford , Viri Galilaei ( 1987 ) . He also composed a Cantata ( 1991 ) and several other anthems such as `` Holy , Holy , Holy '' and `` Aveto Augustine '' . Other works include his `` Toccata '' for organ , commissioned by Simon Preston and joined over a decade later by a fugue , and his `` Occasional Trumpet Voluntary '' .   Gowers married Caroline Maurice in 1961 . The couple had three children , the mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers , the writer Rebecca Gowers , and the violinist Katharine Gowers . His widow and children survive him . Michael Wandmacher Michael Wandmacher ( born October 29 , 1967 ) is an American composer of music for film , television , and video games . He has worked on well-known numerous projects , including Piranha 3D , Punisher : War Zone , Bloodborne , Twisted Metal , and The Goldbergs . Most recently , he has worked on Underworld : Blood Wars , succeeding previous series composers Paul Haslinger and Marco Beltrami . John Murphy (composer) John Murphy ( born 4 March 1965 ) is a British film composer . He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s , working notably with The Lotus Eaters , Thomas Lang , Gary Wall and Claudia Brücken . Since the beginning of his career , he has collaborated numerous times with several directors , mainly Vadim Jean and Danny Boyle . He has received praise through the years and some of his awards include the Silver Award ( 1st Prize ) at the Cannes Film Festival , a British D&AD Award , and a BMI Award .   Murphy gained recognition in the film industry while working with Guy Ritchie on his film Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Michael Mann 's Miami Vice , Matthew Vaughn 's Kick-Ass and scoring various films by Danny Boyle . His instrumental tracks `` In the House -- In a Heartbeat '' from 28 Days Later and `` Adagio in D Minor '' from Sunshine have been featured in a variety of TV shows , commercials and film trailers . Doctor Strange Stephen Vincent Strange , M.D. is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee , the character first appeared in Strange Tales # 110 ( cover-dated July 1963 ) . Doctor Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme , the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats . Inspired by stories of black magic and Chandu the Magician , Strange was created during the Silver Age of Comics to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics .   The character 's origin story relates that he was once a brilliant but egotistical surgeon . After a car accident severely damages his hands and hinders his ability to perform surgery , he searches the globe for a way to repair them and encounters the Ancient One . After becoming one of the old Sorcerer Supreme 's students , he becomes a practitioner of both the mystical arts as well as martial arts . Along with knowing many powerful spells , he has a costume with two mystical objects -- the Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto -- which give him added powers . Strange is aided along the way by his friend and valet , Wong , and a large assortment of mystical objects . He takes up residence in a mansion called the Sanctum Sanctorum , located in New York City . Later , Strange takes the title of Sorcerer Supreme .   In 2008 , Doctor Strange was ranked 83rd in Wizards `` 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time '' list , and in 2012 was ranked 33rd in IGN 's list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' . He was also ranked 38th on IGN 's list of `` Top 100 Comic Book Heroes '' . The character was first portrayed in live-action by Peter Hooten in the 1978 television film Dr. Strange . Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , first appearing in the role in the 2016 film Doctor Strange . Eighth Doctor comic stories Eighth Doctor comic stories are two ranges of comic series that featured the adventures of the eighth incarnation of the Doctor , the protagonist of the hit sc-fi series , Doctor Who .   Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eighth Doctor ( and thus the likeness of actor Paul McGann ) were published during the character 's original tenure . The Radio Times published a weekly comic strip for a time . There was also the standard Doctor Who Magazine strip . The two series introduced brand-new companions , although the Eighth Doctor 's only on-screen companion , Grace Holloway , also appeared twice . There were also cameo appearances by companions from past DWM series . The Master was also resurrected .   During the latter period of the DWM 's comic stories the stories switched from black and white strips to full colour .   One of the strip 's most noted fans was Russell T Davies , the future executive producer and head writer of the revived Doctor Who series . Davies had proposed that the Magazine 's strip regenerate McGann 's Doctor at the conclusion of The Flood . Whilst a draft was prepared to include the regeneration , the idea was abandoned as the Magazine team had reservations about taking such an important element from the television series should McGann ever be used in the series for flashback purposes . Eventually the decision was taken to simply end `` The Flood '' on a note similar to Survival , with The Eighth Doctor and Destrii 's later adventures left a mystery to the readers .   It has been speculated that Davies loosely adapted elements from The Flood in his later DW storylines The Parting of the Ways and Army of Ghosts ( in particular the Doctor absorbing the time/space vortex to save Rose Tyler 's life , triggering his regeneration and the ghost-shifting infiltration of The Cybermen on an unsuspecting public ) The Amazing Spider-Man (soundtrack) The Amazing Spider-Man : Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album to the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man composed by James Horner . which was released by Sony Classical . Harry Manfredini Harry Manfredini ( born August 25 , 1943 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American film composer and jazz soloist , who has scored more than one hundred films , most notably perhaps the Friday the 13th film series . He has had years of classical training , as well as twenty years in the popular music scene . His style of music compares to Bernard Herrmann .  In conversation with Russian journalist and composer Tony Vilgotsky Harry Manfredini said that his musical tastes and style were influenced by such composers like Giacomo Puccini , Igor Stravinsky , Maurice Ravel and others . Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton ( -LSB- ˈkraɪtən -RSB- October 23 , 1942 -- November 4 , 2008 ) was an American best-selling author , screenwriter , film director and producer best known for his work in the science fiction , medical fiction and thriller genres . His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide , and many have been adapted into films . In 1994 , Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in U.S. television ( ER ) , film ( Jurassic Park ) , and book sales ( Disclosure ) .   His literary works are usually within the action genre and heavily feature technology . His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature , often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it , especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology . Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings , reflecting his medical training and science background . He wrote , among other works , The Andromeda Strain ( 1969 ) , Congo ( 1980 ) , Sphere ( 1987 ) , Travels ( 1988 ) , Jurassic Park ( 1990 ) , Rising Sun ( 1992 ) , Disclosure ( 1994 ) , The Lost World ( 1995 ) , Airframe ( 1996 ) , Timeline ( 1999 ) , Prey ( 2002 ) , State of Fear ( 2004 ) , Next ( 2006 ; the final book published before his death ) , Pirate Latitudes ( 2009 ) , an unfinished techno-thriller , Micro , which was published in November 2011 , and Dragon Teeth , a historical novel set during the `` Bone Wars '' , published worldwide in May 2017 . Doctor Who (series 9) The ninth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 19 September 2015 with `` The Magician 's Apprentice '' and concluded on 5 December 2015 with `` Hell Bent '' . The series was led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , alongside executive producer Brian Minchin . Nikki Wilson , Peter Bennett , and Derek Ritchie served as producers . The series is the ninth to air following the programme 's revival in 2005 , and is the thirty-fifth season overall .   This is the second series starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which is disguised as a British police box . It also stars Jenna Coleman as the Doctor 's companion , Clara Oswald , for her third and final series in the role . Also playing a major recurring role in the series is Maisie Williams as Ashildr , a Viking girl made immortal by the Doctor , which leads to major events resulting of her encounters with the Doctor . The series ' main story arc revolves around the mystery of a being called the Hybrid , the combination of two great warrior races . The Hybrid is alluded to with the appearance of many other hybrids such as Osgood and Ashildr , with both being dramatically revealed as being hybrids . The Doctor 's investigation into this being ultimately leads him back to his home planet of Gallifrey , which returns fully in the series .   Steven Moffat wrote four episodes solo and co-wrote an additional two . The other writers who worked on this series included Toby Whithouse , Jamie Mathieson , Catherine Tregenna , Peter Harness , Mark Gatiss , and Sarah Dollard . Directors of the series included ones who had previously worked with Moffat on the show , and brand new ones . Filming began on 5 January 2015 . The ninth series received high acclaim from critics , with many labelling it as the show 's strongest season to date . Aspects of the series that were met with the most praise included the writing , directing , and structure of the series , as well as the performances of Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman and Maisie Williams . Profondo Rosso (soundtrack) The soundtrack to the film Deep Red was mainly composed and performed by the Italian progressive rock band Goblin . Director Dario Argento had originally contacted jazz pianist and composer Giorgio Gaslini to score the film , but he was unhappy with his output , deeming it `` awful '' . After failing to get Pink Floyd to write music for the film , Argento turned back to Italy and found Goblin . In the final score , only three of Gaslini 's original themes were retained ; however , in the film 's original theatrical release , Gaslini was given full composer credit for the entire score , while Goblin were wrongly credited only as performers -LSB- i.e. `` Music by Giorgio Gaslini , performed by Goblin '' -RSB- . This was corrected in subsequent home video releases .