| 100% | ADLER | 5 | Richard who composed the music for "Damn Yankees" and "The Pajama Game" |
| 57% | ELFMAN | 6 | Danny who composed the music for The Simpsons and The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| 51% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 47% | ROTA | 4 | Nino who composed the music for "The Godfather" |
| 46% | RAVI | 4 | Shankar who composed the music for the Apu trilogy |
| 46% | ROREM | 5 | Ned, who composed "Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra", first played in '75 and winner of the Pulitzer in '76 |
| 45% | BRIAN | 5 | ___ Tyler, composer who wrote original music for the 2010 action film "The Expendables" and also composed music for "Now You See Me" |
| 45% | STEINER | 7 | Max who conducted the music for King Kong and Gone With the Wind |
| 45% | LUDOVICOEINAUDI | 15 | Italian pianist who composed the scores for "Nomadland" and "The Father" |
| 44% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Carpenter, "Halloween" director who also composed the music for the movie |
| 43% | CHARLIE | 7 | ___ Chaplin, "The Circus" director who also composed the music for the movie |
| 43% | ROBERT | 6 | ___ Rodriguez, "Spy Kids" director who also composed the music for the movie |
| 43% | STEINER | 7 | Max who composed the scores for "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca" |
| 43% | CONTI | 5 | Bill who composed the film scores for "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" |
| 43% | CLETE | 5 | Boyer who played third base for the Yankees in the '50s and '60s |
| 42% | ELFMAN | 6 | Danny who composed the theme music for "The Simpsons" |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 42% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
| 42% | DAVID | 5 | ___ F. Sandberg, "Lights Out!" director who also composed the music for the original short movie |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | Menken who wrote the music for "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 42% | HANS | 4 | ___ Zimmer who composed the theme music of the historical drama TV series "The Crown" and has also won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Lion King" |
| 41% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___, who composed the 6 second start-up music for Windows 95 |
| 41% | BRIANENO | 8 | Ambient music pioneer who composed the "Microsoft Sound" for Windows 95: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 39% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "9 to 5": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Time After Time" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALANSILVESTRI | 13 | American composer and conductor who scored music for "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 37% | SCORINGBIG | 10 | Composing the music for a Tom Hanks fantasy film? |