Zeneszerző
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Zeneszerző: alkotóművész, aki zenét alkot. A könnyűzenében a kifejezés többnyire egyben a szövegírót is jelöli, hiszen a mai zenében a dallam és a ritmus alkalmazkodik a szöveghez.
A zene lejegyzését több módon is véghezviheti:
- Papírra vetheti művét kézzel/számítógéppel (ilyenkor a „végterméket” kottának nevezzük)
- Használhat demotape-t, ill. készíthet felvételt.
Az első módszer minden tekintetben előnyösebb, mert ilyenkor mások is le tudják játszani.
Ha az illető lejegyzi az alkotásait, akkor zeneszerző, ha csak improvizál, akkor csak egy zenész vagy énekes. Ez a megállapítás csak a klasszikus zenére és a popzenére vonatkozik, hiszen pl. a jazz-t eleinte nem jegyezték le, viszont az improvizációhoz komoly tudásra volt szükség.
A zeneszerzést lehet tanulni is, bár tehetség nélkül sok értelme nincsen. Ennek ellenére igen sok az autodidakta zeneszerző, és általában ők a híresebbek.
[szerkesztés] Zeneszerzők listája
Az alábbi listán kívül lásd még: Magyar zeneszerzők listája
[szerkesztés] Komolyzenei zeneszerzők
[szerkesztés] Középkor
- Bingeni Hildegard (1098 - 1179)
- Arezzoi Guido (995 k. - 1050 k.)
- Leoninus (1180 k.)
- Perotinus (1200 k.)
- François Andrieu (14. század)
- Johannes Ciconia (1335 k. - 1411)
- Francesco Landini (1325 - 1397)
- Guillaume de Machaut (1300 - 1377)
- Philippe de Vitry (1291 - 1361)
- Martinus Fabri (14. század)
- Matteo da Perugia (1380 k. - 1410 k.)
[szerkesztés] Reneszánsz
[szerkesztés] Barokk zene
[szerkesztés] Klasszicizmus
[szerkesztés] Romantika
[szerkesztés] 20. századi klasszikus zene
[szerkesztés] Filmzene
- Burt Bacharach, (*1928)
- Elmer Bernstein, (1922-2004)
- John Barry, (*1933)
- Carter Burwell, (*1955)
- Daniel Elfman, (*1953)
- George Fenton, (*1950)
- Serge Gainsbourg, (1928-1991)
- Philip Glass, (*1937)
- Elliot Goldenthal, (*1954)
- Jerry Goldsmith, (1929-2004)
- Ron Goodwin, (1925-2003)
- Bernard Herrmann, (1911-1975)
- Joe Hisaishi
- Maurice Jarre, (*1924)
- Rolfe Kent, (*1963)
- Francis Lai, (*1932)
- Michel Legrand, (*1932)
- Albert Hay Malotte (1895-1964)
- Henry Mancini, (1924-1994)
- Cliff Martinez, (*1954)
- Ennio Morricone, (*1928)
- Michael Nyman, (*1944)
- Edward Shearmur, (*1966)
- Howard Shore, (*1946)
- Alan Silvestri, (*1950)
- John Williams, (*1932)
[szerkesztés] Ragtime
- William Bolcom, (*1938)
- Zez Confrey
- Ben Harney, (1872-1938)
- Scott Joplin, (1867-1917)
- Joseph Lamb, (1887-1960)
- Artie Matthews, (1888-1958)
- Billy Mayerl, (1902-1959),
- Ernesto Nazareth, (1863-1934)
- David Thomas Roberts
- James Scott, (1885-1938)
- Wilber Sweatman, (1882-1961)
[szerkesztés] Jazz és Blues
- Count Basie, (1904-1984)
- Dave Brubeck, (*1920)
- John Coltrane, (1926-1967)
- Duke Ellington, (1899-1974)
- Herbie Hancock, (*1940)
- Theo Jörgensmann, (*1948)
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Jelly Roll Morton, (1890-1941)
- Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
- Thelonious Monk, (1920-1982)
- Charlie Parker, (1920-1955)
- Bob Powell, (*1961)
- Billy Strayhorn, (1915-1967)
- Fats Waller, (1904-1943)
- Clarence Williams, (1893-1965)
- Eichinger Tibor (1963-)
[szerkesztés] Vokális zene
- Jacques Brel, (1929-1978)
- Georges Moustaki
- Sydney Nicholson, (1875-1947)
[szerkesztés] Musical
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Claude-Michel Schönberg
[szerkesztés] Dal, táncdal
- Albert Von Tilzer, (1878-1956)
- Anne Sylvestre, francia
- Arlo Guthrie
- Bágya András
- Bjoern Alberternst, német
- Bob Dylan, amerikai
- Bob Neuwirth
- Carolyn Hester
- Carmen Consoli, olasz
- Cat Stevens
- Cesária Évora, portugál
- Charles Aznavour, francia
- Chris Smith, (1879-1949)
- Cisco Houston
- Claude François, francia
- Cseh Tamás
- Colin Wilkie
- Damien Saez, francia
- Dave Van Ronk
- David Rovics, amerikai
- Don McLean
- Donovan, angol
- Eric Andersen
- Eric Von Schmidt
- Fabrizio de André, olasz
- George Gershwin, (1898-1937)
- Georges Brassens, francia
- Georges Moustaki, francia
- Gilbert Bécaud, francia
- Gordon Lightfoot, angol
- Guy Clark
- Harry Belafonte
- Harry Von Tilzer, (1872-1946)
- Horváth Jenő
- India Arie
- Ira Gershwin, (1896-1983)
- Irving Berlin, (1888-1989)
- Jacek Kaczmarski, lengyel
- Jack Elliott
- Jacques Brel, francia
- Jim Croce
- John Denver, amerikai
- Johnny Clegg, dél-afrikai
- Jonasz Kofta, lengyel
- Judy Collins
- Karel Kryl, cseh
- Kris Kristofferson
- Vlagyimir Iszakovics Lantsberg, orosz
- Leonard Cohen, amerikai
- Lucio Battisti, olasz
- Lisa Loeb
- Máté Péter
- Manu Chao, spanyol
- Neil Young
- Odetta
- Pablo Milanés, spanyol
- Paco Ibanez, spanyol
- Pete Seeger
- Phil Ochs
- Przemysław Gintrowski, lengyel
- Ralph McTell
- Scott Stapp
- Seress Rezső
- Serge Gainsbourg, francia (1928-1990)
- Silvio Rodríguez, spanyol
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Steve Goodman
- Tim Hardin
- Tolcsvay László
- Tom Paxton
- Tom Rush
- Tom Waits
- Townes Van Zandt
- Victor Jara, chilei
- Vlagyimir Viszockij, orosz
- Woody Guthrie
- Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, dél-afrikai
- Zerkovitz Béla
[szerkesztés] Beat, rock and roll, rock
- Paul Anka, (1941-)
- Joan Armatrading
- David Bowie
- Billy Bragg, (*1957)
- Jackson Browne
- David Byrne
- Kate Bush
- Johnny Cash
- Eric Clapton
- Brian Eno, (*1948)
- Peter Gabriel
- Barry Gibb, (1946-)
- Mick Jagger, (*1943)
- Billy Joel
- Elton John, (*1947)
- Kris Kristofferson
- John Lennon, (1940-1980)
- Van Morrison
- Randy Newman
- Paul McCartney, (*1942)
- George Michael, (*1963)
- Joni Mitchell, (*1943)
- Mike Oldfield, (*1953)
- Roy Orbison, (1936-1988)
- Dolly Parton, (*1946)
- Presser Gábor
- Lou Reed
- Neil Sedaka, (*1939)
- Paul Simon
- Patti Smith
- Bruce Springsteen
- Rod Stewart
- Szörényi Levente
- Suzanne Vega
- Bobby Vinton
- Rick Wakeman
- Frank Zappa, (1940-1993)
[szerkesztés] Country
- Joan Baez
- John Denver
[szerkesztés] Világzene
- Bob Marley (reggae), (1945-1981)
[szerkesztés] Újhullám
[szerkesztés] Elektronikus zene
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Kitaro
- Klaus Schulze
- Vangelis
[szerkesztés] Videójáték
- Andrew Barnabas - MediEvil
- Andrew G. Sega - Unreal
- Andy Brick - SimCity 4, The Sims 2
- Akihiko Mori - Mystic Arc
- Akito Nakatsuka - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill series
- Atsushi Shirakawa - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Bjorn Lynne - The Worms Series.
- Charles Deenen - M.C. Kids, The Lost Vikings
- Chihiro Harada - Gitarooman
- Chiho Kobayashi - Key of Avalon
- Chris Hülsbeck - Apidya, Great Giana Sisters, Turrican series
- Clint Bajakian - Outlaws
- Club Kukeiha - See Kukeiha Club
- Daisuke Ishiwatari - Guilty Gear series
- David Evans - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- David Whittaker - many games for Commodore 64 and Amiga platforms incl. Speedball, Shadow of the Beast and Obliterator
- David Wise (British) - Donkey Kong Country series, Jet Force Gemini, Star Fox Adventures
- Donnie Christianson - Damnation the Game, Posertrax music library
- Fabian Del Priore - Main composer of the Merregnon project
- Frank Klepacki - the entire Command and Conquer series
- Gary Gilbertson - The Tail of Beta Lyrae, Alternate Reality.
- George 'The Fat Man' Sanger - Wing Commander (computer game), The 7th Guest, Master of Orion
- Grant Kirkhope - Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps
- Glenn Stafford - Justice League Task Force, The Lost Vikings, Blackthorne, StarCraft, WarCraft, WarCraft 2, WarCraft 3, World of WarCraft, Diablo, Diablo 2
- Hajime Hirasawa
- Hannigan James - Catwoman, Republic: The Revolution BAFTA Nominated 2003, Freelancer, Brute Force, Sim Theme Park BAFTA Winner 2000, Grand Prix 4, Reign of Fire, Privateer: The Darkening, Evil Genius, Advance Wars: Under Fire, Blue Vault, Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, FIFA Soccer Manager, FA Premier League Manager BAFTA Nominated 2000, F1, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Infestation, Action Man, Sim Coaster, F1 Manager
- Harry Gregson-Williams - Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3
- Hidehito Aoki - Persona
- Hikoshi Hashimoto - Run Saber
- Hirohiko Takayama - Xexyz
- Hirokazu Ando - Super Smash Bros. series, Kirby's Dream Course
- Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka - Balloon Fight, Earthbound, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Super Mario Land; president of Pokémon Co.
- Hiroki Kikuta - Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Soukaigi, Koudelka
- Hiroshi Fujioka - Growlanser II
- Hitoshi Sakimoto - Super Hockey '94, Hourai Gakuen no Bouken, Radiant Silvergun, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy XII, Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
- Howard Drossin - Comix Zone, Sonic Spinball
- Ichiro Shimakura - Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5
- Jason Hayes - World of Warcraft
- Jeffery L. Briggs - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Jim Hedges - Soul Reaver 2
- Jeremy Soule - Secret of Evermore, Total Annihilation, Morrowind, Dungeon Siege
- Jeroen Tel - Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Eliminator
- Jesper Kyd - Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts, Freedom Fighters, MDK2
- Jim Cuomo - Defender of the Crown
- Joe Mcdermott - Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- John Baker - Toejam & Earl series
- Jun Ishikawa - Kirby series, Alcahest
- Junichi Masuda - Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- Junya Nakano - Front Mission: Gun Hazard, Dew Prism (Threads of Fate in the U.S.), Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X
- Kazuki Muraoka - Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid
- Kazumi Totaka - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Yoshi's Story, Doubutsu no Mori, Luigi's Mansion, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- Kazuo Sawa - Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun, River City Ransom
- Kei Wakakusa - Elemental Gearbolt
- Keiichi Suzuki - Earthbound
- Kenji Ito - SaGa series, Seiken Densetsu 1, Koi ha Balance: Battle of Lovers, Tobal No. 1, Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu
- Kenji Yamamoto - Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Metroid Zero Mission, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2, Famicom Tantei Club 2, Hajimari no Mori
- Kentaro Haneda - Wizardry 1, 2, and 3; Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
- Kohei Tanaka - Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2 (Paladin's Quest 2), Xardion
- Koichi Kyuma - Metroid Prime
- Koichi Sugiyama - Gandara, Dragon Quest series, E.V.O.: Search for Eden, Hanjyuku Hero series, Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign ha Bara Iro ni, Monopoly (Japanese version), Syvalion, Wingman, Wingman Special
- Koji Kondo - Super Mario Bros. series, The Legend of Zelda series, Star Fox series, Yume KouJou Doki Doki Panic, New Demon Island, The Mysterious Castle of Murasame
- Kukeiha Club - Castlevania I, II and III for the NES, among many others
- Kumi Tanioka - Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
- Kurt Harland - Soul Reaver
- Lee Jackson - Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D
- Manabu Namiki
- Mark Cooksey
- Mark Seibert - Quest for Glory series, King's Quest series
- Markus Holler - Stalker - Shadow of Chernobyl
- Martin Galway - Arkanoid, Hyper Sports, Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Slap Fight, Terra Cresta, Wizball, ... (C64 versions)
- Martin O'Donnell - Halo, Halo 2
- Masaharu Iwata - Final Fantasy Tactics (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), Stella Deus (with Hitoshi Sakimoto)
- Masanori Hikichi - Terranigma
- Masanori Oodachi - Castlevania series
- Masaru Nakajima - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Masashi Hamauzu - SaGa Frontier 2, Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano)
- Matt Furniss - various games for the Sega Master System
- Matt Uelman - Warcraft 2, Diablo, Diablo 2
- Michael Giacchino - Medal of Honor series
- Michael Land - Monkey Island series, Star Wars games, The Dig
- Michiko Naruke - Wild ARMs series
- Michiru Oshima - Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf, ICO
- Michiru Yamane - Twinbee (NES), Castlevania: Bloodlines, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (with Soshiro Hokkai), Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (with Soshiro Hokkai and Takashi Yoshida), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Gungage (with Sota Fujimori), Genso Suikoden III (with Tadashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura)
- Mieko Ishikawa - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Miki Higashino - Genso Suikoden II, Genso Suikogaiden series
- Minako Hamano - Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission
- Miyamo Shant - Guardian Legend and Zanac
- Miyoko Kobayashi - Terranigma
- Motoi Sakuraba - Tales of Phantasia, Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori, Zan 2 Spirits, Zan 3 Spirit, Star Ocean series, Golden Sun series
- Nakano Ritsuki (later known as Rikki) - Singer for Final Fantasy X main theme "Suteki Da Ne"
- Naoki Kaneda - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Naoshi Mizuta - Rockman & Forte, Parasite Eve 2, Final Fantasy XI
- Naoto Ishida
- Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy series, Apple Town Monogatari, Cruise Chaser Blassity, King's Knight, DynamiTracer, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Junya Nakano), Ehrgeiz, Makaitoushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend I), SaGa 2 Hihou Densetsu (Final Fantasy Legend II), Rad Racer, Romancing SaGa 1 and 2 (one song in former and two songs in latter), Chrono Trigger (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Noriko Matsueda), Super Mario RPG (with Yoko Shimomura and Koji Kondo)
- Norihiko Hibino - Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, Zone of the Enders, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Boktai, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Norihiko Yamanuki - The 7th Saga
- Noriko Matsueda - Bahamut Lagoon, Chrono Trigger, Tobal No. 1, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Noriyuki Asakura - Tenchu - Stealth Assassins, Tenchu 2 - Birth of The Stealth Assassins, Tenchu 3 - Wrath of Heaven, Way of the Samurai, Way of the Samurai 2
- Noriyuki Iwadare - Lunar series, Grandia series, Growlanser
- Peter McConnell - Grim Fandango
- Rika Muranaka - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid series (all ending themes)
- Rob Hubbard - Many games for Commodore 64
- Robert Prince - Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Rise of the Triad, Wolfenstein 3D
- Robin Beanland - Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct 2, Conker's Bad Fur Day, GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark
- Ryuji Sasai - Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, Bushido Blade 2, Jikkuno Hasha SaGa 3 (Final Fantasy Legend III), Rudora no Hihou
- Saki Haruyama - Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki
- Saori Kobayashi - Panzer Dragoon series
- Satoshi Arai - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Shinji Hosoe - Metroid Prime, Xenosaga Episode II
- Shinobu Amayake - Stunt Race FX
- Souji Taro - Castlevania series, Axelay
- Stéphane Picq - Qin, Kult, Dune, Extase
- Steve Henifin - Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Stewart Copeland - Spyro the Dragon series
- Tadashi Ikegami - Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Takahito Eguchi - The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Takayuki Iwai - X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Tappy Iwase - Policenauts, Metal Gear Solid
- Taro Bando - Super Mario Kart, F-Zero X, F-Zero GX
- Tatsuya Uemura - Zero Wing
- Tenpei Sato - Marl series, Disgaea, Phantom Brave
- Tim Follin - Ghouls and Ghosts (Commodore Amiga and Commodore C64 versions), Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (Super Nintendo), and various assorted tracks for 8- and 16-bit videogames.
- Tim Wright - Wipeout, Wipeout 2097
- Tommy Tallarico - Earthworm Jim, Spot Goes To Hollywood, MDK, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Wild 9
- Tomohito Nishiura - Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2
- Toru Minegishi - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Toshihiko Horiyama - Mega Man X4
- Tsukasa Masuko - Shin Megami Tensei series, Blazeon, Kabuki Rocks (with Ichiban Ujigami), Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
- Tsukasa Tawata - Super Earth Defense Force, Ihatova Monogatari, Thoroughbred Breeder 3
- Tsukumo Hyakutarou - Thunderforce V
- Tsuneo Imahori - Gungrave
- Tsuyoshi Sekito - All-Star Pro Wrestling series, Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy II (WonderSwan Color and Final Fantasy Origins versions), Chrono Trigger (PlayStation version), Romancing SaGa: Minstral Saga, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- Waichiro Ozaki - Mitsumete Knight R, Emphemeral Fantasia, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
- Yasuhiko Takashiba - Super Earth Defense Force, Tuff Enuff
- Yasuhiro Kawasaki - Illusion of Gaia
- Yasumasa Yamada - Fatal Fury series, Art of Fighting series
- Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Trigger, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano), Radical Dreamers, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Legaia 2: Duel Saga, Shadow Hearts, Xenosaga
- Yasunori Shiono - Lufia series
- Yoko Kanna - Genghis Khan, Nobunaga's Ambition series
- Yoko Shimomura - Front Mission series, Live-A-Live, Super Mario RPG (with Nobuo Uematsu and Koji Kondo), Chocobo Stallion, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts
- Yoshihiko Kitamura - Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki
- Yoshito Hirano - Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki
- Yuka Tsujiyoko - Fire Emblem series, Paper Mario
- Yukehide Takekawa - Soul Blazer
- Yuko Kadota - X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Yumiko Kanki
- Yuzo Koshiro - ActRaiser, ActRaiser 2, Ys series, Streets of Rage series, Revenge of Shinobi


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