| NINOROTA | Italian composer, noted for his scores for films by Fellini and Visconti |
| ROTA | Italian composer known for his film scores for directors Fellini and Visconti (4) |
| GOLDSMITH | Jerry, U.S. film composer noted for his scores for Alien and the Star Trek film franchise (9) |
| NYMAN | Michael, composer noted for his score for the 1993 period drama film The Piano (5) |
| MENKEN | Alan, composer noted for his score for the 2007 animated film Enchanted (6) |
| LADOLCEVITA | 1960 film by Fellini set in Rome (2,5,4) |
| BEDPOST | Where player might record his scores - bottom entry on Twitter? (7) |
| ROSSINI | Gioachino, Italian composer noted for his opera William Tell (7) |
| BELLINI | Italian composer noted for operas La Sonnambula, Norma and I Puritani; or, an artist after whom a pr |
| RESPIGHI | Ottorino, Italian composer noted for the tone poem Pines of Rome (8) |
| ALLEGRI | Italian composer noted for Miserere (7) |
| JARRE | Maurice ---, French composer and conductor who wrote scores for films including Lawrence Of Arabia and Dr Zhivago (5) |
| NELSONRIDDLE | American composer who won an Oscar for his score of The Great Gatsby (6,6) |
| JOHNBARRY | Film music composer who won an Oscar for his score to Dances With Wolves (4,5) |
| WILLIAMS | Composer of scores for films including E.T. and Schindler's List (8) |
| HENRYV | History play by William Shakespeare adapted for film by Laurence Olivier in 1944 and Kenneth Branagh in 1989 |
| APASSAGETOINDIA | EM Forster work adapted for film by David Lean |
| BEAUTYANDTHEBEAST | Old French fairy story, adapted for film by Jean Cocteau (6,3,3,5) |
| THEGOBETWEEN | LP Hartley novel adapted for film by Harold Pinter |
| ROCCO | "___ and His Brothers" (classic Luchino Visconti film) |
