| NINOROTA | Italian film composer who scored The Godfather (4,4) |
| NINO | Rota who scored The Godfather |
| STEINER | Max, film composer who scored the 1933 film King Kong (7) |
| NEWMAN | Randy, U.S. singer/songwriter and film composer who scored the 2019 film Marriage Story (6) |
| ENNIO | Morricone, Italian film composer whose scores included A Fistful Of Dollars and The Mission (5) |
| PIERO | Italian film composer Piccioni |
| SAKAMOTO | Ryuichi , Japanese composer who scored the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (8) |
| MONTYNORMAN | Composer who scored the James Bond theme first heard in the 1962 film 'Dr. No' (5,6) |
| NILSSON | Harry, singer-composer who scored the 1968 film Skidoo (7) |
| ARNOLD | David _, British film composer who has scored five James Bond films (6) |
| ANGELO | ____ Badalamenti, composer who scored the film Blue Velvet and TV series Twin Peaks (6) |
| RAYHEINDORF | 20th-Century American film composer who was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won three (3,8) |
| WILLIAMS | Film composer one morning seen amongst leaves |
| NELSONRIDDLE | American musician/composer who scored 1974 film The Great Gatsby (6,6) |
| SATIE | Composer who scored for guns and typewriters |
| BERNARDHERRMANN | Hitchcock's favorite composer, who scored "Psycho,""Vertigo," and "North by Northwest" |
| JOHNWILLIAMS | Spielberg's favorite composer, who scored "E.T.," "Star Wars," and "Jaws" |
| ZIMMER | German film composer whose works include the scores to The Lion King, The Dark Knight and Inception (6) |
| GOLDSMITH | Jerry, U.S. film composer noted for his scores for Alien and the Star Trek film franchise (9) |
| BARRY | John, film composer associated with the James Bond series (5) |
