Yeah, thats what i thought the other post read, and it struck a chord, got me thinking, so ill be fully interested in what everyone says...............Yes bad gramma...who, is your favorite composser and why?

Ok, ill answer my question 1st.......i guess im on a mainly sound engineer forum...all good....my favorite composers are........jimi hendrix, kurt cobain, ian anderson, jerry cantrell, john frusciante, james hetfield, bach,mozart..........has anyone ever consided what mozart would have sounded like raw...jammin on a piano in the room.......i seriously doubt any orchestra has got it right, guitarists dont even get hendrix right......and thats with a audio track to listen to...............

I'd say Vangelis, I get goosebumps listening to BladeRunner.

But if we choose several then Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Brian Eno...would be quite a list.

Bela Bartok, because I can even hear his influence in music created by people who would claim to have never heard or heard of him
(cultural osmosis etc)
 
Oh yeah and Keith of course RIP

Zappa
 
IMHO nobody comes close

Although virtually everything I do centers around rock, funk or blues I have to 'tip my hat' to the late John Barry. His body of work is phenomenal.
 
Composer credits

It has to be Brian Wilson.  Also that other guy Traditional.

I will dive in with someone contemporary. Greg Spawton of Big Big Train. The track "Transit of Venus" is one of the best examples of his work. Lyrics, Melody and arrangement are superb. Other band members write some fine stuff but its Greg's songs that stand out for me.

Different eras, different genres I could come up with so many, so difficult to choose.

exitthelemming
Bela Bartok, because I can even hear his influence in music created by people who would claim to have never heard or heard of him
(cultural osmosis etc)
 
Oh yeah and Keith of course RIP

I'm not very knowledgeable on Classical, but as a kid my Warhammer Dwarf army was led by King Bartok, named after Bela. My livingroom was full of my dad's Jazz records and Bartok's albums sat amongst the records that were played. Both Debussy and Bartok had an influence on Modern Jazz composers. Monk and Mingus, and Evans are amng my favourites.
 
I did a quick scan for a Debussy Article and funny as the first one references the Cake Walk.
 
https://sforzandosalon.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/debussy-the-father-of-jazz/
 
I really should check out more of Bartok and Debussy

Carl Orff
cause he was the first  choir and classic rock musician .
 
Zappa ,
cause of his avantgardistic composings and  arrangements for bands 
like on "Hot Rats", not so much the Big Band/Guitar solo arrangements. 
 
Christian Vander,
for being such an bada-s drummer and polyrythmic genius.

John Coltrane,
For being a polyrythmic genius

Oscar Peterson ,
The most colorful and sasy sounding jazz piano player