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List of women film score composers
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July 22, 2025
The following is a
list of female film score composers
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Anita Andreis
, Croatian
Pilar Onares
, Spain
Rachita Arora
, Indian
Malini Awasthi
, Indian
Lesley Barber
(born 1962), Canadian
Elsa Barraine
(1910–1999), French
Bebe Barron
(born 1926), American
P. Bhanumathi
(1925–2005), Indian
Bhavatharini
, Indian
Björk
(born 1965), Icelandic
Kathryn Bostic
, American
Joanna Bruzdowicz
(born 1943), Polish
Wendy Carlos
(born 1939), American
Doreen Carwithen
(1922–2003), British
Suzanne Ciani
(born 1946), American
Dolores Claman
(1927–2021), Canadian
Siobhán Cleary
(born 1970), Irish
Lisa Coleman
(born 1960), American
Miriam Cutler
, American
Evelyne Datl
, Canadian
Alokananda Dasgupta
, Indian
Andrea Datzman (born 1980), American
Payal Dev
, Indian
Saraswati Devi
, Indian
Sussan Deyhim
(born 1958), Iranian
Michelle DiBucci
(born 1961), American
Violeta Dinescu
(born 1953), Romanian
Elizabeth Drake
, Australian
Anne Dudley
(born 1956), English
Sharon Farber
, Israeli
Samantha Fonti
(born 1973), Australian
Felicity Fox
, Australian
Germaine Franco
, American
Lisa Gerrard
(born 1961), Australian
Julie Giroux
(born 1961), American
Sofia Gubaidulina
(born 1931), Russian
Hildur Guðnadóttir
(born 1982), Icelandic
Dulcie Holland
(1913–2000), Australian
Natalie Holt
, British
Jaddan Bai
, Indian
Yoko Kanno
(born 1963), Japanese
Kanika Kapoor
, Indian/British
Eleni Karaindrou
(born 1941), Greek
Laura Karpman
(born 1959), American
Shibani Kashyap
, Indian
Elena Kats-Chernin
, (born 1957), Australian
Victoria Kelly
, New Zealand
Usha Khanna
, Indian
Sneha Khanwalkar
, Indian
Morgan Kibby
(born 1984), American
Samira Koppikar
, Indian
Penka Kouneva
(born 1967), Bulgarian-American
Vivian Kubrick
(born 1960), American
Runa Laila
(born 1952), Bangladeshi
Gowry Lekshmi
(born 1993), Indian
Mica Levi
, British
Deborah Lurie
(born 1974), American
Elisabeth Lutyens
(1906–1983), English
Lata Mangeshkar
(1929–2022), Indian
Meena Mangeshkar
(born 1931), Indian
Noriko Matsueda
(born 1971), Japanese
Wendy Melvoin
(born 1964), American
Nami Melumad
(born 1988), Israeli-Dutch
Anna Meredith
(born 1978), Scottish
Angela Morley
(1924–2009), English
Rika Muranaka
, Japanese
Jennie Muskett
, British
Selma Mutal
, Franco-Dutch
Olga Neuwirth
(born 1968), Austrian
Nora Orlandi
(born 1933), Italian
Michiru Ōshima
, Japanese
Christine Ott
(born 1963), French
Starr Parodi
, American
Jocelyn Pook
(born 1960), English
Rachel Portman
(born 1960), English
Ferdousi Rahman
(born 1941), Bangladeshi
A. R. Reihana
, Indian
Diana Ringo
(born 1992), Finnish
Lolita Ritmanis
(born 1962), Latvian-American
Ann Ronell
(1905–1993), American
Laura Rossi
, British
Jasleen Royal
, Indian
Sandrine Rudaz
, Swiss French
Sarah Schachner
(born 1988), American
Gaili Schoen
, American
Michelle Scullion
(born 1957), New Zealand
Ilona Sekacz
(born 1948), British
Neeta Sen
, Indian
Anoushka Shankar
, Indian/American
Chitra Singh
, Indian
Maribeth Solomon
(born 1950), Canadian
Laurie Spiegel
(born 1945), American
M. M. Srilekha
, Indian
Peggy Stuart Coolidge
(1913–1981), American
Meenakshi Subramanyam, Indian
Germaine Tailleferre
(1892–1983), French
Parampara Thakur
, Indian
Katia Tchemberdji
(born 1960), Russian
Jennifer Thomas (pianist)
(born 1977), American
Pinar Toprak
(born 1980), Turkish-American
Nerida Tyson-Chew
(born 1965), Australian
Shirley Walker
(1945–2006), American
Amelia Warner
(born 1982), English
Debbie Wiseman
(born 1963), British
Jill Wisoff
(born 1956), American
Caitlin Yeo
, Australian
Shimul Yousuf
, Bangladeshi
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