List of women film score composers

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