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John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone — the iconic film composers
John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone — the iconic film composers
John Williams has won 5 Oscars from 54 nominations — the most-nominated living person, and second only to Walt Disney historically. From the two-note dread of Jaws to the symphonic grandeur of Star Wars, film scores shape how we feel a story. This quiz roams through Hollywood's greatest composers — Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore, and the new generation rewriting the rulebook.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll cover iconic John Williams scores from Jaws to Star Wars to Schindler's List, Hans Zimmer's signature BRAAAM and his back-to-back Dune Oscar wins, Ennio Morricone's late-career Oscar at 87 for The Hateful Eight, Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and modern composers like Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Oppenheimer) and Hildur Guðnadóttir, the first solo woman to win Best Original Score for Joker.
John Williams composed the score for Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). The two-note 'duun-dun' shark motif won Williams his first competitive Oscar for Best Original Score and launched one of the greatest director-composer partnerships in film history.
Hans Zimmer composed Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), introducing the now-ubiquitous 'BRAAAAM' brass blast that has been imitated in countless trailers since. Zimmer based much of the score on a slowed-down version of Edith Piaf's 'Non, je ne regrette rien.'
Canadian composer Howard Shore wrote the scores for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) and won three Academy Awards for the music — Best Original Score for Fellowship and Return of the King, plus Best Original Song for 'Into the West.'
Last updated: May 2026