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The greatest modern classical artists of all time

36 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Hans Zimmer

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1957– · modern classical
11.735
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The full board
2 Dead Can Dance Australia flagAustralia · 1981– · electronic 6.745
3 Enya Ireland flagIreland · 1961– · new age 6.172
4 James Newton Howard United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1951– · modern classical 5.792
5 Yann Tiersen France flagFrance · 1970– · modern classical 2.676
6 Venetian Snares Canada flagCanada · 1975– · breakcore 2.340
7 岡部啓一 Japan flagJapan · 1969– · modern classical 2.300
8 Don Davis United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1957– · electronic 1.920
9 Jeremy Soule United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1975– · orchestral 1.800
10 Clint Mansell United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1963– · electronic 1.779
11 Apocalyptica Finland flagFinland · 1993– · heavy metal 1.740
12 Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories United States of America flagUnited States of America · electronic 1.710
13 Freddie Mercury United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1946–1991 · rock 1.482
14 Montserrat Caballé Spain flagSpain · 1933–2018 · classical 1.482
15 Gas Germany flagGermany · 1961– · ambient 1.100
16 Franco Battiato Italy flagItaly · 1945–2021 · pop 1.000
17 Kronos Quartet United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1973– · electronic 0.960
18 Danny Elfman United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1953– · electronic 0.945
19 Vangelis Greece flagGreece · 1943–2022 · electronic 0.629
20 Ihsahn Norway flagNorway · 1975– · black metal 0.624
21 Toby Fox United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1991– · chiptune 0.600
22 Lisa Gerrard Australia flagAustralia · 1961– · trance 0.586
23 Aphex Twin United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · idm 0.562
24 Sparks United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · synth-pop 0.545