Best musical director of the post-1960s

[TeamFX]

Let's see who was/is the best composer of TV and feature films after the era of theatrical shorts was winding down. Be sure to cast your votes.

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[Lonestarr]

I voted for the late, great Richard Stone. He and his team provided consistently good scores for "Animaniacs", "Pinky and the Brain" and "Freakazoid!", among others.

Stephen James Taylor has done some pretty good work for Disney; I especially like his episode scores for "Timon & Pumbaa".

Mark Mothersbaugh is another composer I like, but his film work ("Rushmore", "Rocky and Bullwinkle") is superior.

I just can't warm up to Dean Elliot's music; his scoring approach seems overbearing to me. I've always considered Eugene Poddany the better composer on Chuck Jones' post-WB period. Whatever happened to him, anyway?

Haim Saban and Shuki Levy have done good work, particularly on "Inspector Gadget". I prefer the music of the composers toiling on current Saban-produced projects; one need only watch "Digimon: the Movie" to see that Udi Harpaz and Amotz Plessner will make it big one day.

I have nothing against Doug Goodwyn and his music.

Hoyt Curtin is a legend, but his scores, while entertaining, didn't quite grab me like Stone's.

Chase/Rucker has done good work over the years, but, IMHO, "Dexter's Lab" is their best work.

Clausen never ceases to impress me. Hopefully, someone will put out a CD featuring Clausen's "Simpsons" episode scores.

I don't recall the music of the Filmation composers.

[Narfpinky]

I also voted for Richard Stone. He captured a lot of Carl Stalling's musical styling.