How to Use composer in a Sentence

composer

noun
  • She prefers Mozart and Beethoven to modern composers.
  • Felder wrote the script and will play Dante and the composer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Each of the five are noted band leaders and composers in their own right.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • All the top composers were up for the job, but Ron liked my spirit.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
  • A lot of composers don’t look into the future.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the top composers would have been performing their scores live for the first time.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The author throws out plenty of bones to tempt a composer.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a story about a composer, and the pitfalls of their ego.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Adams, the composer, came over to take a look at the instrument.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • Blanks was best known for his work in the genre space, both as a filmmaker and composer.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Next May, two composers will conduct their own music.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hans Zimmer has signed on as the composer.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • How can a composer get out of the way, so to speak, to let the sounds of sacred texts resonate?
    — Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What’s more, the tempo a composer hears in his head tends to be faster than what works in practice.
    — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • But choosing the music is not so simple when a composer has such a huge body of work.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • In avoiding risk, what ends up happening is that a very small group of composers gets hired over and over again.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is the second year in a row that the award has gone to a German composer.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Hans Zimmer is signed on as composer.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • As a composer, branch leaves a legacy of big sounds and bold decisions.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Here, in the hands of a female composer, the flute unravels male guilt.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Many filmmakers have put xenomorphs on screen and many composers have written music for them.
    — Fred Topel, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • No one reading this needs to be convinced of the composer’s genius.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
  • His wife, the composer Joan Huang, said the cause was heart failure.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Like many composers over the centuries, Machaut did not lack confidence.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • Not long after, a composer texted to say how the same director had just brought up his name and love for the short.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • Most film sessions are done over a week or two, and many composers have only a few weeks to compose a complete film score.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • Some composers do have it in their contracts that the rights owner has to alert them about further usage, and some don’t.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Robert’s work as a composer is outstanding.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Batiste is a singer, songwriter and composer.
    — Time, 6 May 2026
  • There simply isn't a better composer for imagining the sound of a new world.
    — Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026

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