We all love the many classic Disney songs and orchestrations, but without these people, those songs may have never been made! So here's a pantheon of notable Disney musicians.
Names boldened are Disney Legends who received the award while still alive; names boldened and italicized are Disney Legends who received the award posthumously.
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- Amy Adams: Sings her characters' songs in both Enchanted and The Muppets (2011).
- Lucien Ades: His record company composed many read-along album books for Disney films.
- Aerosmith: Rock/Metal band who is the star attraction in Disney's Hollywood Studios' Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and whose soundtracks have been used for the Disney Infinity series and the teaser trailer for Inside Out.
- Christina Aguilera: Sang for the Mulan soundtrack.
- Jhené Aiko: Sang the Raya and the Last Dragon credit song "Lead the Way".
- AKB48: Sang for the Wreck-It Ralph soundtrack.
- Julie Andrews: Sings her characters' songs in Mary Poppins.
- Howard Ashman: Was the lyricist on songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
- Xavier 'X' Atencio: Composer of the music for many classic Disney Parks attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion.
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- Buddy Baker: Scored various Disney films and attractions.
- Christophe Beck: Composed the score for Frozen, Paperman, and Frozen II.
- Kristen Bell: Sings Anna's songs in the Frozen franchise.
- Jodi Benson: Sings Ariel's songs in the The Little Mermaid franchise.
- Irving Berlin: The composer wrote a song for So Dear to My Heart.
- Michael Bolton: Sang for the Hercules soundtrack.
- George Bruns: A music director for several Disney Animated Classics.
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- Salvatore 'Tutti' Camarata: The man who founded Disneyland Records and supervised several recordings of classic Disney soundtracks.
- Wendy Carlos: Composed the score of TRON.
- The Cheetah Girls: The defictionalized band from the titular film.
- Maurice Chevalier: Performed the opening song of The Aristocats.
- Frank Churchill: Composed the score and songs for films like Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Bambi.
- Kelly Clarkson: Sang for the second The Princess Diaries soundtrack.
- Phil Collins: Composed and sang the eponymous character's songs in Tarzan as well as songs in Brother Bear.
- Miley Cyrus: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for many Disney produced media, including those she did not starred in.
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- Daft Punk: Provided the score of TRON: Legacy.
- Bobby Darin: Performed the theme song of That Darn Cat!.
- Lana Del Rey: Sang for the Maleficent soundtrack.
- Céline Dion: Sang for the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack.
- Jimmie Dodd: Was the host Mouseketeer for The Mickey Mouse Club and composed many of the show's tunes, including its infectious theme song.
- Hilary Duff: Sang for the Lizzie McGuire soundtrack.
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- Danny Elfman: Composed music for Tim Burton's Disney films and other films.
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- Fall Out Boy: Sang for the Big Hero 6 soundtrack.
- Santino Fontana: Sings Prince Hans' songs in Frozen.
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- Michael Giacchino: Composer whose work started with Disney Interactive Studios video games like Donald in Maui Mallard, Mickey Mania and a Sega Genesis game based on Gargoyles. Later, he was hired to score several Pixar films, including The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Inside Out, and eventually got to score an entry in the Disney Animated Canon itself with Zootopia. That same year also saw him compose the music for Doctor Strange (2016) and Rogue One.
- Selena Gomez: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for many Disney produced media, including those she did not starred in.
- Jonathan Groff: Sings Kristoff's songs in the Frozen franchise in addition to voicing him.
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- Leigh Harline: Composed the scores and songs for films like The Old Mill, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio.
- James Newton Howard: Noteworthy for his epic soundtracks in Dinosaur, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.
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- Tony Jay: Sings Frollo's songs in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- Elton John: The composer of the soundtrack for The Lion King (1994).
- Glynis Johns: Sings Winifred Banks' songs in Mary Poppins.
- The Jonas Brothers: Disney homegrown talents who contributed to several soundtracks for many Disney produced media, including those they or at least one of them did not starred in.
- Tom Jones: Sang for the The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack.
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- Irwin Kostal: Broadway composer who worked on Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon (1977), and Mickey's Christmas Carol along with a rerecording of Fantasia, though that recording would be scrapped for the original when the film saw its 50th anniversary reissue and following Walt Disney Classics VHS release onwards.
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- Angela Lansbury: Sings her characters' songs in both Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Beauty and the Beast.
- Zachary Levi: Sings Flynn Ryder's songs in the Tangled franchise.
- Robert Lopez: Written songs for Winnie the Pooh (2011), the Frozen franchise, and Coco
- Ross Lynch: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for much Disney produced media.
- Demi Lovato: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for much Disney produced media, including those they did not star in.
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- Alan Menken: Got brought in by Jeffrey Katzenberg, and was teamed up with his Little Shop Of Horrors partner Howard Ashman for the soundtracks for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. He also composed the scores for Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchanted, and Tangled and was the composer of the "Star-Spangled Man" musical number in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- Idina Menzel: Sings Elsa's songs in the Frozen franchise in addition to voicing her.
- Alyson Michalka: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for many Disney-produced media, including those she did not starred in.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda: One of the songwriters for Moana. He also plays the role of Jack the Lamplighter in Mary Poppins Returns.
- Mandy Moore: Sang for the first The Princess Diaries soundtrack and sings Rapunzel's songs in the Tangled franchise.
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- Randy Newman: Composer for a multitude of Pixar movies as well as The Princess And The Frog.
- Thomas Newman: Cousin of Randy Newman and the composer for Andrew Stanton's Pixar films.
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- Paige O'Hara: Sings Belle's songs in the Beauty and the Beast franchise.
- Owl City: Sang for the Wreck-It Ralph soundtrack.
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- Brad Paisley: Country music legend who has contributed a good number of original songs to the Cars franchise from Pixar.
- John Powell: Composed the soundtracks for Bolt, Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Call of the Wild.
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- Rascal Flatts: Sang for the Western Animation/Cars soundtrack.
- Raven-Symoné: Disney homegrown talent who contributed to several soundtracks for many Disney produced media, including those she did not starred in.
- Tim Rice: Associate of Andrew Lloyd Webber who finished up Howard Ashman's work on Aladdin with Alan Menken when Ashman died in pre-production and then became the lyricist for Elton John's songs in The Lion King.
- Rihanna: Sang for the Wreck-It Ralph soundtrack.
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- Lea Salonga: Singing voice for a number of Disney heroines, particularly Jasmine, Esmeralda, and the eponymous Mulan.
- Jason Segel: Sings his character's songs in The Muppets (2011).
- The Sherman Brothers: Richard and Robert Sherman, composers of several Disney songs from the 1960s and early '70s, including those featured in Mary Poppins, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and the Disney Theme Parks ride "It's a Small World."
- Stephen Schwartz: Lyricist who worked with Alan Menken on Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Enchanted.
- Dinah Shore: Sang in the shorts Two Silhouettes from Make Mine Music and Bongo from Fun and Fancy Free.
- Alan Silvestri: Music composer who has done a few Disney films, including the famous theme of the Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Carly Simon: Did music for several Winnie-The-Pooh films from Disneytoon and provided bonus content on The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh's DVD premiere; that film ironically premiered the same year as the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, which has one of Simon's signature songs, "Nobody Does It Better".
- Paul Smith: Composer for many early Disney films.
- Leopold Stokowski: The conductor for Walt Disney's Masterpiece Fantasia. He was also one of the major directors, and composed a full-orchestra version of Johan Sebastian Bach's classic Toccata and Fugue in D Minor to open the program. He also appears after the classic Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence, shaking hands with Mickey Mouse.
- Igor Stravinsky: The only composer of a Fantasia number to be alive for the film, he was a consultant on the animation adaptation of his "Rite Of Spring" piece, but events beyond Walt's control left both men unimpressed with how the number turned out, and almost convinced Stravinsky to sue Disney. Another one of his works, "The Firebird Suite", was used as the classic Grand Finale number for the sequel, Fantasia 2000.
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- David Tomlinson: Sings his characters' songs in both Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
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- Carrie Underwood: Sang for the Enchanted soundtrack.
- Utada Hikaru: Sings the various opening and closing theme songs for the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
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- Dick Van Dyke: Sings his characters' songs in Mary Poppins.
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- Oliver Wallace: Music director on a multitude of Disney projects and cartoons.
- Adrienne Warren: Performed the songs of Sally in 2020's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert.
- Ned Washington: Wrote Baby Mine for Dumbo and When You Wish Upon A Star for Pinocchio.
- John Williams: Resumed composition work on the Star Wars franchise, the Sequel Trilogy (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker) as well as part of Solo: A Star Wars Story's score.
- Stevie Wonder: Sang for the Mulan soundtrack.
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- Hans Zimmer: Composed the scores of The Lion King (1994) and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
