someone should mention Jerry Goldsmith, well i guess i just did that Maybe even Danny Elfman, my top 3 would forever be in the state of change. Those are two of my choices, right now, because i am on a Dark Classical Movie Soundtrack kick.
Jay
1. Don Ross (in terms of musicianship, he's the best)
2. Danny Carey (best musician from TooL)
3. Mikael/the Opeth boys
from there.. Tom Waits is awesome on Piano, The Floyd guys are damn good, and I like Trent Reznor a lot. A lot of my adolescent years were shaped by his writing (good or bad thing??