Reply To: Which composers do you consider brillant at writing memorable melodies?
All named I would also pick. I would also add Tiomkin as like Thors wrote somewhere he “invented” the theme song. Also Lalo Schifrin. He might not always had that melody but the Mission Impossible theme alone deserves being named (even if it might be more a “riff” than a melody) 😉
Poldeouris wrote also some good themes that stick. And there are French composers like Delerue who also wrote lots of great melodies.