Mikael Carlsson, a Swedish film music journalist ranks ARR quite high
in his music composers list. He's the only Asian in the list as far as
I can see.
1 (1). Danny Elfman
2 (3). Hans Zimmer
3 (2). John Williams
4 (4). Ennio Morricone
5 (5). James Horner
6 (
. Howard Shore
7 (7). Thomas Newman
8 (11). Randy Newman
9 (9). Harry Gregson-Williams
10 (12). James Newton Howard
11 (14). Vangelis
12 (35). Alan Menken
13 (33). A.R. Rahman14 (6). Patrick Doyle
15 (16). Angelo Badalamenti
16 (10). Jon Brion
17 (15). Klaus Badelt
18 (13). Philip Glass
19 (17). Mark Mothersbaugh
20 (20). Alan Silvestri
John Williams, Alan Silvestr,Harry Gregson-Williams are hollywood composers who did movies like Jurassic Park, Predator , Rambo, Die Hard ect...