What requisites are needed to join the GOAT conversation?
It’s been my observation that most of the conversations had about who are the best composers of all time, or who is the greatest to ever live almost always consist of the same small group of classical composers from 1700-1900.
My question is:
Is there ever a time or universe where composers like John Williams and Hans Zimmer can be considered as one of the best of all time?
I’m fully aware that this is a classical music community and the two composers I named have bodies of work that are very different from say Bach or Mozart. Comparing 2 hour operas or hour long serenades to movie scores broken down into 5 minute segments may not ever be fair.
With that being said I feel there is a solid argument that the music of Williams, Zimmer, and other modern composers has entertained and influenced the world at a similar rate.
So I ask again. Can these modern composers ever be considered as one of the greatest of all time?