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- Juan d'Arienzo (1900–1976) — Melodías porteñas, Gente bien
- Daft Punk (formed 1993) — Tron: Legacy
- Ben Daglish (b. 1966) — Gauntlet, Deflektor, The Last Ninja
- V. Dakshinamoorthy (b. 1919) — Nalla Thanka, Mizhikal Sakshi, Navalokam
- Burkhard Dallwitz (b. 1959) — The Truman Show, CrashBurn, The Way Back
- Đặng Hữu Phúc (b. 1953) — Thời xa vắng, Mùa ổi, Gate, gate, paragate
- Britt Daniel (b. 1971) — Stranger than Fiction
- John Dankworth (1927 - 2010) — Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Modesty Blaise, Tomorrow's World
- Jeff Danna (b. 1964) — The Boondock Saints, O, Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- Mychael Danna (b. 1958) — 8mm, The Ice Storm, Monsoon Wedding
- Ken Darby (1909 - 1992) — Rancho Notorious, Meet Me After the Show, The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- Mason Daring (b. 1949) — Return of the Secaucus 7, The Brother from Another Planet, Eight Men Out
- David Darling (b. 1941) — Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World, Kedma, Going Under
- Samar Das (1929 - 2001) — Mukh O Mukhosh, Asiya, Dhirey Bahey Meghna
- Peter Dasent — Meet the Feebles, Braindead, Heavenly Creatures
- Vladimir Dashkevich (b. 1934) — Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Niotkuda s lyubovyu, ili Vesyolye pokhorony, Prodleniye roda
- Evelyne Datl — The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon, The Big Comfy Couch, What's for Dinner?
- Shaun Davey (b. 1948) — Waking Ned, The Tailor of Panama, The Abduction Club
- Iva Davies (b. 1955) — Razorback, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
- Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934) — The Devils, The Boy Friend
- Carl Davis (b. 1936) — The French Lieutenant's Woman, Hollywood, new music for Intolerance
- Don Davis (b. 1957) — The Matrix, House on Haunted Hill, Behind Enemy Lines
- Jonathan Davis (b. 1971) — Queen of the Damned
- Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) — Elevator to the Gallows, Siesta, Dingo
- Guido De Angelis (b. 1944) — Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Sandokan, Watch Out, We're Mad!
- Maurizio De Angelis (b. 1947) — Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Sandokan, Watch Out, We're Mad!
- Mark De Gli Antoni — Cherish, Marie and Bruce, Into the Abyss
- Francesco De Masi (1930 - 2005) — Arizona Colt, Private Vices, Public Pleasures, The New York Ripper
- Tullio De Piscopo (b. 1946) — L'arma, I guappi non si toccano, 32 dicembre
- Frank De Vol (1911 - 1999) — Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Flight of the Phoenix, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Barry De Vorzon (b. 1934) — Dillinger, The Warriors, Xanadu
- Dan Deacon (b. 1981) — Twixt, Hilvarenbeek
- Dead Can Dance (formed 1981) — Moon Child, In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Ruth's Journey
- Dick DeBenedictis (b. 1937) — Perry Mason, Police Story, Columbo
- John Debney (b. 1956) — Cutthroat Island, The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2
- Charles Deenen (b. 1970) - Double Dragon, Xain'd Sleena, Zamzara
- Deep Forest (formed 1992) - Strange Days, Le prince du Pacifique, Kusa no ran
- Fabian Del Priore (b. 1978) - Extreme Assault, X: Beyond the Frontier, UPIXO In Action: Mission in Snowdriftland
- Norman Dello Joio (1913 - 2008) - Air Power, The Smashing of the Reich, A Golden Prison: The Louvre
- Jack Delano (1914 - 1997) - Los Peloteros
- Georges Delerue (1925 - 1992) - Hiroshima mon amour, Jules and Jim, Contempt, The Last Metro
- Joe Delia - Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, Dangerous Game
- Julie Delpy (b. 1969) - J'ai peur, j'ai mal, je meurs, 2 Days in Paris, The Countess
- Milton DeLugg (b. 1918) - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, The Gong Show, Treasure Hunt
- Éric Demarsan (b. 1938) - Army of Shadows, Le Cercle rouge, Les Spécialistes
- Eumir Deodato (b. 1943) — Bossa Nova
- Olivier Derivière (b. 1978) — Alone in the Dark, Obscure, Phileas Fortune
- Jean Derome (b. 1955) — Passiflora, L'âge de braise, De ma fenêtre, sans maison...
- Russ DeSalvo — Barbie Diaries
- Alexandre Desplat (b. 1961) — The Painted Veil, The King's Speech, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Lust, Caution
- Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979) — Alice und ihre Feuerwehr, Stürme über dem Montblanc, Tarass Boulba
- Adolph Deutsch (1897–1980) — The Maltese Falcon, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment
- Stephen Deutsch (b. 1945) — The Signalman, The History of Mr. Polly, Bye Bye Columbus
- Deva (b. 1950) — Aasai, Kushi, The Prince
- Srikanth Deva — Kuththu, Puli Varudhu, Aattanayagann
- DeVotchKa (formed 1997) — Little Miss Sunshine
- Frédéric Devreese (b. 1929) — Het Sacrament, Du bout des lèvres, La partie d'échecs
- Sussan Deyhim — Turbulent, Rapture, Mahdokht
- James Di Pasquale (b. 1941) — McClain's Law, Armed and Dangerous, Rad
- Neil Diamond (b. 1941) — Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Jazz Singer
- Michelle DiBucci — Wendigo, Creepshow, Carrier
- Vince DiCola — The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive, Rocky IV
- Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901 - 1951) — Melodías porteñas, La vida es un tango, En la luz de una estrella
- Ramin Djawadi (b. 1974) — Prison Break, Iron Man, Game of Thrones
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000) — Guns of the Trees, Visual Variations on Noguchi
- Julius Dobos (b. 1976) — Europe Express, Thend, Black Strawberries
- Robert E. Dolan (1908 - 1972) — Once Upon a Honeymoon, The Great Gatsby, The Man Who Understood Women
- Thomas Dolby (b. 1958) — Howard the Duck, Gothic, The Gate to the Mind's Eye
- Klaus Doldinger (b. 1936) — Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, Negresco - Eine tödliche Affäre
- Pino Donaggio (b. 1941) — Don't Look Now, Carrie, Dressed to Kill
- Walter Donaldson (1893 - 1947) — Glorifying the American Girl, The Great Ziegfeld, Panama Hattie
- James Dooley (b. 1976) — When a Stranger Calls, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault, Infamous
- Steve Dorff (b. 1949) — Spenser: For Hire, Murphy Brown, Just the Ten of Us
- Pierre van Dormael (1952 - 2008) — Toto the Hero, The Eighth Day, Mr. Nobody
- Paul Doucette (b. 1972) — Shredderman Rules, Just Pray
- Joel Douek — Shark Week, Discovery Atlas, The Wildest Dream
- Patrick Doyle (b. 1953) — Henry V, Hamlet, Sense and Sensibility, Frankenstein
- Carmen Dragon (1914 - 1984) — At Gunpoint, Night into Tomorrow, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Christopher Drake — Hellboy: Sword of Storms, Batman: Gotham Knight, Justice League: Doom
- Robert Drasnin (b. 1927) — Joe Forrester, CHiPs, Cinemania
- Jojo Draven — Hell Asylum, Witches of the Caribbean, Ghost Month
- Dennis Dreith (b. 1948) — Purple People Eater, The Punisher, Gag
- Mark Dresser (b. 1952) — new music for the silent films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Un Chien Andalou
- Jorge Drexler (b. 1964) — Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo, Hermanas, The City of Your Final Destination
- George Dreyfus (b. 1928) — A Steam Train Passes, Rush, The Fringe Dwellers
- Howard Drossin — Tom-Yum-Goong, The Man with the Iron Fists, Splatterhouse
- Jack Curtis Dubowsky — Under One Roof, Redwoods, Rock Haven
- John Du Prez (b. 1946) — Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Oxford Blues, A Fish Called Wanda
- Anne Dudley (b.1956) — American History X, The Crying Game, The Full Monty
- Antoine Duhamel (b.1925) — Pierrot le Fou, Week End
- Charles Dumont (b. 1929) — Les gourmandines, Trafic, Le commando des chauds lapins
- Isaak Dunayevsky (1900 - 1955) — Circus, Jolly Fellows, Volga-Volga
- Maksim Dunayevsky (b. 1945) — d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Mary Poppins, Goodbye, The Witches Cave
- Clay Duncan — Blade: The Series, The Grid, Fetch
- Robert Duncan — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lie To Me, Castle
- Trevor Duncan (1924 - 2005) — Little Red Monkey, The Long Haul
- George Duning (1908 - 2000) — From Here to Eternity, The Devil at 4 O'Clock, Me and the Colonel
- The Dust Brothers (formed 1985) — Fight Club
- Jacques Dutronc (b. 1943) — Antoine et Sébastien, Sale rêveur, Van Gogh
- Frank Duval (b. 1940) — Derrick, The Old Fox, Unsere schönsten Jahre
- Jeff van Dyck (b. 1969) — Rome: Total War, The Need for Speed, Sled Storm
- Dado Dzihan (b. 1964) — Well Tempered Corpses, Sitting Ducks, Breaking and Entering
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