John Cage: John Cage. Soundtrack: Shutter Island. Innovative Composer and pianist, educated at Pomona College, he studied music with Fannie Dillon, Ruhan Buhlig, Lazare Levy, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, Arnold Schönberg, and Edgard Varèse. He invented the concept of the "prepared" piano, and gave recitals in Europe and the United States. He joined ASCAP in 1955.
Known For: Shutter Island (Soundtrack("Music for Marcel Duchamp" (1947), "Root of an Unfocus" (1944))), Variations V (Composer), Film über Nichts (Writer), One 11 and 103 (Writer)