Stanley Clarke — American Musician born on June 30, 1951,

Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass as well as for his numerous film and television scores. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles... (wikipedia)

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.
After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a good film composer.
You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.
I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's evolved the most, especially with how it's perceived. And even how it's played, and how it's viewed from a point of view of commerce, like with the music industry.