Renaming Classical Music files

My problem is that I cannot tell from the name alone which classical piece is playing on my iPod. This is because classical composers use generic titles, such as Symphony or Sonata to label their work.
What I need to do is add the name of the composer to the title but as I have over 5,000 files in my library it is a mammoth task.
I have comes across Steve MacGuire's (aka turnigntest2) scripts and there is one that almost fits the bill. Bit it adds the name AFTER the existing title, whereas I would like it BEFORE.
If Steve or anyone else knows how to help me I would be very grateful.

Hi Steve,
That sounds even better than I expected. I tried your KeywordsToName script but it adds the keyword (i.e. composer name) at the end of the existing text rather than at the beginning.
If this script could be adapted to put the keyword first, that would be brilliant. (I am not technically competent to do this myself.)
But what you suggest is the dream solution. What I would like is the composer's surname, which is already in the Composer field, copied to the beginning of the Name field, with a dash separating it from the existing text.
An example would look like this:
Brahms - Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello in A minor, Op. 114 (i. Allegro)
A few of my tracks already have the composer name in the Name field, so I would need to select only those needing attention. I presume I could do this playlist by playlist which would not be a major task.
Thanks a million.

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