Criteria: -
1) The movie had to have at least 30 minutes or more of score.
2) Historical impact. (Unique approach to film scoring)
3) No scores that were famous for incorporating already existing music.
4) Sequel scores: Only one representative from each franchise. What is considered to be the franchises best work.
5) No musicals. With the exception of a musical that had an original backround score that's noteworthy and not based on the songs. So you'll see the 'Wizard of Oz' but not 'The Little Mermaid'.
Newly added names are in Red Edited By: Film Music Fan List Begun: 04-11-07
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - John Williams 2. Gone With The Wind (1939) - Max Steiner 3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre 4. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) - Elmer Bernstein 5. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Ennio Morricone 6. Psycho (1960) - Bernard Herrmann 7. The Godfather (1972) - Nino Rota 8. Jaws (1975) - John Williams 9. The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein 10. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) - John Williams 11. Batman (1989) - Danny Elfman 12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Howard Shore 13. The Omen (1976) - Jerry Goldsmith 14. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 15. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - John Williams 16. The Pink Panther (1963) - Henry Mancini 17. Vertigo (1958) - Bernard Herrmann 18. The Lion In Winter (1968) - John Barry 19. Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Maurice Jarre 20. King Kong (1933) - Max Steiner 21. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith 22. Superman (1978) - John Williams 23. Dances With Wolves (1990) - John Barry 24. How The West Was Won (1962) - Alfred Newman 25. Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Franz Waxman 26. Braveheart (1995) - James Horner 27. Schindler's List (1993) - John Williams 28. Ben-Hur (1959) - Miklos Rozsa 29. The Mission (1986) - Ennio Morricone 30. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - John Williams 31. Ivan The Terrible (1944) - Sergei Prokofiev 32. Modern Times (1936) - Charles Chaplin 33. Rocky (1976) - Bill Conti 34. Kings Row (1942) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 35. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Franz Waxman 36. Laura (1944) - David Raksin 37. Conan the Barbarian (1982) - Basil Poledouris 38. Goldfinger (1964) - John Barry 39. High Noon (1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin 40. Alexander Nevsky (1938) - Sergei Prokofiev 41. A Place In The Sun (1951) - Franz Waxman 42. Glory (1989) - James Horner 43. Now, Voyager (1942) - Max Steiner 44. Chariots of Fire (1981) - Vangelis 45. Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Ennio Morricone 46. The Red Pony (1949) - Aaron Copland 47. Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) - Henry Mancini 48. Out of Africa (1985) - John Barry 49. Scott of the Antarctic (1948) - Ralph Vaughan-Williams 50. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Herbert Stothart 51. The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) - Bernard Herrmann 52. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) - Malcolm Arnold 53. Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith 54. The Great Escape (1963) - Elmer Bernstein 55. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) - Ennio Morricone 56. Exodus (1960) - Ernest Gold 57. Spellbound (1945) - Miklos Rozsa 58. The Red Violin (1999) - John Corigliano 59. The Sea Hawk (1940) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 60. On The Waterfront (1954) - Leonard Bernstein 61. Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Max Steiner 62. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Alex North 63. Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Danny Elfman 64. Citizen Kane (1941) - Bernard Herrmann 65. Planet of the Apes (1968) - Jerry Goldsmith 66. Krull (1983) - James Horner 67. The Third Man (1949) - Anton Karas 68. Around The World In 80 Days (1956) - Victor Young 69. Henry V (1989) - Patrick Doyle 70. A Summer Place (1959) - Max Steiner 71. Love Story (1970) - Francis Lai 72. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) - Michael Kamen 73. Alien (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith 74. Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Nino Rota 75. North By Northwest (1959) - Bernard Herrmann 76. The Big Country (1958) - Jerome Moross 77. On Golden Pond (1981) - Dave Grusin 78. Godzilla (1954) - Akira Ifukube 79. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) - Hugo Friedhofer 80. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - John Williams 81. Forrest Gump (1994) - Alan Silvestri 82. Captain From Castile (1947) - Alfred Newman 83. Gladiator (2000) - Hans Zimmer 84. The Ten Commandments (1956) - Elmer Bernstein 85. Spartacus (1960) - Alex North 86. Taxi Driver (1976) - Bernard Herrmann 87. Hatari! (1962) - Henry Mancini 88. Taras Bulba (1962) - Franz Waxman 89. The Lost Weekend (1945) - Miklos Rozsa 90. Patton (1970) - Jerry Goldsmith 91. El Cid (1961) - Miklos Rozsa 92. Walk On The Wild Side (1962) - Elmer Bernstein 93. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) - Bernard Herrmann 94. The Natural (1984) - Randy Newman 95. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Alfred Newman 96. Once Upon A Time In America (1984) - Ennio Morricone 97. Jurassic Park (1993) - John Williams 98. Born Free (1966) - John Barry 99. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - Max Steiner 100. Titanic (1997) - James Horner 101. The Untouchables (1987) - Ennio Morricone 102. Murder On The Orient Express (1974) - Richard Rodney Bennett 103. The Right Stuff (1983) - Bill Conti 104. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Thomas Newman 105. A Passage To India (1984) - Maurice Jarre 106. Cutthroat Island (1995) - John Debney 107. Friendly Persuasion (1956) - Dimitri Tiomkin 108. Blade Runner (1982) - Vangelis 109. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - Dimitri Tiomkin 110. Bullitt (1968) - Lalo Schifrin 111. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Alfred Newman 112. It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Ernest Gold 113. Wait Until Dark (1967) - Henry Mancini 114. Papillon (1973) - Jerry Goldsmith 115. Halloween (1979) - John Carpenter 116. A Man For All Seasons (1966) - Georges Delerue 117. Requiem For A Dream (2000) - Clint Mansell 118. The Dambusters (1955) - Leighton Lucas 119. Midnight Express (1978) - Giorgio Moroder 120. Summer of 42' (1971) - Michel Legrand 121. Rebel Without A Cause (1955) - Leonard Rosenman 122. Hook (1991) - John Williams 123. King of Kings (1961) - Miklos Rozsa 124. Fargo (1996) - Carter Burwell 125. The Wind and the Lion (1975) - Jerry Goldsmith 126. The Song of Bernadette (1943) - Alfred Newman 127. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) - Christopher Young 128. Casino Royale (1967) - Burt Bacharach 129. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Klaus Badelt 130. The Wild Bunch (1969) - Jerry Fielding 131. The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) - Elmer Bernstein 132. A Patch of Blue (1965) - Jerry Goldsmith 133. Ragtime (1981) - Randy Newman 134. The American President (1995) - Marc Shaiman 135. East of Eden (1955) - Leonard Rosenman 136. The Piano (1993) - Michael Nyman 137. Get Carter (1971) - Roy Budd 138. Wuthering Heights (1939) - Alfred Newman 139. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Alex North 140. Double Indemnity (1944) - Miklos Rozsa 141. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) - Michel Legrand 142. City Lights (1931) - Charles Chaplin 143. Stargate (1994) - David Arnold 144. Zorba the Greek (1964) - Mikis Theodorakis 145. Young Frankenstein (1974) - John Morris 146. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - Brad Fiedel 147. Charade (1963) - Henry Mancini 148. American Beauty (1999) - Thomas Newman 149. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Wojciech Kilar 150. Back To The Future (1985) - Alan Silvestri 151. Princess Mononoke (1997) - Joe Hisaishi 152. Finding Neverland (2004) - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek 153. Rebecca (1940) - Franz Waxman 154. Backdraft (1991) - Hans Zimmer 155. Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Maurice Jarre 156. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Bebe & Louis Barron 157. The Reivers (1969) - John Williams 158. Anthony Adverse (1936) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 159. Poltergeist (1982) - Jerry Goldsmith 160. Gattaca (1997) - Michael Nyman 161. The Alamo (1960) - Dimitri Tiomkin 162. A Little Princess (1995) - Patrick Doyle 163. The Lord of the Rings (1978) - Leonard Rosenman 164. Somewhere In Time (1980) - John Barry 165. Dinosaur (2000) - James Newton Howard 166. Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes 167. The Final Conflict (1981) - Jerry Goldsmith 168. The Thing (1982) - Ennio Morricone 169. Legends of the Fall (1994) - James Horner 170. Rudy (1993) - Jerry Goldsmith 171. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - Miklos Rozsa 172. Dragonheart (1996) - Randy Edelman 173. The Robe (1953) - Alfred Newman 174. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - Dimitri Tiomkin 175. Cape Fear (1962) - Bernard Herrmann 176. An Affair To Remember (1957) - Hugo Friedhofer 177. The Village (2004) - James Newton Howard 178. Touch of Evil (1958) - Henry Mancini 179. City Slickers (1991) - Marc Shaiman 180. The Witches of Eastwick (1987) - John Williams 181. Terms of Endearment (1983) - Michael Gore 182. Home Alone (1990) - John Williams 183. Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003) - Alexandre Desplat 184. Captain Blood (1935) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 185. Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood & Lennie Niehaus 186. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Duke Ellington 187. Prince Valiant (1954) - Franz Waxman 188. The Incredibles (2004) - Michael Giacchino 189. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - James Horner 190. The Hours (2002) - Philip Glass 191. Johnny Belinda (1948) - Max Steiner 192. Silverado (1985) - Bruce Broughton 193. Henry V (1946) - William Walton 194. The Way We Were (1973) - Marvin Hamlisch 195. Mutiny On The Bounty (1962) - Bronislau Kaper 196. Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Danny Elfman 197. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - John Williams 198. Frenzy (1972) - Ron Goodwin 199. The Miracle Worker (1962) - Laurence Rosenthal 200. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Howard Shore
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