200 Greatest Film Scores
Criteria: Influence, Acclaim, Popularity
Title (Year) - Composer
1. Star Wars
(1977) - John Williams
2. Psycho
(1960) - Bernard Herrmann
3. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
(1966) - Ennio Morricone
4. Gone With The Wind
(1939) - Max Steiner
5. Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) - Maurice Jarre
6. The Godfather
(1972) - Nino Rota
7. Jaws
(1975) - John Williams
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) - Howard Shore
9. King Kong
(1933) - Max Steiner
10. The Magnificent Seven
(1960) - Elmer Bernstein
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12. High Noon
(1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin
13. Laura
(1944) - David Raksin
14. The Wizard of Oz
(1939) - Herbert Stothart
15. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(1982) - John Williams
16. The Pink Panther
(1963) - Henry Mancini
17. Blade Runner
(1982) - Vangelis
18. Vertigo
(1958) - Bernard Herrmann
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981) - John Williams
20. Chinatown
(1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
21. Alexander Nevsky
(1938) - Sergei Prokofiev
22. Goldfinger
(1964) - John Barry
23. To Kill A Mockingbird
(1962) - Elmer Bernstein
24. Ben-Hur
(1959) - Miklos Rozsa
25. Sunset Boulevard
(1950) - Franz Waxman
26. Jurassic Park
(1993) - John Williams
27. Rocky
(1976) - Bill Conti
28. Planet of the Apes
(1968) - Jerry Goldsmith
29. Batman
(1989) - Danny Elfman
30. Once Upon A Time In The West
(1968) - Ennio Morricone
31. How The West Was Won
(1962) - Alfred Newman
32. Taxi Driver
(1976) - Bernard Herrmann
33. Pather Panchali
(1955) - Ravi Shankar
34. Elevator to the Gallows
(1958) - Miles Davis
35. Shaft
(1971) - Isaac Hayes
36. Superman
(1978) - John Williams
37. The Mission
(1986) - Ennio Morricone
38. Out of Africa
(1985) - John Barry
39. American Beauty
(1999) - Thomas Newman
40. A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951) - Alex North
41. The Social Network
(2010) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
42. Doctor Zhivago
(1965) - Maurice Jarre
43. Schindler's List
(1993) - John Williams
44. The Omen
(1976) - Jerry Goldsmith
45. On The Waterfront
(1954) - Leonard Bernstein
46. Contempt
(1963) - Georges Delerue
47. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(1963) - Michel Legrand
48. Godzilla
(1954) - Akira Ifukube
49. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977) - John Williams
50. Saagara Sangamam
(1983) - Ilaiyaraaja
51. Toy Story
(1995) - Randy Newman
52. Chariots of Fire
(1981) - Vangelis
53. The Third Man
(1949) - Anton Karas
54. A Clockwork Orange
(1971) - Wendy Carlos
55. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(2001) - John Williams
56. Paris, Texas
(1984) - Ry Cooder
57. 8½
(1963) - Nino Rota
58. Titanic
(1997) - James Horner
59. Interstellar
(2014) - Hans Zimmer
60. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
61. Casablanca
(1942) - Max Steiner
62. North By Northwest
(1959) - Bernard Herrmann
63. The Lion King
(1994) - Hans Zimmer
64. Breakfast At Tiffany's
(1961) - Henry Mancini
65. Braveheart
(1995) - James Horner
66. Dances With Wolves
(1990) - John Barry
67. Conan the Barbarian
(1982) - Basil Poledouris
68. The Lion In Winter
(1968) - John Barry
69. On Golden Pond
(1981) - Dave Grusin
70. Koyaanisqatsi
(1982) - Philip Glass
71. Singin' in the Rain
(1952) - Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown
72. Once Upon A Time In America
(1984) - Ennio Morricone
73. The Great Escape
(1963) - Elmer Bernstein
74. Inception
(2010) - Hans Zimmer
75. The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014) - Alexandre Desplat
76. Around The World In 80 Days
(1956) - Victor Young
77. Cinema Paradiso
(1988) - Ennio Morricone
78. A Place In The Sun
(1951) - Franz Waxman
79. Anatomy of a Murder
(1959) - Duke Ellington
80. Suspiria
(1977) - Goblin
81. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992) - Angelo Badalamenti
82. La La Land
(2016) - Justin Hurwitz
83. Up
(2009) - Michael Giacchino
84. Back To The Future
(1985) - Alan Silvestri
85. Under the Skin
(2013) - Mica Levi
86. The Best Years Of Our Lives
(1946) - Hugo Friedhofer
87. Bullitt
(1968) - Lalo Schifrin
88. Halloween
(1978) - John Carpenter
89. Spirited Away
(2001) - Joe Hisaishi
90. Seven Samurai
(1954) - Fumio Hayasaka
91. Bicycle Thieves
(1948) - Alessandro Cicognini
92. Midnight Express
(1978) - Giorgio Moroder
93. Princess Mononoke
(1997) - Joe Hisaishi
94. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
(1985) - Philip Glass
95. There Will Be Blood
(2007) - Jonny Greenwood
96. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1975) - Jack Nitzsche
97. Rosemary's Baby
(1968) - Krzyzstof Komeda
98. The Sea Hawk
(1940) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
99. Amarcord
(1973) - Nino Rota
100. Now, Voyager
(1942) - Max Steiner
101. Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - A.R. Rahman
102. Romeo and Juliet
(1968) - Nino Rota
103. Spartacus
(1960) - Alex North
104. Spellbound
(1945) - Miklos Rozsa
105. All About Eve
(1950) - Alfred Newman
106. The Last Temptation of Christ
(1988) - Peter Gabriel
107. The Bride of Frankenstein
(1935) - Franz Waxman
108. Round Midnight
(1986) - Herbie Hancock
109. The Italian Job
(1969) - Quincy Jones
110. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1921) - Louis F. Gottschalk
111. Modern Times
(1936) - Charles Chaplin
112. Don't Look Now
(1973) - Pino Donaggio
113. Kings Row
(1942) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
114. Emma
(1996) - Rachel Portman
115. The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967) - Michel Legrand
116. Gladiator
(2000) - Hans Zimmer
117. Drive
(2011) - Cliff Martinez
118. Requiem For A Dream
(2000) - Clint Mansell
119. A Star is Born
(1954) - Ray Heindorf
120. The Bridge On The River Kwai
(1957) - Malcolm Arnold
121. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000) - Tan Dun
122. Alien
(1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
123. A Man and a Woman
(1966) - Francis Lai
124. Beauty and the Beast
(1991) - Alan Menken
125. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003) - Klaus Badelt
126. The Guns of Navarone
(1961) - Dimitri Tiomkin
127. Sorcerer
(1977) - Tangerine Dream
128. Ran
(1985) - Toru Takemitsu
129. The Beauty and the Beast
(1946) - Georges Auric
130. Jules and Jim
(1962) - Georges Delerue
131. Trouble Man
(1972) - Marvin Gaye
132. Alfie
(1966) - Sonny Rollins
133. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
(1999) - RZA
134. Dirty Harry
(1971) - Lalo Schifrin
135. Snow Falling on Cedars
(1999) - James Newton Howard
136. Do the Right Thing
(1989) - Bill Lee
137. Deliverance
(1972) - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel
138. The Wicker Man
(1973) - Paul Giovanni
139. The Devil in Miss Jones
(1971) - Alden Shuman
140. Exodus
(1960) - Ernest Gold
141. Ivan the Terrible
(1944) - Sergei Prokofiev
142. Stalker
(1979) - Eduard Artemiev
143. The Red Violin
(1999) - John Corigliano
144. Sindhu Bairavi
(1985) - Ilaiyaraaja
145. The Red Shoes
(1948) - Brian Easdale
146. Gandhi
(1982) - George Fenton
147. Citizen Kane
(1941) - Bernard Herrmann
148. Sunrise
(1927) - Hugo Riesenfeld
149. The Ten Commandments
(1956) - Elmer Bernstein
150. Akira
(1988) - Tsutomu Oshii
151. Cat People
(1942) - Roy Webb
152. The Natural
(1984) - Randy Newman
153. Legends of the Fall
(1994) - James Horner
154. Henry V
(1989) - Patrick Doyle
155. The Robe
(1953) - Alfred Newman
156. The Thin Red Line
(1998) - Hans Zimmer
157. Oppenheimer
(2023) - Ludwig Goransson
158. Mulholland Drive
(2001) - Angelo Badalamenti
159. Zorba the Greek
(1964) - Mikis Theodorakis
160. It's A Wonderful Life
(1946) - Dimitri Tiomkin
161. Agni Nakshatraam
(1988) - Ilaiyaraaja
162. Hana-Bi
(1997) - Joe Hisaishi
163. The Village
(2004) - James Newton Howard
164. Dil Se...
(1998) - A.R. Rahman
165. The Man With the Golden Arm
(1955) - Elmer Bernstein
166. Carol
(2015) - Carter Burwell
167. The Heiress
(1949) - Aaron Copland
168. The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993) - Danny Elfman
169. Howl's Moving Castle
(2004) - Joe Hisaishi
170. The Fountain
(2005) - Clint Mansell
171. The Incredibles
(2004) - Michael Giacchino
172. The Last Emperor
(1987) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su
173. The Most Dangerous Game
(1932) - Max Steiner
174. The Shape of Water
(2017) - Alexandre Desplat
175. 28 Days Later
(2002) - John Murphy
176. Glory
(1989) - James Horner
177. Awaara
(1951) - Shankar-Jaikishan
178. The Big Country
(1958) - Jerome Moross
179. Road to Perdition
(2002) - Thomas Newman
180. Cool Hand Luke
(1967) - Lalo Schifrin
181. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969) - Burt Bacharach
182. The Fugitive
(1993) - James Newton Howard
183. Atonement
(2007) - Dario Marinelli
184. Forrest Gump
(1994) - Alan Silvestri
185. Saving Private Ryan
(1998) - John Williams
186. How to Train Your Dragon
(2010) - John Powell
187. The Patchwork Girl of Oz
(1913) - Louis F. Gottschalk
188. The Thing
(1982) - Ennio Morricone
189. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
(1972) - Popol Vuh
190. The Petrified Forest
(1973) - Toru Takemitsu
191. Dunkirk
(2017) - Hans Zimmer
192. The Virgin Suicides
(1999) - Air
193. The Shining
(1980) - Wendy Carlos
194. Sicario
(2015) - Johann Johannsson
195. The Shawshank Redemption
(1994) - Thomas Newman
196. Rashomon
(1950) - Fumio Hayasaka
197. The Cobweb
(1955) - Leonard Rosenman
198. Solaris
(1972) - Eduard Artemiev
199. The Hateful Eight
(2015) - Ennio Morricone
200. Poltergeist
(1982) - Jerry Goldsmith
1. Star Wars
(1977) - John Williams
2. Psycho
(1960) - Bernard Herrmann
3. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
(1966) - Ennio Morricone
4. Gone With The Wind
(1939) - Max Steiner
5. Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) - Maurice Jarre
6. The Godfather
(1972) - Nino Rota
7. Jaws
(1975) - John Williams
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) - Howard Shore
9. King Kong
(1933) - Max Steiner
10. The Magnificent Seven
(1960) - Elmer Bernstein
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12. High Noon
(1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin
13. Laura
(1944) - David Raksin
14. The Wizard of Oz
(1939) - Herbert Stothart
15. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(1982) - John Williams
16. The Pink Panther
(1963) - Henry Mancini
17. Blade Runner
(1982) - Vangelis
18. Vertigo
(1958) - Bernard Herrmann
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981) - John Williams
20. Chinatown
(1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
21. Alexander Nevsky
(1938) - Sergei Prokofiev
22. Goldfinger
(1964) - John Barry
23. To Kill A Mockingbird
(1962) - Elmer Bernstein
24. Ben-Hur
(1959) - Miklos Rozsa
25. Sunset Boulevard
(1950) - Franz Waxman
26. Jurassic Park
(1993) - John Williams
27. Rocky
(1976) - Bill Conti
28. Planet of the Apes
(1968) - Jerry Goldsmith
29. Batman
(1989) - Danny Elfman
30. Once Upon A Time In The West
(1968) - Ennio Morricone
31. How The West Was Won
(1962) - Alfred Newman
32. Taxi Driver
(1976) - Bernard Herrmann
33. Pather Panchali
(1955) - Ravi Shankar
34. Elevator to the Gallows
(1958) - Miles Davis
35. Shaft
(1971) - Isaac Hayes
36. Superman
(1978) - John Williams
37. The Mission
(1986) - Ennio Morricone
38. Out of Africa
(1985) - John Barry
39. American Beauty
(1999) - Thomas Newman
40. A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951) - Alex North
41. The Social Network
(2010) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
42. Doctor Zhivago
(1965) - Maurice Jarre
43. Schindler's List
(1993) - John Williams
44. The Omen
(1976) - Jerry Goldsmith
45. On The Waterfront
(1954) - Leonard Bernstein
46. Contempt
(1963) - Georges Delerue
47. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(1963) - Michel Legrand
48. Godzilla
(1954) - Akira Ifukube
49. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977) - John Williams
50. Saagara Sangamam
(1983) - Ilaiyaraaja
51. Toy Story
(1995) - Randy Newman
52. Chariots of Fire
(1981) - Vangelis
53. The Third Man
(1949) - Anton Karas
54. A Clockwork Orange
(1971) - Wendy Carlos
55. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(2001) - John Williams
56. Paris, Texas
(1984) - Ry Cooder
57. 8½
(1963) - Nino Rota
58. Titanic
(1997) - James Horner
59. Interstellar
(2014) - Hans Zimmer
60. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
61. Casablanca
(1942) - Max Steiner
62. North By Northwest
(1959) - Bernard Herrmann
63. The Lion King
(1994) - Hans Zimmer
64. Breakfast At Tiffany's
(1961) - Henry Mancini
65. Braveheart
(1995) - James Horner
66. Dances With Wolves
(1990) - John Barry
67. Conan the Barbarian
(1982) - Basil Poledouris
68. The Lion In Winter
(1968) - John Barry
69. On Golden Pond
(1981) - Dave Grusin
70. Koyaanisqatsi
(1982) - Philip Glass
71. Singin' in the Rain
(1952) - Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown
72. Once Upon A Time In America
(1984) - Ennio Morricone
73. The Great Escape
(1963) - Elmer Bernstein
74. Inception
(2010) - Hans Zimmer
75. The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014) - Alexandre Desplat
76. Around The World In 80 Days
(1956) - Victor Young
77. Cinema Paradiso
(1988) - Ennio Morricone
78. A Place In The Sun
(1951) - Franz Waxman
79. Anatomy of a Murder
(1959) - Duke Ellington
80. Suspiria
(1977) - Goblin
81. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992) - Angelo Badalamenti
82. La La Land
(2016) - Justin Hurwitz
83. Up
(2009) - Michael Giacchino
84. Back To The Future
(1985) - Alan Silvestri
85. Under the Skin
(2013) - Mica Levi
86. The Best Years Of Our Lives
(1946) - Hugo Friedhofer
87. Bullitt
(1968) - Lalo Schifrin
88. Halloween
(1978) - John Carpenter
89. Spirited Away
(2001) - Joe Hisaishi
90. Seven Samurai
(1954) - Fumio Hayasaka
91. Bicycle Thieves
(1948) - Alessandro Cicognini
92. Midnight Express
(1978) - Giorgio Moroder
93. Princess Mononoke
(1997) - Joe Hisaishi
94. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
(1985) - Philip Glass
95. There Will Be Blood
(2007) - Jonny Greenwood
96. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1975) - Jack Nitzsche
97. Rosemary's Baby
(1968) - Krzyzstof Komeda
98. The Sea Hawk
(1940) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
99. Amarcord
(1973) - Nino Rota
100. Now, Voyager
(1942) - Max Steiner
101. Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - A.R. Rahman
102. Romeo and Juliet
(1968) - Nino Rota
103. Spartacus
(1960) - Alex North
104. Spellbound
(1945) - Miklos Rozsa
105. All About Eve
(1950) - Alfred Newman
106. The Last Temptation of Christ
(1988) - Peter Gabriel
107. The Bride of Frankenstein
(1935) - Franz Waxman
108. Round Midnight
(1986) - Herbie Hancock
109. The Italian Job
(1969) - Quincy Jones
110. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1921) - Louis F. Gottschalk
111. Modern Times
(1936) - Charles Chaplin
112. Don't Look Now
(1973) - Pino Donaggio
113. Kings Row
(1942) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
114. Emma
(1996) - Rachel Portman
115. The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967) - Michel Legrand
116. Gladiator
(2000) - Hans Zimmer
117. Drive
(2011) - Cliff Martinez
118. Requiem For A Dream
(2000) - Clint Mansell
119. A Star is Born
(1954) - Ray Heindorf
120. The Bridge On The River Kwai
(1957) - Malcolm Arnold
121. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000) - Tan Dun
122. Alien
(1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
123. A Man and a Woman
(1966) - Francis Lai
124. Beauty and the Beast
(1991) - Alan Menken
125. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003) - Klaus Badelt
126. The Guns of Navarone
(1961) - Dimitri Tiomkin
127. Sorcerer
(1977) - Tangerine Dream
128. Ran
(1985) - Toru Takemitsu
129. The Beauty and the Beast
(1946) - Georges Auric
130. Jules and Jim
(1962) - Georges Delerue
131. Trouble Man
(1972) - Marvin Gaye
132. Alfie
(1966) - Sonny Rollins
133. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
(1999) - RZA
134. Dirty Harry
(1971) - Lalo Schifrin
135. Snow Falling on Cedars
(1999) - James Newton Howard
136. Do the Right Thing
(1989) - Bill Lee
137. Deliverance
(1972) - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel
138. The Wicker Man
(1973) - Paul Giovanni
139. The Devil in Miss Jones
(1971) - Alden Shuman
140. Exodus
(1960) - Ernest Gold
141. Ivan the Terrible
(1944) - Sergei Prokofiev
142. Stalker
(1979) - Eduard Artemiev
143. The Red Violin
(1999) - John Corigliano
144. Sindhu Bairavi
(1985) - Ilaiyaraaja
145. The Red Shoes
(1948) - Brian Easdale
146. Gandhi
(1982) - George Fenton
147. Citizen Kane
(1941) - Bernard Herrmann
148. Sunrise
(1927) - Hugo Riesenfeld
149. The Ten Commandments
(1956) - Elmer Bernstein
150. Akira
(1988) - Tsutomu Oshii
151. Cat People
(1942) - Roy Webb
152. The Natural
(1984) - Randy Newman
153. Legends of the Fall
(1994) - James Horner
154. Henry V
(1989) - Patrick Doyle
155. The Robe
(1953) - Alfred Newman
156. The Thin Red Line
(1998) - Hans Zimmer
157. Oppenheimer
(2023) - Ludwig Goransson
158. Mulholland Drive
(2001) - Angelo Badalamenti
159. Zorba the Greek
(1964) - Mikis Theodorakis
160. It's A Wonderful Life
(1946) - Dimitri Tiomkin
161. Agni Nakshatraam
(1988) - Ilaiyaraaja
162. Hana-Bi
(1997) - Joe Hisaishi
163. The Village
(2004) - James Newton Howard
164. Dil Se...
(1998) - A.R. Rahman
165. The Man With the Golden Arm
(1955) - Elmer Bernstein
166. Carol
(2015) - Carter Burwell
167. The Heiress
(1949) - Aaron Copland
168. The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993) - Danny Elfman
169. Howl's Moving Castle
(2004) - Joe Hisaishi
170. The Fountain
(2005) - Clint Mansell
171. The Incredibles
(2004) - Michael Giacchino
172. The Last Emperor
(1987) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su
173. The Most Dangerous Game
(1932) - Max Steiner
174. The Shape of Water
(2017) - Alexandre Desplat
175. 28 Days Later
(2002) - John Murphy
176. Glory
(1989) - James Horner
177. Awaara
(1951) - Shankar-Jaikishan
178. The Big Country
(1958) - Jerome Moross
179. Road to Perdition
(2002) - Thomas Newman
180. Cool Hand Luke
(1967) - Lalo Schifrin
181. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969) - Burt Bacharach
182. The Fugitive
(1993) - James Newton Howard
183. Atonement
(2007) - Dario Marinelli
184. Forrest Gump
(1994) - Alan Silvestri
185. Saving Private Ryan
(1998) - John Williams
186. How to Train Your Dragon
(2010) - John Powell
187. The Patchwork Girl of Oz
(1913) - Louis F. Gottschalk
188. The Thing
(1982) - Ennio Morricone
189. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
(1972) - Popol Vuh
190. The Petrified Forest
(1973) - Toru Takemitsu
191. Dunkirk
(2017) - Hans Zimmer
192. The Virgin Suicides
(1999) - Air
193. The Shining
(1980) - Wendy Carlos
194. Sicario
(2015) - Johann Johannsson
195. The Shawshank Redemption
(1994) - Thomas Newman
196. Rashomon
(1950) - Fumio Hayasaka
197. The Cobweb
(1955) - Leonard Rosenman
198. Solaris
(1972) - Eduard Artemiev
199. The Hateful Eight
(2015) - Ennio Morricone
200. Poltergeist
(1982) - Jerry Goldsmith
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Last Updated: 2025-11-24
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