200 Greatest Film Scores

  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