AFI's Top Film Scores of All Time

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Earlier this summer, the AFI consulted with film historians and film-music specialists to create a roster of the 250 greatest film scores, then polled 500 filmmakers, composers, critics and historians to create the top-25 list.

Top 25

1. Star Wars (1977) John Williams

2. Gone With the Wind (1939) Max Steiner

3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Maurice Jarre

4. Psycho (1960) Bernard Herrmann

5. The Godfather (1972) Nino Rota

6. Jaws (1975) John Williams

7. Laura (1944) David Raksin

8. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Elmer Bernstein

9. Chinatown (1974) Jerry Goldsmith

10. High Noon (1952) Dimitri Tiomkin

11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Erich Wolfgang Korngold

12. Vertigo (1958) Bernard Herrmann

13. King Kong (1933) Max Steiner

14. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) John Williams

15. Out of Africa (1985) John Barry

16. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Franz Waxman

17. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Elmer Bernstein

18. Planet of the Apes (1968) Jerry Goldsmith

19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Alex North

20. The Pink Panther (1964) Henry Mancini

21. Ben-Hur (1959) Miklos Rozsa

22. On the Waterfront (1954) Leonard Bernstein

23. The Mission (1986) Ennio Morricone

24. On Golden Pond (1981) Dave Grusin

25. How the West Was Won (1962) Alfred Newman

http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/news_events.html

The top 250 in Alphabetical Order:

http://filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/fe...051605.html#250

[Excrement_Cranium]

Dang, John Williams makes a decent amount of appearances.

In ten years, I wonder if Danny Elfman will be fighting him for top spot.

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All great movies too!

I wonder if someone would win if the movie was horrible.