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4. Jurassic Park
5. Gladiator
 6. Star Wars: A New Hope
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  • Top 50 Filmtracks Reviews:

    Filmtracks' 50 most popular reviews, from October, 1996 to December, 2008. In parentheses are the previous year's rankings.

    1. Gladiator (1)
    2. Braveheart (2)
    3. Star Wars: A New Hope (3)
    4. POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl (4)
    5. Schindler's List (5)
    6. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (6)
    7. Titanic (8)
    8. Edward Scissorhands (9)
    9. SW: The Phantom Menace (7)
    10. Moulin Rouge (10)
    11. The Little Mermaid (11)
    12. The Lion King (12)
    13. The Nightmare Before X-Mas (13)
    14. Jurassic Park (14)
    15. HP: The Sorcerer's Stone (15)
    16. The Hunt for Red October (20)
    17. LOTR: Return of the King (16)
    18. Beauty and the Beast (18)
    19. The Fifth Element (23)
    20. Mortal Kombat (17)
    21. The Mask of Zorro (21)
    22. LOTR: The Two Towers (19)
    23. The Matrix (22)
    24. Terminator 2 (24)
    25. American Beauty (25)
    26. SW: Return of the Jedi (26)
    27. Dances With Wolves (28)
    28. Legends of the Fall (30)
    29. The Phantom of the Opera (27)
    30. Superman (29)
    31. Last of the Mohicans (32)
    32. Anastasia (31)
    33. The Prince of Egypt (35)
    34. Saving Private Ryan (33)
    35. The Rock (34)
    36. Mulan (36)
    37. SW: The Empire Strikes Back (37)
    38. Finding Nemo (38)
    39. Batman (44)
    40. Pearl Harbor (48)
    41. South Park (39)
    42. Dune (40)
    43. Apollo 13 (43)
    44. Star Trek: First Contact (41)
    45. SW: Revenge of the Sith (42)
    46. Evita (45)
    47. Crimson Tide (49)
    48. Tomorrow Never Dies (46)
    49. Aladdin (47)
    50. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (52)

      Fallen off the list in the last year:
    51. SW: Attack of the Clones (50)

  • Top 50 Filmtracks Comment Areas:

    Filmtracks' 50 most active comment areas, from August, 2000 to December, 2008. In parentheses are the previous year's rankings.
    1. POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl (1)
    2. Gladiator (2)
    3. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (3)
    4. The Matrix (4)
    5. Schindler's List (5)
    6. SW: Revenge of the Sith (6)
    7. Black Hawk Down (8)
    8. LOTR: The Two Towers (7)
    9. The Phantom of the Opera (9)
    10. Troy (10)
    11. LOTR: Return of the King (11)
    12. Moulin Rouge (12)
    13. Braveheart (17)
    14. The Hunt for Red October (15)
    15. The Matrix Revolutions (13)
    16. The Matrix Reloaded (14)
    17. SW: Attack of the Clones (19)
    18. The Passion of the Christ (16)
    19. Hannibal (18)
    20. HP: Prisoner of Azkaban (20)
    21. Edward Scissorhands (22)
    22. HP: Chamber of Secrets (21)
    23. Finding Neverland (30)
    24. The Nightmare Before X-Mas (23)
    25. Kingdom of Heaven (24)
    26. Chicago (25)
    27. Batman Begins (28)
    28. Spider-Man (26)
    29. Pearl Harbor (27)
    30. Spy Game (29)
    31. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (32)
    32. American Beauty (31)
    33. Van Helsing (35)
    34. HP: The Sorcerer's Stone (40)
    35. SW: The Phantom Menace (34)
    36. Die Another Day (36)
    37. King Arthur (33)
    38. Alexander (38)
    39. The Mummy Returns (39)
    40. The Last Samurai (37)
    41. Titanic (42)
    42. HP: Goblet of Fire (43)
    43. The Butterfly Effect (41)
    44. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (44)
    45. The Village (46)
    46. Minority Report (45)
    47. Frida (48)
    48. Band of Brothers (50)
    49. Pride & Prejudice (61)
    50. The Italian Job (47)

      Fallen off the list in the last year:
    51. A Beautiful Mind (49)

  • Top 50 Filmtracks Searches:

    Filmtracks' 50 most common internal searches, from November, 2002 to December, 2008. In parentheses are the previous year's rankings.
    1. "Star Wars" (1)
    2. "Gladiator" (2)
    3. "Harry Potter" (4)
    4. "Braveheart" (3)
    5. "Titanic" (5)
    6. "The Lord of the Rings" (7)
    7. "Batman" (6)
    8. "John Williams" (8)
    9. "The Matrix" (9)
    10. "Star Trek" (10)
    11. "Hans Zimmer" (11)
    12. "Troy" (12)
    13. "Superman" (13)
    14. "James Horner" (16)
    15. "The Rock" (14)
    16. "Jurassic Park" (15)
    17. "Shrek" (17)
    18. "Indiana Jones" (28)
    19. "Pirates of the Caribbean" (20)
    20. "Spider-Man" (19)
    21. "Moulin Rouge" (18)
    22. "Danny Elfman" (22)
    23. "The Lion King" (21)
    24. "Howard Shore" (23)
    25. "Jaws" (26)
    26. "Armageddon" (24)
    27. "Pearl Harbor" (25)
    28. "The Terminator" (27)
    29. "Alien" (32)
    30. "Hook" (31)
    31. "Mission Impossible" (30)
    32. "Black Hawk Down" (29)
    33. "Jerry Goldsmith" (39)
    34. "King Arthur" (33)
    35. "Last of the Mohicans" (35)
    36. "Batman Begins" (49)
    37. "American Beauty" (34)
    38. "Mulan" (37)
    39. "Thomas Newman" (38)
    40. "Peter Pan" (36)
    41. "Conan the Barbarian" (40)
    42. "Legends of the Fall" (44)
    43. "Glory" (42)
    44. "Dragonheart" (41)
    45. "Dune" (45)
    46. "Beauty and the Beast" (46)
    47. "Hannibal" (47)
    48. "Master and Commander" (43)
    49. "Crimson Tide" (48)
    50. "Stargate" (52)

      Fallen off the list in the last year:
    51. "Schindler's List" (50)




  • The Filmtracks Elections:

    Filmtracks used to conduct polls of various sorts, more often in its earliest years. Visitors typically had a month or two to vote for their favorite CD release of the year, or the best recent score by a composer, or perhaps the best score in a series of films. Below are links to all of the past Filmtracks voting results.

    • 2005, The Best of 2004

      Best Album: Troy (Yared)
      Best Composer: John Williams
      Best New Score: The Passion of the Christ

    • 2002, The Best of 2001

      Best Album: The Mists of Avalon (TV)
      Best Composer: John Williams
      Best New Score: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring

    • 2001, The Best of 2000

      Best Album: Tomorrow Never Dies
      Best Composer: James Newton Howard
      Best New Score: Gladiator

    • 2000, The Best of the 1990's

      Best Score: Schindler's List
      2nd Best Score: Jurassic Park
      Best Composer: John Williams

    • 2000, The Best of 1999

      Best Album: Raise the Titanic
      Best Composer: Goldsmith/Williams (tie)
      Best New Score: Star Wars: TPM

    • 1999, The Best of Star Trek

      Best Film Score: Star Trek VI
      Best Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
      Best TV Scores: Star Trek: Voyager
  • 1999, The Best of 1998

    Best Album: The Living Daylights
    Best Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
    Best New Score: The Mask of Zorro

  • 1998, The Best of Williams ('85-'98)

    1st Place: Jurassic Park
    2nd Place: Schindler's List
    3rd Place: Hook

  • 1998, The Best of Goldsmith ('83-'98)

    1st Place: Star Trek: First Contact
    2nd Place: Total Recall
    3rd Place: First Knight

  • 1998, The Best of Horner (-'98)

    1st Place: Braveheart
    2nd Place: Titanic
    3rd Place: Glory

  • 1997, The Best of 1997

    Best Album: Return of the Jedi: SE
    Best Composer: John Williams
    Best New Score: Titanic

  • 1996, The Best of 1996

    Best Album: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Best Composer: James Horner
    Best New Score: Independence Day




  • The Filmtracks Articles:

    As occasional "Themes of the Month," Filmtracks used to offer articles about the world of film music. While most are outdated because they are many years old, they are still archived for you to read.



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