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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2020)

• Classic Cinema

(1930 - 1987)

• Television

(all years)

• Miscellaneous

(dual albums, concerts,
compilations, games, etc.)

• Reviews by Title

• Reviews by Year

(sorted by the year of
each album's release)

CLASSIC SOUNDTRACKS (1930 - 1987)

(see "General Information" at left for update schedules)

	Title	Composer(s)	Avg.	Total	1-Star	2-Star	3-Star	4-Star	5-Star
1.	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	4.333	8,079	270	304	816	1,767	4,922
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.320	9,455	293	396	1,069	1,929	5,768
3.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.300	2,226	67	112	229	497	1,321
4.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.292	6,353	220	269	774	1,265	3,825
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.278	1,783	60	102	184	373	1,064
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,343	584	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,361
7.	Superman	John Williams	4.203	4,036	201	234	376	959	2,266
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.199	1,921	112	102	190	404	1,113
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.198	1,378	62	62	179	313	762
10.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.181	10,693	328	688	1,190	2,999	5,488
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.179	1,869	111	112	179	397	1,070
12.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.147	812	52	54	85	153	468
13.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.139	1,036	52	61	115	271	537
14.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.122	3,759	165	218	548	891	1,937
15.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.107	1,193	73	88	133	243	656
16.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.095	1,389	81	89	163	340	716
17.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.093	376	42	18	34	51	231
18.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.075	2,074	128	132	236	539	1,039
19.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.075	670	28	46	96	178	322
20.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.048	1,126	83	71	146	235	591
21.	Dune	Toto	4.041	13,545	1,282	879	1,636	1,949	7,799
22.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.027	513	26	38	71	139	239
23.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.015	522	24	46	78	124	250
24.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.982	500	74	25	42	54	305
25.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.972	465	58	37	40	55	275
26.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.956	1,044	70	87	145	259	483
27.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
28.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.950	655	53	74	81	92	355
29.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.946	351	52	24	26	38	211
30.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
31.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.943	1,330	92	89	201	369	579
32.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.925	521	25	47	88	143	218
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.925	2,690	131	182	474	874	1,029
34.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.912	927	82	76	128	197	444
35.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.877	1,019	79	106	146	218	470
36.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.840	507	49	41	74	121	222
37.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.822	600	28	53	119	198	202
38.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.806	403	35	28	63	131	146
39.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.805	307	24	35	46	74	128
40.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.798	1,376	93	122	269	378	514
41.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.796	265	24	28	40	59	114
42.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.791	483	26	53	91	139	174
43.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.786	398	18	43	83	116	138
44.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.763	1,209	63	95	262	434	355
45.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.761	833	66	79	153	225	310
46.	Born Free	John Barry	3.756	743	68	78	135	148	314
47.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.725	2,255	178	235	437	585	820
48.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
49.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.673	447	24	56	103	123	141
50.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
51.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.627	1,005	100	122	171	272	340
52.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.627	450	90	54	27	42	237
53.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.614	251	34	25	39	59	94
54.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.608	186	23	17	33	50	63
55.	The Fury	John Williams	3.579	535	42	59	125	165	144
56.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.564	861	91	127	170	151	322
57.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.564	1,283	117	132	312	354	368
58.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.552	165	27	14	26	37	61
59.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.550	220	24	27	44	54	71
60.	Krull	James Horner	3.532	1,073	89	139	257	288	300
61.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.523	497	56	53	99	153	136
62.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.499	878	83	109	198	263	225
63.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.485	392	32	56	95	108	101
64.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.484	161	22	21	29	35	54
65.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.473	601	67	78	124	168	164
66.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.464	384	36	53	90	107	98
67.	Aliens	James Horner	3.459	1,515	162	187	367	392	407
68.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.454	337	51	39	63	74	110
69.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.450	824	75	117	199	228	205
70.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.448	286	37	32	57	86	74
71.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.437	597	62	82	138	163	152
72.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
73.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.429	473	34	73	125	138	103
74.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.427	213	23	28	52	55	55
75.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.407	177	22	25	38	43	49
76.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
77.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
78.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	868	97	137	196	214	224
79.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.377	223	22	39	51	55	56
80.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.374	270	38	38	53	67	74
81.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.373	804	66	123	231	213	171
82.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.366	418	40	66	111	103	98
83.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.364	505	61	79	106	133	126
84.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.356	424	49	63	99	114	99
85.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.354	130	22	15	25	31	37
86.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.351	885	141	118	173	195	258
87.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.350	531	51	87	138	135	120
88.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.344	215	29	33	45	51	57
89.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.343	201	23	29	50	54	45
90.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
91.	Dracula	John Williams	3.321	165	22	26	36	39	42
92.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.317	167	21	27	39	38	42
93.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.316	301	36	48	70	79	68
94.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.308	419	72	58	70	107	112
95.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.304	115	22	13	20	28	32
96.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.303	541	65	75	142	149	110
97.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.288	257	41	34	51	72	59
98.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.287	877	132	124	197	208	216
99.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.287	136	17	21	33	36	29
100.	The River	John Williams	3.276	192	20	36	50	43	43
101.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.275	630	94	114	129	111	182
102.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.271	288	44	42	59	78	65
103.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.266	237	36	35	49	64	53
104.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.261	625	71	105	163	162	124
105.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.242	944	144	158	198	214	230
106.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.234	239	37	40	49	56	57
107.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.210	529	73	87	136	122	111
108.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.206	321	41	58	82	74	66
109.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.185	390	53	73	95	87	82
110.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.182	407	57	74	98	94	84
111.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.180	434	64	75	103	103	89
112.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.176	159	27	27	36	29	40
113.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.174	551	64	112	146	122	107
114.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.159	126	19	24	29	26	28
115.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.158	190	26	38	46	40	40
116.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
117.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.146	199	28	37	50	46	38
118.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
119.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.142	240	34	45	61	53	47
120.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.137	117	19	18	32	24	24
121.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.133	210	29	43	51	45	42
122.	1941	John Williams	3.132	205	38	36	41	41	49
123.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.131	245	32	51	65	47	50
124.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.116	155	25	28	36	36	30
125.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.115	314	43	63	83	65	60
126.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.113	115	18	20	27	31	19
127.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.105	419	66	83	99	83	88
128.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.101	573	73	122	154	122	102
129.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	589	71	124	174	118	102
130.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
131.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	3.079	618	107	120	134	131	126
132.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.078	116	24	19	23	24	26
133.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.064	110	17	20	28	29	16
134.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.063	126	25	22	26	26	27
135.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.058	399	68	78	91	87	75
136.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.048	63	9	13	17	14	10
137.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.037	188	34	36	41	43	34
138.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.037	191	37	36	39	41	38
139.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.036	165	24	35	44	35	27
140.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.030	198	35	38	50	36	39
141.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.028	212	33	44	57	40	38
142.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.023	128	27	19	30	28	24
143.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	121	21	24	32	22	22
144.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.994	181	31	37	46	36	31
145.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.985	394	70	81	98	75	70
146.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.971	479	85	109	107	91	87
147.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	2.946	112	20	24	27	24	17
148.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.943	141	27	28	34	30	22
149.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.936	125	21	28	33	24	19
150.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.916	191	35	43	47	35	31
151.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.915	517	94	118	129	90	86
152.	Testament	James Horner	2.900	150	33	28	34	31	24
153.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.885	157	37	31	33	25	31
154.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
155.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.871	85	15	19	24	16	11
156.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.868	53	9	12	16	9	7
157.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.863	95	19	22	22	17	15
158.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.857	279	52	70	68	44	45
159.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.854	301	57	72	74	54	44
160.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	2.852	88	16	19	27	14	12
161.	Project X	James Horner	2.833	228	44	53	59	41	31
162.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.813	112	27	20	26	25	14
163.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.811	784	161	184	185	150	104
164.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.780	127	37	24	22	18	26
165.	Commando	James Horner	2.765	480	95	117	133	76	59
166.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.754	130	28	29	35	23	15
167.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.738	145	31	36	37	22	19
168.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.723	94	23	24	17	16	14
169.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.714	105	24	26	23	20	12
170.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.711	612	126	168	149	95	74
171.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.651	693	179	167	158	95	94
172.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.628	121	34	28	23	21	15
173.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.580	333	136	54	27	46	70
174.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.569	65	23	11	12	9	10
175.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.549	266	75	66	59	36	30
176.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.533	557	168	140	108	66	75
177.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.500	114	37	27	20	16	14
178.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.428	353	129	84	52	36	52
179.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.365	181	65	47	28	20	21
180.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
181.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.271	365	136	98	60	38	33
182.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.268	567	218	147	87	62	53

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