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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2022)

• 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	4.339	8,168	271	304	817	1,769	5,007
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.320	9,469	295	396	1,069	1,929	5,780
3.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.293	2,237	72	112	229	499	1,325
4.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.293	6,372	220	270	774	1,266	3,842
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.289	1,811	60	102	184	373	1,092
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.248	17,368	585	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,385
7.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.205	4,055	202	234	377	959	2,283
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.202	1,936	113	102	191	404	1,126
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.197	1,383	63	62	179	314	765
10.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.181	10,704	329	688	1,190	3,002	5,495
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.180	1,877	112	112	179	398	1,076
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.142	1,042	52	61	116	271	542
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.128	3,787	165	218	548	892	1,964
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.108	1,201	74	88	133	245	661
15.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.100	380	42	18	34	52	234
16.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.089	1,421	81	92	169	356	723
17.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.080	677	28	46	97	179	327
18.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.074	2,082	130	132	236	540	1,044
19.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.049	1,127	83	71	146	235	592
20.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.035	517	26	38	71	139	243
21.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.029	862	81	62	86	155	478
22.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.025	528	24	46	78	125	255
23.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,630	1,361	879	1,638	1,949	7,803
24.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.969	609	24	56	103	158	268
25.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.964	358	52	24	26	39	217
26.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.962	471	60	37	41	56	277
27.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.962	549	25	48	89	148	239
28.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.960	505	77	26	42	55	305
29.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.960	670	53	74	84	95	364
30.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.956	250	23	17	34	50	126
31.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
32.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
33.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.943	1,331	92	89	201	370	579
34.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.940	1,114	80	106	146	251	531
35.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.935	2,744	131	182	474	903	1,054
36.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.868	1,054	70	89	172	302	421
37.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.846	967	71	92	145	266	393
38.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.845	278	24	28	40	61	125
39.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.841	510	49	41	75	122	223
40.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.840	614	28	53	119	203	211
41.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.813	406	35	28	63	132	148
42.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.808	1,394	93	122	270	384	525
43.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.802	489	26	53	92	139	179
44.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.798	416	18	44	87	122	145
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.776	1,226	63	95	262	440	366
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.765	839	66	79	154	227	313
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.748	746	70	78	136	148	314
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.740	2,294	178	235	437	600	844
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.712	521	41	50	102	153	175
50.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.706	211	22	21	29	64	75
51.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.670	264	34	25	40	60	105
52.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.668	184	14	23	34	52	61
53.	The Fury	John Williams	3.651	565	42	59	125	167	172
54.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.646	757	60	78	158	235	226
55.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.640	1,360	117	132	313	359	439
56.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.630	1,008	100	122	171	273	342
57.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.620	234	24	27	45	56	82
58.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.603	506	50	63	101	116	176
59.	Krull	James Horner	3.540	1,081	89	139	258	289	306
60.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.540	1,000	141	118	173	196	372
61.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.533	501	56	53	99	154	139
62.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.531	567	61	79	106	140	181
63.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.513	226	23	28	52	56	67
64.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.506	885	83	109	199	265	229
65.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.499	411	32	57	104	110	108
66.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.492	61	5	9	14	17	16
67.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.491	391	36	53	90	107	105
68.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.478	604	67	78	124	169	166
69.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.471	612	62	82	138	166	164
70.	Aliens	James Horner	3.462	1,525	162	188	371	392	412
71.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.457	289	37	32	58	86	76
72.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.443	341	52	39	66	74	110
73.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.441	238	24	39	51	56	68
74.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.440	182	21	27	40	39	55
75.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.439	478	34	73	125	141	105
76.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.437	213	23	29	50	54	57
77.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
78.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.430	107	8	16	27	34	22
79.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.412	277	38	38	53	68	80
80.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.411	180	22	25	40	43	50
81.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
82.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.394	853	77	126	223	238	189
83.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.393	815	66	123	232	213	181
84.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.385	641	63	96	168	159	155
85.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.380	442	73	58	70	110	131
86.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.379	870	98	137	196	215	224
87.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.371	132	22	15	25	32	38
88.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.367	420	40	66	112	104	98
89.	Dracula	John Williams	3.363	171	22	26	36	42	45
90.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.361	692	95	114	130	152	201
91.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.357	221	29	34	47	51	60
92.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
93.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.323	303	36	48	70	80	69
94.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.318	548	65	75	143	151	114
95.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.316	117	22	13	20	30	32
96.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.314	261	41	34	51	72	63
97.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.274	369	44	65	84	98	78
98.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.266	139	19	21	33	36	30
99.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.260	628	72	105	164	162	125
100.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.233	240	37	40	50	56	57
101.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.229	560	80	87	138	135	120
102.	The River	John Williams	3.228	232	26	45	59	54	48
103.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
104.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.221	923	124	161	224	215	199
105.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.213	122	19	18	32	24	29
106.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.211	341	43	63	85	79	71
107.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.206	131	19	24	30	27	31
108.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.200	195	26	38	46	41	44
109.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.200	440	64	75	103	105	93
110.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.188	1,008	142	191	229	227	219
111.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.188	409	57	74	98	95	85
112.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.187	557	64	112	147	124	110
113.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.185	588	81	101	153	134	119
114.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.183	120	18	20	27	32	23
115.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.183	393	54	73	96	87	83
116.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.168	202	28	37	50	47	40
117.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.165	170	23	33	39	43	32
118.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.158	215	29	43	53	45	45
119.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.149	241	34	45	61	53	48
120.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.147	116	17	20	29	29	21
121.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
122.	1941	John Williams	3.144	208	38	36	42	42	50
123.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
124.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	319	43	63	84	65	64
125.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.130	247	32	51	67	47	50
126.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.112	578	73	122	155	123	105
127.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.108	890	128	183	215	193	171
128.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.097	176	26	34	45	39	32
129.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
130.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.093	592	72	124	175	119	102
131.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.083	121	20	24	27	26	24
132.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.077	429	71	84	103	83	88
133.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.071	169	24	35	45	35	30
134.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.068	118	24	20	24	24	26
135.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.062	129	26	22	27	26	28
136.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.062	455	76	89	106	99	85
137.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.047	192	37	36	39	41	39
138.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.045	201	35	38	51	37	40
139.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.030	200	39	36	42	46	37
140.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.030	101	16	19	28	22	16
141.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.029	70	10	15	19	15	11
142.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.018	57	9	12	16	9	11
143.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.014	221	34	47	60	42	38
144.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.004	272	68	35	51	64	54
145.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.000	204	34	43	51	41	35
146.	Brainstorm	James Horner	2.993	138	30	20	34	29	25
147.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.992	124	22	24	33	23	22
148.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.990	395	70	81	98	75	71
149.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.982	665	194	145	43	45	238
150.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.973	480	85	109	107	92	87
151.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.951	142	27	28	34	31	22
152.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.942	295	52	70	72	45	56
153.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.930	129	21	29	36	24	19
154.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.921	681	164	120	134	132	131
155.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.914	524	95	119	132	92	86
156.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.911	192	35	44	47	35	31
157.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.908	98	19	22	23	17	17
158.	Testament	James Horner	2.901	151	33	28	35	31	24
159.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
160.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.871	85	15	19	24	16	11
161.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.856	305	58	72	75	56	44
162.	Project X	James Horner	2.848	244	46	57	63	44	34
163.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.825	114	27	20	27	26	14
164.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.823	164	42	32	34	25	31
165.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.811	785	161	184	186	150	104
166.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.773	132	28	29	36	23	16
167.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.763	139	43	25	23	18	30
168.	Commando	James Horner	2.762	487	97	118	135	78	59
169.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.752	113	25	28	25	20	15
170.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.748	147	31	37	37	22	20
171.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.747	95	23	24	17	16	15
172.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.727	618	126	168	150	97	77
173.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.685	704	179	167	158	97	103
174.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.592	353	142	60	27	48	76
175.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.556	270	75	68	60	36	31
176.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.555	128	40	28	24	21	15
177.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.542	561	168	140	109	69	75
178.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.465	71	27	13	12	9	10
179.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.446	359	131	84	52	37	55
180.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.355	183	66	48	28	20	21
181.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
182.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.283	367	136	98	60	39	34
183.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.260	585	224	154	91	63	53
184.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.235	149	59	37	24	17	12

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