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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2021)

• 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	4.338	8,147	271	304	816	1,767	4,989
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.321	9,462	293	396	1,069	1,929	5,775
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.293	6,364	220	269	774	1,265	3,836
4.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.293	2,234	72	112	229	498	1,323
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.285	1,799	60	102	184	373	1,080
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,356	584	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,374
7.	Superman	John Williams	4.205	4,046	201	234	376	959	2,276
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.200	1,931	113	102	191	404	1,121
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.197	1,381	63	62	179	313	764
10.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.181	10,695	328	688	1,190	2,999	5,490
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.179	1,874	112	112	179	397	1,074
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.140	1,039	52	61	116	271	539
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.125	3,772	165	218	548	891	1,950
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.106	1,196	74	88	133	243	658
15.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.098	1,393	81	89	163	340	720
16.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.095	377	42	18	34	51	232
17.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.077	672	28	46	96	178	324
18.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.074	2,077	129	132	236	539	1,041
19.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.048	1,126	83	71	146	235	591
20.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.033	516	26	38	71	139	242
21.	Dune	Toto	4.028	13,605	1,342	879	1,636	1,949	7,799
22.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.023	854	81	62	85	154	472
23.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.021	525	24	46	78	124	253
24.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.962	468	60	37	40	55	276
25.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.960	504	77	26	42	54	305
26.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.960	1,048	70	87	145	259	487
27.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.960	594	24	56	103	148	263
28.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.956	665	53	74	83	94	361
29.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
30.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.949	353	52	24	26	39	212
31.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
32.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.943	1,330	92	89	201	369	579
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.935	2,739	131	182	474	900	1,052
34.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.934	528	25	48	88	143	224
35.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.931	1,099	79	106	146	249	519
36.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.840	507	49	41	74	121	222
37.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.840	961	71	92	145	265	388
38.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.836	609	28	53	119	200	209
39.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.832	274	24	28	40	60	122
40.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.809	404	35	28	63	131	147
41.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.807	322	24	35	48	87	128
42.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.805	1,388	93	122	270	381	522
43.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.796	485	26	53	91	139	176
44.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.789	399	18	43	83	116	139
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.773	1,221	63	95	262	437	364
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.761	833	66	79	153	225	310
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.753	744	69	78	135	148	314
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.737	2,285	178	235	437	594	841
49.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.718	202	23	17	33	50	79
50.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
51.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.680	203	22	21	29	59	72
52.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.647	258	34	25	39	60	100
53.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
54.	The Fury	John Williams	3.643	561	42	59	125	166	169
55.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.639	180	14	23	34	52	57
56.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.632	1,350	117	132	313	357	431
57.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.628	1,006	100	122	171	272	341
58.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.609	230	24	27	44	55	80
59.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.560	863	92	128	170	151	322
60.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.557	483	49	63	99	114	158
61.	Krull	James Horner	3.538	1,077	89	139	257	288	304
62.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.529	499	56	53	99	153	138
63.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.520	561	61	79	106	137	178
64.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.511	225	23	28	52	55	67
65.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.504	881	83	109	198	263	228
66.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.483	389	36	53	90	107	103
67.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.480	404	32	57	103	109	103
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	3.467	610	62	82	138	165	163
70.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.459	947	141	118	173	195	320
71.	Aliens	James Horner	3.459	1,520	162	188	369	392	409
72.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.448	286	37	32	57	86	74
73.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.445	339	52	39	64	74	110
74.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.438	477	34	73	125	140	105
75.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
76.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.432	236	24	39	51	55	67
77.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.429	212	23	29	50	54	56
78.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.416	178	21	27	39	39	52
79.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.410	837	76	122	213	235	191
80.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
81.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.404	178	22	25	39	43	49
82.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.393	814	66	123	231	213	181
83.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.386	272	38	38	53	67	76
84.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
85.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.382	869	97	137	196	215	224
86.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.368	419	40	66	111	104	98
87.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.359	220	29	34	46	51	60
88.	Dracula	John Williams	3.359	170	22	26	36	41	45
89.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.357	683	94	114	129	146	200
90.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.354	130	22	15	25	31	37
91.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
92.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.316	117	22	13	20	30	32
93.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.316	301	36	48	70	79	68
94.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.308	260	41	34	51	72	62
95.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.308	543	65	75	142	150	111
96.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.302	420	73	58	70	107	112
97.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.267	959	144	158	199	214	244
98.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.260	627	72	105	163	162	125
99.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.254	138	19	21	33	36	29
100.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.234	239	37	40	49	56	57
101.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.229	560	80	87	138	135	120
102.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
103.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.218	921	124	161	224	214	198
104.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.213	122	19	18	32	24	29
105.	The River	John Williams	3.207	227	26	45	58	52	46
106.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.204	338	43	62	85	79	69
107.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.196	194	26	38	46	40	44
108.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.194	129	19	24	29	27	30
109.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.186	408	57	74	98	94	85
110.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.186	436	64	75	103	104	90
111.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.184	392	54	73	95	87	83
112.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.181	554	64	112	147	122	109
113.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.178	583	81	101	151	133	117
114.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.164	201	28	37	50	46	40
115.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.160	169	23	33	39	42	32
116.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.159	214	29	43	52	45	45
117.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.149	241	34	45	61	53	48
118.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.148	115	17	20	28	29	21
119.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
120.	1941	John Williams	3.145	207	38	36	41	42	50
121.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
122.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	318	43	63	83	65	64
123.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.130	246	32	51	66	47	50
124.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.113	115	18	20	27	31	19
125.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.113	577	73	122	154	123	105
126.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	589	71	124	174	118	102
127.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
128.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.091	175	26	34	45	38	32
129.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.083	626	162	141	43	43	237
130.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.077	117	24	19	24	24	26
131.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.077	429	71	84	103	83	88
132.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.075	120	20	24	27	25	24
133.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.062	129	26	22	27	26	28
134.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.062	454	76	89	105	99	85
135.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.060	167	24	35	44	35	29
136.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.058	191	34	36	41	45	35
137.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.047	192	37	36	39	41	39
138.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.040	199	35	38	50	36	40
139.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.031	131	28	19	30	29	25
140.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.029	70	10	15	19	15	11
141.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.019	268	66	35	49	64	54
142.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.014	221	34	47	60	42	38
143.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	122	21	24	33	22	22
144.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.995	202	34	43	50	40	35
145.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.990	395	70	81	98	75	71
146.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.982	56	9	12	16	9	10
147.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.973	480	85	109	107	92	87
148.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.964	660	146	120	134	132	128
149.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.943	141	27	28	34	30	22
150.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.937	127	21	28	35	24	19
151.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.934	290	52	70	68	45	55
152.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.917	521	94	118	132	91	86
153.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.911	192	35	44	47	35	31
154.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.907	97	19	22	22	17	17
155.	Testament	James Horner	2.900	150	33	28	34	31	24
156.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.885	157	37	31	33	25	31
157.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
158.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.871	85	15	19	24	16	11
159.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.855	304	58	72	74	56	44
160.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	2.852	88	16	19	27	14	12
161.	Project X	James Horner	2.848	243	46	57	62	44	34
162.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.831	130	37	24	22	18	29
163.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.814	113	27	20	27	25	14
164.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.811	785	161	184	186	150	104
165.	Commando	James Horner	2.770	482	95	117	133	78	59
166.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.754	130	28	29	35	23	15
167.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.753	146	31	36	37	22	20
168.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.747	95	23	24	17	16	15
169.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.736	106	24	26	23	20	13
170.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.713	613	126	168	149	96	74
171.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.679	702	179	167	158	96	102
172.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.628	121	34	28	23	21	15
173.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.579	340	138	57	27	46	72
174.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.561	66	23	12	12	9	10
175.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.558	267	75	66	59	36	31
176.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.536	558	168	140	108	67	75
177.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.504	117	38	27	21	17	14
178.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.438	356	130	84	52	36	54
179.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.357	182	66	47	28	20	21
180.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
181.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.276	366	136	98	60	39	33
182.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.268	567	218	147	87	62	53

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