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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	4.337	8,137	270	304	816	1,767	4,980
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.321	9,461	293	396	1,069	1,929	5,774
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.293	6,361	220	269	774	1,265	3,833
4.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.293	2,232	72	112	229	497	1,322
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.282	1,793	60	102	184	373	1,074
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,352	584	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,370
7.	Superman	John Williams	4.205	4,044	201	234	376	959	2,274
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.200	1,930	113	102	191	404	1,120
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.199	1,380	62	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	4.178	1,872	112	112	179	397	1,072
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.140	1,037	52	61	115	271	538
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.124	3,767	165	218	548	891	1,945
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.105	1,195	74	88	133	243	657
15.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.097	1,392	81	89	163	340	719
16.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.095	377	42	18	34	51	232
17.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.076	671	28	46	96	178	323
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	4.031	515	26	38	71	139	241
21.	Dune	Toto	4.030	13,596	1,333	879	1,636	1,949	7,799
22.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.026	852	81	61	85	153	472
23.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.019	524	24	46	78	124	252
24.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.960	504	77	26	42	54	305
25.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.959	467	60	37	40	55	275
26.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.957	1,045	70	87	145	259	484
27.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.954	659	53	74	81	93	358
28.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
29.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.949	584	24	56	103	144	257
30.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.946	351	52	24	26	38	211
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	3.933	2,732	131	182	474	896	1,049
34.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.932	527	25	48	88	143	223
35.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.924	1,089	79	106	146	246	512
36.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.840	507	49	41	74	121	222
37.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.837	959	71	92	145	265	386
38.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.830	605	28	53	119	199	206
39.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.824	272	24	28	40	60	120
40.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.809	319	24	35	47	85	128
41.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.806	403	35	28	63	131	146
42.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.803	1,385	93	122	270	380	520
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	3.769	1,216	63	95	262	436	360
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.761	833	66	79	153	225	310
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.756	743	68	78	135	148	314
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.736	2,281	178	235	437	592	839
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
50.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.670	197	22	21	29	53	72
51.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
52.	The Fury	John Williams	3.639	559	42	59	125	166	167
53.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.635	255	34	25	39	59	98
54.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.628	1,006	100	122	171	272	341
55.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.621	1,339	117	132	313	356	421
56.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.608	186	23	17	33	50	63
57.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.603	229	24	27	44	55	79
58.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.561	862	92	127	170	151	322
59.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.552	165	27	14	26	37	61
60.	Krull	James Horner	3.538	1,077	89	139	257	288	304
61.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.526	498	56	53	99	153	137
62.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.511	556	61	79	106	135	175
63.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.511	468	49	63	99	114	143
64.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.504	881	83	109	198	263	228
65.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.479	388	36	53	90	107	102
66.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.477	220	23	28	52	55	62
67.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.476	603	67	78	124	169	165
68.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.469	401	32	57	103	109	100
69.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.460	607	62	82	138	165	160
70.	Aliens	James Horner	3.458	1,518	162	188	368	392	408
71.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.456	945	141	118	173	195	318
72.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.453	338	51	39	64	74	110
73.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.448	286	37	32	57	86	74
74.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.437	476	34	73	125	139	105
75.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
76.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.426	235	24	39	51	55	66
77.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.408	836	76	122	213	235	190
78.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.407	177	22	25	38	43	49
79.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.407	209	23	29	50	54	53
80.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
81.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.385	810	66	123	231	213	177
82.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.385	174	21	27	39	38	49
83.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
84.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	868	97	137	196	214	224
85.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.374	270	38	38	53	67	74
86.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.366	418	40	66	111	103	98
87.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.361	219	29	34	45	51	60
88.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.354	130	22	15	25	31	37
89.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.351	676	94	114	129	139	200
90.	Dracula	John Williams	3.335	167	22	26	36	40	43
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	3.306	542	65	75	142	149	111
96.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.302	420	73	58	70	107	112
97.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.287	136	17	21	33	36	29
98.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.260	954	144	158	198	214	240
99.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.257	626	72	105	163	162	124
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	3.207	913	124	161	224	210	194
104.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.202	337	43	62	85	78	69
105.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.187	193	26	38	46	40	43
106.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.184	392	54	73	95	87	83
107.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.183	120	19	18	32	24	27
108.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.182	407	57	74	98	94	84
109.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.180	434	64	75	103	103	89
110.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.180	128	19	24	29	27	29
111.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.174	579	80	101	151	132	115
112.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.174	551	64	112	146	122	107
113.	The River	John Williams	3.171	222	26	45	58	51	42
114.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.155	200	28	37	50	46	39
115.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.155	168	23	33	39	41	32
116.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.150	213	29	43	52	45	44
117.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.148	115	17	20	28	29	21
118.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
119.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
120.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.142	240	34	45	61	53	47
121.	1941	John Williams	3.141	206	38	36	41	41	50
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.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.129	612	149	140	43	43	237
125.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.113	115	18	20	27	31	19
126.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.113	577	73	122	154	123	105
127.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	589	71	124	174	118	102
128.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
129.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.092	425	68	84	102	83	88
130.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.091	175	26	34	45	38	32
131.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.078	116	24	19	23	24	26
132.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.062	129	26	22	27	26	28
133.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.062	453	76	89	104	99	85
134.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.059	119	20	24	27	25	23
135.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.057	263	61	35	49	64	54
136.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.053	190	34	36	41	44	35
137.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.048	166	24	35	44	35	28
138.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.047	192	37	36	39	41	39
139.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.032	186	31	37	47	37	34
140.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.030	198	35	38	50	36	39
141.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.023	130	28	19	30	28	25
142.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.014	221	34	47	60	42	38
143.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	121	21	24	32	22	22
144.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.000	69	10	15	19	15	10
145.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.990	395	70	81	98	75	71
146.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.982	652	139	120	134	132	127
147.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.973	480	85	109	107	92	87
148.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.943	141	27	28	34	30	22
149.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.937	127	21	28	35	24	19
150.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.915	519	94	118	131	90	86
151.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.911	192	35	44	47	35	31
152.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.909	286	52	70	68	44	52
153.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.907	54	9	12	16	9	8
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.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	2.852	88	16	19	27	14	12
160.	Project X	James Horner	2.848	243	46	57	62	44	34
161.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.848	302	58	72	74	54	44
162.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.814	129	37	24	22	18	28
163.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.813	112	27	20	26	25	14
164.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.811	784	161	184	185	150	104
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	2.753	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	2.711	612	126	168	149	95	74
171.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.668	698	179	167	158	95	99
172.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.628	121	34	28	23	21	15
173.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.572	339	138	57	27	46	71
174.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.569	65	23	11	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	2.487	115	38	27	20	16	14
178.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.442	355	129	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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