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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2025)

• 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	4.304	8,367	365	307	826	1,788	5,081
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.292	9,663	385	398	1,080	1,950	5,850
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.253	6,530	305	272	782	1,278	3,893
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.238	17,651	653	1,188	1,995	3,290	10,525
5.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.222	2,103	120	108	202	428	1,245
6.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.189	2,461	154	121	243	530	1,413
7.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.185	4,161	235	237	383	976	2,330
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.172	2,008	135	112	195	396	1,170
9.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.160	10,880	353	705	1,257	3,098	5,467
10.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.158	2,015	132	122	189	424	1,148
11.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.158	1,492	82	72	190	333	815
12.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.133	3,889	168	223	559	914	2,025
13.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.121	1,006	86	65	91	163	601
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.114	1,277	79	92	140	260	706
15.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.102	1,523	86	96	180	376	785
16.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.093	719	28	48	103	190	350
17.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.078	2,206	136	139	250	572	1,109
18.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.076	1,125	55	75	148	298	549
19.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.049	549	26	40	75	148	260
20.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.048	566	25	48	82	131	280
21.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,768	1,375	887	1,654	1,968	7,884
22.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.024	1,225	85	82	167	276	615
23.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	4.003	661	25	58	109	167	302
24.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.978	581	25	50	94	156	256
25.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.974	496	62	39	43	58	294
26.	Out of Africa	John Barry	3.970	496	31	40	74	119	232
27.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.963	1,106	96	86	143	219	562
28.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.959	319	19	21	47	99	133
29.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.954	1,231	85	115	160	283	588
30.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.952	312	29	21	43	62	157
31.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.950	1,417	97	94	213	392	621
32.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.938	2,913	138	192	503	960	1,120
33.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.925	506	32	48	74	124	228
34.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.882	600	49	54	83	147	267
35.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.871	1,118	74	94	182	320	448
36.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.857	321	28	31	46	70	146
37.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.856	652	28	56	125	216	227
38.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.849	1,024	75	96	155	281	417
39.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.822	1,488	97	128	286	409	568
40.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.820	427	37	28	66	140	156
41.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.818	517	26	55	96	150	190
42.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.817	442	18	47	91	128	158
43.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.785	1,299	65	99	277	467	391
44.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.764	891	70	85	163	240	333
45.	Born Free	John Barry	3.747	790	75	82	144	156	333
46.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.713	551	43	52	110	161	185
47.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.713	2,533	193	263	500	700	877
48.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.688	561	52	62	96	150	201
49.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.656	800	62	82	166	249	241
50.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.654	327	43	31	50	75	128
51.	The Fury	John Williams	3.654	599	45	62	131	178	183
52.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.651	235	19	30	43	65	78
53.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.646	1,443	123	139	331	383	467
54.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.634	1,068	106	128	181	289	364
55.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.616	294	31	34	56	69	104
56.	Hellraiser	Christopher Young	3.578	147	8	19	36	48	36
57.	Beverly Hills Cop	Harold Faltermeyer	3.549	144	10	18	35	45	36
58.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.546	1,060	149	124	183	207	397
59.	Krull	James Horner	3.546	1,151	95	148	272	306	330
60.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.538	286	29	35	64	69	89
61.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.538	604	63	85	113	150	193
62.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.535	144	9	20	35	45	35
63.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.534	148	10	20	35	47	36
64.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.525	282	26	35	62	83	76
65.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.524	435	32	59	110	117	117
66.	The Cowboys	John Williams	3.516	126	10	17	28	40	31
67.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.512	944	87	116	212	285	244
68.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.504	413	38	55	94	113	113
69.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.497	654	64	86	146	177	181
70.	Young Sherlock Holmes	Bruce Broughton	3.491	110	8	16	27	32	27
71.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.482	535	53	64	123	162	133
72.	Papillon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.478	138	10	21	34	39	34
73.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.477	641	72	82	131	180	176
74.	Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	3.471	157	14	22	38	42	41
75.	Brazil	Michael Kamen	3.466	133	10	20	32	40	31
76.	One Little Indian	Jerry Goldsmith	3.458	59	5	8	14	19	13
77.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.455	233	27	34	50	50	72
78.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.453	327	42	37	65	97	86
79.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.449	78	7	12	18	21	20
80.	Top Gun	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	3.441	136	12	20	32	40	32
81.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.439	157	12	26	38	43	38
82.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.439	360	55	42	69	78	116
83.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.438	185	32	17	27	56	53
84.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.437	270	29	38	62	68	73
85.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.437	506	37	77	131	150	111
86.	Aliens	James Horner	3.428	1,643	175	215	410	418	425
87.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.425	609	54	88	159	161	147
88.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.424	316	43	43	60	77	93
89.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.424	295	30	50	63	69	83
90.	The Reivers	John Williams	3.423	97	7	15	25	30	20
91.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.409	225	28	31	50	53	63
92.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.401	137	12	20	34	43	28
93.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.400	901	81	132	235	252	201
94.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.397	862	70	129	245	225	193
95.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.394	312	39	40	67	91	75
96.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.392	674	65	100	178	168	163
97.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.380	445	42	69	118	110	106
98.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.378	920	104	145	207	227	237
99.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.378	739	100	121	136	164	218
100.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.375	467	78	61	74	116	138
101.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.361	83	7	14	21	24	17
102.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.349	166	28	20	31	40	47
103.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.346	286	38	43	64	64	77
104.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.332	579	67	79	151	159	123
105.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.327	110	8	20	30	32	20
106.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.326	319	38	50	74	84	73
107.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.323	406	46	67	89	118	86
108.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.320	169	19	27	40	47	36
109.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.313	323	51	42	63	89	78
110.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.302	149	28	17	26	38	40
111.	Dracula	John Williams	3.281	235	28	40	56	60	51
112.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.271	754	93	151	158	163	189
113.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.263	175	24	27	41	45	38
114.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.261	663	76	111	173	170	133
115.	The Salamander	Jerry Goldsmith	3.253	99	10	18	27	25	19
116.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.233	300	46	50	63	70	71
117.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.231	590	84	91	146	143	126
118.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.227	977	131	169	237	227	213
119.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.224	156	24	23	41	30	38
120.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.223	358	45	65	89	83	76
121.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.220	336	57	48	69	88	74
122.	The River	John Williams	3.205	307	35	60	80	71	61
123.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.203	1,074	150	201	243	241	239
124.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.199	261	46	45	50	51	69
125.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.199	463	67	79	109	111	97
126.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.199	433	59	79	104	99	92
127.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.196	219	29	41	50	56	43
128.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.192	588	67	118	155	131	117
129.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.192	266	35	52	63	59	57
130.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.190	625	85	108	161	145	126
131.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.182	413	57	77	100	92	87
132.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.175	252	35	46	62	58	51
133.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.172	151	21	26	38	38	28
134.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.171	152	23	26	34	40	29
135.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.169	301	42	56	75	65	63
136.	The Flim-Flam Man	Jerry Goldsmith	3.159	327	46	58	84	76	63
137.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.150	367	52	73	86	80	76
138.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.146	268	38	53	65	56	56
139.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.145	138	20	26	35	28	29
140.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.139	115	14	23	31	27	20
141.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	333	45	65	89	67	67
142.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.118	951	136	193	232	203	187
143.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.117	609	77	128	163	129	112
144.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.097	627	76	131	185	126	109
145.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.096	374	62	76	80	76	80
146.	Das Boot	Klaus Doldinger	3.095	169	24	34	46	32	33
147.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.085	164	32	28	34	34	36
148.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.083	96	12	18	28	26	12
149.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.076	238	35	47	62	53	41
150.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.073	482	80	93	112	106	91
151.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.068	192	30	40	45	41	36
152.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.066	211	31	43	56	43	38
153.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.061	456	77	89	111	87	92
154.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.054	148	30	26	30	30	32
155.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.052	77	12	16	20	14	15
156.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.051	253	45	47	63	46	52
157.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.050	323	41	72	90	70	50
158.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.049	286	47	57	67	65	50
159.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	3.046	217	57	31	31	41	57
160.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.045	330	60	62	71	77	60
161.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.045	111	12	26	32	27	14
162.	1941	John Williams	3.043	277	53	51	60	57	56
163.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Faltermeyer	3.042	119	15	27	34	24	19
164.	The Eiger Sanction	John Williams	3.041	147	17	31	46	35	18
165.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.033	180	38	26	43	38	35
166.	Mad Max	Brian May	3.025	157	35	32	23	28	39
167.	Midway	John Williams	3.024	254	35	60	65	52	42
168.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.022	91	14	19	24	19	15
169.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.018	163	27	34	39	35	28
170.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.015	273	42	58	74	52	47
171.	Logan's Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.011	90	13	19	25	20	13
172.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	3.000	418	74	85	103	79	77
173.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.000	103	14	23	30	21	15
174.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.994	163	30	31	42	30	30
175.	Escape From New York	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.992	133	19	28	38	31	17
176.	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	Jerry Goldsmith	2.979	48	7	10	14	11	6
177.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.977	261	43	58	65	52	43
178.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.974	505	89	115	113	96	92
179.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.967	717	214	155	45	47	256
180.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.961	179	34	35	42	40	28
181.	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams	2.959	122	17	28	36	25	16
182.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.943	336	59	80	82	51	64
183.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.940	731	175	127	143	139	147
184.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.935	169	27	40	45	31	26
185.	Testament	James Horner	2.932	191	41	35	43	40	32
186.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	552	99	125	139	99	90
187.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.917	193	35	42	48	40	28
188.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.915	129	26	28	29	23	23
189.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.908	327	60	76	79	58	54
190.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.904	239	45	54	58	43	39
191.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.901	131	30	28	24	23	26
192.	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	Jerry Goldsmith	2.887	97	15	23	28	20	11
193.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.886	114	31	17	19	28	19
194.	Ransom (The Terrorists)	Jerry Goldsmith	2.882	85	14	19	24	19	9
195.	Wisdom	Danny Elfman	2.875	48	8	11	14	9	6
196.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.873	110	19	26	30	20	15
197.	Project X	James Horner	2.862	304	57	70	78	56	43
198.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.861	208	45	47	43	38	35
199.	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	John Williams, Michel Legrand	2.849	106	16	28	30	20	12
200.	Commando	James Horner	2.846	538	103	125	145	82	83
201.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.827	220	42	48	63	40	27
202.	Damnation Alley	Jerry Goldsmith	2.816	87	14	22	26	16	9
203.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.813	830	170	195	196	158	111
204.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.806	124	30	30	21	20	23
205.	The Cassandra Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	2.795	83	14	21	24	16	8
206.	Earthquake	John Williams	2.793	121	21	30	35	23	12
207.	The Sugarland Express	John Williams	2.787	122	20	35	31	23	13
208.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.781	187	39	46	46	29	27
209.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.772	114	18	31	34	21	10
210.	The Paper Chase	John Williams	2.769	104	17	28	31	18	10
211.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.767	120	27	28	28	20	17
212.	Summer School	Danny Elfman	2.747	75	14	22	17	13	9
213.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.728	651	132	178	158	101	82
214.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.712	170	36	45	40	30	19
215.	The Lady in Red	James Horner	2.693	75	15	20	20	13	7
216.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.683	745	190	177	166	103	109
217.	Pete 'n' Tillie	John Williams	2.678	115	23	31	31	20	10
218.	High Velocity	Jerry Goldsmith	2.663	101	21	28	25	18	9
219.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.650	454	145	103	62	54	90
220.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.616	375	151	62	27	50	85
221.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.591	164	50	35	31	28	20
222.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.574	310	85	77	70	41	37
223.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.547	598	178	148	119	73	80
224.	The Lonely Guy	Jerry Goldsmith	2.484	93	23	27	24	13	6
225.	The Long Goodbye	John Williams	2.475	118	30	35	28	17	8
226.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.471	87	21	28	21	10	7
227.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	2.451	142	32	49	34	19	8
228.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.449	379	138	89	54	40	58
229.	The Don is Dead	Jerry Goldsmith	2.329	70	19	24	16	7	4
230.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.319	433	165	108	63	51	46
231.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.313	252	92	68	39	27	26
232.	Images	John Williams	2.260	104	40	28	17	7	12
233.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.253	624	242	163	95	67	57
234.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.242	190	75	47	31	21	16
235.	*SPYS**	Jerry Goldsmith	2.213	61	22	18	11	6	4
236.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.210	138	52	38	23	17	8

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