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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2023)

• 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	4.306	8,268	355	304	818	1,770	5,021
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.293	9,554	375	396	1,070	1,930	5,783
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.256	6,450	294	270	774	1,266	3,846
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.238	17,426	640	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,388
5.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.219	1,978	113	102	191	404	1,168
6.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.192	2,316	143	114	229	500	1,330
7.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.185	4,104	227	235	381	968	2,293
8.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.177	10,720	345	688	1,190	3,002	5,495
9.	Jaws	John Williams	4.174	1,883	125	105	184	373	1,096
10.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.165	1,401	75	66	179	314	767
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.159	1,896	124	114	179	399	1,080
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.141	1,045	53	61	116	271	544
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.129	3,823	166	220	552	901	1,984
14.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.113	944	81	62	86	155	560
15.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.111	1,205	74	88	133	245	665
16.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.097	382	42	19	34	52	235
17.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.092	1,431	82	92	170	356	731
18.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.081	678	28	46	97	179	328
19.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.074	2,083	130	132	236	540	1,045
20.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.049	1,127	83	71	146	235	592
21.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.039	519	26	38	71	139	245
22.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.026	529	24	46	78	125	256
23.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,631	1,361	879	1,638	1,949	7,804
24.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.970	610	24	56	103	158	269
25.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.969	676	53	74	84	95	370
26.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.964	550	25	48	89	148	240
27.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.962	471	60	37	41	56	277
28.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.956	250	23	17	34	50	126
29.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.955	1,044	92	82	135	207	528
30.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.948	1,337	92	89	201	370	585
31.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
32.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.943	1,144	80	108	149	267	540
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.935	2,744	131	182	474	903	1,054
34.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.906	459	31	45	67	109	207
35.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.879	568	46	52	79	139	252
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.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.844	616	28	53	119	203	213
40.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.841	510	49	41	75	122	223
41.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.813	1,400	93	122	270	384	531
42.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.811	407	35	28	64	132	148
43.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.804	418	18	44	87	122	147
44.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.802	489	26	53	92	139	179
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.778	1,228	63	95	262	440	368
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.767	840	66	79	154	227	314
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.744	747	71	78	136	148	314
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.711	2,384	183	248	468	660	825
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.711	522	41	50	103	153	175
50.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.672	265	34	25	40	61	105
51.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.667	186	14	23	35	53	61
52.	The Fury	John Williams	3.652	566	42	59	125	168	172
53.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.646	757	60	78	158	235	226
54.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.640	1,360	117	132	313	359	439
55.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.633	90	5	11	21	28	25
56.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.631	1,009	100	122	171	273	343
57.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.620	234	24	27	45	56	82
58.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.614	511	50	63	101	117	180
59.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.542	225	20	28	49	66	62
60.	Krull	James Horner	3.542	1,085	90	139	258	289	309
61.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.541	1,001	141	118	173	196	373
62.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.534	502	56	53	99	155	139
63.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.532	568	61	79	106	141	181
64.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.526	228	23	28	52	56	69
65.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.511	889	83	109	199	267	231
66.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.500	412	32	57	104	111	108
67.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.495	392	36	53	90	107	106
68.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.492	61	5	9	14	17	16
69.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.478	604	67	78	124	169	166
70.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.477	109	7	16	28	34	24
71.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.473	613	62	82	138	166	165
72.	Aliens	James Horner	3.467	1,530	162	188	371	392	417
73.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.457	289	37	32	58	86	76
74.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.450	120	9	19	29	35	28
75.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.448	183	21	27	40	39	56
76.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.446	148	26	13	21	45	43
77.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.444	214	23	29	50	54	58
78.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.441	238	24	39	51	56	68
79.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.439	478	34	73	125	141	105
80.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.436	342	53	39	66	74	110
81.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.430	107	8	16	27	34	22
82.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.412	277	38	38	53	68	80
83.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.411	180	22	25	40	43	50
84.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
85.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.396	854	77	126	223	238	190
86.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.395	816	66	123	232	213	182
87.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.391	64	5	10	17	19	13
88.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.386	642	63	96	168	160	155
89.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.386	83	6	14	21	26	16
90.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	871	98	137	196	215	225
91.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.380	442	73	58	70	110	131
92.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.373	699	95	114	130	155	205
93.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.373	225	29	34	48	52	62
94.	Dracula	John Williams	3.372	172	22	26	36	42	46
95.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.371	132	22	15	25	32	38
96.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.371	421	40	66	112	104	99
97.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.333	135	15	21	32	38	29
98.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.329	210	26	38	46	41	59
99.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.323	303	36	48	70	80	69
100.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.321	549	65	75	143	151	115
101.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.316	117	22	13	20	30	32
102.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.314	261	41	34	51	72	63
103.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.305	383	44	65	84	110	80
104.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.266	139	19	21	33	36	30
105.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.260	628	72	105	164	162	125
106.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.243	243	37	40	51	57	58
107.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.229	560	80	87	138	135	120
108.	The River	John Williams	3.228	232	26	45	59	54	48
109.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.228	123	19	18	32	24	30
110.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
111.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.223	924	124	161	224	215	200
112.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.211	341	43	63	85	79	71
113.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.206	131	19	24	30	27	31
114.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.200	440	64	75	103	105	93
115.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.197	411	57	74	98	95	87
116.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.190	1,009	142	191	229	227	220
117.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.187	557	64	112	147	124	110
118.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.185	394	54	73	96	88	83
119.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.183	589	81	102	153	134	119
120.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.183	120	18	20	27	32	23
121.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.180	206	37	36	39	41	53
122.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.175	171	23	33	39	43	33
123.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.168	202	28	37	50	47	40
124.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.165	243	34	45	61	53	50
125.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.158	215	29	43	53	45	45
126.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.157	89	10	18	25	20	16
127.	1941	John Williams	3.157	210	38	36	42	43	51
128.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.154	117	17	20	29	30	21
129.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
130.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
131.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	319	43	63	84	65	64
132.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.130	247	32	51	67	47	50
133.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.116	897	128	183	218	193	175
134.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.116	579	73	122	155	123	106
135.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.097	176	26	34	45	39	32
136.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
137.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.093	592	72	124	175	119	102
138.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.083	121	20	24	27	26	24
139.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.082	73	9	14	21	20	9
140.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.077	130	26	22	27	26	29
141.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.077	430	71	84	104	83	88
142.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.071	169	24	35	45	35	30
143.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.068	457	76	89	106	100	86
144.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.068	118	24	20	24	24	26
145.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.047	85	9	19	26	21	10
146.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.045	201	35	38	51	37	40
147.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.038	288	53	54	62	67	52
148.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	3.036	166	43	25	25	29	44
149.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.030	200	39	36	42	46	37
150.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.029	70	10	15	19	15	11
151.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.020	102	16	20	28	22	16
152.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.018	57	9	12	16	9	11
153.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.014	221	34	47	60	42	38
154.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.013	80	10	18	24	17	11
155.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.010	205	34	43	51	41	36
156.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.007	139	30	20	34	29	26
157.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	3.000	397	70	81	98	75	73
158.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.992	124	22	24	33	23	22
159.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.981	668	195	146	43	45	239
160.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.977	481	85	109	107	92	88
161.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.951	142	27	28	34	31	22
162.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.949	296	52	70	72	45	57
163.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.931	686	164	121	134	132	135
164.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.930	129	21	29	36	24	19
165.	Testament	James Horner	2.922	153	33	28	35	32	25
166.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	527	95	119	132	95	86
167.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.908	98	19	22	23	17	17
168.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.902	193	36	44	47	35	31
169.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
170.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.871	85	15	19	24	16	11
171.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.856	305	58	72	75	56	44
172.	Project X	James Horner	2.848	244	46	57	63	44	34
173.	Commando	James Horner	2.838	505	97	118	136	78	76
174.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.835	164	36	38	34	29	27
175.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.825	114	27	20	27	26	14
176.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.814	786	161	184	186	150	105
177.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.794	97	23	24	17	16	17
178.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.783	157	32	35	44	27	19
179.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.780	91	14	25	27	17	8
180.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.752	113	25	28	25	20	15
181.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.748	147	31	37	37	22	20
182.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.727	618	126	168	150	97	77
183.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.685	704	179	167	158	97	103
184.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.643	428	136	98	60	51	83
185.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.612	356	142	60	27	48	79
186.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.566	129	40	28	24	22	15
187.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.557	271	75	68	61	36	31
188.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.548	564	168	140	111	69	76
189.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	2.466	88	20	29	22	12	5
190.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.463	67	16	22	16	8	5
191.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.452	361	131	85	52	37	56
192.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.384	185	66	48	28	20	23
193.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
194.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.264	590	226	155	91	63	55
195.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.231	78	31	19	13	9	6
196.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.225	151	60	38	24	17	12

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