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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	4.334	8,098	270	304	816	1,767	4,941
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.321	9,460	293	396	1,069	1,929	5,773
3.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.293	2,232	72	112	229	497	1,322
4.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.292	6,359	220	269	774	1,265	3,831
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.280	1,788	60	102	184	373	1,069
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,348	584	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,366
7.	Superman	John Williams	4.204	4,041	201	234	376	959	2,271
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.199	1,928	113	102	191	404	1,118
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.199	1,379	62	62	179	313	763
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	4.177	1,871	112	112	179	397	1,071
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.140	1,037	52	61	115	271	538
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.123	3,765	165	218	548	891	1,943
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.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.060	840	74	57	85	153	471
20.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.048	1,126	83	71	146	235	591
21.	Dune	Toto	4.036	13,567	1,304	879	1,636	1,949	7,799
22.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.029	514	26	38	71	139	240
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	3.953	658	53	74	81	93	357
28.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
29.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.946	351	52	24	26	38	211
30.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
31.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.943	1,330	92	89	201	369	579
32.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.933	525	25	47	88	143	222
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.931	2,716	131	182	474	885	1,044
34.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.914	1,067	79	106	146	233	503
35.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.903	946	71	83	135	235	422
36.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.847	516	24	56	103	125	208
37.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.840	507	49	41	74	121	222
38.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.829	604	28	53	119	198	206
39.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.814	269	24	28	40	59	118
40.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.807	316	24	35	47	82	128
41.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.806	403	35	28	63	131	146
42.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.802	1,382	93	122	270	378	519
43.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.796	485	26	53	91	139	176
44.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.786	398	18	43	83	116	138
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.769	1,215	63	95	262	435	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	3.730	2,267	178	235	437	589	828
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
50.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.651	189	22	21	29	46	71
51.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
52.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.630	254	34	25	39	59	97
53.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.627	1,005	100	122	171	272	340
54.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.608	186	23	17	33	50	63
55.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.600	1,317	117	132	313	354	401
56.	The Fury	John Williams	3.596	542	42	59	125	166	150
57.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.588	226	24	27	44	54	77
58.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.564	861	91	127	170	151	322
59.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.552	165	27	14	26	37	61
60.	Krull	James Horner	3.534	1,074	89	139	257	288	301
61.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.523	497	56	53	99	153	136
62.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.511	468	49	63	99	114	143
63.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.502	880	83	109	198	263	227
64.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.475	387	36	53	90	107	101
65.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.473	602	67	78	124	169	164
66.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.469	401	32	57	103	109	100
67.	Aliens	James Horner	3.459	1,517	162	187	368	392	408
68.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.454	944	141	118	173	195	317
69.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.454	337	51	39	63	74	110
70.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.450	602	62	82	138	163	157
71.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.449	216	23	28	52	55	58
72.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.448	286	37	32	57	86	74
73.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.437	476	34	73	125	139	105
74.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
75.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.422	524	61	79	106	134	144
76.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.407	177	22	25	38	43	49
77.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.406	835	76	122	213	235	189
78.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.405	232	24	39	51	55	63
79.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
80.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
81.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	868	97	137	196	214	224
82.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.381	808	66	123	231	213	175
83.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.376	205	23	29	50	54	49
84.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.374	270	38	38	53	67	74
85.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.366	418	40	66	111	103	98
86.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.354	130	22	15	25	31	37
87.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.353	218	29	34	45	51	59
88.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.347	170	21	27	39	38	45
89.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.332	662	94	114	129	128	197
90.	Dracula	John Williams	3.331	166	22	26	36	39	43
91.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
92.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.321	527	128	92	27	43	237
93.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.316	301	36	48	70	79	68
94.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.310	116	22	13	20	29	32
95.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.308	260	41	34	51	72	62
96.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.303	541	65	75	142	149	110
97.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.302	420	73	58	70	107	112
98.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.287	136	17	21	33	36	29
99.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.257	626	72	105	163	162	124
100.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.251	949	144	158	198	214	235
101.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.234	239	37	40	49	56	57
102.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.229	560	80	87	138	135	120
103.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
104.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.218	901	124	156	212	218	191
105.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.199	336	43	62	85	77	69
106.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.183	545	75	94	142	124	110
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.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.179	391	54	73	95	87	82
111.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.174	551	64	112	146	122	107
112.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.165	127	19	24	29	27	28
113.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.158	190	26	38	46	40	40
114.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.150	213	29	43	52	45	44
115.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
116.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.146	199	28	37	50	46	38
117.	The River	John Williams	3.145	200	25	40	53	45	37
118.	Midway	John Williams	3.142	190	24	43	46	36	41
119.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.142	240	34	45	61	53	47
120.	1941	John Williams	3.141	206	38	36	41	41	50
121.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.138	253	51	35	49	64	54
122.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.132	317	43	63	83	65	63
123.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.130	246	32	51	66	47	50
124.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.115	113	17	20	28	29	19
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.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.100	421	67	83	100	83	88
128.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	589	71	124	174	118	102
129.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
130.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.088	160	23	33	39	37	28
131.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.086	174	26	34	45	37	32
132.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.078	116	24	19	23	24	26
133.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	3.064	626	113	120	134	132	127
134.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.062	129	26	22	27	26	28
135.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.062	453	76	89	104	99	85
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	185	31	37	46	37	34
140.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.030	198	35	38	50	36	39
141.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.028	213	33	44	58	40	38
142.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.023	130	28	19	30	28	25
143.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.017	116	20	24	27	24	21
144.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	121	21	24	32	22	22
145.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.000	69	10	15	19	15	10
146.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.985	394	70	81	98	75	70
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.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.916	191	35	43	47	35	31
151.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.915	518	94	118	130	90	86
152.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.907	54	9	12	16	9	8
153.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.907	97	19	22	22	17	17
154.	Testament	James Horner	2.900	150	33	28	34	31	24
155.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.887	283	52	70	68	44	49
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.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.747	95	23	24	17	16	15
168.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.738	145	31	36	37	22	19
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	2.664	697	179	167	158	95	98
172.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.628	121	34	28	23	21	15
173.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.580	333	136	54	27	46	70
174.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.569	65	23	11	12	9	10
175.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.549	266	75	66	59	36	30
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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