Filmtracks Soundtrack Ratings: Classic Films

SUPPORT FILMTRACKS! CLICK HERE FIRST:
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk iTunes (U.S.)	Amazon.ca Amazon.fr eBay (U.S.)	Amazon.de Amazon.es Half.com

NEWEST MAJOR REVIEWS:

1. Men in Black: International
2. Dark Phoenix
3. The Secret Life of Pets 2
4. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
5. Aladdin (2019)
6. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

CURRENT BEST-SELLING SCORES:

1. LOTR: Fellowship/Ring (2018)
2. Beauty and the Beast (Legacy)
3. Predator
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story
5. LOTR: The Two Towers (2018)
6. Space Battleship Yamato
7. Shawshank Redemption (2CD)
8. The Mummy Returns (2CD)

CURRENT MOST POPULAR REVIEWS:

1. Gladiator
2. Batman
3. Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Titanic
5. Justice League
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7. Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone
8. Maleficent
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10. Edward Scissorhands

MOBILE SITE

SUPPORT

SITE STATUS

RSS

ABOUT THE SITE

ARCHIVES

Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2020)

• 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	8,068	266	303	816	1,766	4,917
2.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.333	2,216	94	95	195	428	1,404
3.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.321	9,447	291	396	1,068	1,928	5,764
4.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.293	6,347	217	269	773	1,265	3,823
5.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	4.282	543	20	27	60	109	327
6.	Jaws	John Williams	4.279	1,779	59	102	184	372	1,062
7.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,336	584	1,177	1,973	3,245	10,357
8.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	4.244	512	30	32	49	73	328
9.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.225	520	33	32	46	83	326
10.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.204	1,912	108	102	190	404	1,108
11.	Superman	John Williams	4.202	4,031	201	234	376	958	2,262
12.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.200	1,377	61	62	179	313	762
13.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.183	1,865	108	112	179	397	1,069
14.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.181	10,690	328	688	1,189	2,998	5,487
15.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.166	657	28	44	78	148	359
16.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.138	1,034	52	61	115	270	536
17.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.121	3,753	165	218	547	891	1,932
18.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.110	1,189	72	87	133	243	654
19.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.105	373	41	17	34	51	230
20.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.097	1,382	79	89	163	339	712
21.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	4.091	481	59	21	42	54	305
22.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.085	2,067	121	132	236	539	1,039
23.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	4.081	382	17	38	53	63	211
24.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.054	1,121	80	71	146	235	589
25.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	4.052	348	41	17	34	47	209
26.	Dune	Toto	4.042	13,538	1,277	879	1,636	1,948	7,798
27.	Rocky	Bill Conti	4.002	460	54	36	40	55	275
28.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	3.995	758	84	50	75	126	423
29.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	3.976	376	43	26	35	65	207
30.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.955	1,040	91	82	135	207	525
31.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.952	1,040	70	87	145	259	479
32.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.951	349	52	23	26	37	211
33.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.945	1,329	91	89	201	369	579
34.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
35.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.943	647	53	74	81	88	351
36.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.918	2,668	131	182	474	868	1,013
37.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.907	923	82	76	128	197	440
38.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.888	276	24	27	33	64	128
39.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.846	506	48	41	74	121	222
40.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.828	976	79	106	146	218	427
41.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.813	402	34	28	63	131	146
42.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.793	1,369	93	122	269	377	508
43.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.788	481	26	53	91	138	173
44.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.777	260	24	28	40	58	110
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.762	1,208	63	95	262	434	354
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.761	832	66	79	153	224	310
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.760	742	67	78	135	148	314
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.724	2,250	178	234	437	584	817
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
50.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.680	440	81	54	27	41	237
51.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
52.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.627	1,005	100	122	171	272	340
53.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.609	184	23	16	33	50	62
54.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.598	246	34	25	39	56	92
55.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.586	162	25	14	25	37	61
56.	The Fury	John Williams	3.574	533	42	59	125	165	142
57.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.570	859	89	127	170	151	322
58.	Krull	James Horner	3.532	1,070	88	139	257	288	298
59.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.531	495	55	52	99	153	136
60.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.528	1,248	116	132	312	353	335
61.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.523	216	24	27	44	54	67
62.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.499	878	83	109	198	263	225
63.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.478	389	32	56	94	108	99
64.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.473	601	67	78	124	168	164
65.	Aliens	James Horner	3.459	1,513	162	187	365	392	407
66.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.452	146	25	13	21	45	42
67.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.449	336	51	39	63	74	109
68.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.446	379	36	53	90	106	94
69.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.446	285	37	32	57	85	74
70.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.444	820	75	117	199	227	202
71.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.432	595	62	82	138	163	150
72.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.429	471	34	73	124	137	103
73.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
74.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.398	176	22	25	38	43	48
75.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.386	207	23	28	52	54	50
76.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
77.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.383	867	97	136	196	214	224
78.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.375	267	37	38	53	66	73
79.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.370	801	66	123	230	213	169
80.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.366	418	40	66	111	103	98
81.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.365	148	22	21	29	33	43
82.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.362	423	48	63	99	114	99
83.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.359	529	49	87	138	135	120
84.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.348	883	141	118	173	195	256
85.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.344	215	29	33	45	51	57
86.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.344	218	22	39	51	54	52
87.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.328	128	22	15	25	31	35
88.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
89.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.325	492	61	79	106	131	115
90.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.323	198	23	29	50	53	43
91.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.316	301	36	48	70	79	68
92.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.309	230	31	35	49	62	53
93.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.308	419	72	58	70	107	112
94.	Dracula	John Williams	3.307	163	22	26	36	38	41
95.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.304	115	22	13	20	28	32
96.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.297	539	65	75	142	149	108
97.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.288	257	41	34	51	72	59
98.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.287	136	17	21	33	36	29
99.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.282	316	39	54	76	73	74
100.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.279	873	132	124	197	208	212
101.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.276	163	21	27	39	38	38
102.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.271	288	44	42	59	78	65
103.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.268	623	69	105	163	162	124
104.	The River	John Williams	3.249	189	20	36	50	43	40
105.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.238	938	144	157	197	212	228
106.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.236	237	36	40	49	56	56
107.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.195	524	73	87	136	121	107
108.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.188	388	52	73	95	86	82
109.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.182	407	57	74	98	94	84
110.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.176	433	64	75	103	103	88
111.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.174	551	64	112	146	122	107
112.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.166	157	27	27	35	29	39
113.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.153	189	26	38	46	39	40
114.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.152	125	19	24	29	25	28
115.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
116.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.142	240	34	45	61	53	47
117.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.141	198	28	37	50	45	38
118.	Midway	John Williams	3.138	189	24	43	46	35	41
119.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.137	117	19	18	32	24	24
120.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.133	210	29	43	51	45	42
121.	1941	John Williams	3.132	205	38	36	41	41	49
122.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.131	245	32	51	65	47	50
123.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.116	155	25	28	36	36	30
124.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.115	314	43	63	83	65	60
125.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.106	417	66	83	97	83	88
126.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.105	114	18	20	27	30	19
127.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.102	59	10	10	15	12	12
128.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.100	572	73	122	154	121	102
129.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.098	112	22	19	23	22	26
130.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	588	71	124	173	118	102
131.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
132.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	3.069	610	106	119	134	129	122
133.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.068	383	66	73	87	83	74
134.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.064	125	25	22	25	26	27
135.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.039	127	26	19	30	28	24
136.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.037	108	17	20	28	28	15
137.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.037	191	37	36	39	41	38
138.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.031	196	34	38	50	36	38
139.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.028	212	33	44	57	40	38
140.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.024	164	24	35	44	35	26
141.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.024	547	94	114	129	105	105
142.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.016	186	34	36	41	43	32
143.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	120	21	24	31	22	22
144.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.985	394	70	81	98	75	70
145.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.967	478	85	109	107	91	86
146.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.960	177	31	37	45	36	28
147.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.943	141	27	28	34	30	22
148.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.916	191	35	43	47	35	31
149.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.914	116	27	18	31	18	22
150.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	2.908	109	20	24	27	22	16
151.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.900	510	94	118	127	87	84
152.	Testament	James Horner	2.886	149	33	28	34	31	23
153.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.885	157	37	31	33	25	31
154.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
155.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.871	85	15	19	24	16	11
156.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.868	53	9	12	16	9	7
157.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.863	95	19	22	22	17	15
158.	Project X	James Horner	2.857	224	47	45	59	39	34
159.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.854	301	57	72	74	54	44
160.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	2.851	87	16	19	26	14	12
161.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.816	272	52	70	66	44	40
162.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.808	783	161	184	185	150	103
163.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.802	111	27	20	26	24	14
164.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.778	126	37	24	21	18	26
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	2.738	145	31	36	37	22	19
168.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.723	94	23	24	17	16	14
169.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.714	105	24	26	23	20	12
170.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.709	608	125	168	148	93	74
171.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.644	691	179	167	158	95	92
172.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.628	121	34	28	23	21	15
173.	Humanoids from the Deep	James Horner	2.613	62	21	11	11	9	10
174.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.590	327	134	51	27	45	70
175.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.551	265	75	65	59	36	30
176.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.533	557	168	140	108	66	75
177.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.496	113	37	27	19	16	14
178.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.419	351	129	84	52	34	52
179.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.346	179	65	47	27	20	20
180.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
181.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.308	546	204	140	86	62	54
182.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.271	365	136	98	60	38	33

Copyright © 1999-2020, Filmtracks Publications. All rights reserved.
The reviews and other textual content contained on the filmtracks.com site may not be published, broadcast,
rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Christian Clemmensen at Filmtracks Publications. Page created 7/17/99 and last updated 5/26/15.

Reviews by Title / Year | Scoreboard Forum | Viewer Ratings | Composers