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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	4.333	8,084	270	304	816	1,767	4,927
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.320	9,455	293	396	1,069	1,929	5,768
3.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.293	2,232	72	112	229	497	1,322
4.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.292	6,355	220	269	774	1,265	3,827
5.	Jaws	John Williams	4.279	1,784	60	102	184	373	1,065
6.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.247	17,343	584	1,177	1,973	3,248	10,361
7.	Superman	John Williams	4.203	4,037	201	234	376	959	2,267
8.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.198	1,926	113	102	191	404	1,116
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.198	1,378	62	62	179	313	762
10.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.181	10,693	328	688	1,190	2,999	5,488
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.177	1,870	112	112	179	397	1,070
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.139	1,036	52	61	115	271	537
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.123	3,764	165	218	548	891	1,942
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	4.096	1,390	81	89	163	340	717
16.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.093	376	42	18	34	51	231
17.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.079	831	70	54	85	153	469
18.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.076	671	28	46	96	178	323
19.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.074	2,076	129	132	236	539	1,040
20.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.048	1,126	83	71	146	235	591
21.	Dune	Toto	4.039	13,555	1,292	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	4.017	523	24	46	78	124	251
24.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.964	503	77	25	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.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.952	1,041	92	82	135	207	525
28.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.951	657	53	74	81	93	356
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	3.931	524	25	47	88	143	221
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.930	2,706	131	182	474	877	1,042
34.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.915	931	82	76	128	198	447
35.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.893	1,033	79	106	146	218	484
36.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.840	507	49	41	74	121	222
37.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.828	603	28	53	119	198	205
38.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.810	268	24	28	40	59	117
39.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.806	403	35	28	63	131	146
40.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.805	313	24	35	47	79	128
41.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.801	1,379	93	122	269	378	517
42.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.796	485	26	53	91	139	176
43.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.786	398	18	43	83	116	138
44.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.767	1,212	63	95	262	434	358
45.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.761	833	66	79	153	225	310
46.	Born Free	John Barry	3.756	743	68	78	135	148	314
47.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.744	472	24	56	103	123	166
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.727	2,260	178	235	437	586	824
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.708	518	41	50	102	151	174
50.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.644	756	60	78	158	235	225
51.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.627	1,005	100	122	171	272	340
52.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.625	253	34	25	39	59	96
53.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.608	186	23	17	33	50	63
54.	The Fury	John Williams	3.588	539	42	59	125	166	147
55.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.585	1,303	117	132	313	354	387
56.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.570	223	24	27	44	54	74
57.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.564	861	91	127	170	151	322
58.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.556	169	22	21	29	35	62
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.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.502	880	83	109	198	263	227
63.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.489	393	32	56	95	108	102
64.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	3.483	476	116	54	27	42	237
65.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.473	601	67	78	124	168	164
66.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.472	386	36	53	90	107	100
67.	Aliens	James Horner	3.459	1,515	162	187	367	392	407
68.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.454	337	51	39	63	74	110
69.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.448	286	37	32	57	86	74
70.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.445	600	62	82	138	163	155
71.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.442	215	23	28	52	55	57
72.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.435	147	26	13	21	45	42
73.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.430	474	34	73	125	139	103
74.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.407	177	22	25	38	43	49
75.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
76.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.404	834	76	122	213	235	188
77.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.393	908	141	118	173	195	281
78.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.393	514	61	79	106	133	135
79.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.391	230	24	39	51	55	61
80.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.390	433	49	63	99	114	108
81.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.383	639	63	96	167	159	154
82.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	868	97	137	196	214	224
83.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.379	807	66	123	231	213	174
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 Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.360	203	23	29	50	54	47
87.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.354	130	22	15	25	31	37
88.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.350	531	51	87	138	135	120
89.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.346	217	29	34	45	51	58
90.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.337	169	21	27	39	38	44
91.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.327	110	15	14	25	32	24
92.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.322	653	94	114	129	120	196
93.	Dracula	John Williams	3.321	165	22	26	36	39	42
94.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.316	301	36	48	70	79	68
95.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.310	116	22	13	20	29	32
96.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.308	260	41	34	51	72	62
97.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.303	541	65	75	142	149	110
98.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.302	420	73	58	70	107	112
99.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.295	882	132	124	198	208	220
100.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.287	136	17	21	33	36	29
101.	The River	John Williams	3.282	195	21	36	50	43	45
102.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.261	625	71	105	163	162	124
103.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.243	945	144	158	198	214	231
104.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.234	239	37	40	49	56	57
105.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
106.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.220	532	73	87	136	122	114
107.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.208	322	41	58	82	75	66
108.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.183	120	19	18	32	24	27
109.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.183	246	45	35	49	64	53
110.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.182	407	57	74	98	94	84
111.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.180	434	64	75	103	103	89
112.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.179	391	54	73	95	87	82
113.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.176	159	27	27	36	29	40
114.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.174	551	64	112	146	122	107
115.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.165	127	19	24	29	27	28
116.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.158	190	26	38	46	40	40
117.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
118.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.146	199	28	37	50	46	38
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.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.142	212	29	43	52	45	43
122.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.132	317	43	63	83	65	63
123.	1941	John Williams	3.132	205	38	36	41	41	49
124.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.131	245	32	51	65	47	50
125.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.128	156	25	28	36	36	31
126.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.115	113	17	20	28	29	19
127.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.113	115	18	20	27	31	19
128.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.113	577	73	122	154	123	105
129.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.105	419	66	83	99	83	88
130.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.095	589	71	124	174	118	102
131.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	351	59	71	74	72	75
132.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.078	116	24	19	23	24	26
133.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	3.076	619	108	120	134	131	126
134.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.063	126	25	22	26	26	27
135.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.058	399	68	78	91	87	75
136.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.048	166	24	35	44	35	28
137.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.042	189	34	36	41	44	34
138.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.037	191	37	36	39	41	38
139.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.030	198	35	38	50	36	39
140.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.028	213	33	44	58	40	38
141.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.027	184	31	37	46	36	34
142.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.023	130	28	19	30	28	25
143.	Gorky Park	James Horner	3.000	121	21	24	32	22	22
144.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	2.985	68	10	15	19	14	10
145.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.985	394	70	81	98	75	70
146.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	2.982	114	20	24	27	24	19
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	126	21	28	34	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	517	94	118	129	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.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.885	157	37	31	33	25	31
156.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.879	282	52	70	68	44	48
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.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.848	302	58	72	74	54	44
161.	Project X	James Horner	2.833	228	44	53	59	41	31
162.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.813	112	27	20	26	25	14
163.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.811	784	161	184	185	150	104
164.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.780	127	37	24	22	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.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.736	106	24	26	23	20	13
169.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.723	94	23	24	17	16	14
170.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.711	612	126	168	149	95	74
171.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.661	696	179	167	158	95	97
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	2.500	114	37	27	20	16	14
178.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.428	353	129	84	52	36	52
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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