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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	8,326	363	306	822	1,780	5,055
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.292	9,615	382	397	1,075	1,940	5,821
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.253	6,497	302	271	779	1,272	3,873
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.238	17,564	650	1,183	1,985	3,273	10,473
5.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.222	2,043	116	105	197	416	1,209
6.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.188	2,389	150	118	236	515	1,370
7.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.186	4,140	232	236	382	972	2,318
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.170	1,951	132	109	190	385	1,135
9.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.160	10,827	352	701	1,251	3,083	5,440
10.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.156	1,959	129	119	184	412	1,115
11.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.156	1,450	80	70	185	324	791
12.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.131	3,870	168	222	557	910	2,013
13.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.118	979	84	64	88	159	584
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.111	1,241	77	90	136	253	685
15.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.099	1,480	84	94	175	366	761
16.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.090	699	28	47	99	185	340
17.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.077	2,144	133	135	243	556	1,077
18.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.074	1,093	54	73	144	289	533
19.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.052	1,162	85	73	150	242	612
20.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.043	534	26	39	73	144	252
21.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.038	550	25	47	80	128	270
22.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,702	1,369	883	1,646	1,959	7,845
23.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.995	643	25	57	106	163	292
24.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.970	566	25	49	92	152	248
25.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.969	484	61	38	42	57	286
26.	Out of Africa	John Barry	3.961	463	32	37	69	104	221
27.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.959	1,075	94	84	139	213	545
28.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.954	1,195	83	111	155	275	571
29.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.954	282	26	19	39	56	142
30.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.952	313	19	21	46	97	130
31.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.947	1,378	95	92	207	381	603
32.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.937	2,831	134	187	489	933	1,088
33.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.913	472	31	46	69	113	213
34.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.879	585	48	53	81	143	260
35.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.869	1,087	72	92	177	311	435
36.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.851	636	28	55	122	210	221
37.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.847	995	73	94	150	273	405
38.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.840	313	28	31	45	68	141
39.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.820	1,448	95	125	278	398	552
40.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.815	416	36	28	65	135	152
41.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.813	432	18	46	89	125	154
42.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.811	503	26	54	94	144	185
43.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.782	1,264	64	97	269	454	380
44.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.769	865	67	82	159	233	324
45.	Born Free	John Barry	3.746	769	73	80	140	152	324
46.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.713	536	42	51	106	157	180
47.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.713	2,460	188	255	485	680	852
48.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.684	547	51	61	94	145	196
49.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.659	211	17	26	39	59	70
50.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.655	296	39	28	45	68	116
51.	The Fury	John Williams	3.655	583	43	61	128	173	178
52.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.652	779	61	80	162	242	234
53.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.645	1,403	120	135	322	372	454
54.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.633	1,039	103	125	176	281	354
55.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.621	264	28	30	50	62	94
56.	Hellraiser	Christopher Young	3.569	130	7	17	32	43	31
57.	Beverly Hills Cop	Harold Faltermeyer	3.567	127	8	16	31	40	32
58.	Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	3.562	130	10	17	30	36	37
59.	Krull	James Horner	3.545	1,119	92	144	265	298	320
60.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.545	1,031	145	121	178	201	386
61.	The Cowboys	John Williams	3.545	112	8	15	25	36	28
62.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.541	257	26	31	58	62	80
63.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.537	588	62	82	110	146	188
64.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.535	254	23	31	56	75	69
65.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.531	128	8	18	31	40	31
66.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.523	128	8	18	31	41	30
67.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.518	425	32	58	107	114	114
68.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.509	917	85	113	206	276	237
69.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.501	403	37	54	92	110	110
70.	Young Sherlock Holmes	Bruce Broughton	3.500	98	7	14	24	29	24
71.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.493	637	63	84	142	172	176
72.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.480	523	52	63	120	158	130
73.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.478	69	6	10	16	19	18
74.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.476	624	70	80	128	175	171
75.	Papillon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.472	123	9	19	30	35	30
76.	Brazil	Michael Kamen	3.467	120	9	18	29	36	28
77.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.464	209	24	30	45	45	65
78.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.457	140	10	23	34	39	34
79.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.453	320	41	36	64	95	84
80.	Top Gun	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	3.446	121	10	18	29	36	28
81.	The Reivers	John Williams	3.440	84	6	13	21	26	18
82.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.440	243	26	34	56	61	66
83.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.440	350	54	40	67	76	113
84.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.440	166	29	15	24	50	48
85.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.435	492	36	75	128	145	108
86.	Aliens	James Horner	3.429	1,595	169	209	398	406	413
87.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.425	266	27	45	57	62	75
88.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.424	309	42	42	59	75	91
89.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.422	593	53	86	155	156	143
90.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.418	122	10	18	30	39	25
91.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.406	202	25	28	45	48	56
92.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.399	878	79	129	229	245	196
93.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.399	281	35	36	60	82	68
94.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.397	839	68	126	238	219	188
95.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.389	658	64	98	173	164	159
96.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.380	895	101	141	201	221	231
97.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.379	433	41	67	115	107	103
98.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.374	721	98	118	133	160	212
99.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.371	455	76	60	72	113	134
100.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.370	73	6	12	19	21	15
101.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.358	148	25	17	28	36	42
102.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.351	97	7	17	26	29	18
103.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.346	257	34	39	57	58	69
104.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.329	565	66	77	147	155	120
105.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.325	311	37	49	72	82	71
106.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.320	397	45	66	87	115	84
107.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.318	151	17	24	36	42	32
108.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.309	291	46	38	57	80	70
109.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.308	133	25	15	23	34	36
110.	Dracula	John Williams	3.281	210	25	36	50	53	46
111.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.269	156	21	24	37	40	34
112.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.263	646	74	108	168	166	130
113.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.248	726	91	147	154	159	175
114.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.237	139	21	20	37	27	34
115.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.237	270	41	45	57	63	64
116.	The Salamander	Jerry Goldsmith	3.230	87	9	16	24	22	16
117.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.230	575	82	89	142	139	123
118.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.225	952	128	165	231	221	207
119.	The River	John Williams	3.223	274	30	53	72	64	55
120.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.220	350	44	64	87	81	74
121.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.216	328	56	47	67	86	72
122.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.201	1,044	146	196	236	234	232
123.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.199	423	58	77	101	97	90
124.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.198	197	26	37	45	50	39
125.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.197	233	41	40	45	46	61
126.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.197	452	66	77	106	108	95
127.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.193	238	31	47	56	53	51
128.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.190	574	66	115	151	128	114
129.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.189	608	83	105	157	140	123
130.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.185	135	20	23	30	36	26
131.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.181	226	31	41	56	52	46
132.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.181	404	56	75	98	90	85
133.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.173	272	38	50	68	59	57
134.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.170	135	19	23	34	34	25
135.	The Flim-Flam Man	Jerry Goldsmith	3.159	320	45	57	82	74	62
136.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.149	101	12	20	28	23	18
137.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.148	358	51	71	84	78	74
138.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.141	241	34	48	59	50	50
139.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.141	327	44	64	87	66	66
140.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.117	926	133	188	225	198	182
141.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.116	594	75	125	159	126	109
142.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.097	611	74	128	180	123	106
143.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.088	363	61	74	77	74	77
144.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.084	214	31	42	56	48	37
145.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.083	84	10	16	25	23	10
146.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.075	146	29	25	30	30	32
147.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.072	470	78	91	109	103	89
148.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.063	190	28	39	50	39	34
149.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.063	445	75	87	108	85	90
150.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.060	133	27	23	27	27	29
151.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.060	67	10	14	18	12	13
152.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.059	170	27	35	40	37	31
153.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	3.057	194	50	28	28	37	51
154.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.054	257	42	51	60	59	45
155.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.051	98	10	23	29	24	12
156.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.048	291	37	65	81	63	45
157.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Faltermeyer	3.048	105	13	24	30	21	17
158.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.043	323	59	61	69	75	59
159.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.040	225	40	42	57	41	45
160.	1941	John Williams	3.036	248	48	46	53	51	50
161.	Midway	John Williams	3.035	228	31	53	59	47	38
162.	The Eiger Sanction	John Williams	3.031	130	15	28	41	30	16
163.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.025	80	12	17	21	17	13
164.	Das Boot	Klaus Doldinger	3.021	144	21	30	41	29	23
165.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.021	145	24	30	35	31	25
166.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.019	160	34	23	39	34	30
167.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.017	115	18	23	31	25	18
168.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.012	246	38	52	67	47	42
169.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.011	91	12	20	27	19	13
170.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	3.000	407	72	83	100	77	75
171.	Escape From New York	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.992	119	17	25	34	28	15
172.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.979	146	27	28	38	27	26
173.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.979	236	39	52	59	47	39
174.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.976	493	87	112	110	94	90
175.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.967	698	208	151	44	46	249
176.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.962	159	30	31	38	35	25
177.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.945	329	58	78	80	50	63
178.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.942	710	169	124	139	135	143
179.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.940	150	24	35	40	28	23
180.	Testament	James Horner	2.936	172	37	31	39	36	29
181.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.930	172	30	38	43	36	25
182.	Mad Max	Brian May	2.925	133	31	29	20	25	28
183.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	539	97	122	135	97	88
184.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.909	320	59	74	77	57	53
185.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.907	215	40	49	52	39	35
186.	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams	2.905	105	15	25	32	21	12
187.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.904	114	23	25	26	20	20
188.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.882	102	28	15	17	25	17
189.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.867	98	17	23	27	18	13
190.	Project X	James Horner	2.864	273	51	63	70	50	39
191.	Commando	James Horner	2.849	522	100	121	140	80	81
192.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.849	185	40	42	39	34	30
193.	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	John Williams, Michel Legrand	2.828	93	14	25	27	17	10
194.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.823	198	38	43	57	36	24
195.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.814	808	165	190	191	154	108
196.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.793	111	27	27	19	18	20
197.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.782	110	27	25	21	19	18
198.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.778	167	35	41	41	26	24
199.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.775	102	16	28	30	19	9
200.	Damnation Alley	Jerry Goldsmith	2.773	66	11	17	20	12	6
201.	The Sugarland Express	John Williams	2.771	105	17	30	28	20	10
202.	Earthquake	John Williams	2.766	107	19	27	31	20	10
203.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.764	106	24	25	24	18	15
204.	The Paper Chase	John Williams	2.750	92	15	25	28	16	8
205.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.729	635	129	173	154	99	80
206.	The Lady in Red	James Horner	2.719	64	12	17	18	11	6
207.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.717	152	32	40	36	27	17
208.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.683	725	185	172	162	100	106
209.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.655	443	141	100	61	53	88
210.	Pete 'n' Tillie	John Williams	2.653	101	20	28	28	17	8
211.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.623	366	146	61	27	49	83
212.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.575	146	45	31	28	25	17
213.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.573	302	83	75	68	40	36
214.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.548	582	173	144	116	71	78
215.	The Lonely Guy	Jerry Goldsmith	2.469	81	20	24	21	11	5
216.	The Long Goodbye	John Williams	2.467	105	27	31	25	15	7
217.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.462	78	19	25	19	9	6
218.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.454	370	134	87	53	39	57
219.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	2.444	126	29	43	30	17	7
220.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.322	423	161	105	62	50	45
221.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.305	226	83	61	35	24	23
222.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.262	608	234	159	93	66	56
223.	Images	John Williams	2.242	91	35	25	15	6	10
224.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.241	170	67	42	28	19	14
225.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.195	123	47	34	20	15	7

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