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Ratings Indices

• General Information

• All Listings

(the master ranks)

• Modern Cinema

(1988 - 2026)

• 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.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.300	9,800	389	398	1,080	1,950	5,983
2.	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	4.290	8,410	396	317	826	1,788	5,083
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.262	6,664	314	273	782	1,280	4,015
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.240	17,730	657	1,188	1,995	3,290	10,600
5.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.225	4,380	229	240	386	985	2,540
6.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.165	10,970	357	705	1,257	3,100	5,551
7.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	4.161	280	11	20	35	61	153
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.161	2,168	135	120	235	450	1,228
9.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.158	2,157	160	115	202	428	1,252
10.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.131	2,515	196	128	244	530	1,417
11.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.123	3,906	181	223	559	915	2,028
12.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.122	1,020	88	66	91	164	611
13.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.116	2,045	159	123	189	424	1,150
14.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.095	1,290	87	93	140	260	710
15.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.080	1,531	117	75	191	333	815
16.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.057	2,222	151	140	250	572	1,109
17.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.048	1,138	66	75	148	298	551
18.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,773	1,377	888	1,654	1,968	7,886
19.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.019	1,569	125	101	180	376	787
20.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.981	1,290	90	115	160	290	635
21.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.959	319	19	21	47	99	133
22.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	3.937	1,277	105	101	175	284	612
23.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	3.934	762	61	56	105	190	350
24.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	3.934	592	48	48	82	131	283
25.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	3.932	571	48	40	75	148	260
26.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.921	2,931	155	192	503	960	1,121
27.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.920	1,435	111	96	213	392	623
28.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.918	1,123	113	86	143	219	562
29.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.900	600	41	50	95	156	258
30.	Out of Africa	John Barry	3.895	512	44	40	75	120	233
31.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.868	516	80	40	43	58	295
32.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.859	1,123	78	95	182	320	448
33.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.857	519	44	48	74	125	228
34.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.855	325	40	21	43	63	158
35.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.850	1,032	77	96	155	281	423
36.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.845	608	56	55	83	147	267
37.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.822	1,496	99	128	286	410	573
38.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.797	521	30	55	96	150	190
39.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.784	677	36	60	133	233	215
40.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.782	331	37	31	46	70	147
41.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.782	449	24	47	91	128	159
42.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.781	1,303	67	100	277	467	392
43.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.776	434	43	29	66	140	156
44.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.758	893	72	85	163	240	333
45.	Born Free	John Barry	3.742	792	76	82	145	156	333
46.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.729	695	35	76	155	205	224
47.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.716	552	43	52	110	161	186
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.709	2,536	196	263	500	700	877
49.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.679	563	54	62	96	150	201
50.	The Fury	John Williams	3.668	608	46	62	131	178	191
51.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.653	802	63	82	166	250	241
52.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.651	238	20	30	43	65	80
53.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.636	1,071	106	128	181	291	365
54.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.628	336	41	33	56	86	120
55.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.603	297	33	34	56	69	105
56.	Young Sherlock Holmes	Bruce Broughton	3.584	125	8	17	29	36	35
57.	Wild Rovers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.583	72	6	7	16	25	18
58.	Hellraiser	Christopher Young	3.568	148	8	20	36	48	36
59.	Krull	James Horner	3.546	1,151	95	148	272	306	330
60.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.542	288	29	35	65	69	90
61.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.542	1,084	146	131	192	220	395
62.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.540	605	63	85	113	150	194
63.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.529	1,462	125	178	361	395	403
64.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.525	282	26	35	62	83	76
65.	The Cowboys	John Williams	3.523	130	11	17	28	41	33
66.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.514	946	87	116	212	286	245
67.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.503	660	65	86	146	178	185
68.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.502	414	38	55	95	113	113
69.	Papillon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.489	139	10	21	34	39	35
70.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.479	536	53	65	123	162	133
71.	One Little Indian	Jerry Goldsmith	3.474	76	6	11	17	25	17
72.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.468	156	11	23	40	46	36
73.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.467	448	42	60	111	117	118
74.	Brazil	Michael Kamen	3.463	136	11	20	32	41	32
75.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.453	327	42	37	65	97	86
76.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.449	158	12	26	38	43	39
77.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.449	78	7	12	18	21	20
78.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.449	234	27	35	50	50	72
79.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.440	507	37	77	131	150	112
80.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.436	362	56	42	69	78	117
81.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.434	272	30	38	62	68	74
82.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.431	297	30	50	63	70	84
83.	Aliens	James Horner	3.431	1,646	175	215	410	418	428
84.	The Reivers	John Williams	3.430	100	8	15	25	30	22
85.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.429	671	72	90	158	180	171
86.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.427	611	54	88	160	161	148
87.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.426	317	43	43	60	78	93
88.	Beverly Hills Cop	Harold Faltermeyer	3.414	152	18	18	35	45	36
89.	Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	3.412	165	15	25	42	43	40
90.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.409	225	28	31	50	53	63
91.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.406	138	12	20	34	44	28
92.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.400	901	81	132	235	252	201
93.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.395	863	70	130	245	225	193
94.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.392	674	65	100	178	168	163
95.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.387	313	40	40	67	91	75
96.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.378	920	104	145	207	227	237
97.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.377	446	42	70	118	110	106
98.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.374	468	78	61	75	116	138
99.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.369	84	7	14	21	25	17
100.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.366	290	38	43	64	65	80
101.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.365	743	104	121	136	164	218
102.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.350	197	21	30	46	59	41
103.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.349	166	28	20	31	40	47
104.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.330	581	67	80	151	160	123
105.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.326	319	38	50	74	84	73
106.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.320	169	19	27	40	47	36
107.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.313	323	51	42	63	89	78
108.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.302	149	28	17	26	38	40
109.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.292	414	52	67	90	118	87
110.	Dracula	John Williams	3.288	236	28	40	56	60	52
111.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.275	756	93	151	158	163	191
112.	The Salamander	Jerry Goldsmith	3.270	100	10	18	27	25	20
113.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.263	175	24	27	41	45	38
114.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.261	663	76	111	173	170	133
115.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.239	301	46	50	63	70	72
116.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.227	591	85	91	146	143	126
117.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.226	978	131	170	237	227	213
118.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.224	156	24	23	41	30	38
119.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.223	359	45	65	90	83	76
120.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.220	337	57	48	70	88	74
121.	The River	John Williams	3.214	309	35	60	80	72	62
122.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.213	221	29	41	50	56	45
123.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.206	1,076	150	201	243	241	241
124.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.206	262	46	45	50	51	70
125.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.205	435	59	79	104	100	93
126.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.198	464	67	79	110	111	97
127.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.196	628	85	108	162	145	128
128.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.195	267	35	52	63	60	57
129.	Fedora	Miklós Rózsa	3.194	170	29	26	34	45	36
130.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.176	414	58	77	100	92	87
131.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.175	302	42	56	75	65	64
132.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.175	252	35	46	62	58	51
133.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.172	151	21	26	38	38	28
134.	The Flim-Flam Man	Jerry Goldsmith	3.159	328	46	58	85	76	63
135.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.157	153	24	26	34	40	29
136.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.150	367	52	73	86	80	76
137.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.149	269	38	53	65	57	56
138.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.140	606	80	120	158	131	117
139.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.139	115	14	23	31	27	20
140.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	334	45	65	90	67	67
141.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.129	139	21	26	35	28	29
142.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.118	610	77	128	163	130	112
143.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.113	954	138	193	233	203	187
144.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.100	628	76	131	185	126	110
145.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.099	375	62	76	80	77	80
146.	Das Boot	Klaus Doldinger	3.095	169	24	34	46	32	33
147.	Justine	Jerry Goldsmith	3.091	66	7	13	22	15	9
148.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.085	164	32	28	34	34	36
149.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.083	96	12	18	28	26	12
150.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.076	238	35	47	62	53	41
151.	The Last Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.075	80	10	16	24	18	12
152.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	3.073	220	57	31	31	41	60
153.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.073	482	80	93	112	106	91
154.	Bandolero!	Jerry Goldsmith	3.071	56	6	12	17	14	7
155.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.068	192	30	40	45	41	36
156.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.066	211	31	43	56	43	38
157.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.064	78	12	16	20	15	15
158.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	3.056	250	41	56	52	50	51
159.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.054	148	30	26	30	30	32
160.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.052	459	79	89	112	87	92
161.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.051	253	45	47	63	46	52
162.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.050	323	41	72	90	70	50
163.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.049	286	47	57	67	65	50
164.	Peggy Sue Got Married	John Barry	3.048	62	8	13	19	12	10
165.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.045	330	60	62	71	77	60
166.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.045	111	12	26	32	27	14
167.	The Chairman	Jerry Goldsmith	3.043	46	6	9	14	11	6
168.	1941	John Williams	3.043	277	53	51	60	57	56
169.	The Eiger Sanction	John Williams	3.041	147	17	31	46	35	18
170.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.033	180	38	26	43	38	35
171.	Midway	John Williams	3.031	255	35	60	65	52	43
172.	Mad Max	Brian May	3.025	157	35	32	23	28	39
173.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.022	91	14	19	24	19	15
174.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.018	164	27	34	40	35	28
175.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.015	273	42	58	74	52	47
176.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	3.000	418	74	85	103	79	77
177.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.000	103	14	23	30	21	15
178.	Logan's Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.000	91	13	20	25	20	13
179.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.000	250	50	50	50	50	50
180.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.994	163	30	31	42	30	30
181.	Escape From New York	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.992	133	19	28	38	31	17
182.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.992	263	43	58	65	52	45
183.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.978	721	214	155	45	47	260
184.	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams	2.976	123	17	28	36	25	17
185.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.974	505	89	115	113	96	92
186.	The Other	Jerry Goldsmith	2.958	48	7	11	13	11	6
187.	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	Jerry Goldsmith	2.955	67	10	14	20	15	8
188.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.950	180	35	35	42	40	28
189.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.950	337	59	80	82	51	65
190.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.940	739	178	128	143	140	150
191.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.935	169	27	40	45	31	26
192.	Testament	James Horner	2.932	191	41	35	43	40	32
193.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.931	131	26	28	30	23	24
194.	Wisdom	Danny Elfman	2.923	91	15	15	33	18	10
195.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	552	99	125	139	99	90
196.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.917	193	35	42	48	40	28
197.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.915	328	60	76	79	58	55
198.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Faltermeyer	2.913	127	23	27	34	24	19
199.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.913	240	45	54	58	43	40
200.	Ransom (The Terrorists)	Jerry Goldsmith	2.907	86	14	19	24	19	10
201.	Howard the Duck	John Barry, Sylvester Levay	2.902	82	14	18	23	16	11
202.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.901	131	30	28	24	23	26
203.	Top Gun	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	2.894	179	51	23	32	40	33
204.	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Jerry Goldsmith	2.889	45	7	10	14	9	5
205.	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	Jerry Goldsmith	2.887	97	15	23	28	20	11
206.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.886	114	31	17	19	28	19
207.	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	John Williams, Michel Legrand	2.880	108	16	28	30	21	13
208.	Earthquake	John Williams	2.864	125	21	30	35	23	16
209.	Project X	James Horner	2.862	304	57	70	78	56	43
210.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.861	208	45	47	43	38	35
211.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.856	111	20	26	30	20	15
212.	Commando	James Horner	2.854	540	103	125	145	82	85
213.	Forbidden Zone	Danny Elfman	2.842	114	32	17	23	21	21
214.	Summer School	Danny Elfman	2.841	107	19	22	33	23	10
215.	Damnation Alley	Jerry Goldsmith	2.841	88	14	22	26	16	10
216.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.827	220	42	48	63	40	27
217.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.819	832	170	195	196	158	113
218.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.806	124	30	30	21	20	23
219.	The Cassandra Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	2.798	84	14	21	25	16	8
220.	The Paper Chase	John Williams	2.790	105	17	28	31	18	11
221.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.787	188	39	46	46	30	27
222.	The Sugarland Express	John Williams	2.787	122	20	35	31	23	13
223.	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Jerry Goldsmith	2.786	56	10	15	14	11	6
224.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.772	114	18	31	34	21	10
225.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.767	120	27	28	28	20	17
226.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.728	651	132	178	158	101	82
227.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.725	171	36	45	40	30	20
228.	Rio Lobo	Jerry Goldsmith	2.703	64	12	18	17	11	6
229.	Pete 'n' Tillie	John Williams	2.698	116	23	31	31	20	11
230.	The Lady in Red	James Horner	2.693	75	15	20	20	13	7
231.	The Traveling Executioner	Jerry Goldsmith	2.689	74	14	20	21	13	6
232.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.686	746	190	177	166	103	110
233.	High Velocity	Jerry Goldsmith	2.686	102	21	28	25	18	10
234.	The Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.667	63	12	18	17	11	5
235.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.658	456	145	103	62	55	91
236.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.616	375	151	62	27	50	85
237.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.591	164	50	35	31	28	20
238.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.574	310	85	77	70	41	37
239.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.542	605	181	148	123	73	80
240.	The Long Goodbye	John Williams	2.517	120	30	35	28	17	10
241.	The Lonely Guy	Jerry Goldsmith	2.489	94	23	27	25	13	6
242.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.471	87	21	28	21	10	7
243.	Shamus	Jerry Goldsmith	2.463	82	20	25	21	11	5
244.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.449	379	138	89	54	40	58
245.	Escape From the Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	2.420	69	18	23	15	7	6
246.	The Don is Dead	Jerry Goldsmith	2.361	72	19	25	16	7	5
247.	The Mephisto Waltz	Jerry Goldsmith	2.349	63	19	20	12	7	5
248.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.319	433	165	108	63	51	46
249.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.316	253	92	68	40	27	26
250.	Images	John Williams	2.286	105	40	28	17	7	13
251.	The Illustrated Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.275	51	18	15	8	6	4
252.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.253	629	245	163	96	67	58
253.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.242	190	75	47	31	21	16
254.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.210	138	52	38	23	17	8
255.	*SPYS**	Jerry Goldsmith	2.164	73	27	23	12	6	5

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