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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	4.299	9,916	378	420	1,103	1,977	6,038
2.	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	4.295	8,519	348	366	847	1,825	5,133
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.270	6,781	318	274	785	1,286	4,118
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.240	17,821	662	1,193	2,004	3,306	10,656
5.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.184	2,601	140	153	264	575	1,469
6.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.175	4,493	215	288	459	1,063	2,468
7.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.167	2,131	120	140	203	469	1,199
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.155	2,295	121	150	256	493	1,275
9.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.145	11,041	359	741	1,305	3,176	5,460
10.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.138	2,263	127	160	235	493	1,248
11.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.136	1,110	67	89	116	192	646
12.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.123	3,925	182	224	561	919	2,039
13.	Rocky	Bill Conti	4.046	570	34	47	66	135	288
14.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.034	667	38	55	89	149	336
15.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.028	1,590	87	112	229	404	758
16.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.026	1,716	107	135	212	414	848
17.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.985	1,333	93	118	164	299	659
18.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	3.979	1,231	73	99	160	348	551
19.	Dune	Toto	3.968	13,854	1,338	992	1,792	2,390	7,342
20.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	3.960	816	53	71	111	202	379
21.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	3.958	2,321	146	191	304	654	1,026
22.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.936	639	39	55	98	163	284
23.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	3.935	586	36	47	85	169	249
24.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.934	561	38	50	79	138	256
25.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.932	382	16	27	66	131	142
26.	Out of Africa	John Barry	3.932	586	36	55	88	141	266
27.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	3.912	1,354	83	111	215	378	567
28.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	3.910	1,317	99	123	183	304	608
29.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.907	1,480	93	111	244	424	608
30.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.907	365	23	35	57	88	162
31.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.898	628	44	60	88	160	276
32.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.884	3,032	158	209	551	1,022	1,092
33.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.871	1,162	96	116	158	264	528
34.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.865	1,073	79	98	159	290	447
35.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.861	1,154	80	97	187	329	461
36.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.827	1,541	101	131	294	422	593
37.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.814	467	25	47	80	153	162
38.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.803	533	30	56	98	154	195
39.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.787	694	37	61	136	239	221
40.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.786	459	24	48	93	131	163
41.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.780	1,342	69	103	285	482	403
42.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.759	917	74	87	167	247	342
43.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.754	353	26	38	64	94	131
44.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.730	2,615	177	275	520	747	896
45.	Born Free	John Barry	3.724	826	73	91	153	183	326
46.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.717	566	44	53	113	165	191
47.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.685	577	55	63	98	154	207
48.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.671	295	23	36	54	84	98
49.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.662	724	39	80	178	217	210
50.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.657	823	64	84	170	257	248
51.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.636	1,100	109	131	186	299	375
52.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.609	358	32	44	69	100	113
53.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.593	1,168	128	152	211	253	424
54.	Young Sherlock Holmes	Bruce Broughton	3.593	140	9	19	32	40	40
55.	The Fury	John Williams	3.560	637	47	74	162	183	171
56.	Hellraiser	Christopher Young	3.558	165	9	23	40	53	40
57.	Krull	James Horner	3.548	1,184	97	152	280	315	340
58.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.547	622	64	87	116	155	200
59.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.534	309	29	40	66	85	89
60.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.530	1,503	128	183	371	406	415
61.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.521	313	29	39	69	92	84
62.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.515	972	89	119	218	294	252
63.	Beverly Hills Cop	Harold Faltermeyer	3.510	192	15	28	41	60	48
64.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.507	677	66	88	150	183	190
65.	Wild Rovers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.506	83	9	8	18	28	20
66.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.503	471	45	62	107	125	132
67.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.482	548	54	66	126	166	136
68.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.469	322	28	46	78	87	83
69.	Papillon	Jerry Goldsmith	3.468	156	12	24	38	43	39
70.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.462	93	8	14	21	27	23
71.	The Cowboys	John Williams	3.461	154	13	23	35	46	37
72.	One Little Indian	Jerry Goldsmith	3.453	86	7	13	19	28	19
73.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.453	382	54	46	74	89	119
74.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.451	175	13	26	45	51	40
75.	Brazil	Michael Kamen	3.448	154	13	23	36	46	36
76.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.440	520	38	79	134	154	115
77.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.435	177	14	29	43	48	43
78.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.433	342	35	46	80	98	83
79.	Aliens	James Horner	3.432	1,694	180	221	422	430	441
80.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.430	626	55	90	164	165	152
81.	The Reivers	John Williams	3.427	124	9	19	32	38	26
82.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.419	697	72	95	172	185	173
83.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.413	329	37	50	69	86	87
84.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.402	926	83	135	242	259	207
85.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.395	886	72	133	252	231	198
86.	Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	3.389	193	18	30	49	51	45
87.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.387	155	14	23	38	49	31
88.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.386	430	39	67	111	115	98
89.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.383	339	39	50	72	98	80
90.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.371	251	27	40	59	63	62
91.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.364	763	107	124	140	168	224
92.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.364	261	27	42	63	67	62
93.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.360	697	67	106	191	175	158
94.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.349	332	37	49	80	93	73
95.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.339	953	112	151	224	234	232
96.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.335	466	43	78	128	114	103
97.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.333	96	9	16	24	28	19
98.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.333	345	38	62	77	83	85
99.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.330	221	25	34	51	65	46
100.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.329	596	69	82	155	164	126
101.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.328	311	32	55	75	77	72
102.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.320	328	40	51	76	86	75
103.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.311	309	34	53	76	75	71
104.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.307	189	22	30	45	52	40
105.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.299	184	22	32	41	47	42
106.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.298	168	17	31	40	45	35
107.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.296	496	66	76	112	129	113
108.	Dracula	John Williams	3.295	264	31	45	62	67	59
109.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.292	424	53	69	92	121	89
110.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.274	328	36	59	82	81	70
111.	Fedora	Miklós Rózsa	3.266	192	26	32	40	53	41
112.	The Salamander	Jerry Goldsmith	3.265	113	12	20	30	28	23
113.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.260	681	78	114	178	175	136
114.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.247	194	25	32	47	50	40
115.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.232	777	95	158	173	174	177
116.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.228	606	87	93	150	147	129
117.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.227	1,005	134	175	244	233	219
118.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.226	367	46	66	92	85	78
119.	Top Gun	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	3.217	212	30	36	47	56	43
120.	The River	John Williams	3.212	316	36	61	82	74	63
121.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.211	246	32	46	56	62	50
122.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.206	446	60	81	107	103	95
123.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.196	644	87	111	166	149	131
124.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.195	476	69	81	113	114	99
125.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.190	358	48	70	78	90	72
126.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.182	176	24	32	40	48	32
127.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.177	424	59	79	103	94	89
128.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.170	1,115	155	214	263	253	230
129.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.163	301	40	59	73	70	59
130.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.161	168	24	29	42	42	31
131.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.160	312	43	58	78	72	61
132.	The Flim-Flam Man	Jerry Goldsmith	3.158	335	47	59	87	78	64
133.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.157	312	45	57	76	72	62
134.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.140	621	82	123	162	134	120
135.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.138	130	16	26	35	30	23
136.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.128	282	40	54	71	64	53
137.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.121	379	53	78	91	84	73
138.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.118	625	79	131	167	133	115
139.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.118	306	42	62	76	70	56
140.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.117	982	142	198	239	209	194
141.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.101	644	78	134	190	129	113
142.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.091	296	45	60	71	63	57
143.	The Last Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.087	92	12	18	27	20	15
144.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.083	108	14	20	31	29	14
145.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.081	161	23	32	42	37	27
146.	Justine	Jerry Goldsmith	3.080	75	8	15	25	17	10
147.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.079	265	39	52	69	59	46
148.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.077	495	82	95	115	109	94
149.	Bandolero!	Jerry Goldsmith	3.063	64	7	14	19	16	8
150.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.058	206	30	43	53	45	35
151.	The Chairman	Jerry Goldsmith	3.057	53	7	10	16	13	7
152.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.054	317	52	63	74	72	56
153.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.049	182	31	37	41	38	35
154.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.048	331	42	74	92	72	51
155.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.047	358	48	77	100	76	57
156.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.046	174	29	36	39	38	32
157.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.040	125	14	29	36	30	16
158.	The Eiger Sanction	John Williams	3.037	164	19	35	51	39	20
159.	Peggy Sue Got Married	John Barry	3.037	82	10	18	25	17	12
160.	Midway	John Williams	3.032	284	39	67	72	58	48
161.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.032	349	61	69	78	80	61
162.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.027	488	84	97	119	98	90
163.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	3.024	294	49	65	65	60	55
164.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.023	221	34	49	53	48	37
165.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.020	102	16	21	27	21	17
166.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.016	183	30	38	45	39	31
167.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.014	294	52	60	68	60	54
168.	1941	John Williams	3.013	314	57	63	71	65	58
169.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.010	308	47	65	83	64	49
170.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.000	117	16	26	34	24	17
171.	Escape From New York	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	3.000	148	21	31	42	35	19
172.	Logan's Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.000	104	15	23	28	23	15
173.	Forbidden Zone	Danny Elfman	2.993	142	24	30	36	27	25
174.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	2.989	189	38	40	36	36	39
175.	Das Boot	Klaus Doldinger	2.985	200	28	43	60	42	27
176.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	2.983	239	36	53	65	49	36
177.	Wisdom	Danny Elfman	2.981	108	17	21	30	27	13
178.	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams	2.978	137	19	31	40	28	19
179.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.976	206	34	45	50	46	31
180.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.974	741	221	159	46	48	267
181.	Testament	James Horner	2.973	219	39	47	50	47	36
182.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	2.970	396	70	87	91	81	67
183.	The Other	Jerry Goldsmith	2.964	56	8	13	15	13	7
184.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.963	189	34	38	48	39	30
185.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.961	435	76	91	112	86	70
186.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.957	763	161	154	152	149	147
187.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.953	256	49	56	54	52	45
188.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	2.951	284	49	62	73	54	46
189.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.943	174	30	40	41	36	27
190.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.942	519	91	122	119	100	87
191.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.940	301	50	70	74	62	45
192.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.937	189	30	45	50	35	29
193.	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	Jerry Goldsmith	2.935	77	12	16	23	17	9
194.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.933	89	14	20	25	18	12
195.	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Jerry Goldsmith	2.923	65	9	15	20	14	7
196.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	565	101	128	143	101	92
197.	Ransom (The Terrorists)	Jerry Goldsmith	2.918	97	16	21	27	21	12
198.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.916	215	39	47	53	45	31
199.	Howard the Duck	John Barry, Sylvester Levay	2.914	93	16	20	26	18	13
200.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.903	155	28	36	37	31	23
201.	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	Jerry Goldsmith	2.900	110	17	26	31	23	13
202.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.899	267	49	61	65	52	40
203.	Summer School	Danny Elfman	2.896	125	17	30	39	27	12
204.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Faltermeyer	2.895	143	27	30	38	27	21
205.	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	John Williams, Michel Legrand	2.893	122	18	31	34	24	15
206.	Mad Max	Brian May	2.885	183	36	43	40	34	30
207.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.876	339	62	80	86	60	51
208.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.874	127	35	19	21	31	21
209.	Project X	James Horner	2.862	311	58	72	80	57	44
210.	Earthquake	John Williams	2.858	141	24	34	39	26	18
211.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.857	126	23	29	34	23	17
212.	Damnation Alley	Jerry Goldsmith	2.850	100	16	25	29	18	12
213.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.829	351	63	90	91	58	49
214.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.829	245	47	53	70	45	30
215.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.817	854	175	200	201	162	116
216.	The Paper Chase	John Williams	2.805	118	19	31	35	20	13
217.	Commando	James Horner	2.799	558	107	135	152	91	73
218.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.793	193	37	48	49	36	23
219.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.792	240	51	59	53	43	34
220.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.791	129	20	35	38	24	12
221.	The Sugarland Express	John Williams	2.790	138	23	39	35	26	15
222.	The Cassandra Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	2.789	95	16	24	28	18	9
223.	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Jerry Goldsmith	2.785	65	12	17	16	13	7
224.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.775	209	43	51	51	38	26
225.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.759	137	30	34	31	23	19
226.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.729	668	135	183	162	104	84
227.	Rio Lobo	Jerry Goldsmith	2.712	73	14	20	19	13	7
228.	Pete 'n' Tillie	John Williams	2.712	132	26	35	35	23	13
229.	The Lady in Red	James Horner	2.698	86	17	23	23	15	8
230.	High Velocity	Jerry Goldsmith	2.696	115	24	31	28	20	12
231.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.695	393	135	86	27	54	91
232.	The Traveling Executioner	Jerry Goldsmith	2.694	85	16	23	24	15	7
233.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.694	777	192	184	175	122	104
234.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.692	146	36	38	27	25	20
235.	The Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.681	72	14	20	19	13	6
236.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.607	481	123	132	96	71	59
237.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.603	634	165	163	142	87	77
238.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.567	326	88	81	76	46	35
239.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.544	193	53	51	39	31	19
240.	The Long Goodbye	John Williams	2.526	135	34	39	31	19	12
241.	The Lonely Guy	Jerry Goldsmith	2.500	106	26	30	28	15	7
242.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.485	99	24	31	24	12	8
243.	Shamus	Jerry Goldsmith	2.479	94	23	28	24	13	6
244.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.420	388	121	112	65	51	39
245.	The Don is Dead	Jerry Goldsmith	2.383	81	21	28	18	8	6
246.	Escape From the Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	2.381	84	24	27	17	9	7
247.	The Mephisto Waltz	Jerry Goldsmith	2.375	72	21	23	14	8	6
248.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.299	455	170	117	71	56	41
249.	Images	John Williams	2.282	131	48	36	21	14	12
250.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.280	286	101	82	48	32	23
251.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.254	213	83	53	35	24	18
252.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.231	648	245	181	101	69	52
253.	The Illustrated Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.222	72	27	20	12	8	5
254.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.214	154	58	42	26	19	9
255.	*SPYS**	Jerry Goldsmith	2.172	93	35	28	15	9	6

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