Filmtracks Soundtrack Ratings: Classic Films

CLASSIC SOUNDTRACKS (1930 - 1987)

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	Title	Composer(s)	Avg.	Total	1-Star	2-Star	3-Star	4-Star	5-Star
1.	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	4.306	8,274	356	305	818	1,770	5,025
2.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.293	9,564	376	396	1,070	1,930	5,792
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.256	6,456	295	270	775	1,266	3,850
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.239	17,470	640	1,178	1,976	3,257	10,419
5.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.219	1,979	113	102	192	404	1,168
6.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.192	2,316	143	114	229	500	1,330
7.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.186	4,109	227	235	381	968	2,298
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.173	1,885	125	105	185	373	1,097
9.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.165	1,403	75	66	179	315	768
10.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.161	10,767	346	698	1,244	3,068	5,411
11.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.159	1,897	124	114	179	400	1,080
12.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	4.141	1,046	53	61	116	271	545
13.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.131	3,843	166	221	554	906	1,996
14.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.112	946	81	63	86	155	561
15.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	4.109	1,206	75	88	133	245	665
16.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.093	1,433	82	92	170	356	733
17.	Out of Africa	John Barry	4.091	383	42	20	34	52	235
18.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	4.081	678	28	46	97	179	328
19.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	4.074	2,083	130	132	236	540	1,045
20.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	4.049	1,127	83	71	146	235	592
21.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	4.039	519	26	38	71	139	245
22.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.026	533	25	46	78	125	259
23.	Dune	Toto	4.024	13,635	1,363	879	1,638	1,949	7,806
24.	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Jerry Goldsmith	3.982	617	24	56	103	158	276
25.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.971	680	53	75	84	95	373
26.	Rocky	Bill Conti	3.964	472	60	37	41	56	278
27.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.964	550	25	48	89	148	240
28.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.960	251	23	17	34	50	127
29.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.955	1,044	92	82	135	207	528
30.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.949	1,152	80	108	150	267	547
31.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.946	1,338	92	90	201	370	585
32.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.945	307	19	21	45	95	127
33.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.936	2,746	131	182	474	904	1,055
34.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.906	459	31	45	67	109	207
35.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.879	568	46	52	79	139	252
36.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.868	1,054	70	89	172	302	421
37.	The Final Conflict	Jerry Goldsmith	3.849	279	24	28	40	61	126
38.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.846	617	28	53	119	203	214
39.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.846	967	71	92	145	266	393
40.	Battle Beyond the Stars	James Horner	3.842	514	50	41	75	122	226
41.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.813	1,403	93	122	270	387	531
42.	Cherry 2000	Basil Poledouris	3.811	407	35	28	64	132	148
43.	An American Tail	James Horner, Barry Mann	3.804	491	26	53	92	140	180
44.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.800	419	18	45	87	122	147
45.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.778	1,228	63	95	262	440	368
46.	Cocoon	James Horner	3.766	842	66	80	154	227	315
47.	Born Free	John Barry	3.746	748	71	78	136	148	315
48.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	John Williams	3.712	2,386	183	248	468	660	827
49.	Flesh + Blood	Basil Poledouris	3.711	522	41	50	103	153	175
50.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.662	266	35	25	40	61	105
51.	The Natural	Randy Newman	3.660	188	15	23	35	53	62
52.	The Fury	John Williams	3.651	568	42	60	125	168	173
53.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.648	758	60	78	158	235	227
54.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.641	1,361	117	132	313	359	440
55.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.633	90	5	11	21	28	25
56.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.631	1,009	100	122	171	273	343
57.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.620	234	24	27	45	56	82
58.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.614	511	50	63	101	117	180
59.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.543	1,002	141	118	173	196	374
60.	Krull	James Horner	3.542	1,087	90	140	258	289	310
61.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.542	227	20	28	50	67	62
62.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.532	570	61	80	106	141	182
63.	Capricorn One	Jerry Goldsmith	3.526	228	23	28	52	56	69
64.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.508	891	83	110	200	267	231
65.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.507	414	32	57	104	111	110
66.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.495	111	7	16	28	35	25
67.	A Patch of Blue	Jerry Goldsmith	3.495	392	36	53	90	107	106
68.	The Flight of the Phoenix	Frank DeVol	3.492	61	5	9	14	17	16
69.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.479	605	67	78	124	170	166
70.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.476	510	51	62	117	153	127
71.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.476	614	62	82	138	166	166
72.	Aliens	James Horner	3.468	1,531	162	188	371	392	418
73.	Big Wednesday	Basil Poledouris	3.457	289	37	32	58	86	76
74.	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Lambro	3.450	120	9	19	29	35	28
75.	Damien: Omen II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.448	183	21	27	40	39	56
76.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.446	148	26	13	21	45	43
77.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.444	214	23	29	50	54	58
78.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.441	238	24	39	51	56	68
79.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.436	342	53	39	66	74	110
80.	Empire of the Sun	John Williams	3.434	479	35	73	125	141	105
81.	Platoon	Georges Delerue	3.413	109	9	16	27	35	22
82.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.412	277	38	38	53	68	80
83.	The Black Hole	John Barry	3.411	180	22	25	40	43	50
84.	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Laurence Rosenthal	3.405	252	31	32	54	74	61
85.	Rio Conchos	Jerry Goldsmith	3.398	855	77	126	223	238	191
86.	Take a Hard Ride	Jerry Goldsmith	3.397	817	66	123	232	213	183
87.	The Beastmaster	Lee Holdridge	3.391	64	5	10	17	19	13
88.	The Comancheros	Elmer Bernstein	3.386	642	63	96	168	160	155
89.	The Lord of the Rings	Leonard Rosenman	3.381	871	98	137	196	215	225
90.	The Black Stallion	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	3.380	442	73	58	70	110	131
91.	Halloween	John Carpenter	3.375	702	95	115	130	156	206
92.	Dracula	John Williams	3.372	172	22	26	36	42	46
93.	The Journey of Natty Gann	James Horner, Elmer Bernstein	3.371	132	22	15	25	32	38
94.	Innerspace	Jerry Goldsmith	3.371	421	40	66	112	104	99
95.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.369	84	6	15	21	26	16
96.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.367	226	29	35	48	52	62
97.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.333	135	15	21	32	38	29
98.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.323	303	36	48	70	80	69
99.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.321	549	65	75	143	151	115
100.	Die Nibelungen	Rolf Wilhelm	3.316	117	22	13	20	30	32
101.	King Kong Lives	John Scott	3.314	261	41	34	51	72	63
102.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.306	385	44	65	85	111	80
103.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.266	139	19	21	33	36	30
104.	Robin and Marian	John Barry, Richard Shores	3.260	628	72	105	164	162	125
105.	King Solomon's Mines	Jerry Goldsmith	3.243	243	37	40	51	57	58
106.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.229	560	80	87	138	135	120
107.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	3.228	123	19	18	32	24	30
108.	The River	John Williams	3.226	234	26	45	61	54	48
109.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.225	925	124	161	224	215	201
110.	Ice Station Zebra	Michel Legrand	3.224	294	50	42	59	78	65
111.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.211	341	43	63	85	79	71
112.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.203	133	19	25	30	28	31
113.	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Jerry Goldsmith	3.197	411	57	74	98	95	87
114.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.196	209	37	36	40	41	55
115.	Marie Ward	Elmer Bernstein	3.195	441	65	75	103	105	93
116.	Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.194	1,011	142	191	229	227	222
117.	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre	3.190	211	28	41	50	47	45
118.	RoboCop	Basil Poledouris	3.188	558	64	112	147	125	110
119.	The Poseidon Adventure	John Williams	3.186	590	81	102	153	134	120
120.	Rocky II	Bill Conti	3.183	120	18	20	27	32	23
121.	SpaceCamp	John Williams	3.180	395	55	73	96	88	83
122.	The Great Train Robbery	Jerry Goldsmith	3.175	171	23	33	39	43	33
123.	Islands in the Stream	Jerry Goldsmith	3.168	202	28	37	50	47	40
124.	The Conversation	David Shire	3.165	243	34	45	61	53	50
125.	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Jerry Goldsmith	3.158	215	29	43	53	45	45
126.	Scarface	Giorgio Moroder	3.157	89	10	18	25	20	16
127.	1941	John Williams	3.157	210	38	36	42	43	51
128.	Breakheart Pass	Jerry Goldsmith	3.154	117	17	20	29	30	21
129.	The Sword and the Sorcerer	David Whitaker	3.146	349	50	69	82	76	72
130.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.138	319	43	63	84	65	64
131.	Midway	John Williams	3.131	191	25	43	46	36	41
132.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.130	247	32	51	67	47	50
133.	100 Rifles	Jerry Goldsmith	3.116	579	73	122	155	123	106
134.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.113	900	130	183	218	193	176
135.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.102	177	26	34	45	40	32
136.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	3.094	352	59	71	75	72	75
137.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.093	592	72	124	175	119	102
138.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.082	73	9	14	21	20	9
139.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.077	130	26	22	27	26	29
140.	The Terminator	Brad Fiedel	3.077	430	71	84	104	83	88
141.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	3.071	169	24	35	45	35	30
142.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.068	457	76	89	106	100	86
143.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.068	118	24	20	24	24	26
144.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	3.054	168	43	25	25	30	45
145.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	3.045	201	35	38	51	37	40
146.	Red Sonja	Ennio Morricone	3.038	290	53	55	62	68	52
147.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.035	86	9	20	26	21	10
148.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	3.034	58	9	12	16	10	11
149.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.029	207	37	41	45	47	37
150.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.029	70	10	15	19	15	11
151.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.028	142	30	20	35	30	27
152.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.020	102	16	20	28	22	16
153.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.014	221	34	47	60	42	38
154.	Crocodile Dundee	Peter Best	3.013	80	10	18	24	17	11
155.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	3.000	397	70	81	98	75	73
156.	Gorky Park	James Horner	2.984	125	22	25	33	23	22
157.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.978	673	198	146	43	45	241
158.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.977	481	85	109	107	92	88
159.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	2.976	125	21	27	31	26	20
160.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.962	210	35	47	53	41	34
161.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.951	142	27	28	34	31	22
162.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.949	296	52	70	72	45	57
163.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.947	132	21	30	36	25	20
164.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.935	690	165	121	135	132	137
165.	Testament	James Horner	2.922	153	33	28	35	32	25
166.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	527	95	119	132	95	86
167.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.908	98	19	22	23	17	17
168.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.904	312	58	72	75	56	51
169.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.902	193	36	44	47	35	31
170.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.878	90	25	13	15	22	15
171.	Mad Max	Brian May	2.871	116	28	26	18	21	23
172.	Project X	James Horner	2.862	246	46	57	63	45	35
173.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.860	86	15	20	24	16	11
174.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.843	115	27	20	27	26	15
175.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.843	166	36	38	35	30	27
176.	Commando	James Horner	2.838	505	97	118	136	78	76
177.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.813	787	161	185	186	150	105
178.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.804	97	23	22	19	17	16
179.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.794	97	23	24	17	16	17
180.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.783	157	32	35	44	27	19
181.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.780	91	14	25	27	17	8
182.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.761	92	21	22	20	16	13
183.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.752	113	25	28	25	20	15
184.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.748	147	31	37	37	22	20
185.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.730	619	126	168	150	97	78
186.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.685	704	179	167	158	97	103
187.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.643	428	136	98	60	51	83
188.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.612	356	142	60	27	48	79
189.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.569	130	40	28	25	22	15
190.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.557	271	75	68	61	36	31
191.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.548	564	168	140	111	69	76
192.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.471	68	16	22	17	8	5
193.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	2.461	89	20	30	22	12	5
194.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.452	361	131	85	52	37	56
195.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.384	185	66	48	28	20	23
196.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.324	413	157	102	61	49	44
197.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.270	592	226	155	91	65	55
198.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.230	152	60	38	25	17	12
199.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.189	106	41	29	17	13	6

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