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.	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	John Williams	4.294	9,927	378	424	1,117	1,988	6,020
2.	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	John Williams	4.293	8,528	349	369	848	1,828	5,134
3.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	John Williams	4.270	6,805	319	276	788	1,290	4,132
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope	John Williams	4.240	17,834	663	1,194	2,006	3,309	10,662
5.	Hoosiers	Jerry Goldsmith	4.187	2,606	137	154	265	578	1,472
6.	Superman: The Movie	John Williams	4.173	4,521	216	293	464	1,070	2,478
7.	Vertigo	Bernard Herrmann	4.168	2,139	120	140	204	472	1,203
8.	Jaws	John Williams	4.153	2,300	123	150	256	495	1,276
9.	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	John Williams	4.143	11,052	360	742	1,312	3,184	5,454
10.	Conan the Barbarian	Basil Poledouris	4.135	2,265	129	160	235	493	1,248
11.	Back to the Future	Alan Silvestri	4.131	1,114	68	90	117	192	647
12.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith	4.123	3,926	183	224	561	919	2,039
13.	Rocky	Bill Conti	4.046	582	31	49	71	142	289
14.	The Mission	Ennio Morricone	4.030	669	39	55	89	150	336
15.	The Lion in Winter	John Barry	4.026	1,592	88	112	229	404	759
16.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James Horner	4.024	1,724	106	137	215	418	848
17.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	John Williams	3.982	1,345	94	118	166	307	660
18.	Under Fire	Jerry Goldsmith	3.977	1,238	74	99	162	350	553
19.	Dune	Toto	3.967	13,855	1,339	992	1,792	2,390	7,342
20.	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith	3.960	821	53	72	111	204	381
21.	Raise the Titanic	John Barry	3.957	2,323	147	191	304	654	1,027
22.	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith	3.943	595	33	50	87	173	252
23.	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola	3.927	565	38	51	81	139	256
24.	The Black Stallion Returns	Georges Delerue	3.927	385	15	29	67	132	142
25.	Out of Africa	John Barry	3.922	589	38	55	88	142	266
26.	Lionheart	Jerry Goldsmith	3.919	643	42	56	98	163	284
27.	The Living Daylights	John Barry	3.911	1,356	84	111	215	378	568
28.	High Road to China	John Barry	3.908	1,482	93	111	244	425	609
29.	The Dark Crystal	Trevor Jones	3.908	1,318	100	123	183	304	608
30.	Silverado	Bruce Broughton	3.899	366	24	35	57	88	162
31.	The Godfather	Nino Rota	3.893	629	45	60	88	160	276
32.	Poltergeist	Jerry Goldsmith	3.883	3,033	159	209	551	1,022	1,092
33.	Cleopatra	Alex North	3.869	1,163	96	117	158	264	528
34.	The Towering Inferno	John Williams	3.860	1,079	80	98	161	294	446
35.	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith	3.859	1,155	81	97	187	329	461
36.	Predator	Alan Silvestri	3.829	1,546	101	131	295	424	595
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.	Somewhere in Time	John Barry	3.790	461	24	48	93	132	164
40.	First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	3.787	694	37	61	136	239	221
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	2,616	177	276	520	747	896
45.	Born Free	John Barry	3.724	827	73	91	153	184	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	3.666	727	39	80	178	218	212
50.	The Last Valley	John Barry	3.659	824	64	84	170	257	249
51.	Body Heat	John Barry	3.638	1,101	109	131	186	299	376
52.	Young Sherlock Holmes	Bruce Broughton	3.613	142	9	19	32	40	42
53.	Airplane!	Elmer Bernstein	3.609	358	32	44	69	100	113
54.	Godzilla	Akira Ifukube	3.593	1,168	128	152	211	253	424
55.	Hellraiser	Christopher Young	3.558	165	9	23	40	53	40
56.	Krull	James Horner	3.551	1,186	97	152	280	315	342
57.	Jaws 2	John Williams	3.541	629	64	89	119	157	200
58.	The Fury	John Williams	3.537	643	47	77	168	186	165
59.	Night Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	3.534	309	29	40	66	85	89
60.	Gremlins	Jerry Goldsmith	3.531	1,504	128	183	371	406	416
61.	The Fly	Howard Shore	3.521	313	29	39	69	92	84
62.	Wild Rovers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.517	87	7	11	19	30	20
63.	A View to a Kill	John Barry	3.516	973	89	119	218	295	252
64.	Beverly Hills Cop	Harold Faltermeyer	3.510	200	15	29	44	63	49
65.	The Secret of N.I.M.H.	Jerry Goldsmith	3.507	677	66	88	150	183	190
66.	Ghostbusters	Elmer Bernstein	3.504	474	44	63	109	126	132
67.	Splash	Lee Holdridge	3.477	549	55	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.	One Little Indian	Jerry Goldsmith	3.453	86	7	13	19	28	19
72.	The Princess Bride	Mark Knopfler	3.453	382	54	46	74	89	119
73.	The Untouchables	Ennio Morricone	3.451	175	13	26	45	51	40
74.	The Cowboys	John Williams	3.449	156	13	23	37	47	36
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.	Octopussy	John Barry	3.432	628	55	90	165	165	153
80.	Aliens	James Horner	3.432	1,694	180	221	422	430	441
81.	The Reivers	John Williams	3.427	124	9	19	32	38	26
82.	The Black Cauldron	Elmer Bernstein	3.413	329	37	50	69	86	87
83.	The Witches of Eastwick	John Williams	3.407	706	72	97	179	188	170
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	3.373	252	27	40	59	64	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.	Last Embrace	Miklós Rózsa	3.330	221	25	34	51	65	46
99.	Extreme Prejudice	Jerry Goldsmith	3.329	596	69	82	155	164	126
100.	Explorers	Jerry Goldsmith	3.328	311	32	55	75	77	72
101.	The Last Starfighter	Craig Safan	3.320	328	40	51	76	86	75
102.	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith	3.311	309	34	53	76	75	71
103.	The Funhouse	John Beal	3.307	189	22	30	45	52	40
104.	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Alexander Courage, John Williams	3.302	374	39	68	89	97	81
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	3.290	269	31	47	64	67	60
109.	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Danny Elfman	3.289	425	53	70	92	121	89
110.	Supergirl	Jerry Goldsmith	3.269	331	36	60	84	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	682	78	114	179	175	136
114.	Top Gun	Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder	3.251	219	29	37	49	58	46
115.	North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes)	Michael J. Lewis	3.247	194	25	32	47	50	40
116.	Alien	Jerry Goldsmith	3.232	777	95	158	173	174	177
117.	Monte Walsh	John Barry	3.228	606	87	93	150	147	129
118.	The Swarm	Jerry Goldsmith	3.227	1,005	134	175	244	233	219
119.	The Goonies	Dave Grusin	3.226	367	46	66	92	85	78
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	3.171	1,116	155	214	263	253	231
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.	Rocky III	Bill Conti	3.116	164	23	32	42	37	30
141.	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James Horner	3.115	984	142	198	242	209	193
142.	Stagecoach	Jerry Goldsmith	3.101	644	78	134	190	129	113
143.	The Bride	Maurice Jarre	3.091	296	45	60	71	63	57
144.	The Last Run	Jerry Goldsmith	3.087	92	12	18	27	20	15
145.	Friday the 13th	Harry Manfredini	3.083	108	14	20	31	29	14
146.	Masters of the Universe	Bill Conti	3.081	496	82	95	115	109	95
147.	Justine	Jerry Goldsmith	3.080	75	8	15	25	17	10
148.	Monsignor	John Williams	3.079	265	39	52	69	59	46
149.	Bandolero!	Jerry Goldsmith	3.063	64	7	14	19	16	8
150.	Black Sunday	John Williams	3.060	335	42	74	93	74	52
151.	Brainstorm	James Horner	3.058	206	30	43	53	45	35
152.	The Chairman	Jerry Goldsmith	3.057	53	7	10	16	13	7
153.	Something Wicked This Way Comes	James Horner, Georges Delerue	3.054	317	52	63	74	72	56
154.	The Right Stuff	Bill Conti	3.049	182	31	37	41	38	35
155.	Peggy Sue Got Married	John Barry	3.048	83	10	18	25	18	12
156.	Breakout	Jerry Goldsmith	3.047	358	48	77	100	76	57
157.	Excalibur	Trevor Jones	3.046	174	29	36	39	38	32
158.	Rocky IV	Vince DiCola	3.040	125	14	29	36	30	16
159.	The Eiger Sanction	John Williams	3.037	164	19	35	51	39	20
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.	Family Plot	John Williams	3.023	221	34	49	53	48	37
164.	WarGames	Arthur B. Rubinstein	3.020	102	16	21	27	21	17
165.	MacArthur	Jerry Goldsmith	3.016	183	30	38	45	39	31
166.	1941	John Williams	3.010	315	57	64	71	65	58
167.	The Karate Kid	Bill Conti	3.003	311	47	66	85	65	48
168.	Superman II	Ken Thorne	3.003	315	54	64	79	63	55
169.	Superman III	Ken Thorne	3.003	315	51	70	77	61	56
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.	Fantastic Voyage	Leonard Rosenman	2.989	189	38	40	36	36	39
174.	Players	Jerry Goldsmith	2.988	240	36	53	65	50	36
175.	Das Boot	Klaus Doldinger	2.985	200	28	43	60	42	27
176.	Wisdom	Danny Elfman	2.982	113	17	23	32	27	14
177.	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams	2.978	137	19	31	40	28	19
178.	Apocalypse Now	Carmine Coppola, Various	2.977	177	30	40	41	36	30
179.	Red Dawn	Basil Poledouris	2.976	206	34	45	50	46	31
180.	Heartbeeps	John Williams	2.975	397	70	87	91	81	68
181.	Testament	James Horner	2.973	219	39	47	50	47	36
182.	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	2.972	742	222	159	46	48	267
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.	Blade Runner	Vangelis	2.962	765	161	154	152	149	149
186.	Bite the Bullet	Alex North	2.961	435	76	91	112	86	70
187.	Forbidden Zone	Danny Elfman	2.960	151	26	33	38	29	25
188.	The Name of the Rose	James Horner	2.953	256	49	56	54	52	45
189.	Psycho II	Jerry Goldsmith	2.951	284	49	62	73	54	46
190.	Fandango	Alan Silvestri	2.943	53	8	12	15	11	7
191.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Dominic Muldowney	2.942	519	91	122	119	100	87
192.	Inchon	Jerry Goldsmith	2.940	301	50	70	74	62	45
193.	*batteries not included	James Horner	2.937	189	30	45	50	35	29
194.	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	Jerry Goldsmith	2.935	77	12	16	23	17	9
195.	Trading Places	Elmer Bernstein	2.933	89	14	20	25	18	12
196.	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Jerry Goldsmith	2.923	65	9	15	20	14	7
197.	Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	2.920	565	101	128	143	101	92
198.	Ransom (The Terrorists)	Jerry Goldsmith	2.918	97	16	21	27	21	12
199.	Uncommon Valor	James Horner	2.916	215	39	47	53	45	31
200.	Howard the Duck	John Barry, Sylvester Levay	2.915	94	16	20	27	18	13
201.	Coma	Jerry Goldsmith	2.903	155	28	36	37	31	23
202.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Harold Faltermeyer	2.903	144	26	31	39	27	21
203.	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	Jerry Goldsmith	2.900	110	17	26	31	23	13
204.	Tootsie	Dave Grusin	2.899	267	49	61	65	52	40
205.	Summer School	Danny Elfman	2.898	127	17	31	39	28	12
206.	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	John Williams, Michel Legrand	2.893	122	18	31	34	24	15
207.	Jagged Edge	John Barry	2.889	54	9	13	14	11	7
208.	Mad Max	Brian May	2.885	183	36	43	40	34	30
209.	Outland	Jerry Goldsmith	2.876	339	62	80	86	60	51
210.	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North	2.874	127	35	19	21	31	21
211.	Project X	James Horner	2.862	311	58	72	80	57	44
212.	Earthquake	John Williams	2.858	141	24	34	39	26	18
213.	Throw Momma From the Train	David Newman	2.857	126	23	29	34	23	17
214.	Damnation Alley	Jerry Goldsmith	2.850	100	16	25	29	18	12
215.	The Challenge	Jerry Goldsmith	2.829	351	63	90	91	58	49
216.	Raggedy Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.829	245	47	53	70	45	30
217.	The Missouri Breaks	John Williams	2.820	855	175	200	201	162	117
218.	The Paper Chase	John Williams	2.805	118	19	31	35	20	13
219.	Commando	James Horner	2.799	558	107	135	152	91	73
220.	Caboblanco	Jerry Goldsmith	2.793	193	37	48	49	36	23
221.	Wolfen	James Horner, Craig Safan	2.792	240	51	59	53	43	34
222.	The Karate Kid: Part II	Bill Conti	2.791	129	20	35	38	24	12
223.	The Sugarland Express	John Williams	2.790	138	23	39	35	26	15
224.	The Cassandra Crossing	Jerry Goldsmith	2.789	95	16	24	28	18	9
225.	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Jerry Goldsmith	2.785	65	12	17	16	13	7
226.	Twilight's Last Gleaming	Jerry Goldsmith	2.775	209	43	51	51	38	26
227.	Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)	Brian May	2.759	137	30	34	31	23	19
228.	Conan the Destroyer	Basil Poledouris	2.729	668	135	183	162	104	84
229.	Rio Lobo	Jerry Goldsmith	2.712	73	14	20	19	13	7
230.	Flight of the Navigator	Alan Silvestri	2.712	66	12	18	19	11	6
231.	Pete 'n' Tillie	John Williams	2.712	132	26	35	35	23	13
232.	The Lady in Red	James Horner	2.698	86	17	23	23	15	8
233.	Magic	Jerry Goldsmith	2.697	778	192	184	175	122	105
234.	High Velocity	Jerry Goldsmith	2.696	115	24	31	28	20	12
235.	Dragonslayer	Alex North	2.695	393	135	86	27	54	91
236.	The Traveling Executioner	Jerry Goldsmith	2.694	85	16	23	24	15	7
237.	Under the Volcano	Alex North	2.692	146	36	38	27	25	20
238.	The Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.681	72	14	20	19	13	6
239.	The Delta Force	Alan Silvestri	2.679	84	17	23	22	14	8
240.	Romancing the Stone	Alan Silvestri	2.607	481	123	132	96	71	59
241.	Tron	Wendy Carlos	2.603	634	165	163	142	87	77
242.	Link	Jerry Goldsmith	2.572	327	88	81	76	47	35
243.	Where the River Runs Black	James Horner	2.544	193	53	51	39	31	19
244.	The Golden Child	John Barry, Michel Colombier	2.530	66	15	20	17	9	5
245.	The Long Goodbye	John Williams	2.526	135	34	39	31	19	12
246.	The Lonely Guy	Jerry Goldsmith	2.500	106	26	30	28	15	7
247.	Deadly Blessing	James Horner	2.485	99	24	31	24	12	8
248.	Shamus	Jerry Goldsmith	2.479	94	23	28	24	13	6
249.	Ladyhawke	Andrew Powell	2.420	388	121	112	65	51	39
250.	Overboard	Alan Silvestri	2.383	60	16	20	13	7	4
251.	The Don is Dead	Jerry Goldsmith	2.383	81	21	28	18	8	6
252.	Escape From the Planet of the Apes	Jerry Goldsmith	2.381	84	24	27	17	9	7
253.	The Mephisto Waltz	Jerry Goldsmith	2.375	72	21	23	14	8	6
254.	THX 1138	Lalo Schifrin	2.299	455	170	117	71	56	41
255.	Images	John Williams	2.282	131	48	36	21	14	12
256.	Runaway	Jerry Goldsmith	2.280	286	101	82	48	32	23
257.	48 Hrs.	James Horner	2.254	213	83	53	35	24	18
258.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Rosenman	2.231	648	245	181	101	69	52
259.	The Illustrated Man	Jerry Goldsmith	2.222	72	27	20	12	8	5
260.	Humanoids From the Deep	James Horner	2.214	154	58	42	26	19	9
261.	*SPYS**	Jerry Goldsmith	2.202	94	35	28	15	9	7

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