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The Greatest Film Scores of All Time

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The greatest movie themes and scores ever recorded, chosen by the Ranker community. (NOTE: This list is for film SCORES, the instrumental music from movies. We also have a list of The Greatest Movie Soundtracks, designed for collections of songs taken from films.) These are the most iconic, memorable themes and collections of background music ever.
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    Star Wars: A New Hope

    London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    John Williams
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    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

    Howard Shore
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    The Godfather

    Nino Rota
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    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Ennio Morricone
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    Jaws

    John Williams
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    Superman: The Movie

    John Williams
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    Jurassic Park

    John Williams
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    The Indiana Jones Trilogy

    John Williams
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    Rocky

    Bill Conti
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    Batman

    Danny Elfman
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    Back to the Future

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    Gladiator

    Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
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    The Pink Panther

    Henry Mancini
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    The Lion King

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    Lawrence of Arabia

    Maurice Jarre
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    Braveheart

    James Horner
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    Inception

    Hans Zimmer
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    Forrest Gump: Original Motion Picture Score

    Alan Silvestri
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    Randy Edelman
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    “ Randy Eldermann „
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    The Dark Knight

    Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
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    Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture

    James Horner
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    Psycho

    Bernard Herrmann
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    E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

    John Williams
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    Requiem for a Dream

    Kronos Quartet, Clint Mansell
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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    John Williams
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, The National Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

    Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Brad Fiedel
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Jerry Goldsmith
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    Chariots of Fire

    Vangelis
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    Conan the Barbarian

    Basil Poledouris
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    Schindler's List

    John Williams
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    The Phantom of the Opera

    Andrew Lloyd Webber
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    Goldfinger

    John Barry
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    Once Upon a Time in the West

    Ennio Morricone
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    Back to the Future

    Alan Silvestri
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    Capricorn One

    Jerry Goldsmith
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    The Right Stuff

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    Sangokushi: The Dawn of the Heroes

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    The Matrix

    Don Davis
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    Logan's Run

    Jerry Goldsmith
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    The Lion King

    Elton John
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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Miklós Rózsa
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    Blade Runner

    Vangelis, Jack Elliott
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    The Empire Strikes Back

    John Williams
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    La Planète Sauvage

    Alain Goraguer
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    The Magnificent Seven

    Elmer Bernstein
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

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    Copycat

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    1. Frida Darnick
      The Greatest Film Scores of All Time at 8/24/2012 7:30 PM
      That seems like a fair amount about the topic best film scores of all time.
    2. Fidel Pennello
      The Greatest Film Scores of All Time at 8/11/2012 5:30 AM
      this thing is all about best movie scores of all time, my friend.
    3. Darius Lamphier
      The Greatest Film Scores of All Time at 7/13/2012 9:30 PM
      This is an adequate page about the topic Greatest Film Scores.
    4. LOTR?
      The Greatest Film Scores of All Time at 3/05/2012 1:34 PM
      WHY ISN'T LOTR 1ST???
    5. Annoyed
      The Greatest Film Scores of All Time at 2/13/2012 6:15 AM
      How in the world is The Social Network on here? That score was awful. The music did not fit the theme of the film and often was distracting to what was happening on screen because it did not fit whatsoever.

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