A poll by 44,000 Classic FM radio listeners has voted Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings score, best movie soundtrack of all time, for the 2nd year running. Here is the top 50.
01 The Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore
02 Gladiator, Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard
03 Star Wars, John Williams
04 Schindler’s List, John Williams
05 Out of Africa, John Barry/Mozart
06 The Mission, Ennio Morricone
07 Titanic, James Horner
08 Dances with Wolves, John Barry
09 Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre
10 Jurassic Park, John Williams.
11 Gone with the Wind, Max Steiner
12 Harry Potter, John Williams
13 The Piano, Michael Nyman
14 The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein
15 Brief Encounter, Sergei Rachmaninov
16 Doctor Zhivago, Maurice Jarre
17 West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
18 Amadeus, Mozart
19 Saving Private Ryan, John Williams
20 Braveheart, James Horner.
21 Blade Runner, Vangelis
22 Last of the Mohicans, Trevor Jones
23 Chariots of Fire, Vangelis
24 Indiana Jones, John Williams
25 The Godfather, Nino Rota
26 The Big Country, Jerome Moross
27 Death in Venice, Gustav Mahler
28 2001: A Space Odyssey, Richard Strauss
29 ET, John Williams
30 The Great Escape, Elmer Bernstein.
31 Fantasia, Various
32 Dangerous Moonlight (Warsaw Concerto), Richard Adinsell
33 The English Patient, Gabriel Yared
34 The World is Not Enough, David Arnold
35 The Hours, Philip Glass
36 Once Upon a Time in The West, Ennio Morricone
37 The Shawshank Redemption, Mozart/Thomas Newman
38 The Third Man, Anton Karas
39 Platoon, Samuel Barber
40 The Dambusters, Eric Coates.
41 The Deer Hunter, Stanley Myers
42 The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Ennio Morricone
43 Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith
44 Once Upon A Time in America, Ennio Morricone
45 Sense and Sensibility, Patrick Doyle
46 Edward Scissorhands, Danny Elfman
47 Ben Hur, Miklos Rosza
48 Amelie, Yann Tiersen
49 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Vangelis
50 Much Ado about Nothing, Patrick Doyle.
Here we go again, lots of favorites in the list, nice to see good ol' Wolfgang Amadeus in there somewhere.
John Williams famous Jaws theme is missing again, oh for shame!
Wait a minute where the hell is the great Bernard Herrmann on the list? Gaah! That's it I'm outta here [slams door].
01 The Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore
02 Gladiator, Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard
03 Star Wars, John Williams
04 Schindler’s List, John Williams
05 Out of Africa, John Barry/Mozart
06 The Mission, Ennio Morricone
07 Titanic, James Horner
08 Dances with Wolves, John Barry
09 Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre
10 Jurassic Park, John Williams.
11 Gone with the Wind, Max Steiner
12 Harry Potter, John Williams
13 The Piano, Michael Nyman
14 The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein
15 Brief Encounter, Sergei Rachmaninov
16 Doctor Zhivago, Maurice Jarre
17 West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
18 Amadeus, Mozart
19 Saving Private Ryan, John Williams
20 Braveheart, James Horner.
21 Blade Runner, Vangelis
22 Last of the Mohicans, Trevor Jones
23 Chariots of Fire, Vangelis
24 Indiana Jones, John Williams
25 The Godfather, Nino Rota
26 The Big Country, Jerome Moross
27 Death in Venice, Gustav Mahler
28 2001: A Space Odyssey, Richard Strauss
29 ET, John Williams
30 The Great Escape, Elmer Bernstein.
31 Fantasia, Various
32 Dangerous Moonlight (Warsaw Concerto), Richard Adinsell
33 The English Patient, Gabriel Yared
34 The World is Not Enough, David Arnold
35 The Hours, Philip Glass
36 Once Upon a Time in The West, Ennio Morricone
37 The Shawshank Redemption, Mozart/Thomas Newman
38 The Third Man, Anton Karas
39 Platoon, Samuel Barber
40 The Dambusters, Eric Coates.
41 The Deer Hunter, Stanley Myers
42 The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Ennio Morricone
43 Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith
44 Once Upon A Time in America, Ennio Morricone
45 Sense and Sensibility, Patrick Doyle
46 Edward Scissorhands, Danny Elfman
47 Ben Hur, Miklos Rosza
48 Amelie, Yann Tiersen
49 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Vangelis
50 Much Ado about Nothing, Patrick Doyle.
Here we go again, lots of favorites in the list, nice to see good ol' Wolfgang Amadeus in there somewhere.
John Williams famous Jaws theme is missing again, oh for shame!
Wait a minute where the hell is the great Bernard Herrmann on the list? Gaah! That's it I'm outta here [slams door].