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Great Film Scores

Here is a list of some of the film scores that I consider the best (alphabetical-chronological by composer). This means they have been in high rotation for me on my stereo or tops on my wishlist of items to buy. In not all cases have I seen the film the music accompanies, and in some cases I dislike the film itself (e.g. Justin Burnett's wonderful score for the abyssmal Dungeons & Dragons). Often an album will have less music than is heard in the film, or it will contain music that did not make the final cut of the film. I made this list because I think very often some of the best film music does not get acknowledged, especially if the film isn't incredibly successful or the composer isn't John Williams or a handful of others. None of these are needle-drop soundtrack compilsations. Musicals, operas, and scores based on pre-existing music (classical or popular) had to be feature films (not films of stage productions) with music newly arranged/recorded for me to count them.
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The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
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Tom Jones (1963)
Tom Jones (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
3
The Honey Pot (1967)
The Honey Pot (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
4
Sleuth (1972)
Sleuth (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
5
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
6
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
8
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
9
Stargate (1994)
Stargate (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   53%
10
Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
11
The Devil's Brother (1933)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
12
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
13
The City of Lost Children (1995)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
14
The Straight Story (1999)
The Straight Story (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
15
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
16
The Wrong Box (1966)
The Wrong Box (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
17
You Only Live Twice (1967)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
18
Petulia (1968)
Petulia (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
19
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
20
Walkabout (1971)
Walkabout (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
21
Bluebeard's Castle (1981)
Bluebeard's Castle (1981)
22
Frozen (2013)
Frozen (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
23
Frozen II (2019)
Frozen II (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
24
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
25
Fidelio (1968)
Fidelio (1968)
26
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
27
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   33%
28
Stripes (1981)
Stripes (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
29
Heavy Metal (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
30
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
31
On the Town (1949)
On the Town (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
33
West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
Trouble in Tahiti (2001)
Trouble in Tahiti (2001)
35
West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
36
Rigoletto (1993)
Rigoletto (1993)
37
Clockers (1995)
Clockers (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
38
Bamboozled (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
39
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   45%
40
Knyaz Igor (1969)
Knyaz Igor (1969)
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