TOP 30 SOUNDTRACKS

CINEMA-goers have crowned the music from The Lord of the Rings the greatest ever movie soundtrack.

The film beat Star Wars — which came second — and trounced classics like Dr Zhivago and Gone With The Wind.

Schindler’s List came third in the poll of 52,000 Classic FM listeners, while last year’s other wizard release, Harry Potter, was No 14.

But the spine-tingling theme from Jaws failed to make it to the top 30.

Canadian Mr Shore — who picked up an Oscar for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — is now working on the theme for the sequel.



TOP 30 SOUNDTRACKS

1 Lord of the Rings ~ Howard Shore

2 Star Wars ~ John Williams

3 Schindler’s List ~ John Williams

4 The Empire Strikes Back ~ John Williams

5 Gladiator ~ Hans Zimmer

6 ET ~ John Williams

7 Out of Africa ~ John Barry

8 Lawrence of Arabia ~ Maurice Jarre

9 Dances With Wolves ~ John Barry

10 Titanic ~ James Horner

11 Doctor Zhivago ~ Maurice Jarre

12 Raiders of the Lost Ark ~ John Williams

13 The Mission ~ Ennio Morricone

14 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ John Williams

15 The Magnificent Seven ~ Elmer Bernstein

16 Saving Private Ryan ~ John Williams

17 Jurassic Park ~ John Williams

18 Brief Encounter ~ Sergei Rachmaninov

19 2001: A Space Odyssey ~ Richard Strauss

20 Henry V ~ Sir William Walton

21 Braveheart ~ James Horner

22 The Piano ~ Michael Nyman

23 Chariots of Fire ~ Vangelis

24 The Big Country ~ Jerome Moross

25 Superman ~ John Williams

26 Blade Runner ~ Vangelis

27 Gone With The Wind ~ Max Steiner

28 The Lion In Winter ~ John Barry

29 The English Patient ~ Gabriel Yared

30 The Mask of Zorro ~ James Horner

 

WTF? no Jossie and the Pussycats? what dipshits came up with this list?

 

It would appear the list was strictly original scores with no lyrics. If that is the case, I'm amazed Danny Elfman didn't make it. He's composed a lot of popular music for recent blockbuster movies. (i.e. Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, etc.)

 

Surprising that a Henry Mancini score didn't make it:
e.g. Pink Panther, Hatari