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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series , AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores is a list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 2005.
John Williams has the most scores in the top 25, with three: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Jaws , and the top choice, Star Wars . Elmer Bernstein , Jerry Goldsmith , Bernard Herrmann , and Max Steiner each have two scores listed.
The most scores by one composer nominated for the top 25 was 11; seven composers accomplished this: Steiner, Bernstein, Alfred Newman , Goldsmith, Franz Waxman , Miklós Rózsa , and Williams.
#
Film Title
Year
Studio
Composer
1
Star Wars
1977
20th Century Fox , Lucasfilm Ltd.
John Williams
2
Gone with the Wind
1939
MGM , Selznick International
Max Steiner
3
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Columbia , Horizon Pictures
Maurice Jarre
4
Psycho
1960
Paramount
Bernard Herrmann
5
The Godfather
1972
Paramount
Nino Rota
6
Jaws
1975
Universal
John Williams
7
Laura
1944
20th Century Fox
David Raksin
8
The Magnificent Seven
1960
United Artists , Mirisch Company
Elmer Bernstein
9
Chinatown
1974
Paramount
Jerry Goldsmith
10
High Noon
1952
United Artists , Stanley Kramer Productions
Dimitri Tiomkin
11
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Warner Bros.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12
Vertigo
1958
Paramount
Bernard Herrmann
13
King Kong
1933
RKO
Max Steiner
14
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Universal , Amblin Entertainment
John Williams
15
Out of Africa
1985
Universal
John Barry
16
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Paramount
Franz Waxman
17
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Universal
Elmer Bernstein
18
Planet of the Apes
1968
20th Century Fox
Jerry Goldsmith
19
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Warner Bros.
Alex North
20
The Pink Panther
1964
United Artists , Mirisch Company
Henry Mancini
21
Ben-Hur
1959
MGM
Miklós Rózsa
22
On the Waterfront
1954
Columbia , Horizon Pictures
Leonard Bernstein
23
The Mission
1986
Warner Bros. , Goldcrest Films
Ennio Morricone
24
On Golden Pond
1981
Universal , ITC Entertainment
Dave Grusin
25
How the West Was Won
1962
MGM , Cinerama Releasing
Alfred Newman , Ken Darby
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