Best Score Films I've Seen

Submitted by alsox4life on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 10:37
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  1. 1934- One Night of Love (Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
  2. 1935- The Informer (Max Steiner)
  3. 1936- Anthony Adverse (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  4. 1937- One Hundred Men and a Girl (Charles Previn)
  5. 1938- The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  6. 1939- The Wizard of Oz (Herbert Stothart)
  7. 1940- Pinocchio (Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, and Ned Washington)
  8. 1941 (Drama)- All That Money Can Buy (Bernard Herrmann)
  9. 1941 (Musical)- Dumbo (Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace)
  10. 1942 (Drama or Comedy)- Now, Voyager (Max Steiner)
  11. 1942 (Musical)- Yankee Doodle Dandy (Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld)
  12. 1943 (Drama or Comedy)- The Song of Bernadette (Alfred Newman)
  13. 1943 (Musical)- This Is the Army (Ray Heindorf)
  14. 1944 (Drama or Comedy)- Since You Went Away (Max Steiner)
  15. 1944 (Musical)- Cover Girl (Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon)
  16. 1945 (Drama or Comedy)- Spellbound (Miklos Rozsa)
  17. 1945 (Musical)- Anchors Aweigh (Georgie Stoll)
  18. 1946 (Drama or Comedy)- The Best Years of Our Lives (Hugo Friedhofer)
  19. 1946 (Musical)- The Jolson Story (Morris Stoloff)
  20. 1947 (Drama or Comedy)- A Double Life (Miklos Rosza)
  21. 1947 (Musical)- Mother Wore Tights (Alfred Newman)
  22. 1948 (Drama or Comedy)- The Red Shoes (Brian Easdale)
  23. 1948 (Musical)- Easter Parade (Johnny Green and Roger Edens)
  24. 1949 (Drama or Comedy)- The Heiress (Aaron Copeland)
  25. 1949 (Musical)- On the Town (Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton)
  26. 1950 (Drama or Comedy)- Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
  27. 1950 (Musical)- Annie Get Your Gun (Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens)
  28. 1951 (Drama or Comedy)- A Place in the Sun (Franz Waxman)
  29. 1951 (Musical)- An American in Paris (Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin)
  30. 1952 (Drama or Comedy)- High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin)
  31. 1952 (Musical)- With a Song in My Heart (Alfred Newman)
  32. 1953 (Drama or Comedy)- Lili (Bronislau Kaper)
  33. 1953 (Musical)- Call Me Madam (Alfred Newman)
  34. 1954 (Drama or Comedy)- The High and the Mighty (Dimitri Tiomkin)
  35. 1954 (Musical)- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin)
  36. 1955 (Drama or Comedy)- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman)
  37. 1955 (Musical)- Oklahoma! (Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, and Adolph Deutsch)
  38. 1956 (Drama or Comedy)- Around the World in Eighty Days (Victor Young)
  39. 1956 (Musical)- The King and I (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby)
  40. 1957- The Bridge on the River Kwai (Malcolm Arnold)
  41. 1958 (Drama or Comedy)- The Old Man and the Sea (Dimitri Tiomkin)
  42. 1958 (Musical)- Gigi (Andre Previn)
  43. 1959 (Drama or Comedy)- Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
  44. 1959 (Musical)- Porgy and Bess (Andre Previn and Ken Darby)
  45. 1960 (Drama or Comedy)- Exodus (Ernest Gold)
  46. 1960 (Musical)- Song Without End: The Story of Franz Liszt (Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman)
  47. 1961 (Drama or Comedy)- Breakfast at Tiffany's (Henry Mancini)
  48. 1961 (Musical)- West Side Story (Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, and Irwin Kostal)
  49. 1962 (Original)- Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
  50. 1962 (Adaptation)- The Music Man (Ray Heindorf)
  51. 1963 (Original)- Tom Jones (John Addison)
  52. 1963 (Adaptation)- Irma la Douce (Andre Previn)
  53. 1964 (Original)- Mary Poppins (Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman)
  54. 1964 (Adaptation)- My Fair Lady (Andre Previn)
  55. 1965 (Original)- Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
  56. 1965 (Adaptation)- The Sound of Music (Irwin Kostal)
  57. 1966 (Original)- Born Free (John Barry)
  58. 1966 (Adaptation)- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Ken Thorne)
  59. 1967 (Original)- Thoroughly Modern Millie (Elmer Bernstein)
  60. 1967 (Adaptation)- Camelot (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby)
  61. 1968 (Original)- The Lion in Winter (John Barry)
  62. 1968 (Adaptation)- Oliver! (Johnny Green)
  63. 1969 (Original)- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Burt Bacharach)
  64. 1969 (Adaptation)- Hello, Dolly! (Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman)
  65. 1970 (Original Score)- Love Story (Francis Lai)
  66. 1970 (Original Song Score)- Let It Be (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr)
  67. 1971 (Original)- Summer of '42 (Michel Legrand)
  68. 1971 (Adaptation)- Fiddler on the Roof (John Williams)
  69. 1972 (Original)- Limelight (Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, and Larry Russell)
  70. 1972 (Adaptation)- Cabaret (Ralph Burns)
  71. 1973 (Original)- The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch)
  72. 1973 (Adaptation)- The Sting (Marvin Hamlisch)
  73. 1974 (Original)- The Godfather Part II (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola)
  74. 1974 (Adaptation)- The Great Gatsby (Nelson Riddle)
  75. 1975 (Original)- Jaws (John Williams)
  76. 1975 (Adaptation)- Barry Lyndon (Leonard Rosenman)
  77. 1976 (Original)- The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
  78. 1976 (Adaptation)- Bound for Glory (Leonard Rosenman)
  79. 1977 (Original)- Star Wars (John Williams)
  80. 1977 (Adaptation)- A Little Night Music (Jonathan Tunick)
  81. 1978 (Original)- Midnight Express (Giorgio Moroder)
  82. 1978 (Adaptation)- The Buddy Holly Story (Joe Renzetti)
  83. 1979 (Original)- A Little Romance (George Delerue)
  84. 1979 (Adaptation)- All That Jazz (Ralph Burns)
  85. 1980- Fame (Michael Gore)
  86. 1981- Chariots of Fire (Vangelis)
  87. 1982 (Original)- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
  88. 1982 (Adaptation) Victor Victoria (Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse)
  89. 1983 (Original)- The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
  90. 1983 (Adaptation)- Yentl (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman)
  91. 1984 (Original Score)- A Passage to India (Maurice Jarre)
  92. 1984 (Original Song Score)- Purple Rain (Prince)
  93. 1985- Out of Africa (John Barry)
  94. 1986- 'Round Midnight (Herbie Hancock)
  95. 1987- The Last Emperor (Ryuchi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su)
  96. 1988- The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
  97. 1989- The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)
  98. 1990- Dances with Wolves (John Barry)
  99. 1991- Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
  100. 1992- Aladdin (Alan Menken)
  101. 1993- Schindler's List (John Williams)
  102. 1994- The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
  103. 1995 (Drama)- The Postman (Luis Enriquez Bacalov)
  104. 1995 (Musical or Comedy)- Pocahontas (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz)
  105. 1996 (Drama)- The English Patient (Gabriel Yared)
  106. 1996 (Musical or Comedy)- Emma (Rachel Portman)
  107. 1997 (Drama)- Titanic (James Horner)
  108. 1997 (Musical or Comedy)- The Full Monty (Anne Dudley)
  109. 1998 (Drama)- Life is Beautiful (Nicola Piovani)
  110. 1998 (Musical or Comedy)- Shakespeare in Love (Stephen Warbeck)
  111. 1999- The Red Violin (John Corigliano)
  112. 2000- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun)
  113. 2001- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)
  114. 2002- Frida (Elliot Goldenthal)
  115. 2003- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
  116. 2004- Finding Neverland (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
  117. 2005- Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  118. 2006- Babel (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  119. 2007- Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
  120. 2007- Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)