Top 100 Music in Films
(Scores or classical pieces used in movies
as voted by ABC Classic FM listeners)
1 The Mission (1986) Score composed by Ennio Morricone
2 Star Wars films Score composed by John Williams
3 The Lord of the Rings (2001) Score composed by Howard Shore
4 Chariots of Fire (1981) Score composed by Vangelis
5 Doctor Zhivago (1965) Score composed by Maurice Jarre
6 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Score composed by Maurice Jarre
7 The King's Speech (2010) Piano Concerto No. 5 composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
8 Out of Africa (1985) Score composed by John Barry
9 The Piano (1993) Score composed by Michael Nyman
10 Schindler's List (1993) Score composed by John Williams
11 Gallipoli (1981) Adagio in G Minor composed by Tomaso Albinoni
12 Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Score (incl. Pan Pipe Theme) composed by Bruce Smeaton
13 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Also sprach Zarathustra composed by Richard Strauss
14 The Dam Busters (1955) Score composed by Eric Coates
15 Indiana Jones films Score composed by John Williams
16 Cinema Paradiso (1988) Score composed by Ennio Morricone
17 Amadeus (1984) Requiem composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18 Zorba the Greek (1964) Score composed by Mikis Theodorakis
19 The Sting (1973) Score composed by Scott Joplin
20 The Third Man (1949) Score (incl. Harry Lime Theme) composed by Anton Karas
21 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Score composed by Ennio Morricone
22 The Gadfly (1956) Score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich
23 Platoon (1986) Adagio for Strings composed by Samuel Barber
24 Harry Potter Score composed by various composers
25 Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) Score composed by Badelt / Zimmer
26 Apocalypse Now (1979) Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre composed by Richard Wagner
27 Local Hero (1983) Score composed by Mark Knopfler
28 Dances with Wolves (1990) Score composed by John Barry
29 A Clockwork Orange (1971) Symphony No. 9 composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
30 Gallipoli (1981) Duet, from the Pearl Fishers composed by Georges Bizet
31 Elvira Madigan (1967) Piano Concerto No. 21 composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
32 James Bond films James Bond Theme composed by Monty Norman
33 Dangerous Moonlight (1941) Warsaw Concerto composed by Richard Addinsell
34 The Pink Panther (1963) Score composed by Henry Mancini
35 The Magnificent Seven (1960) Score composed by Elmer Bernstein
36 Manhattan (1979) Rhapsody in Blue composed by George Gershwin
37 Fantasia (1940) The Sorcerer's Apprentice composed by Paul Dukas
38 Gone with the Wind (1939) Score composed by Max Steiner
39 An American in Paris (1951) An American in Paris composed by George Gershwin
40 Out of Africa (1985) Clarinet Concerto composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
41 Antarctica (1991) Score composed by Nigel Westlake
42 The Godfather (1972) Score composed by Nino Rota
43 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Score composed by Tan Dun
44 The Deer Hunter (1978) Score (incl. Cavatina) composed by Stanley Myers
45 Death in Venice (1971) Symphony No. 5 composed by Gustav Mahler
46 Master and Commander (2003) Cello Suite No. 1 composed by JS Bach
47 Psycho (1960) Score composed by Bernard Herrmann
48 Fantasia (1940) Toccata and Fugue in D Minor composed by JS Bach
49 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Score composed by Malcolm Arnold
50 Babe (1995) Symphony No. 3 composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
51 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Score composed by Henry Mancini
52 Hilary and Jackie (1998) Cello Concerto composed by Edward Elgar
53 A Room with a View (1985) O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi composed by Giacomo Puccini
54 Gladiator (2000) Score composed by Zimmer / Gerrard
55 The English Patient (1996) Goldberg Variations composed by JS Bach
56 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (1966) Score composed by Francis Lai
57 Amelie (2001) Score composed by Yann Tiersen
58 The Lion King (1994) Score composed by Hans Zimmer
59 Limelight (1952) Score composed by Charlie Chaplin
60 The King's Speech (2010) Symphony No. 7 composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
61 The Man from Snowy River (1982) Score composed by Bruce Rowland
62 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Blue Danube composed by Johann Strauss II
63 Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi / Naqoyqatsi (1982) Score composed by Philip Glass
64 Born Free (1966) Score composed by John Barry
65 Blade Runner (1982) Score composed by Vangelis
66 Brief Encounter (1945) Piano Concerto No. 2 composed by Sergei Rachmaninov
67 Chariots of Fire (1981) Jerusalem composed by Hubert Parry
68 Star Trek Score composed by various composers
69 Superman (1978) Score composed by John Williams
70 Shine (1996) Piano Concerto No. 3 composed by Sergei Rachmaninov
71 Elizabeth (1998) Nimrod from Enigma Variations composed by Edward Elgar
72 Gallipoli (1981) Oxygene composed by Jean-Michel Jarre
73 The Great Escape (1963) Score composed by Elmer Bernstein
74 Exodus (1960) Score composed by Ernest Gold
75 Ocean's Eleven (2001) Clair de lune composed by Claude Debussy
76 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Score composed by Burt Bacharach
77 Genevieve (1953) Score composed by Larry Adler
78 The English Patient (1996) Score composed by Gabriel Yared
79 Paris, Texas (1984) Score composed by Ry Cooder
80 North by Northwest (1959) Score composed by Bernard Herrmann
81 Brassed Off (1996) Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 composed by Edward Elgar
82 Sense and Sensibility (1995) Score composed by Patrick Doyle
83 Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968) Score composed by Nino Rota
84 10 (1979) Bolero composed by Maurice Ravel
85 The Hours (2002) Score composed by Philip Glass
86 Midnight Cowboy (1969) Score composed by John Barry
87 Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 composed by JS Bach
88 The Hobbit (2012) Score composed by Howard Shore
89 Titanic (1997) Score composed by James Horner
90 Schindler's List (1993) English Suite No. 2 composed by JS Bach
91 Miss Potter (2006) Score composed by Nigel Westlake
92 Diva (1981) 'Ebben? Ne andrò lontana' from La Wally composed by Alfredo Catalani
93 Vertigo (1958) Score composed by Bernard Herrmann
94 Casablanca (1942) Score composed by Max Steiner
95 The Year My Voice Broke (1987) The Lark Ascending composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
96 Jurassic Park (1993) Score composed by John Williams
97 Pride & Prejudice (2005) Score composed by Dario Marianelli
98 Il Postino (1994) Score composed by Luis Bacalov
99 ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Score Composed by John Williams
100 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Arrival of the Queen of Sheba composed by George Frideric Handel
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