The American Film Institute revealed its top 25 Film Scores of the past 100 years on September 23rd at the Hollywood Bowl.
A jury of over 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians selected John Williams' iconic score from the classic film STAR WARS as the most memorable film score of all time. John Williams is additionally noteworthy as the most represented composer on the list with three scores making the top 25.
The entire list is: 1 STAR WARS - John Williams 2 GONE WITH THE WIND - Max Steiner 3 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Maurice Jarre 4 PSYCHO - Bernard Herrmann 5 THE GODFATHER - Nino Rota 6 JAWS - John Williams 7 LAURA - David Raksin 8 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - Elmer Bernstein 9 CHINATOWN - Jerry Goldsmith 10 HIGH NOON - Dimitri Tiomkin 11 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD - Erich Wolfgang Korngold 12 VERTIGO - Bernard Herrmann 13 KING KONG - Max Steiner 14 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - John Williams 15 OUT OF AFRICA - John Barry 16 SUNSET BLVD. - Franz Waxman 17 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Elmer Bernstein 18 PLANET OF THE APES - Jerry Goldsmith 19 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Alex North 20 THE PINK PANTHER - Henry Mancini 21 BEN-HUR - Miklos Rozsa 22 ON THE WATERFRONT - Leonard Bernstein 23 THE MISSION - Ennio Morricone 24 ON GOLDEN POND - Dave Grusin 25 HOW THE WEST WAS WON - Alfred Newman
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