FAVORITE SCORES
by Steven Hill
These are currently my top 82 favorite scores
(Anything I've rated 90/100 or higher)
Updated 25 December 2010
 
Rated 99 out of 100

1. Conan the Barbarian (1982) - Basil Poledouris (99)
1. Hamlet (1996) - Patrick Doyle (99)
1. Magnolia (1999) - Jon Brion (99)
1. Portrait of a Lady (1996) - Wojciech Kilar (99)

Rated 98 out of 100

5. The Lion in Winter (1968) - John Barry (98)
5. A Little Princess (1995) - Patrick Doyle (98)
5. Planet of the Apes (1968) - Jerry Goldsmith (98)

Rated 97 out of 100

8. Ben-Hur (1959) - Miklós Rózsa (97)
8. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) - Patrick Doyle (97)
8. The Usual Suspects (1995) - John Ottman (97)

Rated 96 out of 100

11. The Constant Nymph (1943) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold (96)
11. Crimson Tide (1995) - Hans Zimmer (96)
11. Masada (1981) - Jerry Goldsmith (96)
11. Raise the Titanic (1980) - John Barry (96)

Rated 95 out of 100

15. Alien (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith (95)
15. The City of Lost Children (1995) - Angelo Badalamenti (95)
15. Emma (1996) - Rachel Portman (95)
15. The Fountain (2006) - Clint Mansell (95)
15. Gattaca (1997) - Michael Nyman (95)
15. Psycho (1960) - Bernard Herrmann (95)

Rated 94 out of 100

21. Alexander Nevsky (1938) - Sergei Prokofiev (94)
21. The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - Warren Ellis (94)
21. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Wojciech Kilar (94)
21. Citizen Kane (1941) - Bernard Herrmann (94)
21. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - John Williams (94)
21. Iceman (1984) - Bruce Smeaton (94)
21. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - John Williams (94)
21. Old Acquaintance (1943) - Franz Waxman (94)
21. Powaqqatsi (1988) - Philip Glass (94)
21. Queen Margot (1994) - Goran Bregovic (94)
21. Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1997) - John Williams (94)

Rated 93 out of 100

32. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Marco Beltrami (93)
32. Alien3 (1992) - Elliot Goldenthal (93)
32. I'm Not Scared (2004) - Ezio Bosso (93)
32. Kundun (1997) - Philip Glass (93)
32. Master of the World (1961) - Les Baxter (93)
32. The Robe (1953) - Alfred Newman (93)
32. The Secret Agent (1996) - Philip Glass (93)
32. Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Patrick Doyle (93)
32. Swept from the Sea (1997) - John Barry (93)
32. Titus (1999) - Elliot Goldenthal (93)
32. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Elmer Bernstein (93)
32. Under Fire (1983) - Jerry Goldsmith (93)

Rated 92 out of 100

44. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Franz Waxman (92)
44. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - John Williams (92)
44. Fargo (1996) - Carter Burwell (92)
44. Gods and Monsters (1998) - Carter Burwell (92)
44. King Rat (1965) - John Barry (92)
44. Koyaanisqatsi (1983) - Philip Glass (92)
44. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) - Patrick Doyle (92)
44. Predator (1987) - Alan Silvestri (92)
44. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - John Williams (92)
44. The Red Violin (1998) - John Corigliano (92)
44. Return to Oz (1985) - David Shire (92)
44. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) - Marc Shaiman (92)
44. Vertigo (1958) - Bernard Herrmann (92)

Rated 91 out of 100

57. Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (1994) - René Dupéré (91)
57. Carlito's Way (1993) - Patrick Doyle (91)
57. Henry V (1989) - Patrick Doyle (91)
57. The Hindenburg (1975) - David Shire (91)
57. On the Beach (2000) - Christopher Gordon (91)
57. The Peacemaker (1997) - Hans Zimmer (91)
57. Prince of Darkness (1987) - John Carpenter (91)
57. Prince of Players (1955) - Bernard Herrmann (91)
57. Six Days Seven Nights (1998) - Randy Edelman (91)
57. Taras Bulba (1962) - Franz Waxman (91)
57. Watership Down (1978) - Angela Morley (91)

Rated 90 out of 100

68. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Victor Young (90)
68. Candyman (1992) - Philip Glass (90)
68. The Elephant Man (1980) - John Morris (90)
68. FairyTale: A True Story (1997) - Zbigniew Preisner (90)
68. Farewell to the King (1989) - Basil Poledouris (90)
68. The Final Conflict (1981) - Jerry Goldsmith (90)
68. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) - Elliot Goldenthal (90)
68. Halloween (1978) - John Carpenter (90)
68. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Bernard Herrmann (90)
68. Les Misérables (1998) - Basil Poledouris (90)
68. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Howard Shore (90)
68. Merlin (1998) - Trevor Jones (90)
68. Michael Collins (1996) - Elliot Goldenthal (90)
68. North and South Book II (1986) - Bill Conti (90)
68. Peter Pan (2003) - James Newton Howard (90)

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