Film Music Analysis Essay (800+ words)
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's 100 YEARS OF FILM SCORES
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Honoring America’s Greatest Film Music
Hollywood Bowl • September 23, 2005
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1 A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Warner Bros., 2001 Composer: John Williams
2 ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN Warner Bros., 1948 Composer: Max Steiner
3 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Warner Bros., 1938 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
4 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Twentieth Century Fox, 1957 Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
5 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Columbia, 1993 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
6 AIRPORT Universal, 1970 Composer: Alfred Newman
7 THE ALAMO United Artists, 1960 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
8 ALIEN Twentieth Century Fox, 1979 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
9 ALL ABOUT EVE Twentieth Century Fox, 1950 Composer: Alfred Newman
10 ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY RKO, 1941 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
11 ALTERED STATES Warner Bros., 1980 Composer: John Corigliano
12 AMERICAN BEAUTY DreamWorks, 1999 Composer: Thomas Newman
13 THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT Columbia, 1995 Composer: Marc Shaiman
14 ANATOMY OF A MURDER Columbia, 1959 Composer: Duke Ellington
15 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN Universal, 1971 Composer: Gil Melle
16 ANTHONY ADVERSE Warner Bros., 1936 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
17 APOLLO 13 Universal, 1995 Composer: James Horner
18 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS United Artists, 1956 Composer: Victor Young
19 AS GOOD AS IT GETS TriStar, 1997 Composer: Hans Zimmer
20 AUNTIE MAME Warner Bros., 1958 Composer: Bronislau Kaper
21 AVALON TriStar, 1990 Composer: Randy Newman
22 THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL MGM, 1952 Composer: David Raksin
23 BAMBI RKO, 1942 Composers: Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
24 BATMAN Warner Bros., 1989 Composer: Danny Elfman
25 BECKET Paramount, 1964 Composer: Laurence Rosenthal
26 BEN-HUR MGM, 1959 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
27 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES RKO, 1946 Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
28 THE BIG COUNTRY United Artists, 1958 Composer: Jerome Moross
29 THE BLACK STALLION United Artists, 1979 Composer: Carmine Coppola
30 BLADE RUNNER Warner Bros., 1982 Composer: Vangelis
31 BODY HEAT Warner Bros., 1981 Composer: John Barry
32 BORN FREE Columbia, 1966 Composer: John Barry
33 BRAVEHEART Paramount, 1995 Composer: James Horner
34 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S Paramount, 1961 Composer: Henry Mancini
35 THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Universal, 1935 Composer: Franz Waxman
36 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI Columbia, 1957 Composer: Malcolm Arnold
37 BULLITT Warner Bros., 1968 Composer: Lalo Schifrin
38 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID Twentieth Century Fox, 1969 Composer: Burt Bacharach
39 CAPTAIN BLOOD Warner Bros., 1935 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
40 CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE Twentieth Century Fox, 1947 Composer: Alfred Newman
41 THE CARDINAL Columbia, 1963 Composer: Jerome Moross
42 CASABLANCA Warner Bros., 1942 Composer: Max Steiner
43 CASINO ROYALE Columbia, 1967 Composer: Burt Bacharach
44 CAT PEOPLE RKO, 1942 Composer: Roy Webb
45 CHARADE Universal, 1963 Composer: Henry Mancini
46 CHARIOTS OF FIRE Warner Bros., 1981 Composer: Vangelis
47 CHINATOWN Paramount, 1974 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
48 CHOCOLAT Miramax, 2000 Composer: Rachel Portman
49 EL CID Allied Artists, 1961 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
50 THE CIDER HOUSE RULES Miramax, 1999 Composer: Rachel Portman
51 CITIZEN KANE RKO, 1941 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
52 CITY LIGHTS United Artists, 1931 Composer: Charles Chaplin
53 CITY SLICKERS Columbia, 1991 Composer: Marc Shaiman
54 CLEOPATRA Twentieth Century Fox, 1963 Composer: Alex North
55 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Columbia, 1977 Composer: John Williams
56 CONAN THE BARBARIAN Universal, 1982 Composer: Basil Poledouris
57 COOL HAND LUKE Warner Bros., 1967 Composer: Lalo Schifrin
58 THE COWBOYS Warner Bros., 1972 Composer: John Williams
59 DANCES WITH WOLVES Orion, 1990 Composer: John Barry
60 DARK VICTORY Warner Bros., 1939 Composer: Max Steiner
61 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Twentieth Century Fox, 1951 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
62 DECEPTION Warner Bros., 1946 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
63 DIAL M FOR MURDER Warner Bros., 1954 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
64 DIRTY HARRY Warner Bros., 1971 Composer: Lalo Schifrin
65 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO MGM, 1965 Composer: Maurice Jarre
66 DOUBLE INDEMNITY Paramount, 1944 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
67 A DOUBLE LIFE Universal-International, 1947 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
68 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE MGM, 1941 Composer: Franz Waxman
69 DUEL IN THE SUN Selznick Releasing, 1946 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
70 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Universal, 1982 Composer: John Williams
71 EAST OF EDEN Warner Bros., 1955 Composer: Leonard Rosenman
72 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Twentieth Century Fox, 1990 Composer: Danny Elfman
73 ELMER GANTRY United Artists, 1960 Composer: Andre Previn
74 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax, 1996 Composer: Gabriel Yared
75 EQUUS United Artists, 1977 Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett
76 EXODUS United Artists, 1960 Composer: Ernest Gold
77 FANTASTIC VOYAGE Twentieth Century Fox, 1966 Composer: Leonard Rosenman
78 FAR FROM HEAVEN Focus, 2002 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
79 FARGO Gramercy, 1996 Composer: Carter Burwell
80 FIELD OF DREAMS Universal, 1989 Composer: James Horner
81 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS Paramount, 1943 Composer: Victor Young
82 FORBIDDEN PLANET MGM, 1956 Composers: Bebe Barron, Louis Barron
83 FOREVER AMBER Twentieth Century Fox, 1947 Composer: David Raksin
84 FORREST GUMP Paramount, 1994 Composer: Alan Silvestri
85 FRIDA Miramax, 2002 Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
86 FRIENDLY PERSUASION Allied Artists, 1956 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
87 THE FUGITIVE Warner Bros., 1993 Composer: James Newton Howard
88 GANDHI Columbia, 1982 Composers: George Fenton, Ravi Shankar
89 THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR Twentieth Century Fox, 1947 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
90 THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN Universal, 1942 Composer: Hans J. Salter
91 GLADIATOR DreamWorks, 2000 Composer: Hans Zimmer
92 GLORY TriStar, 1989 Composer: James Horner
93 THE GODFATHER Paramount, 1972 Composer: Nino Rota
94 GOLDFINGER United Artists, 1964 Composer: John Barry
95 GONE WITH THE WIND MGM, 1939 Composer: Max Steiner
96 THE GOOD EARTH MGM, 1937 Composer: Herbert Stothart
97 THE GREAT ESCAPE United Artists, 1963 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
98 THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD United Artists, 1965 Composer: Alfred Newman
99 GREEN DOLPHIN STREET MGM, 1947 Composer: Bronislau Kaper
100 THE GUNS OF NAVARONE Columbia, 1961 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
101 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE Warner Bros., 2001 Composer: John Williams
102 HATARI! Paramount, 1962 Composer: Henry Mancini
103 HAWAII United Artists, 1966 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
104 THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER Warner Bros., Seven Arts, 1968 Composer: Dave Grusin
105 THE HEIRESS Paramount, 1949 Composer: Aaron Copland
106 HIGH NOON United Artists, 1952 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
107 HOFFA Twentieth Century Fox, 1992 Composer: David Newman
108 THE HOURS Paramount, 2002 Composer: Philip Glass
109 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY Twentieth Century Fox, 1941 Composer: Alfred Newman
110 HOW THE WEST WAS WON MGM, Cinerama Releasing, 1962 Composer: Alfred Newman
111 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME RKO, 1939 Composer: Alfred Newman
112 IN COLD BLOOD Columbia, 1967 Composer: Quincy Jones
113 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT United Artists, 1967 Composer: Quincy Jones
114 THE INFORMER RKO, 1935 Composer: Max Steiner
115 THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS Twentieth Century Fox, 1958 Composer: Malcolm Arnold
116 IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD United Artists, 1963 Composer: Ernest Gold
117 IVANHOE MGM, 1952 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
118 JANE EYRE Twentieth Century Fox, 1944 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
119 JAWS Universal, 1975 Composer: John Williams
120 JEZEBEL Warner Bros., 1938 Composer: Max Steiner
121 JOHNNY BELINDA Warner Bros., 1948 Composer: Max Steiner
122 KING KONG RKO, 1933 Composer: Max Steiner
123 KING OF KINGS MGM, 1961 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
124 KINGS ROW Warner Bros., 1942 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
125 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Miramax, 1997 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
126 LAURA Twentieth Century Fox, 1944 Composer: David Raksin
127 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Columbia, 1962 Composer: Maurice Jarre
128 THE LION IN WINTER Embassy, 1968 Composer: John Barry
129 LORD JIM Columbia, 1965 Composer: Bronislau Kaper
130 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING New Line Cinema, 2001 Composer: Howard Shore
131 LOST HORIZON Columbia, 1937 Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
132 THE LOST WEEKEND Paramount, 1945 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
133 LOUISIANA STORY Lopert Films, Inc., 1948 Composer: Virgil Thomson
134 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING Twentieth Century Fox, 1955 Composer: Alfred Newman
135 LOVE STORY Paramount, 1970 Composer: Francis Lai
136 MADAME BOVARY MGM, 1949 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
137 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN United Artists, 1960 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
138 A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Columbia, 1966 Composer: Georges Delerue
139 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM United Artists, 1955 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
140 MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Columbia, 1978 Composer: Giorgio Moroder
141 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET Twentieth Century Fox, 1947 Composer: Cyril Mockridge
142 THE MIRACLE WORKER United Artists, 1962 Composer: Laurence Rosenthal
143 THE MISFITS United Artists, 1961 Composer: Alex North
144 THE MISSION Warner Bros., 1986 Composer: Ennio Morricone
145 MODERN TIMES United Artists, 1936 Composer: Charles Chaplin
146 MOULIN ROUGE United Artists, 1952 Composer: Georges Auric
147 MRS. MINIVER MGM, 1942 Composer: Herbert Stothart
148 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1993 Composer: Patrick Doyle
149 MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Paramount, 1974 Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett
150 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY MGM, 1962 Composer: Bronislau Kaper
151 THE NATURAL TriStar, 1984 Composer: Randy Newman
152 NORTH BY NORTHWEST MGM, 1959 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
153 NOTORIOUS RKO, 1946 Composer: Roy Webb
154 NOW, VOYAGER Warner Bros., 1942 Composer: Max Steiner
155 THE NUN’S STORY Warner Bros., 1959 Composer: Franz Waxman
156 OF MICE AND MEN United Artists, 1939 Composer: Aaron Copland
157 THE OMEN Twentieth Century Fox, 1976 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
158 ON GOLDEN POND Universal, 1981 Composer: Dave Grusin
159 ON THE WATERFRONT Columbia, 1954 Composer: Leonard Bernstein
160 ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA Warner Bros., 1984 Composer: Ennio Morricone
161 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Paramount, 1968 Composer: Ennio Morricone
162 OUT OF AFRICA Universal, 1985 Composer: John Barry
163 PAPILLON Allied Artists, 1973 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
164 A PASSAGE TO INDIA Columbia, 1984 Composer: Maurice Jarre
165 A PATCH OF BLUE MGM, 1965 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
166 PATTON Twentieth Century Fox, 1970 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
167 PEYTON PLACE Twentieth Century Fox, 1957 Composer: Franz Waxman
168 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY MGM, 1940 Composer: Franz Waxman
169 PICNIC Columbia, 1955 Composer: George Duning
170 THE PINK PANTHER United Artists, 1964 Composer: Henry Mancini
171 A PLACE IN THE SUN Paramount, 1951 Composer: Franz Waxman
172 PLANET OF THE APES Twentieth Century Fox, 1968 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
173 THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX Warner Bros., 1939 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
174 PSYCHO Paramount, 1960 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
175 QUO VADIS? MGM, 1951 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
176 RAGTIME Paramount, 1981 Composer: Randy Newman
177 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Paramount, 1981 Composer: John Williams
178 RAINTREE COUNTY MGM, 1957 Composer: Johnny Green
179 REBECCA United Artists, 1940 Composer: Franz Waxman
180 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE Warner Bros., 1955 Composer: Leonard Rosenman
181 THE RED PONY Republic, 1949 Composer: Aaron Copland
182 THE RIGHT STUFF Warner Bros., 1983 Composer: Bill Conti
183 A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Columbia, 1992 Composer: Mark Isham
184 THE ROBE Twentieth Century Fox, 1953 Composer: Alfred Newman
185 ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES Warner Bros., 1991 Composer: Michael Kamen
186 ROCKY United Artists, 1976 Composer: Bill Conti
187 RYAN’S DAUGHTER MGM, 1970 Composer: Maurice Jarre
188 SABRINA Paramount, 1954 Composer: Frederick Hollander
189 SAMSON AND DELILAH Paramount, 1949 Composer: Victor Young
190 THE SAND PEBBLES Twentieth Century Fox, 1966 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
191 THE SANDPIPER MGM, 1965 Composer: Johnny Mandel
192 SAYONARA Warner Bros., 1957 Composer: Franz Waxman
193 SCHINDLER’S LIST Universal, 1993 Composer: John Williams
194 THE SEA HAWK Warner Bros., 1940 Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
195 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Columbia, 1995 Composer: Patrick Doyle
196 SHAFT MGM, 1971 Composer: Isaac Hayes
197 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Miramax, 1998 Composer: Stephen Warbeck
198 SHANE Paramount, 1953 Composer: Victor Young
199 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Columbia, 1994 Composer: Thomas Newman
200 SHIP OF FOOLS Columbia, 1965 Composer: Ernest Gold
201 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Orion, 1991 Composer: Howard Shore
202 SILVERADO Columbia, 1985 Composer: Bruce Broughton
203 SLEUTH Twentieth Century Fox, 1972 Composer: John Addison
204 SOMEWHERE IN TIME Universal, 1980 Composer: John Barry
205 THE SONG OF BERNADETTE Twentieth Century Fox, 1943 Composer: Alfred Newman
206 SOPHIE’S CHOICE Universal, 1982 Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
207 SPARTACUS Universal, 1960 Composer: Alex North
208 SPELLBOUND United Artists, 1945 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
209 THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS Warner Bros., 1957 Composer: Franz Waxman
210 STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE Paramount, 1979 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
211 STAR WARS Twentieth Century Fox, 1977 Composer: John Williams
212 STRAW DOGS Cinerama, 1971 Composer: Jerry Fielding
213 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Warner Bros., 1951 Composer: Alex North
214 SUMMER AND SMOKE Paramount, 1961 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
215 SUMMER OF ‘42 Warner Bros., 1971 Composer: Michel Legrand
216 A SUMMER PLACE Warner Bros., 1959 Composer: Max Steiner
217 SUNSET BLVD. Paramount, 1950 Composer: Franz Waxman
218 SUPERMAN Warner Bros., 1978 Composer: John Williams
219 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS United Artists, 1957 Elmer Bernstein
220 THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE United Artists, 1974 Composer: David Shire
221 TARAS BULBA United Artists, 1962 Composer: Franz Waxman
222 TAXI DRIVER Columbia, 1976 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
223 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Paramount, 1956 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
224 THE THIEF OF BAGDAD United Artists, 1940 Composer: Miklos Rozsa
225 THINGS TO COME United Artists, 1936 Composer: Arthur Bliss
226 THE THIRD MAN Selznick Releasing, 1949 Composer: Anton Karas
227 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR United Artists, 1968 Composer: Michel Legrand
228 TITANIC Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, 1997 Composer: James Horner
229 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Universal, 1962 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
230 TOMORROW NEVER DIES MGM, 1997 Composer: David Arnold
231 TOUCH OF EVIL Universal, 1958 Composer: Henry Mancini
232 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE Warner Bros., 1948 Composer: Max Steiner
233 25TH HOUR Touchstone, 2002 Composer: Terence Blanchard
234 THE UNTOUCHABLES Paramount, 1987 Composer: Ennio Morricone
235 VERTIGO Paramount, 1958 Composer: Bernard Herrmann
236 THE VILLAGE Buena Vista, 2004 Composer: James Newton Howard
237 VIVA ZAPATA! Twentieth Century Fox, 1952 Composer: Alex North
238 WAIT UNTIL DARK Warner Bros., 1967 Composer: Henry Mancini
239 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Columbia, 1962 Composer: Elmer Bernstein
240 WAR AND PEACE Paramount, 1956 Composer: Nino Rota
241 THE WAY WE WERE Columbia, 1973 Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
242 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Warner Bros., 1966 Composer: Alex North
243 THE WILD BUNCH Warner Bros., 1969 Composer: Jerry Fielding
244 THE WIND AND THE LION MGM/UA, 1975 Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
245 THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK Warner Bros., 1987 Composer: John Williams
246 THE WIZARD OF OZ MGM, 1939 Composer: Herbert Stothart
247 THE WOLF MAN Universal, 1941 Composers: Hans J. Salter, Frank Skinner, Charles Previn
248 WUTHERING HEIGHTS United Artists, 1939 Composer: Alfred Newman
249 WYATT EARP Warner Bros., 1994 Composer: James Newton Howard
250 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Twentieth Century Fox, 1974 Composer: John Morris
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