Films from the last 10 years have not been included on this list, and will be eligible in future updates when the moratorium has passed.
| Film | Composer | Year |
| 1. Star Wars | John Williams | 1977 |
| 2. Psycho | Bernard Hermann | 1960 |
| 3. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly | Ennio Morricone | 1966 |
| 4. Lawrence of Arabia | Maurice Jarre | 1962 |
| 5. The Lord of the Rings | Howard Shore | 2001-03 |
| 6. Jaws | John Williams | 1975 |
| 7. Gone With the Wind | Max Steiner | 1939 |
| 8. The Godfather | Nino Rota | 1972 |
| 9. Vertigo | Bernard Hermann | 1958 |
| 10. The Empire Strikes Back | John Williams | 1980 |
| 11. Taxi Driver | Bernard Hermann | 1976 |
| 12. Days of Heaven | Ennio Morricone | 1978 |
| 13. Raiders of the Lost Ark | John Williams | 1981 |
| 14. Once Upon a Time in the West | Ennio Morricone | 1968 |
| 15. There Will Be Blood | Jonny Greenwood | 2007 |
| 16. Jurassic Park | John Williams | 1993 |
| 17. Casablanca | Max Steiner | 1942 |
| 18. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Michel Legrand | 1964 |
| 19. Requiem for a Dream | Clint Mansell | 2000 |
| 20. Sweet Smell of Success | Elmer Bernstein | 1957 |
| 21. Citizen Kane | Bernard Hermann | 1941 |
| 22. Once Upon a Time in America | Ennio Morricone | 1984 |
| 23. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams | 1982 |
| 24. Dead Man | Neil Young | 1995 |
| 25. Elevator to the Gallows | Miles Davis | 1958 |
| 26. Suspiria | Goblin, Dario Argento | 1977 |
| 27. The Wizard of Oz | Harold Arlen | 1939 |
| 28. The Third Man | Anton Karas | 1949 |
| 29. The Red Shoes | Brian Easedale | 1948 |
| 30. Inception | Hans Zimmer | 2010 |
| 31. King Kong | Max Steiner | 1933 |
| 32. Blade Runner | Vangelis | 1982 |
| 33. The Thin Red Line | Hans Zimmer | 1998 |
| 34. The Man With the Golden Arm | Elmer Bernstein | 1955 |
| 35. The Piano | Michael Nyman | 1993 |
| 36. Pinocchio | Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith | 1940 |
| 37. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tan Dun | 2000 |
| 38. The Social Network | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | 2010 |
| 39. The Young Girls of Rochefort | Michel Legrand | 1967 |
| 40. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Philip Glass | 1985 |
| 41. Punch-Drunk Love | Jon Brion | 2002 |
| 42. The Searchers | Max Steiner | 1956 |
| 43. The Nightmare Before Christmas | Danny Elfman | 1993 |
| 44. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | 2007 |
| 45. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Michael Nyman | 1989 |
| 46. Mad Max: Fury Road | Junkie XL | 2015 |
| 47. North by Northwest | Bernard Hermann | 1959 |
| 48. Saving Private Ryan | John Williams | 1998 |
| 49. Titanic | James Horner | 1997 |
| 50. Batman | Danny Elfman | 1989 |
| 51. The Master | Jonny Greenwood | 2012 |
| 52. Breathless | Martial Solal | 1960 |
| 53. Ben-Hur | Miklós Rózsa | 1959 |
| 54. Thief | Tangerine Dreams | 1981 |
| 55. Three Colours: Blue | Zbigniew Preisner | 1993 |
| 56. The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat | 2014 |
| 57. Touch of Evil | Henry Mancini | 1958 |
| 58. The Godfather Part II | Nino Rota | 1974 |
| 59. Unforgiven | Lennie Niehaus | 1992 |
| 60. Anatomy of a Murder | Duke Ellington | 1959 |
| 61. Pyaasa | S.D. Burman | 1957 |
| 62. 8 1/2 | Nino Rota | 1963 |
| 63. Aguirre, Wrath of God | Popol Vuh | 1972 |
| 64. The Dark Knight | Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard | 2008 |
| 65. The Lost Weekend | Miklós Rózsa | 1945 |
| 66. Schindler’s List | John Williams | 1993 |
| 67. The New World | James Horner | 2005 |
| 68. Halloween | John Carpenter | 1978 |
| 69. Doctor Zhivago | Maurice Jarre | 1965 |
| 70. A Zed and Two Noughts | Michael Nyman | 1985 |
| 71. Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla | 2005 |
| 72. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Max Steiner | 1948 |
| 73. Hero | Tan Dun | 2002 |
| 74. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Jack Nitzsche | 1975 |
| 75. On the Waterfront | Leonard Bernstein | 1954 |
| 76. Atonement | Dario Marianelli | 2007 |
| 77. The Fountain | Clint Mansell | 2006 |
| 78. The Fly | Howard Shore | 1986 |
| 79. A Streetcar Named Desire | Alex North | 1951 |
| 80. Fargo | Carter Burwell | 1996 |
| 81. A Fistful of Dollars | Ennio Morricone | 1964 |
| 82. Interstellar | Hans Zimmer | 2014 |
| 83. Naked | Andrew Dickson | 1993 |
| 84. Spirited Away | Joe Hisaishi | 2001 |
| 85. In Cold Blood | Quincy Jones | 1967 |
| 86. For a Few Dollars More | Ennio Morricone | 1964 |
| 87. Chinatown | Jerry Goldsmith | 1974 |
| 88. Pan’s Labyrinth | Javier Navarrete | 2006 |
| 89. Chariots of Fire | Vangelis | 1981 |
| 90. American Beauty | Thomas Newman | 1999 |
| 91. Seven Samurai | Fumio Hayasaka | 1954 |
| 92. Back to the Future | Alan Silvestri | 1985 |
| 93. Bob le Flambeur | Eddie Barclay, Jo Boyer | 1956 |
| 94. The Bad Sleep Well | Masaru Sato | 1960 |
| 95. One From the Heart | Tom Waits | 1981 |
| 96. WALL-E | Thomas Newman | 2008 |
| 97. Mulholland Drive | Angelo Badalamenti | 2001 |
| 98. Sunset Boulevard | Franz Waxman | 1950 |
| 99. White Heat | Max Steiner | 1949 |
| 100. Double Indemnity | Miklós Rózsa | 1944 |
Now you just have to use this list to create the most epic playlist of all time and the page will be complete.
How close were JFK or The Last of the Mohicans?
Both have a strong case, and Last of the Mohicans in particular wasn’t far off at all. I considered making a playlist of these scores but it would probably have to sit on YouTube – most music streaming services don’t have a lot of these older scores.
Scarface score needs to be on here! The more groovy and darker sinister themes are both masterful