In 2013, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Music in the Movies countdown.[ 1]
The selection of works that was available in the survey was determined between 15 April and 26 April 2013 (with the public being able to add works to the list initiated by the station). Voting (by the public) for the finalised list of works was held between 3 May and 17 May 2013, and the countdown was broadcast from 7 to 10 June 2013.[ 2]
The results of the countdown are as follows:[ 3]
Rank Composer Film Work Year of film release 1 Ennio Morricone The Mission Score 1986 2 John Williams Star Wars Score 1977 3 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings Score 2001 4 Vangelis Chariots of Fire Score 1981 5 Maurice Jarre Doctor Zhivago Score 1965 6 Maurice Jarre Lawrence of Arabia Score 1962 7 Ludwig van Beethoven The King's Speech Piano Concerto No. 5 2010 8 John Barry Out of Africa Score 1985 9 Michael Nyman The Piano Score 1993 10 John Williams Schindler's List Score 1993 11 Tomaso Albinoni Gallipoli Adagio in G minor 1981 12 Bruce Smeaton Picnic at Hanging Rock Score 1975 13 Richard Strauss 2001: A Space Odyssey Also sprach Zarathustra 1968 14 Eric Coates The Dam Busters Score 1955 15 John Williams Indiana Jones Score 1981–2008 16 Ennio Morricone Cinema Paradiso Score 1988 17 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Amadeus Requiem 1984 18 Mikis Theodorakis Zorba the Greek Score 1964 19 Scott Joplin The Sting Score 1973 20 Anton Karas The Third Man Score 1949 21 Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Score 1966 22 Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Score 1956 23 Samuel Barber Platoon Adagio for Strings 1986 24 John Williams , William Ross , Patrick Doyle , Nicholas Hooper , Alexandre Desplat Harry Potter Score 2001 25 Hans Zimmer , Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean Score 2003 26 Richard Wagner Apocalypse Now "Ride of the Valkyries " 1979 27 Mark Knopfler Local Hero Score 1983 28 John Barry Dances with Wolves Score 1990 29 Ludwig van Beethoven A Clockwork Orange Symphony No. 9 1971 30 Georges Bizet Gallipoli "The Pearl Fishers' Duet " 1981 31 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Elvira Madigan Piano Concerto No. 21 1967 32 Monty Norman James Bond films "James Bond Theme " 1962 33 Richard Addinsell Dangerous Moonlight Warsaw Concerto 1941 34 Henry Mancini The Pink Panther Score 1964 35 Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven Score 1960 36 George Gershwin Manhattan Rhapsody in Blue 1979 37 Paul Dukas Fantasia The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1940 38 Max Steiner Gone with the Wind Score 1939 39 George Gershwin An American in Paris An American in Paris 1951 40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Out of Africa Clarinet Concerto 1985 41 Nigel Westlake Antarctica Score 1991 42 Nino Rota The Godfather Score 1972 43 Tan Dun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Score 2000 44 Stanley Myers The Deer Hunter Score (inc. "Cavatina ") 1978 45 Gustav Mahler Death in Venice Symphony No. 5 1971 46 Johann Sebastian Bach Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Cello Suite No. 1 2003 47 Bernard Herrmann Psycho Score 1960 48 Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia Toccata and Fugue in D minor 1940 49 Malcolm Arnold The Bridge on the River Kwai Score 1957 50 Camille Saint-Saëns Babe Symphony No. 3 1995 51 Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's Score 1961 52 Edward Elgar Hilary and Jackie Cello Concerto 1998 53 Giacomo Puccini A Room with a View "O mio babbino caro " from Gianni Schicchi 1985 54 Hans Zimmer , Lisa Gerrard Gladiator Score 2000 55 Johann Sebastian Bach The English Patient Goldberg Variations 1996 56 Francis Lai A Man and a Woman (Un homme et un femme) Score 1966 57 Yann Tiersen Amélie Score 2001 58 Hans Zimmer The Lion King Score 1994 59 Charlie Chaplin Limelight Score 1952 60 Ludwig van Beethoven The King's Speech Symphony No. 7 2010 61 Bruce Rowland The Man from Snowy River Score 1982 62 Johann Strauss II 2001: A Space Odyssey "The Blue Danube " 1968 63 Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi , Powaqqatsi , Naqoyqatsi Score 1982, 1988, 2002 64 John Barry Born Free Score 1966 65 Vangelis Blade Runner Score 1982 66 Sergei Rachmaninoff Brief Encounter Piano Concerto No. 2 1945 67 Hubert Parry Chariots of Fire "Jerusalem " 1981 68 Various (inc. Cliff Eidelman , Michael Giacchino , Jerry Goldsmith , James Horner , Dennis McCarthy and Leonard Rosenman )
Star Trek Score 1979–2013 69 John Williams Superman Score 1978 70 Sergei Rachmaninoff Shine Piano Concerto No. 3 1996 71 Edward Elgar Elizabeth "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations 1998 72 Jean-Michel Jarre Gallipoli Oxygène 1981 73 Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape Score 1963 74 Ernest Gold Exodus Score 1960 75 Claude Debussy Ocean's Eleven "Clair de lune " from Suite bergamasque 2001 76 Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Score 1969 77 Larry Adler Genevieve Score 1953 78 Gabriel Yared The English Patient Score 1996 79 Ry Cooder Paris, Texas Score 1984 80 Bernard Herrmann North by Northwest Score 1959 81 Edward Elgar Brassed Off Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 [ 4] 1996 82 Patrick Doyle Sense and Sensibility Score 1995 83 Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet Score 1968 84 Maurice Ravel 10 Boléro 1979 85 Philip Glass The Hours Score 2002 86 John Barry Midnight Cowboy Score 1969 87 Johann Sebastian Bach Truly, Madly, Deeply Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 1990 88 Howard Shore The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Score 2012 89 James Horner Titanic Score 1997 90 Johann Sebastian Bach Schindler's List English Suite No. 2 1993 91 Nigel Westlake Miss Potter Score 2006 92 Alfredo Catalani Diva "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from La Wally 1981 93 Bernard Herrmann Vertigo Score 1958 94 Max Steiner Casablanca Score 1942 95 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Year My Voice Broke The Lark Ascending 1987 96 John Williams Jurassic Park Score 1993 97 Dario Marianelli Pride & Prejudice Score 2005 98 Luis Bacalov Il Postino: The Postman Score 1994 99 John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Score 1982 100 George Frideric Handel Four Weddings and a Funeral "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba " 1994
For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:
Programs Classic Breakfast Mornings Afternoons Classic Drive Evenings Overnights Weekend Breakfast Weekend Mornings Saturday Afternoon Sunday Afternoon Screen Sounds Sunday Recital Sunday Opera For the God Who Sings Presenters Former presenters Classic 100 See also