Classic 100 Music in the Movies (ABC)

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).[1] 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 June to 10 June 2013.[1]

Countdown results

The results of the countdown are as follows:

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 1992
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 Rachmaninov 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 Roseman.)

 Star Trek Score 1979-2013
69 John Williams Superman Score 1978
70 Sergei Rachmaninov Shine Piano Concerto No. 3 1996
71 Edward Elgar Elizabeth Nimrod from Enigma Variations 1998
72 Jean-Michel Jarre Gallipoli Oxygene 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[2] 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 and 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 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 1994

Programming

For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Classic 100: Music in the Movies". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Performed by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band

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