Classic 100 Music in the Movies

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In 2013, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Music in the Movies countdown. [1]

Contents

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]

Countdown results

The results of the countdown are as follows: [3]

RankComposerFilmWorkYear of film release
1 Ennio Morricone The Mission Score1986
2 John Williams Star Wars Score1977
3 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings Score2001
4 Vangelis Chariots of Fire Score1981
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 Score1985
9 Michael Nyman The Piano Score1993
10 John Williams Schindler's List Score1993
11 Tomaso Albinoni Gallipoli Adagio in G minor 1981
12 Bruce Smeaton Picnic at Hanging Rock Score1975
13 Richard Strauss 2001: A Space Odyssey Also sprach Zarathustra 1968
14 Eric Coates The Dam Busters Score1955
15 John Williams Indiana Jones Score1981–2008
16 Ennio Morricone Cinema Paradiso Score1988
17 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Amadeus Requiem 1984
18 Mikis Theodorakis Zorba the Greek Score1964
19 Scott Joplin The Sting Score1973
20 Anton Karas The Third Man Score1949
21 Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Score1966
22 Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Score1956
23 Samuel Barber Platoon Adagio for Strings 1986
24 John Williams, William Ross, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, Alexandre Desplat Harry Potter Score2001
25 Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean Score2003
26 Richard Wagner Apocalypse Now "Ride of the Valkyries"1979
27 Mark Knopfler Local Hero Score1983
28 John Barry Dances with Wolves Score1990
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 Score1964
35 Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven Score1960
36 George Gershwin Manhattan Rhapsody in Blue 1979
37 Paul Dukas Fantasia The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1940
38 Max Steiner Gone with the Wind Score1939
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 Score1991
42 Nino Rota The Godfather Score1972
43 Tan Dun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Score2000
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 Score1960
48 Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia Toccata and Fugue in D minor 1940
49 Malcolm Arnold The Bridge on the River Kwai Score1957
50 Camille Saint-Saëns Babe Symphony No. 3 1995
51 Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's Score1961
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 Score2000
55 Johann Sebastian Bach The English Patient Goldberg Variations 1996
56 Francis Lai A Man and a Woman (Un homme et un femme) Score1966
57 Yann Tiersen Amélie Score2001
58 Hans Zimmer The Lion King Score1994
59 Charlie Chaplin Limelight Score1952
60 Ludwig van Beethoven The King's Speech Symphony No. 7 2010
61 Bruce Rowland The Man from Snowy River Score1982
62 Johann Strauss II 2001: A Space Odyssey "The Blue Danube"1968
63 Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi , Powaqqatsi , Naqoyqatsi Score1982, 1988, 2002
64 John Barry Born Free Score1966
65 Vangelis Blade Runner Score1982
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 Score1979–2013
69 John Williams Superman Score1978
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 Score1963
74 Ernest Gold Exodus Score1960
75 Claude Debussy Ocean's Eleven "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque 2001
76 Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Score1969
77 Larry Adler Genevieve Score1953
78 Gabriel Yared The English Patient Score1996
79 Ry Cooder Paris, Texas Score1984
80 Bernard Herrmann North by Northwest Score1959
81 Edward Elgar Brassed Off Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 [4] 1996
82 Patrick Doyle Sense and Sensibility Score1995
83 Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet Score1968
84 Maurice Ravel 10 Boléro 1979
85 Philip Glass The Hours Score2002
86 John Barry Midnight Cowboy Score1969
87 Johann Sebastian Bach Truly, Madly, Deeply Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 1990
88 Howard Shore The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Score2012
89 James Horner Titanic Score1997
90 Johann Sebastian Bach Schindler's List English Suite No. 2 1993
91 Nigel Westlake Miss Potter Score2006
92 Alfredo Catalani Diva "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from La Wally 1981
93 Bernard Herrmann Vertigo Score1958
94 Max Steiner Casablanca Score1942
95 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Year My Voice Broke The Lark Ascending 1987
96 John Williams Jurassic Park Score1993
97 Dario Marianelli Pride & Prejudice Score2005
98 Luis Bacalov Il Postino: The Postman Score1994
99 John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Score1982
100 George Frideric Handel Four Weddings and a Funeral "The 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

  1. ↑ "What we learned — Classic 100: Music in the Movies". ABC Classic. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Classic 100: Music in the Movies". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Search | Classic 100 Archive | ABC Classic FM". www.abc.net.au. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Performed by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band
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