Since I have lots of extra time now that everything is shut down, I was listening to some of my music files. I was wonder what are the all time best movie songs. (I mean best as being the most recognizable.) My top ten are listed below. I know some of my favorites are older than some of you but I am old! :-)

In no particular order:

1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Conan the Barbarian
4. Goldfinger
5. Harry Potter
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Jaws
8. Lord of the Rings
9. Patton
10. Rocky

Claude! said:

---

Last of the Mohicans.

---

I really like this one too, but there are so many!!!

oldvalleyrat said:

---

1. Batman

---

Danny Elfman or Hans Zimmer?

Or the theme for the 1960's TV series?

The first movie

Danny Elfman

So many by John Williams
Crimson Tide

In no order (except #1):

Lord of the Rings
Star Wars saga
Jurassic Park
Home Alone
Back to the Future
Gladiator
Pirates of the Carribbean
Man of Steel
Interstellar
The Lion King
Titanic
Avatar
Terminator 1 & 2

oldvalleyrat said:

---

The first movie

Danny Elfman

---

I've always found the score for Batman Returns to be a superior score over the first. Same goes for the movie, itself.

So I actually have a pretty massive playlist of soundtracks that I listen to when I'm working, and a lot of the mentioned soundtracks are in there (and it's constantly evolving). I've got an Apple Music version too if anyone needs that.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KxeKZHSu7qsBCwNQRE6sa

Legends Of The Fall
Rudy
Red Dawn (the real one, not the remake)
Superman (John Williams)
Chariots of Fire

I always liked an 80's movie soundtrack called Bright Lights, Big City.

I think for a lot of people, Harry Potter is easily the most remembered

By John Williams:
Star Wars (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker)
Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Superman
1941
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Hook
Jurassic Park
Empire of the Sun
Saving Private Ryan
Midway (1976)
The Patriot
Home Alone

By Hans Zimmer:
Batman (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Versus Superman: Dawn of Justice)
Interstellar
Dunkirk
The Rock
Crimson Tide
The Pacific
Man of Steel
Gladiator

By Jerry Goldsmith:
Alien
Star Trek (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: First Contact)
Planet of the Apes
Rambo (First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III)
Capricorn One
The Mummy
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Total Recall (1990)
Patton

By James Horner:
Star Trek (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock)
Aliens
Apollo 13

By Howard Shore:
The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, Return of the King)
The Hobbit (An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, The Battle of Five Armies)

By Alan Silvestri:
MCU (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame)
Back to the Future (Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III)

By Bill Conti:
Rocky (Rocky, Rocky II)
The Right Stuff

By Basil Poledouris:
Conan the Barbarian
The Hunt For Red October

By Michael Giacchino:
Jurassic World (Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Star Trek (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness)
Super 8

By Michael Kamen:
Die Hard
Licence to Kill
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

By Toto:
Dune

By Vangelis:
Blade Runner

By Ron Goodwin:
Battle of Britain

By John Barry:
Dances With Wolves
The Black Hole
James Bond (From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, Octo*****, A View To A Kill, You Only Live Twice)

By John Carpenter:
Escape From New York
Halloween
Big Trouble in Little China
The Fog

Star Wars series
Back to the Future series
LOTR series
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Hobbit (first one)
Jurassic Park
Rocky
Hook
Home Alone
The Dark Knight
Skyfall
Apollo 13
Gettysburg
Dances With Wolves
The Rocketeer
Rudy
Remember The Titans
Saving Private Ryan
Captain America First Avenger
The Avengers

Legends of the Fall

The score for Interstellar was out of this world

There are several iterations of it but the opening music to The Avengers/MCU just gets me fired up

Inception

Urban Ag said:

---

There are several iterations of it but the opening music to The Avengers/MCU just gets me fired up

---

I use the music that played in Infinity War right after Doctor Strange said to Hulk, "Who?" and the title shows on screen, as my alarm tone.

CajunAg97 said:

---

The score for Interstellar was out of this world

---

I see what you did there.

2009 Star Trek is one of my favorites of the last 10-15 years.

Off Infinity the "Help Arrives" track when Captain American Beard is revealed is as good as it gets for me for Marvel stuff.

The Alamo (1960)
Anatomy of a Murder
Black Orpheus
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Exodus
Field of Dreams
The Godfather
Jurassic Park
A Man and a Woman
Last of the Mohicans
The Natural
Our Town (1940)
Shaft
Star Wars
Winning (I had the soundtrack on an 8 track, which gives you a hint of when it came out)

Carter Burwell:

Fargo
True Grit


Dimitri Tiomkin:

High Noon
The Alamo (John Wayne)
The High and the Mighty
Giant
The Thing from Another World

Not necessarily the most memorable but I would make a strong case that the two most influential scores of the last decade or so are:

1.The Social Network - launched Reznor and Ross' movie and TV careers. You can hear it's influence all over the place.

2. Birdman - The amount of jazz drumming I've heard since that movie is sky high. It's like the go to for the chaotic scene in an indie... cue the jazz music!!!

From 28 Days Later: In the House - In a Heartbeat

One of my favorites and seems appropriate for these times.. Also, it was later used in Kickass

Based on the posts here a lot of y'all will enjoy this:

In my mind, there is no equal to....

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's older, released the year I was born.

Here is a taste.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Not a movie but The Simpson's theme

Oblivion

snowdog90 said:

---

In my mind, there is no equal to....

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's older, released the year I was born.

Here is a taste.

---

Gotta admit I forgot this one!!