The Observer's highly uninfluential Music Monthly released their list of the 50 Greatest Movie Soundtracks today. The editor Caspar Llewellyn Smith 'fessed up that he isn't actually that much of an expert, and even allowing for the assembled panel (including David Arnold, Anne Dudley and Michael Nyman) it shows.
1. The Wizard of Oz Composer: Herbert Stothart. Songs by Harold Arlen / EY Harburg (1939)
2. Psycho Bernard Herrmann (1959)
3. Star Wars John Williams (1977)
4. Pather Panchali Ravi Shankar (1955)
5. A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos (1971)
6. A Fistful Of Dollars Ennio Morricone (1964)
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938)
8. Alexander Nevsky Sergei Prokofiev (1938)
9. Shaft Isaac Hayes (1971)
10. Lift To The Scaffold Miles Davis (1958)
11. Singin' In The Rain Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown (1952)
12. Trainspotting Compiler: Danny Boyle (1996)
13. High Noon Dimitri Tiomkin (1952)
14. Blade Runner Vangelis (1982)
For years the original synthesiser soundtrack was officially unavailable, with a horrible orchestral version being rejected by fans in favour of a hard-to-find unofficial 'Offworld' edition. Since the early Nineties, however, a CD replete with outtake cues and dialogue fragments has become a must-have item for all serious soundtrack collectors. The future never sounded so good. (Mark Kermode, apparently unaware that there's an official and non-bootlegged edition out there.)
15. 2001 Compiler: Stanley Kubrick (1968)
16. American Graffiti Compiler: George Lucas (1973)
17. American Beauty Thomas Newman (1999)
18. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Angelo Badalamenti (1992)
19. Paris, Texas Ry Cooder(1984)
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Sevice John Barry (1969)
21. Dougal and the Blue Cat Narrator: Eric Thompson (1972)
22. Gone With The Wind Max Steiner (1939)
23. The Godfather Nino Rota (1972)
24. West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (1957)
25. Slade In Flame Songs by Slade (1974)
26. The Third Man Anton Karas (1949)
27. The Graduate Simon and Garfunkel (score by Dave Grusin, as everyone forgets) (1968)
28. The Pink Panther Henry Mancini (1963)
29. Toy Story Randy Newman (1995)
30. Round Midnight Herbie Hancock (1986)
31. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai The Rza (1999)
32. Trouble Man Marvin Gaye (1972)
33. Rosemary's Baby Krzysztof Komeda (1968)
34. Head The Monkees (1968)
35. Alfie Sonny Rollins (1966)
36. The Italian Job Quincy Jones (1969)
37. Once Upon A TIme In America Ennio Morricone (1984)
38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nitzsche (1975)
39. North By Northwest Bernard Herrmann (1959)
40. Crooklyn Various (1994)
41. Deliverance Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel (1972)
42. Don't Look Now Pino Donaggio (1973)
43. Casablanca Max Steiner (1942)
44. On The Waterfront Leonard Bernstein (1954)
45. Reservoir Dogs Various (1992)
46. The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein (1960)
47. Snow Falling On Cedars James Newton Howard (1999)
48. The Wicker Man Paul Giovanni (1973)
49. Dirty Harry Lalo Schifrin (1971)
50. The Devil In Miss Jones Alden Shuman (1973)
Pah.
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