My Top 10 Original Film Scores

Here is a list of 10+ of my favorite original film scores. They are not really in any order, because they are all so good, it's almost impossible to rank them. They cover a fairly wide range of styles and sound. Plus, i'll cheat a little for #1. I have to give the highest praise to John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Both have had incredible careers as composers of countless film and television scores. Without their film scores, many of our favorite movies would not have had the same impact.

10. Batman - Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Darkman)

9. Halloween - John Carpenter (The Fog, Christine, Escape from New York)

8. The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)

7. Back to the Future - Alan Silvestri (Also Parts II and III, Forrest Gump, Predator)

6. Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight)

5. National Treasure - Trevor Rabin (Remember the Titans, The Guardian)

4. Blade Runner - Vangelis (Won the Academy Award for Chariots of Fire)

3. Robocop - Basil Poledouris (Starship Troopers, The Hunt for Red October)

2. Rocky - Bill Conti (The Right Stuff, North and South, The Karate Kid)

1. John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park)
Jerry Goldsmith (Planet of the Apes, The Omen, Patton, The Mummy, Alien)

There are plenty of other composers and amazing film scores I thought of, so this is not to exclude any. It was tough narrowing it down to these. Let me know some of your favorites.