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AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
26-Sep-2005 - American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the top 25 film scores of all time in THE BIG PICTURE-AFI'S 100 YEARS OF FILM SCORES, a one- night only presentation on 23 September produced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in cooperation with AFI. A jury of over 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians selected John Williams' iconic score from the classic film STAR WARS as the most memorable film score of all time. John Williams is additionally noteworthy as the most represented composer on the list with three scores making the top 25.
Rounding out the top ten were film scores ranging in themes from sweeping epics to westerns, including: GONE WITH THE WIND (#2), composer Max Steiner; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (#3), composer Maurice Jarre; PSYCHO (#4), composer Bernard Herrmann; THE GODFATHER (#5), composer Nino Rota; JAWS (#6), composer John Williams; LAURA (#7), composer David Raksin; THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (#8), composer Elmer Bernstein; CHINATOWN (#9), composer Jerry Goldsmith; and HIGH NOON (#10), composer Dimitri Tiomkin.
Spanning a century of film music and counting down from 25 to number one throughout the evening, Principal Conductor John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performed excerpts from each of the winning scores, many of them accompanied by favorite movie scenes shown on the Bowl's big video screens. While television broadcasts have announced the previous eight installments of AFI'S 100 YEARS . . .series, this event marks the first time an AFI countdown was revealed before a live audience.
1. STAR WARS
2. GONE WITH THE WIND
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
4. PSYCHO
5. THE GODFATHER
6. JAWS
7. LAURA
8. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
9. CHINATOWN
10. HIGH NOON
11. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
12. VERTIGO
13. KING KONG
14. E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRAL
15. OUT OF AFRICA
16. SUNSET BOULEVARD
17. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
18. PLANET OF THE APES
19. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
20. THE PINK PANTHER
21. BEN-HUR
22. ON THE WATERFRONT
23. THE MISSION
24. ON GOLDEN POND
25. HOW THE WEST WAS WON
(From the AFI press release) (Thanks to Eugene Iemola)
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