100 Greatest Film Scores 100 Greatest Film Scores Matt Lawson Laurence E. MacDonald ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2018 by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lawson, Matt, 1987– author. | MacDonald, Laurence E. author. Title: 100 greatest film scores / Matt Lawson, Laurence MacDonald. Other titles: One hundred greatest film scores Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018001293 (print) | LCCN 2018002292 (ebook) | ISBN 9781538103685 (electronic) | ISBN 9781538103678 (hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Motion picture music—Bibliography. Classification: LCC ML128.M7 (ebook) | LCC ML128.M7 A15 2018 (print) | DDC 781.5/42—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001293 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America To my wife, Nichola, my son, Harry, and my parents and in-laws for their invaluable support, patience, and understanding during the writing process. —Matt To my wife, Carolyn, for being patient, kind, and understanding throughout the many months of planning, writing, and editing. She’s a SAINT!! —Larry Contents Introduction xi The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 1 Alexander Nevsky (1938) 4 Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 6 Avalon (1990) 10 Back to the Future (1985) 14 Batman (1989) 16 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 19 Becket (1964) 21 Ben-Hur (1959) 24 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 27 The Big Country (1958) 30 Blade Runner (1982) 33 Born Free (1966) 35 Braveheart (1995) 38 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) 40 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 43 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 46 Casablanca (1943) 49 Chariots of Fire (1981) 52 Chinatown (1974) 54 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 57 Citizen Kane (1941) 60 City Lights (1931) 63 vii viii Contents Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 65 Conan the Barbarian (1982) 68 Dances with Wolves (1990) 72 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 75 Doctor Zhivago (1965) 77 East of Eden (1955) 81 Edward Scissorhands (1990) 84 Empire of the Sun (1987) 87 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 90 Fargo (1996) 93 Forrest Gump (1994) 96 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) 99 Giant (1956) 102 Gladiator (2000) 104 The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (1972, 1974) 107 Gone with the Wind (1939) 110 The Great Escape (1963) 113 The Green Mile (1999) 116 Henry V (1944) 119 High Noon (1952) 122 How the West Was Won (1962) 125 Interstellar (2014) 128 Jaws (1975) 131 Jurassic Park (1993) 134 King Kong (1933) 137 King of Kings (1961) 140 Kings Row (1942) 143 The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 146 Laura (1944) 149 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 152 The Lion in Winter (1968) 154 Contents ix The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 157 Lost Horizon (1937) 160 The Magnificent Seven (1960) 163 The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 166 The Mission (1986) 169 The Natural (1984) 172 North by Northwest (1959) 175 Now, Voyager (1942) 177 The Omen (1976) 181 On Golden Pond (1981) 184 On the Waterfront (1954) 187 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 189 Out of Africa (1985) 192 The Piano (1993) 195 The Pink Panther (1963) 198 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 201 Planet of the Apes (1968) 203 The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) 206 Psycho (1960) 209 Quo Vadis (1951) 212 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 216 The Red Pony (1949) 219 The Red Violin (1999) 221 The Robe (1953) 225 Schindler’s List (1993) 228 Scott of the Antarctic (1948) 231 The Sea Hawk (1940) 234 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) 236 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 239 Somewhere in Time (1980) 242 The Song of Bernadette (1943) 245