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In 2013, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Music in the Movies countdown.[ 1]
The selection of works that was available in the survey was determined between 15 April and 26 April 2013 (with the public being able to add works to the list initiated by the station). Voting (by the public) for the finalised list of works was held between 3 May and 17 May 2013, and the countdown was broadcast from 7 to 10 June 2013.[ 2]
The results of the countdown are as follows:[ 3]
Rank
Composer
Film
Work
Year of film release
1
Ennio Morricone
The Mission
Score
1986
2
John Williams
Star Wars
Score
1977
3
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings
Score
2001
4
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
Score
1981
5
Maurice Jarre
Doctor Zhivago
Score
1965
6
Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia
Score
1962
7
Ludwig van Beethoven
The King's Speech
Piano Concerto No. 5
2010
8
John Barry
Out of Africa
Score
1985
9
Michael Nyman
The Piano
Score
1993
10
John Williams
Schindler's List
Score
1993
11
Tomaso Albinoni
Gallipoli
Adagio in G minor
1981
12
Bruce Smeaton
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Score
1975
13
Richard Strauss
2001: A Space Odyssey
Also sprach Zarathustra
1968
14
Eric Coates
The Dam Busters
Score
1955
15
John Williams
Indiana Jones
Score
1981–2008
16
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso
Score
1988
17
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus
Requiem
1984
18
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba the Greek
Score
1964
19
Scott Joplin
The Sting
Score
1973
20
Anton Karas
The Third Man
Score
1949
21
Ennio Morricone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Score
1966
22
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Gadfly
Score
1956
23
Samuel Barber
Platoon
Adagio for Strings
1986
24
John Williams , William Ross , Patrick Doyle , Nicholas Hooper , Alexandre Desplat
Harry Potter
Score
2001
25
Hans Zimmer , Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean
Score
2003
26
Richard Wagner
Apocalypse Now
"Ride of the Valkyries "
1979
27
Mark Knopfler
Local Hero
Score
1983
28
John Barry
Dances with Wolves
Score
1990
29
Ludwig van Beethoven
A Clockwork Orange
Symphony No. 9
1971
30
Georges Bizet
Gallipoli
"The Pearl Fishers' Duet "
1981
31
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elvira Madigan
Piano Concerto No. 21
1967
32
Monty Norman
James Bond films
"James Bond Theme "
1962
33
Richard Addinsell
Dangerous Moonlight
Warsaw Concerto
1941
34
Henry Mancini
The Pink Panther
Score
1964
35
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Score
1960
36
George Gershwin
Manhattan
Rhapsody in Blue
1979
37
Paul Dukas
Fantasia
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1940
38
Max Steiner
Gone with the Wind
Score
1939
39
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
An American in Paris
1951
40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Out of Africa
Clarinet Concerto
1985
41
Nigel Westlake
Antarctica
Score
1991
42
Nino Rota
The Godfather
Score
1972
43
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Score
2000
44
Stanley Myers
The Deer Hunter
Score (inc. "Cavatina ")
1978
45
Gustav Mahler
Death in Venice
Symphony No. 5
1971
46
Johann Sebastian Bach
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Cello Suite No. 1
2003
47
Bernard Herrmann
Psycho
Score
1960
48
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
1940
49
Malcolm Arnold
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Score
1957
50
Camille Saint-Saëns
Babe
Symphony No. 3
1995
51
Henry Mancini
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Score
1961
52
Edward Elgar
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Concerto
1998
53
Giacomo Puccini
A Room with a View
"O mio babbino caro " from Gianni Schicchi
1985
54
Hans Zimmer , Lisa Gerrard
Gladiator
Score
2000
55
Johann Sebastian Bach
The English Patient
Goldberg Variations
1996
56
Francis Lai
A Man and a Woman (Un homme et un femme)
Score
1966
57
Yann Tiersen
Amélie
Score
2001
58
Hans Zimmer
The Lion King
Score
1994
59
Charlie Chaplin
Limelight
Score
1952
60
Ludwig van Beethoven
The King's Speech
Symphony No. 7
2010
61
Bruce Rowland
The Man from Snowy River
Score
1982
62
Johann Strauss II
2001: A Space Odyssey
"The Blue Danube "
1968
63
Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi , Powaqqatsi , Naqoyqatsi
Score
1982, 1988, 2002
64
John Barry
Born Free
Score
1966
65
Vangelis
Blade Runner
Score
1982
66
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Brief Encounter
Piano Concerto No. 2
1945
67
Hubert Parry
Chariots of Fire
"Jerusalem "
1981
68
Various (inc. Cliff Eidelman , Michael Giacchino , Jerry Goldsmith ,
James Horner , Dennis McCarthy and Leonard Rosenman )
Star Trek
Score
1979–2013
69
John Williams
Superman
Score
1978
70
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Shine
Piano Concerto No. 3
1996
71
Edward Elgar
Elizabeth
"Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
1998
72
Jean-Michel Jarre
Gallipoli
Oxygène
1981
73
Elmer Bernstein
The Great Escape
Score
1963
74
Ernest Gold
Exodus
Score
1960
75
Claude Debussy
Ocean's Eleven
"Clair de lune " from Suite bergamasque
2001
76
Burt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Score
1969
77
Larry Adler
Genevieve
Score
1953
78
Gabriel Yared
The English Patient
Score
1996
79
Ry Cooder
Paris, Texas
Score
1984
80
Bernard Herrmann
North by Northwest
Score
1959
81
Edward Elgar
Brassed Off
Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 [ 4]
1996
82
Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility
Score
1995
83
Nino Rota
Romeo and Juliet
Score
1968
84
Maurice Ravel
10
Boléro
1979
85
Philip Glass
The Hours
Score
2002
86
John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
Score
1969
87
Johann Sebastian Bach
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
1990
88
Howard Shore
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Score
2012
89
James Horner
Titanic
Score
1997
90
Johann Sebastian Bach
Schindler's List
English Suite No. 2
1993
91
Nigel Westlake
Miss Potter
Score
2006
92
Alfredo Catalani
Diva
"Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from La Wally
1981
93
Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo
Score
1958
94
Max Steiner
Casablanca
Score
1942
95
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Year My Voice Broke
The Lark Ascending
1987
96
John Williams
Jurassic Park
Score
1993
97
Dario Marianelli
Pride & Prejudice
Score
2005
98
Luis Bacalov
Il Postino: The Postman
Score
1994
99
John Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Score
1982
100
George Frideric Handel
Four Weddings and a Funeral
"The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba "
1994
For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:
Programs
Classic Breakfast
Mornings
Afternoons
Classic Drive
Evenings
Overnights
Weekend Breakfast
Weekend Mornings
Saturday Afternoon
Sunday Afternoon
Screen Sounds
Sunday Recital
Sunday Opera
For the God Who Sings
Presenters Former presenters Classic 100 See also