1. Empire Strikes Back (1980 John Williams)
2. Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979 Jerry Goldsmith)
3. Caine Mutiny (1954 Max Steiner)
4. Obsession (Bernard Herrmann, 1976)
5. Flowers in the Attic (Christopher Young, 1987)
6. Casanova (Nino Rota, 1976)
7) The Omega Man - Ron Grainer
(8) JAWS - John Williams
(9) Signs - James Newton Howard
10. Les Misérables, Basil Poledouris, 1998
11. The Rock, Nick Glennie-Smith & The Zimmer Clones, 1996
12. Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, Cliff Eidelman, 1991
13. Last of the Dogmen (1995), David Arnold
14. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Jerry Goldsmith
15. Peter Pan (2002), James Newton Howard
16. Judge Dredd (Alan Silvestri, 1995)
17. Waterworld (James Newton Howard, 1995)
18. Stargate (David Arnold, 1994)
19. Dressed to Kill (Pino Donaggio, 1980)
20. Aliens (James Horner, 1986)
21. The Medusa Touch (Michael J. Lewis,1978)
22. Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman, 1990)
23. The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimer, 1999)
24. Return To Paradise (Mark Mancina, 1998)
25. Goldsmith's Rio Conchos-1964
26. Rozsa's Valley of the Kings-1954
27. Newman's Robe-1953
28. Return to Oz - David Shire, 1985
29. Red River -- Dimitri Tiomkin, 1948
30. Hawaii -- Elmer Bernstein, 1966
31. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Bernard Herrmann, 1947
32. The Sea Hawk, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1940
33. Prince Valiant, Franz Waxman, 1954
34. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Danny Elfman, 1985)
35. Heavy Metal (Elmer Bernstein, 1981)
36. Fahrenheit 451 (Bernard Herrmann, 1966)
37. Star Wars (John Williams, 1977)
38. E.T. (John Williams, 1982)
39. Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams, 1981)
40. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann - 1958)
41. Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa - 1959)
42. Superman (John Williams - 1990)
43. Cutthroat Island (Debney, 1995?)
44. Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev, 1937)
45. Romeo and Juliet (Rota - 1968)
46.The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein 1960)
47.Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (John Williams 1977)
48.Planet Of The Apes (Jerry Goldsmith 1968)
49. The Red House (the great Miklos Rozsa, 1947)
50. King Kong (the remarkable Max Steiner, 1933)
51. The Last Days of Pompeii (the astounding Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, 1960)
52.The Prince of Egypt (Hans Zimmer, 1998)
53. Legends of the Fall (James Horner, 1994)
54. Gladiator (Hans Zimmer, 2000)
55. The Last Samurai (Hans Zimmer, 2003)
56. The Legend of 1900 (Ennio Morricone, 1999)
57. Brannigan (Dominic Frontiere,1975)
58. Jurrassic Park(John Williams,1992)
59. Princess Mononoke (Joe Hisaishi,1996)
60. King Kong (John Barry 1976)
61. Monsignor (John Williams 1982)
62. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry 1969)
63. Armageddon (1998 - Trevor Rabin & Harry Gregson-Williams)
64. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003 - Howard Shore)
65. The Big Country -- Jerome Moross, 1958
66. The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Erich Korngold, 1938
67. The Best Years of Our Lives -- 1946, Hugo Friedhofer
68. Wyatt Earp (James Newton Howard, 1994)
69. Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri, 1985)
70. The Man in the Moon (James Newton Howard, 1991)
71. Batman (Danny Elfman, 1989)
72. Matrix Reloaded (Don Davis, 2003)
73. Snow Falling On Cedars (James Newton Howard, 1999)
74 - Independence Day (1996 / David Arnold)
75 - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 / Howard Shore)
76 - Dinosaur (2000 / James Newton Howard)
77.Gojira (1954 Akira Ifukube)
78.El Cid (1961 Miklos Rozsa)
79.On Dangerous Ground (1952 Bernard Herrmann)
80. Twilight Zone: Walking Distance (Bernard Herrmann, 1959)
81. Amarcord (Nino Rota, 1974)
82. Ghost Warrior (Richard Band, 1985)
83. Legend-Goldsmith-1985
84. Greatest Story Ever Told-Newman-1965
85. Mutiny on the Bounty-Kaper-1962
86. Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris, 1982)
87. The Cardinal (Jerome Moross, 1963)
88. Bride of Frankenstein (Franz Waxman, 1935)
89. POLTERGEIST (Jerry Goldsmith, 1982)
90. THE SENTINEL (Gil Mellé, 1977)
91. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (John Williams, 1998
92. Portrait of a Lady (Kilar)
93. Lonesome Dove (Poledouris)
94. Hero (Tan Dun)
95) Star Trek: Firth Contact - Joel and Jerry Goldsmith
96. Something Wicked This Way Comes -rejected- Georges Delerue
97. Forrest Gump (1994 / Alan Silvestri)
98. Apt Pupil (1998 / John Ottman)
99. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002 / John Williams and William Ross)
100. The Lion in Winter. John Barry
101. Captain from Catille by Alfred Newman
102. The Prisoner of Zenda by Alfred Newman
103. 8 1/2 (Nino Rota, 1963)
104. Sleepy Hollow (Danny Elfman, 1999)
105. A Patch of Blue (Jerry Goldsmith, 1965)
106. Diamonds Are Forever (John Barry 1971)
107. Le Train (Philippe Sarde 197something)
108. Krull (James Horner 1982)
109. Hook (John Williams, 1991)
110. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman, 1993)
111. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (James Newton Howard, 2001)
112. Crack In The World -- Johnny Douglas, 1965
113. Ice Station Zebra -- Michel Legrand, 1968
114. The Heroes of Telemark -- Malcolm Arnold, 1965
115. The Iron Giant - Michael Kamen: 1999
116. American History X - Anne Dudley: 1998
117. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Elliot Goldenthal: 2001
118. Michael Collins (Goldenthal) - 1996
119. Farewell to the King (Poledouris) - 1989
120. Agnes of God (Delerue) - 1985
121. Big Fish (Danny Elfman, 2003)
122. Matchstick Men (Hans Zimmer, 2003)
123. The Night Digger (Bernard Herrmann, 1972)
124. Brazil (Michael Kamen, 1985)
125. Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass, 1983)
126. White Fang (Basil Poledouris, 1991)
127. Night Crossing (Jerry Goldsmith, 1981)
128. The Black Hole (John Barry, 1979)
129. Taras Bulba (Franz Waxman, 1962)
130 - Rudy (1993 / Jerry Goldsmith)
131 - Schindler's List (1993 / John Williams)
132 - Iron Will (1994 / Joel McNeely)
133. Great Expectations (Patrick Doyle)
134. The Last Valley (John Barry)
135. The Claim (Michael Nyman)
136. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri, 1989)
137. The Mummy Returns (Alan Silvestri, 2001)
138. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris, 1997)
139: (HORROR OF) DRACULA (James Bernard, 1958)
140: (FALL OF THE) HOUSE OF USHER (Les Baxter 1960)
141: PIT AND THE PENDULUM (Les Baxter 1961)
142. 633 Squadron -- Ron Goodwin, 1964
143. The Black Cauldron -- Elmer Bernstein, 1985
144. The Blue Max -- Jerry Goldsmith, 1966
145. Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The (Alan Menken / 1996)
146. Last of the Mohicans, The (Jones/Edelman 1992)
147. Gadfly, The (Shostakovich / 1955)
148. Ladyhawke (1985) - Andrew Powell
149. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) - Shirley Jackson
150. Around the World in 80 Days - Victor Young
151. The House on Sorority Row (Richard Band, 1982)
152. The Family Man (Danny Elfman, 2000)
153. City of Women (Luis Bacalov, 1980)
154 - The Tailor of Panama (2001 - Shaun Davey)
155 - Miracle on 34th Street (1994 - Bruce Broughton)
156 - X2 (2003 - John Ottman)
157. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith, 1992)
158. Poltergeist II (Jerry Goldsmith, 1986)
159. Godzilla (David Arnold, 1998)
160. Swept from the Sea (Barry) - 1999
161. Under Fire (Goldsmith) - 1982
162. The Horse Whisperer (Newman) - 1998
163. Medal of Honor (Michael Giacchino, 1999)
164. The Count of Monte Cristo (Edward Shearmur, 2002)
165. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Joel McNeely, 1996)
166. King Kong vs Godzilla (1962 Akira Ifukube)
167. Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad (1958 Bernard Herrmann)
168. Psycho (1960 Bernard Herrmann)
169. The Devil and Daniel Webster (Bernard Herrmann, 1941)
170. Spellbound (Miklos Rozsa, 1945)
171. Metropolis (Gottfried Huppertz, 1927)
172. Lost In Space (Broughton)
173. Young Sherlock Holmes (Broughton)
174. North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann, 1959)
175. To Kill a Mockingbird (Elmer Bernstein, 1962)
176. Quo Vadis (Miklos Rozsa, 1951)
177. The Mole (TV) (David Michael Frank, 2000)
178. The Tuxedo (John Debney/Christophe Beck, 2002)
179. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (pan and scan version) (Klaus Badelt, Ramin Djawadi, James Michael Dooley, Nick Glennie-Smith, Steve Jablonsky, James McKee Smith, Blake Neely, Mel Wesson, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer, 2003)
180. King of Kings (Rozsa) - 1961
181. Kundun (Glass) - 1997
182. The Human Stain (Portman) - 2003
183. Tears of the Sun (Hans Zimer, Steve Jablonsky, Jim Dooley, Lisa Gerrard, Lebo M - 2003)
184. The Time Machine (Klaus Badelt - 2002)
185. Big (Howard Shore - 1988)
186) ALTERED STATES/Corigliano 1980
187) THEATRE OF BLOOD/Lewis 1973
188) PAPILLON/Goldsmith 1973
189) TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith)
190) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Howard Shore)
191) ALIEN 3 (Elliot Goldenthal)
192. Thief of Bagdad -- Miklos Rozsa, 1940
193. Ivanhoe -- Miklos Rozsa, 1952
194. Spartacus -- Alex North, 1960
195. Scott Of The Antarctic (Ralph Vaughan Williams 1948)
196. The Valley Of Gwangi (Jerome moross 1969)
197. Pan tadeusz (Wojciech Kilar 1999)
198. (edited) The Dancer Upstairs (Iglesias) - 2003
199. Oscar and Lucinda (Newman) - 1997
200. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Preisner) - 1991
201. Gigli (2003) - John Powell.
202. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - Joseph LoDuca.
203. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre.
204. The Lion King (Hans Zimmer - 1994)
205. Meet Joe Black (Thomas Newman - 1998)
206. Casper (James Horner - 1996)
207. End of Days (John Debney, 1999)
208. The Blue Planet (George Fenton, 2001)
209. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (James Horner, 1982)
210. THE MISSION (Ennio Morricone)
211. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (John Barry)
212. RAMBO 3 (Jerry Goldsmith)
213. Willard (Shirley Walker, 2003)
214. Hot Shots! Part Deux (Basil Poledouris, 1993)
215. Anastasia (David Newman, 1997)
216. Time Machine - Russell Garcia
217. (edited) Jesus of Nazareth - Maurice Jarre
218. For Love of the Game - Basil Poledouris
219. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun, 2000)
220. Desert Victory (William Alwyn, 1943)
221. Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev, 1945 & 1958)
222. The Dark Crystal 1982, Trevor Jones.
223. Dune 1984, Toto.
224. Hudson Hawk 1991, Michael Kamen.
225.THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (Jerry Goldsmith 1969)
226.THE SAND PEBBLES (Jerry Goldsmith 1966)
227.THE MUMMY (Franz Reizenstein 1959)
227. The Fly II (1989, Christopher Young)
228. Seconds (1966, Jerry Goldsmith)
229. Il Bidone (1956, Nino Rota)
230. Till Human Voices Wake Us (Cornelius) - 2003
231. Wonderland (Nyman) - 1999
232. Pan Tadeusz (Kilar) - 1998
233. 2009:Lost Memories (2002; Lee Dong-June)
234. Shiri (1999; Lee-Dong-June)
235. Save the Green Planet! (2003; Lee Dong-June)
236. Ducktales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (David Newman, 1990)
237. The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken, 1991)
238. Donnie Darko (Michael Andrews, 2002)
239. Sen to Chihiro aka Spirited Away (Joe Hisaishi)
240. Children Of Dune (Brian Tyler)
241. The Yards (Howard Shore)
242. The Sum of All Fears (Jerry Goldsmith)
243. Minority Report (John Williams)
244. PREDATOR (Alan Silvestri, 1987)
245. FOREVER AMBER (David Raksin, 1947)
246. CLEOPATRA (Alex North, 1963)
247. Alien (Jerry Goldsmith)
248. First Knight (Jerry Goldsmith)
249. Batman Forever (Elliot Goldenthal)
250. Trois Coleurs: Bleu (Preiser)
251. Trois Coleurs: Blanc (Preisner)
252. Trois Coleurs: Rouge (Preisner)
253.- The Secret Garden (Preisner)
254.- The rescuers down under (Broughton)
255.- A little Princes (Doyle)
256. Twilight Zone: The Movie (Jerry Goldsmith)
257. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone (2001, John Williams)
258 The Mummy,(1999, Jerry Goldsmith)
259. Victor/Victoria,1982, Henry Mancini
260. Neanderthal Man (Glasser, 1953)
261.Mesa of Lost Women (S. Curtin, 1953)
262. Potato Fritz (David Hess, 1976)
263.THE OMEN (Jerry Goldsmith, 1976)
264. MYsterious Islands (Herrmann,1961)
265- THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Jerry Fielding, 1976)
266. DEADFALL - (John Barry 1968)
267. PETULIA - (John Barry 1968)
268. BOOM! - (John Barry 1968)
269. The Bicycle Thief (1948, Alessandro Cicognini)
270. Jules and Jim (1962, Georges Delerue)
271. The 400 Blows (1959, Jean Constantine)
272 LA CONFIDENTIAL (JERRY GOLDSMITH)
273 AIR FORCE ONE (JERRY GOLDSMITH, with JOEL MCNEELY)
274. THE THIRTEENTH WARRIOR (JERRY GOLDSMITH)
275. The Field of Dreams (Horner,1989)
276. Shawshank Redemption(Thomas Newman 1994
277) Take Off (Elephant's Memory, 1978)
278) Spook Busters (Edward Kay, 1946)
279) Space Master X7 (Josef Zimanich, 1958)
280 - WAR OF THE WORLDS (Leith Stevens, 1953)
281. When Worlds Colllide (Stevens, 1951)
282.DESTINATION MOON (Leith Stevens, 1950)
283. Terminal Velocity (Joel McNeely)
284. Addams Family Reunion (Amotz Plessner)
285. Big Trouble (James Newton Howard)
286. The Light at the Edge of the World
(Piero Piccioni - 1971)
287. The French Revolution (Georges Delerue - 1989)
288. The Egyptian (Alfred Newman/Bernard Herrmann - 1954)
289. Solaris (Cliff Martinez)
290. Kafka (Cliff Martinez)
291. Panic Room (Howard Shore)
292. Tess (Sarde) - 1979
293. The Tennant (Sarde) - 1975
294. The Double Life of Veronique/Weronika (Preisner) - 1991
295. Devil's Advocate (James Newton Howard, 1997)
296. Contact (Alan Silvestri, 1997)
297. Blade Runner (Vangelis, 1982)
298 - LORD OF THE RINGS (Leonard Rosenman, 1978)
299 - THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (David Shire, 1974)
300 - THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR (Gil Mellé, 1975)
301. The Bank (Alan John) - 2002
302. Dark City (Trevor Jones) - 1998
303. The Talented Mr Ripley (Gabriel Yared) - 1999
304. Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)
305. The Mask of Zorro (James Horner)
306. Somewhere in Time (John Barry)
307. Cape Fear (Bernard Herrmann)
308 Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
309. Beneath the 12 Mile Reef (Bernard Herrmann)
310. LIFEFORCE (Mancini)
311. OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT (Goldsmith)
312. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART TWO (Goldsmith)
313. Anna and the King (Fenton) - 1999
314. House of Sand and Fog (Horner) - 2003
315. Dangerous Beauty aka A Destiny of Her Own aka The Honest Courtesan aka RKO 2811 (Fenton) - 1998
316. Cleopatra (Jones) - 2000
317. The Mighty (Jones) - 1999
318. Chouans! (Delerue) - 1988
319. Surviving Picasso (Robbins) - 1996
320. Troy (Gabriel Yared rejected score) - 2004
321. True Confessions (Delerue) - I don't know the year
322. eXistenz (Shore) - 1999
323. The Score (Shore) - 2001
324. Titus (Goldenthal) - 1999
325. Body Heat (John Barry 1981)
326. Possession (Gabriel Yared 2002)
327. Une Chance Sur Deux (Alexandre Desplat 1998)
328 Lenin… The Train (Nicola Piovani, 1988)
329 Animal Farm (Richard Harvey, 1999)
sorry I can't resist :
330 L'Enfant des Loups (Serge Franklin, 1990)

Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.

But I'm happy to put your thread back to the head of the column.

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Originally posted by Beatty:
Dude. Seriously.
Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.
But I'm happy to put your thread back to the head of the column.

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And for that I'm appreciative, even though it isn't really my thread. You could say I've adopted it for a season.

At the risk of putting up some pretty good sadly underrated stuff that's just brushing a 5, if not a wholesome 5, I'd mention the following. They're so close to perfection that I think you can forgive me. I've forgiven myself anyway.

ONE-EYED JACKS (Hugo Friedhofer, 1960)

THE WIND AND THE LION (Jerry Goldsmith, 1976)

MURDER IN THE FIRST (Christopher Young, 2004)

358 ONE-EYED JACKS
359 THE WIND AND THE LION
360 MURDER IN THE FIRST

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Originally posted by Graham Watt:
Don't forget, fogeys, these are meant to be your really really top-notch 5-star scores. No cheapening of this thread will be allowed by putting up things that are merely "pretty good" or "sadly underrated".

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Ahhhh... was there any item you particularly had in mind? Because I try to keep my entries to the ones that really deserve them.

Philipp

Hope this is of help!

367. DEAD RINGER - Andre Previn
368. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - Richard Rodney Bennett
369. COOL HAND LUKE - Lalo Schifrin
370. THE OUTER LIMITS - Dominic Frontiere

Unless I really misunderstood what you were trying to do with the numbering.

371. Hostage - Alexandre Desplat
372. The Da Vinci Code - Hans Zimmer
373. X-Men III : Last Stand - John Powell

....and just when you thought this thread was dead and forgotten after the kiss O' death from Thor?

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
This is insane. I don't even remember that thread. And for Thor, it must have been genuinely horrifying.

NP: X3 (John Powell)

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Aye, a list from hell

374. FROM HELL - Trevor Jones (2001)
375. THE BROTHERS GRIMM - Dario Marianelli (2005)
376. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - Howard Shore (2005)