Potter Soundtrack voted 16th of All Time Greatest
May 30, 2005
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Classic FM recently had listeners vote on the Greatest Movie Soundtrack of All Time. The results have been announced, and the soundtrack by John Williams for “Harry Potter” came in at number sixteen on the list of favorite soundtracks. The list did not specify which Potter film was chosen. The number one spot went to Howard Shore’s wonderful score for The Lord of the Rings. John William’s score for Star Wars was second. John Williams had a total of eight soundtracks listed in the top 40.
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Click below to see the entire list which was voted on by 44,000 listeners.
The Top 40
No.1 The Lord of the Rings
Composer: Howard Shore
No.2 Star Wars
Composer: John Williams
No.3 Gladiator
Composer: Hans Zimmer
No.4Schindler’s List
Composer: John Williams
No.5Out of Africa
Composer: John BarryMozart
No.6Dances with Wolves
Composer: John Barry
No.7The Mission
Composer: Ennio Morricone
No.8Lawrence of Arabia
Composer: Maurice Jarre
No.9Jurassic Park
Composer: John Williams
No.10Dr Zhivago
Composer: Maurice Jarre
No.11The Magnificent Seven
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
No.12Saving Private Ryan
Composer: John Williams
No.13The Piano
Composer: Michael Nyman
No.14The Big Country
Composer: Jerome Moross
No.15Dangerous Moonlight
Composer: Richard Addinsell
No.16Harry Potter
Composer: John Williams
No.17Ladies in Lavender
Composer: Nigel Hess
No.18Titanic
Composer: James Horner
No.19Gone with the Wind
Composer: Max Steiner
No.20E.T.
Composer: John Williams
No.21The Deer Hunter
Composer: Stanley Myers
No.22The Great Escape
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
No.23The English Patient
Composer: Gabriel Yared
No.24The Last of the Mohicans
Composer: Trevor Jones
No.25Brief Encounter
Composer: Rachmaninov
No.26The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Composer: Ennio Morricone
No.27Braveheart
Composer: James Horner
No.28The Godfather
Composer: Nino Rota
No.29The Lion in Winter
Composer: John Barry
No.30Pirates of the Caribbean
Composer: Klaus Badelt
No.31Chariots of Fire
Composer: Vangelis
No.32The Dambusters
Composer: Eric Coates
No.33Indiana Jones
Composer: John Williams
No.34The Shawshank Redemption
Composer: Thomas NewmanMozart
No.35Somewhere in Time
Composer: John Barry
No.36The Merchant of Venice
Composer: Jocelyn Pook
No.37Once Upon a Time in the West
Composer: Ennio Morricone
No.38Superman
Composer: John Williams
No.39Cinema Paradiso
Composer: Ennio Morricone
No.40633 Squadron
Composer: Ron Goodwin
