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2010 Movie Music Hall of Fame: top 20 in pictures
See the nation's favourite movie scores as voted by Classic FM listeners. Click through the gallery below, starting at number 20 and counting down to number one.
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1. 20. Saving Private Ryan, John Williams (32)
Rising 12 places since last year, the stirring ‘Hymn to the Fallen’ has become an essential Classic FM track and the perfect piece for solemn ceremonies. Released 1998.
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2. 19. Amelie - Yann Tiersen (37)
Quirky, romantic and very French, Amelie was a worldwide smash. Tiersen’s score was assembled from the composer’s earlier works. It rises a massive 18 places since 2009. Released 2001.
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3. 18. Apollo 13 - James Horner (42)
Another impressive climber since the 2009 Movie Music Hall of Fame, this is a suitably tense and ultimately triumphant score for the true story of the Apollo astronauts who, in 1970, had a problem, Houston. Released 1995.
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4. 17. 1492: Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis (56)
Ridley Scott’s spectacular cinematography is perfectly accompanied by a stirring score full of martial rhythms and wordless choirs, composed by Vangelis (pictured left). Released 1992
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5. 16. The Lion King - Hans Zimmer (38)
Zimmer collaborated with Elton John and South African Lebo M to create an exhilarating Disney soundtrack - and later an award-winning musical. Released 1994
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6. 15. Pride and Prejudice - Dario Marianelli (49)
Marianelli’s sweet piano score is on the up. Keira Knightley excelled as Elizabeth in Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Jane Austen classic. Released 2005.
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7. 14. Braveheart - James Horner (29)
Horner’s music is about as authentically Scottish as Mel Gibson’s take on the 13th-century patriot. But the film’s soundtrack is wonderfully uplifting. Released 1995
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8. 13. 633 Squadron - Ron Goodwin (26)
One of British cinema’s catchiest themes: gung-ho heroism and wartime bravery, set to a rhythm that echoes the squadron number. Released 1964
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9. 12. Wilde - Debbie Wiseman (51)
A high climber for British composer Wiseman’s purple-prose score. Stephen Fry was born to play Oscar Wilde. Released 1997
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10. 11. Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone (53)
Morricone’s unforgettable music is matchless for director and writer Giuseppe Tornatore’s story of a small Sicilian boy’s love affair with cinema. Released 1988
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11. 10. Dances with Wolves - John Barry (10)
A non-mover for John Barry’s depiction of a sweeping landscape. Kevin Costner’s film redefined Hollywood’s version of the Wild West. Released 1990
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12. 9. Out of Africa - John Barry (9)
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto meanders over the plains as Meryl Streep and Robert Redford embark on a love affair, while Barry’s score provides tender accompaniment. Released 1985
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13. 8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - John Williams (21)
Williams does it again, this time conjuring up a magical theme reminiscent of Saint-Saens’s Dance Macabre. Released 2001
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14. 7. Jurassic Park - John Williams (12)
Stephen Spielberg always creates a sense of wonder on the big screen and it seems that only John Williams’s music can complement it. A grand, T. rex of an anthem that deservedly moves up five places since 2009. Released 1993
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15. 6. Schindler’s List - John Williams (5)
A slight fall for Williams’s heartrending violin theme, which captures the traditional music and sad plight of Europe’s Jews and the shame of man’s inhumanity to man. Released 1993
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16. 5. Pirates of the Caribbean - Klaus Badelt (6)
Johnny Depp swaggered and strutted as Captain Jack Sparrow. Badelt’s music did too: thrilling, surging and just a little bit cheeky. Released 2003
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17. 4. The Mission - Ennio Morricone (8)
Morricone’s most successful score skilfully mixes Amazonian rhythms with the Baroque style of The Mission’s Jesuit missionaries and rises four places since 2009. Released 1986
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18. 3. Star Wars - John Williams (1)
The highest of John Williams’s 16 entries. Star Wars revived the golden age of Hollywood film music when grand symphonic scores were the order of the day. It falls from first place last year. Released 1977
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19. 2. Gladiator - Hans Zimmer (3)
Zimmer received an Oscar nomination for the blockbuster. Gerrard’s haunting voice added a timeless quality to the atmospheric music. Released 2000.
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20. 1. The Lord of The Rings - Howard Shore (2)
With his epic soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings topping our poll of the 101 all-time favourite movie scores for the first time, Howard Shore has confirmed his position as one of today’s most respected film composers. Released 2001-2003
