9 films we can’t believe aren’t in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

22 September 2015, 20:01 | Updated: 6 January 2017, 14:45

Every year we ask you to vote for your three favourite films scores to create an ultimate chart of the public’s 100 favourite pieces of movie music. Here are nine absolute classics that we can’t believe didn’t make it last year.

Once you've decided which three movie scores you want to support, head to the voting site – and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win a trip to London and a once-in-a-lifetime visit to the iconic Abbey Road Studios.

1 Casablanca

“Play it again, Sam”. Except he can’t, because this iconic score by Max Steiner didn’t make it into last year’s chart.

Vote for Casablanca in this year’s Movie Music Hall of Fame.

2 Grand Budapest Hotel

The Oscar-winning score by Alexandre Desplat for Wes Anderson’s quirky film surely deserves an entry in the top 100.

Vote for The Grand Budapest Hotel in this year’s Movie Music Hall of Fame.

3 Spirited Away

Joe Hisaishi’s wonderful music is a large part of the appeal of the famous and much-loved Studio Ghibli films, including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbour Totoro.

Vote for Spirited Away in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

4 Memoirs of a Geisha

It may be one of his less well-known scores, but the music for this film is still by that master of movie music, John Williams…

Vote for Memoirs of a Geisha in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

5 Up

Remember that opening sequence that chewed up your emotions and spat them out in a crumpled mess? That wouldn't have been anything like as effective without Michael Giacchino's wonderful music.

Vote for Up in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

6 Toy Story

This has surely one of the greatest scores of all the Disney Pixar films. Why not give Randy Newman's music a vote?

Vote for Toy Story in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

7 The Ipcress File

This film has arguably the greatest opening sequences ever made – and it's the music that makes it. One of John Barry's finest scores. Click on the picture below to watch a clip:

Ipcress File screenshot

 

Vote for The Ipcress File in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

8 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jon Brion's music for this futuristic sci-fi-esque romantic comedy (yeah, it really doesn't fit happily into one genre…) is central to the sense of claustrophobia and heartbreak as Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet's characters begin to realise the truth about their past…

 

Vote for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

9 Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Here's another iconic movie opening – with Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, the flighty New York socialite. Henry Mancini's score conjures an elegant world of stay-up-til-dawn parties and oh-so-sippable champagne.

Vote for Breakfast at Tiffany's in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame

You can explore the whole of last year's top 100 here