====== Film Music Guide ======

Film Scores carry the atmosphere of any film. Although still considered a niche genre, film scores have risen in popularity since John Williams made the famous score for Star Wars!

Below, I have tried to create a set of "Best Of" lists by composer and era. Of course, any such list will be subjective and personal. Understand that this is my list, not those of a professional film score critic and historian. These are my favorites!

===== My Favorite Scores... =====

Classics, masterpeices and guilty pleasures! Williams has the most scores listed, but maybe that's why he's my favorite film score (and non-score) composer. This list is not meant to be balanced to highlight the best by period and composer. This is simply the list of scores that I own that jumped out at me when I browsed my collection. It's what I like to listen to!

  - Aliens, Horner
  - AI, Williames
  - Batman, Elfman
  - Ben Hur, Rosza
  - Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Williams
  - Conan the Barbarian, Poledouris
   - Couching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Dun
  - Dracula, Kilar
  - Ed Wood, Shore
  - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Williams
  - Henry V, Doyle
  - Jaws, Williams
  - Jurassic Park/Lost World, Willams
  - Lord of the Rings, Shore
  - Matinee, Goldsmith
  - The Mission, Morricone
  - Mouse Hunt, Silvestri
  - North By Northwest, Herrmann
  - Planet of the Apes (1968), Goldsmith
  - Psycho, Herrmann
  - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Williams
  - Robin Hood, Prince of Theives, Kamen
  - Rudy, Goldsmith
  - The Rocketeer, Horner
  - Saving Private Ryan, Williams
  - Schindler's List, Williams
  - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Herrmann
  - Star Trek, The Motion Picture, Goldsmith
  - Star Trek VI, Edelman
  - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Williams
  - Stargate, Arnold
  - Superman, Williams
  - Tomorrow Never Dies, Arnold

===== My Best of John Williams =====

  - Empire Strikes Back
  - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  - Schindler's List
  - Saving Private Ryan
  - Raiders of the Lost Ark
  - Superman
  - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  - A.I.