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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores is a list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 2005.

John Williams has the most scores in the top 25, with three: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, and the top choice, Star Wars. Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, and Max Steiner each have two scores listed.

The most scores by one composer nominated for the top 25 was 11; seven composers accomplished this: Steiner, Bernstein, Alfred Newman, Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa, and Williams.

# Film Title Year Studio Composer
1 Star Wars 1977 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd. Template:Sortname
2 Gone with the Wind 1939 MGM, Selznick International Template:Sortname
3 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Columbia, Horizon Pictures Template:Sortname
4 Psycho 1960 Paramount Template:Sortname
5 The Godfather 1972 Paramount Template:Sortname
6 Jaws 1975 Universal Template:Sortname
7 Laura 1944 20th Century Fox Template:Sortname
8 Template:Sort 1960 United Artists, Mirisch Company Template:Sortname
9 Chinatown 1974 Paramount Template:Sortname
10 High Noon 1952 United Artists, Stanley Kramer Productions Template:Sortname
11 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Warner Bros. Template:Sortname
12 Vertigo 1958 Paramount Template:Sortname
13 King Kong 1933 RKO Template:Sortname
14 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Universal, Amblin Entertainment Template:Sortname
15 Out of Africa 1985 Universal Template:Sortname
16 Sunset Boulevard 1950 Paramount Template:Sortname
17 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Universal Template:Sortname
18 Planet of the Apes 1968 20th Century Fox Template:Sortname
19 Template:Sort 1951 Warner Bros. Template:Sortname
20 Template:Sort 1964 United Artists, Mirisch Company Template:Sortname
21 Ben-Hur 1959 MGM Template:Sortname
22 On the Waterfront 1954 Columbia, Horizon Pictures Template:Sortname
23 Template:Sort 1986 Warner Bros., Goldcrest Films Template:Sortname
24 On Golden Pond 1981 Universal, ITC Entertainment Template:Sortname
25 How the West Was Won 1962 MGM, Cinerama Releasing Template:Sortname, Ken Darby


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