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'Star Wars' best film score ever
Indo-Asian News Service

Los Angeles, Sep 26 (IANS) The memorable "Star Wars" theme was adjudged the top score of the century by a distinguished panel of judges under the aegis of The American Film Institute (AFI). 

Leading the top 25 film scores of all times in 'The Big Picture-AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores', a jury of more than 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians selected John Williams' iconic score from "Star Wars" as the most memorable film score of all time. 

John Williams is additionally noteworthy as the most represented composer on the list with three scores in the top 25. 

Rounding off the top 10 were film scores ranging in theme from sweeping epics to westerns, including: "Gone With The Wind" (2), composer Max Steiner; Lawrence Of Arabia (3), composer Maurice Jarre; "Psycho" (4), composer Bernard Herrmann; "The Godfather" (5), composer Nino Rota; "Jaws" (6), composer John Williams; "Laura" (7), composer David Raksin; "The Magnificent Seven" (8), composer Elmer Bernstein; "Chinatown" (9) composer Jerry Goldsmith; and "High Noon" (10), composer Dimitri Tiomkin. 

While television broadcasts have announced the previous eight instalments of AFI's 100 Years... series, this event marks the first time an AFI countdown was revealed before a live audience Sep 23 at the Hollywood Bowl. 

Among the top 25 are - "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" (11) Erich Wolfgang Korngold; "Vertigo" (12) Bernard Herrmann; "King Kong" (13) Max Steiner; "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (14) John Williams; "Out Of Africa" (15) John Barry; "Sunset Blvd" (16) Franz Waxman; "To Kill A Mockingbird" (17) Elmer Bernstein; "Planet Of The Apes" (18) Jerry Goldsmith; "A Streetcar Named Desire" (19) Alex North; "The Pink Panther" (20) Henry Mancini; "Ben-Hur" (21) Miklos Rozsa; On The Waterfront" (22) Leonard Bernstein; "The Mission" (23) Ennio Morricone; "On Golden Pond" (24) Dave Grusin and "How The West Was Won" (25) Alfred Newman.

AFI distributed a ballot with 250 nominated movie scores to a jury of over 500 leaders from the creative community, including composers, musicians, film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors and cinematographers), critics and historians. 

The jurors were asked to consider originality, emotion, historical significance, and legacy. 

The AFI is a national institute that aims at providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. 

Created as a sidebar to AFI's popular AFI's 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores aims at spurring interest in classic American cinema.