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Your 20 Favorite Movie Scores

The Ultimate 101Classical California Movie Music PlaylistFilm/TVPop


Music from the silver screen made quite a splash once again on this year’s Classical California Ultimate Playlist. Check out ths playlist of your favorite 20 favorite pieces from the movies, as voted by you for the 2022 Classical California Ultimate Playlist. Enjoy!

Our first entry on the Classical California Ultimate Playlist…
Coming in at #237, Elmer Bernstein’s The Magnificent Seven

220. Yann Tiersen’s Amelie


201. Ennio Morricone: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

186. Ennio Morricone’s Cinema Paradiso

163. Bernard Hermann’s Vertigo

119. Michael Giacchino’s Up

115. Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

108. John Williams’s Schindler’s List

106. Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean

90. John Williams’s Harry Potter

76. John Williams’s E.T.

69. Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek

52. Joe Hisaishi’s Spirited Away

47. John Williams’s Raiders of the Lost Ark

34. John Williams’s Jurassic Park

31. Ennio Morricone’s The Mission

26. John Barry’s Out of Africa

23. Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story

18. Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings


Without further ado, #14 on the Classical California Ultimate Playlist: John Williams’ Star Wars

Hungry for more movie music? Now you can stream the Classical California Movie Music Playlist.

The Ultimate 101Classical California Movie Music PlaylistFilm/TVPop
Written by:
The Classical Team
The Classical Team
Published on 09.19.2022
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