Famous Film Scores & Soundtracks
Famous Film Scores & Soundtracks is a structured music dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Film Score, Composer, Film. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Film Score, Composer, Film, Year, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1960 to 2014
- Across 15 preview rows
- Composer groups
- 10 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Film Score, Composer, and Film across music entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Film Score↕ | Composer↕ | Film↕ | Year↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars Main Theme | John Williams | Star Wars (1977) | 1977 | Most recognizable film score ever, defined space opera, 20th Century Fox fanfare + opening crawl |
| The Godfather Theme | Nino Rota | The Godfather | 1972 | Haunting trumpet melody, Sicilian nostalgia, one of the most parodied themes in history |
| Schindler's List Theme | John Williams | Schindler's List | 1993 | Itzhak Perlman's violin solo, devastating emotional power, Oscar-winning, impossible to not cry |
| Inception (Time) | Hans Zimmer | Inception | 2010 | Building crescendo that never resolves, BRAAAM horn, used in every epic trailer since |
| The Lion King (Circle of Life) | Hans Zimmer / Elton John | The Lion King | 1994 | 'Nants ingonyama!' opening, African choral power, Elton John's 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' |
| Jurassic Park Theme | John Williams | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Wonder and awe in musical form, first glimpse of the dinosaurs, French horn majesty |
| Interstellar (Stay / No Time for Caution) | Hans Zimmer | Interstellar | 2014 | Pipe organ in space, 'COME ON TARS', docking scene crescendo, Zimmer's masterpiece |
| The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Theme | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings | 2001-2003 | 110+ leitmotifs, 11 Oscars across trilogy, Shire theme = nostalgia, Into the West = tears |
| Psycho (Shower Scene) | Bernard Herrmann | Psycho | 1960 | Screeching violins, most famous movie murder, Hitchcock wanted no music — Herrmann ignored him |
| Pirates of the Caribbean (He's a Pirate) | Klaus Badelt / Hans Zimmer | Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003 | Instant adventure energy, Jack Sparrow's swagger in musical form, guitar + orchestra fusion |
| Titanic (My Heart Will Go On) | James Horner / Céline Dion | Titanic | 1997 | Céline Dion's power ballad, Irish pennywhistle, love and tragedy, overplayed but undeniable |
| The Dark Knight (Why So Serious?) | Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Single razor-blade cello note for Joker, escalating tension, redefine superhero scores |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Flying Theme) | John Williams | E.T. | 1982 | Bicycle flying across the moon, childlike wonder, John Williams conducted while crying |
| Gladiator (Now We Are Free) | Hans Zimmer / Lisa Gerrard | Gladiator | 2000 | Lisa Gerrard's ethereal vocals in invented language, Elysium fields, Maximus's final moments |
| Jaws Theme | John Williams | Jaws | 1975 | Two notes = pure terror, Spielberg thought Williams was joking, ruined beach vacations forever |
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