| Rank | Year | Composer | Film Score | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 | John Williams | Star Wars | 99%
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| 5 | 1972 | Nino Rota | The Godfather | 89%
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| 4 | 1960 | Bernard Herrmann | Psycho | 88%
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| 6 | 1975 | John Williams | Jaws | 85%
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| 14 | 1982 | John Williams | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 76%
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| 2 | 1939 | Max Steiner | Gone with the Wind | 67%
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| 12 | 1958 | Bernard Herrmann | Vertigo | 62%
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| 25 | 1962 | Alfred Newman | How the {West} {Was} {Won} | 57%
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| 3 | 1962 | Maurice Jarre | Lawrence of Arabia | 50%
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| 24 | 1981 | Dave Grusin | On {Golden} {Pond} | 42%
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| 9 | 1974 | Jerry Goldsmith | Chinatown | 41%
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| 20 | 1964 | Henry Mancini | The {Pink} {Panther} | 38%
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| 21 | 1959 | Miklos Rozsa | {Ben}-{Hur} | 36%
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| 11 | 1938 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Adventures of {Robin} {Hood} | 34%
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| 22 | 1954 | Leonard Bernstein | On the Waterfront | 32%
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| 15 | 1985 | John Barry | {Out} of {Africa} | 31%
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| 19 | 1951 | Alex North | A {Streetcar} {Named} {Desire} | 30%
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| 16 | 1950 | Franz Waxman | {Sunset} {Boulevard} | 26%
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| 18 | 1968 | Jerry Goldsmith | {Planet} of the {Apes} | 20%
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| 23 | 1986 | Ennio Morricone | The {Mission} | 19%
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| 17 | 1962 | Elmer Bernstein | {To} {Kill} a {Mockingbird} | 19%
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| 10 | 1952 | Dimitri Tiomkin | {High} {Noon} | 15%
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| 13 | 1933 | Max Steiner | {King} {Kong} | 15%
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| 8 | 1960 | Elmer Bernstein | The {Magnificent} {Seven} | 15%
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| 7 | 1944 | David Raksin | {Laura} | 13%
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