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American Beauty (1999), written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes.

Soundtrack (by Thomas Newman)

Film Score

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#122
If you are a fan of Bernard Herrmann's movie scores--all of his most famous movie scores plus many others--I found a resource last year that covers that: 7 CDs of Mr. Hermann conducting his own music that was released in 2021. It's excellent.

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There are of course many other soundtracks that come to mind. The AFI top 25 movie soundtracks enumerates some good ones:

#Film TitleYearStudioComposer
1Star Wars197720th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd.John Williams
2Gone with the Wind1939MGM, Selznick InternationalMax Steiner
3Lawrence of Arabia1962Columbia, Horizon PicturesMaurice Jarre
4Psycho1960ParamountBernard Herrmann
5The Godfather1972ParamountNino Rota
6Jaws1975Universal, Zanuck/Brown CompanyJohn Williams
7Laura194420th Century FoxDavid Raksin
8The Magnificent Seven1960United Artists, Mirisch CompanyElmer Bernstein
9Chinatown1974ParamountJerry Goldsmith
10High Noon1952United Artists, Stanley Kramer ProductionsDimitri Tiomkin
11The Adventures of Robin Hood1938Warner Bros.Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12Vertigo1958ParamountBernard Herrmann
13King Kong1933RKOMax Steiner
14E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982UniversalJohn Williams
15Out of Africa1985Universal, Mirage EnterprisesJohn Barry
16Sunset Boulevard1950ParamountFranz Waxman
17To Kill a Mockingbird1962UniversalElmer Bernstein
18Planet of the Apes196820th Century FoxJerry Goldsmith
19A Streetcar Named Desire1951Warner Bros.Alex North
20The Pink Panther1964United Artists, Mirisch CompanyHenry Mancini
21Ben-Hur1959MGMMiklós Rózsa
22On the Waterfront1954Columbia, Horizon PicturesLeonard Bernstein
23The Mission1986Warner Bros., Goldcrest FilmsEnnio Morricone
24On Golden Pond1981Universal, ITC EntertainmentDave Grusin
25How the West Was Won1962MGM, Cinerama ReleasingAlfred Newman

Chris
 
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