Las 25 mejores bandas sonoras de cine

por allwebber · Publicada 4 agosto, 2015 · Actualizado 3 agosto, 2015

En este artículo vamos a hablar de las consideradas mejores de la historia del cine americano, al resultar las más votadas en el año 2005 en el American Film Institute de entre la lista de 250 nominadas, que si debió ser difícil llegar hasta ese número, aún debió ser mucho más complicado reducirlo a sólo 25 títulos.

Posiblemente llame la atención a algunos (o no), que de las 250 bandas sonoras nos encontremos con SIETE compositores que aparecen en ONCE ocasiones en la lista y es que hablamos nada menos que de los grandes maestros de la historia del cine como son Alfred Newman, Elmer Bernstein, Franz Waxman, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Max Steiner y Miklos Rozsa.

Comenzamos relacionando las 250 bandas sonoras seleccionadas, agrupadas por orden alfabético de compositores, indicando además del título original de la película, el año de estreno de la misma.

	TÍTULO ORIGINAL DE LA PELÍCULA	AÑO	COMPOSITOR
1	OF MICE AND MEN	1939	Aaron Copland
2	THE HEIRESS	1949	Aaron Copland
3	THE RED PONY	1949	Aaron Copland
4	FORREST GUMP	1994	Alan Silvestri
5	A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	1951	Alex North
6	CLEOPATRA	1963	Alex North
7	SPARTACUS	1960	Alex North
8	THE MISFITS	1961	Alex North
9	VIVA ZAPATA!	1952	Alex North
10	WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?	1966	Alex North
11	AIRPORT	1970	Alfred Newman
12	ALL ABOUT EVE	1950	Alfred Newman
13	CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE	1947	Alfred Newman
14	HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY	1941	Alfred Newman
15	HOW THE WEST WAS WON	1962	Alfred Newman
16	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING	1955	Alfred Newman
17	THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD	1965	Alfred Newman
18	THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME	1939	Alfred Newman
19	THE ROBE	1953	Alfred Newman
20	THE SONG OF BERNADETTE	1943	Alfred Newman
21	WUTHERING HEIGHTS	1939	Alfred Newman
22	ELMER GANTRY	1960	Andre Previn
23	THE THIRD MAN	1949	Anton Karas
24	THINGS TO COME	1936	Arthur Bliss
25	CONAN THE BARBARIAN	1982	Basil Poledouris
26	FORBIDDEN PLANET	1956	Bebe Barron, Louis Barron
27	ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY	1941	Bernard Herrmann
28	CITIZEN KANE	1941	Bernard Herrmann
29	JANE EYRE	1944	Bernard Herrmann
30	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	1959	Bernard Herrmann
31	PSYCHO	1960	Bernard Herrmann
32	TAXI DRIVER	1976	Bernard Herrmann
33	THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL	1951	Bernard Herrmann
34	THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR	1947	Bernard Herrmann
35	VERTIGO	1958	Bernard Herrmann
36	ROCKY	1976	Bill Conti
37	THE RIGHT STUFF	1983	Bill Conti
38	AUNTIE MAME	1958	Bronislau Kaper
39	GREEN DOLPHIN STREET	1947	Bronislau Kaper
40	LORD JIM	1965	Bronislau Kaper
41	MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY	1962	Bronislau Kaper
42	SILVERADO	1985	Bruce Broughton
43	BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID	1969	Burt Bacharach
44	CASINO ROYALE	1967	Burt Bacharach
45	THE BLACK STALLION	1979	Carmine Coppola
46	FARGO	1996	Carter Burwell
47	CITY LIGHTS	1931	Charles Chaplin
48	MODERN TIMES	1936	Charles Chaplin
49	MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET	1947	Cyril Mockridge
50	BATMAN	1989	Danny Elfman
51	EDWARD SCISSORHANDS	1990	Danny Elfman
52	ON GOLDEN POND	1981	Dave Grusin
53	THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER	1968	Dave Grusin
54	TOMORROW NEVER DIES	1997	David Arnold
55	HOFFA	1992	David Newman
56	FOREVER AMBER	1947	David Raksin
57	LAURA	1944	David Raksin
58	THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	1952	David Raksin
59	THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE	1974	David Shire
60	DIAL M FOR MURDER	1954	Dimitri Tiomkin
61	DUEL IN THE SUN	1948	Dimitri Tiomkin
62	FRIENDLY PERSUASION	1956	Dimitri Tiomkin
63	HIGH NOON	1952	Dimitri Tiomkin
64	LOST HORIZON	1937	Dimitri Tiomkin
65	THE ALAMO	1960	Dimitri Tiomkin
66	THE GUNS OF NAVARONE	1961	Dimitri Tiomkin
67	ANATOMY OF A MURDER	1959	Duke Ellington
68	FRIDA	2002	Elliot Goldenthal
69	FAR FROM HEAVEN	2002	Elmer Bernstein
70	HAWAII	1966	Elmer Bernstein
71	SUMMER AND SMOKE	1961	Elmer Bernstein
72	SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS	1957	Elmer Bernstein
73	THE AGE OF INNOCENCE	1993	Elmer Bernstein
74	THE GREAT ESCAPE	1963	Elmer Bernstein
75	THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN	1960	Elmer Bernstein
76	THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM	1955	Elmer Bernstein
77	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS	1956	Elmer Bernstein
78	TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1962	Elmer Bernstein
79	WALK ON THE WILD SIDE	1962	Elmer Bernstein
80	ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA	1984	Ennio Morricone
81	ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST	1968	Ennio Morricone
82	THE MISSION	1986	Ennio Morricone
83	THE UNTOUCHABLES	1987	Ennio Morricone
84	ANTHONY ADVERSE	1936	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
85	CAPTAIN BLOOD	1935	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
86	DECEPTION	1946	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
87	KINGS ROW	1942	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
88	THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD	1938	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
89	THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX	1939	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
90	THE SEA HAWK	1940	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
91	EXODUS	1960	Ernest Gold
92	IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD	1963	Ernest Gold
93	SHIP OF FOOLS	1965	Ernest Gold
94	LOVE STORY	1970	Francis Lai
95	BAMBI	1942	Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
96	A PLACE IN THE SUN	1951	Franz Waxman
97	DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE	1941	Franz Waxman
98	PEYTON PLACE	1957	Franz Waxman
99	REBECCA	1940	Franz Waxman
100	SAYONARA	1957	Franz Waxman
101	SUNSET BLVD.	1960	Franz Waxman
102	TARAS BULBA	1962	Franz Waxman
103	THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN	1935	Franz Waxman
104	THE NUN’S STORY	1959	Franz Waxman
105	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940	Franz Waxman
106	THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS	1957	Franz Waxman
107	SABRINA	1954	Frederick Hollander
108	THE ENGLISH PATIENT	1996	Gabriel Yared
109	PICNIC	1955	George Duning
110	GANDHI	1982	George Fenton, Ravi Shankar
111	MOULIN ROUGE	1952	Georges Auric
112	A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS	1966	Georges Delerue
113	THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN	1971	Gil Melle
114	MIDNIGHT EXPRESS	1978	Giorgio Moroder
115	THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN	1942	Hans J. Salter
116	THE WOLF MAN	1941	Hans J. Salter, Frank Skinner, Charles Previn
117	AS GOOD AS IT GETS	1997	Hans Zimmer
118	GLADIATOR	2000	Hans Zimmer
119	BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S	1961	Henry Mancini
120	CHARADE	1963	Henry Mancini
121	HATARI!	1962	Henry Mancini
122	THE PINK PANTHER	1964	Henry Mancini
123	TOUCH OF EVIL	1958	Henry Mancini
124	WAIT UNTIL DARK	1967	Henry Mancini
125	MRS. MINIVER	1942	Herbert Stothart
126	THE GOOD EARTH	1937	Herbert Stothart
127	THE WIZARD OF OZ	1939	Herbert Stothart
128	THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore
129	THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS	1991	Howard Shore
130	AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	1957	Hugo Friedhofer
131	THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES	1946	Hugo Friedhofer
132	SHAFT	1971	Isaac Hayes
133	APOLLO 13	1995	James Horner
134	BRAVEHEART	1995	James Horner
135	FIELD OF DREAMS	1989	James Horner
136	GLORY	1989	James Horner
137	TITANIC	1997	James Horner
138	THE FUGITIVE	1993	James Newton Howard
139	THE VILLAGE	2004	James Newton Howard
140	WYATT EARP	1994	James Newton Howard
141	THE BIG COUNTRY	1958	Jerome Moross
142	THE CARDINAL	1963	Jerome Moross
143	STRAW DOGS	1971	Jerry Fielding
144	THE WILD BUNCH	1969	Jerry Fielding
145	A PATCH OF BLUE	1965	Jerry Goldsmith
146	ALIEN	1979	Jerry Goldsmith
147	CHINATOWN	1974	Jerry Goldsmith
148	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL	1997	Jerry Goldsmith
149	PAPILLON	1973	Jerry Goldsmith
150	PATTON	1970	Jerry Goldsmith
151	PLANET OF THE APES	1968	Jerry Goldsmith
152	STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE	1979	Jerry Goldsmith
153	THE OMEN	1976	Jerry Goldsmith
154	THE SAND PEBBLES	1966	Jerry Goldsmith
155	THE WIND AND THE LION	1975	Jerry Goldsmith
156	SLEUTH	1972	John Addison
157	BODY HEAT	1981	John Barry
158	BORN FREE	1966	John Barry
159	DANCES WITH WOLVES	1990	John Barry
160	GOLDFINGER	1964	John Barry
161	OUT OF AFRICA	1985	John Barry
162	SOMEWHERE IN TIME	1980	John Barry
163	THE LION IN WINTER	1968	John Barry
164	ALTERED STATES	1980	John Corigliano
165	YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN	1974	John Morris
166	A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE	2001	John Williams
167	CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE KIND	1977	John Williams
168	E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL	1982	John Williams
169	HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE	2001	John Williams
170	JAWS	1975	John Williams
171	RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK	1981	John Williams
172	SCHINDLER’S LIST	1993	John Williams
173	STAR WARS	1977	John Williams
174	SUPERMAN	1978	John Williams
175	THE COWBOYS	1972	John Williams
176	THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK	1987	John Williams
177	RAINTREE COUNTY	1957	Johnny Green
178	THE SANDPIPER	1965	Johnny Mandel
179	BULLITT	1968	Lalo Schifrin
180	COOL HAND LUKE	1967	Lalo Schifrin
181	DIRTY HARRY	1971	Lalo Schifrin
182	BECKET	1964	Laurence Rosenthal
183	THE MIRACLE WORKER	1962	Laurence Rosenthal
184	ON THE WATERFRONT	1954	Leonard Bernstein
185	EAST OF EDEN	1955	Leonard Rosenman
186	FANTASTIC VOYAGE	1966	Leonard Rosenman
187	REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE	1955	Leonard Rosenman
188	THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI	1957	Malcom Arnold
189	THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS	1958	Malcom Arnold
190	CITY SLICKERS	1991	Marc Shaiman
191	THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT	1995	Marc Shaiman
192	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT	1992	Mark Isham
193	SOPHIE’S CHOICE	1982	Marvin Hamlisch
194	THE WAY WE WERE	1973	Marvin Hamlisch
195	A PASSAGE TO INDIA	1984	Maurice Jarre
196	DOCTOR ZHIVAGO	1965	Maurice Jarre
197	LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962	Maurice Jarre
198	RYAN’S DAUGHTER	1970	Maurice Jarre
199	A SUMMER PLACE	1959	Max Steiner
200	ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN	1948	Max Steiner
201	CASABLANCA	1942	Max Steiner
202	DARK VICTORY	1939	Max Steiner
203	GONE WITH THE WIND	1939	Max Steiner
204	JEZEBEL	1938	Max Steiner
205	JOHNNY BELINDA	1948	Max Steiner
206	KING KONG	1933	Max Steiner
207	NOW, VOYAGER	1942	Max Steiner
208	THE INFORMER	1968	Max Steiner
209	THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE	1948	Max Steiner
210	ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES	1991	Michael Kamen
211	SUMMER OF ‘42	1971	Michel Legrand
212	THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR	1968	Michel Legrand
213	A DOUBLE LIFE	1947	Miklos Rozsa
214	BEN-HUR	1959	Miklos Rozsa
215	DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944	Miklos Rozsa
216	EL CID	1961	Miklos Rozsa
217	IVANHOE	1952	Miklos Rozsa
218	KING OF KINGS	1961	Miklos Rozsa
219	MADAME BOVARY	1949	Miklos Rozsa
220	QUO VADIS?	1951	Miklos Rozsa
221	SPELLBOUND	1945	Miklos Rozsa
222	THE LOST WEEKEND	1945	Miklos Rozsa
223	THE THIEF OF BAGDAD	1940	Miklos Rozsa
224	THE GODFATHER	1972	Nino Rota
225	WAR AND PEACE	1956	Nino Rota
226	MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	1993	Patrick Doyle
227	SENSE AND SENSIBILITY	1995	Patrick Doyle
228	THE HOURS	2002	Philip Glass
229	IN COLD BLOOD	1967	Quincy Jones
230	IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT	1967	Quincy Jones
231	CHOCOLAT	2000	Rachel Portman
232	THE CIDER HOUSE RULES	1999	Rachel Portman
233	AVALON	1990	Randy Newman
234	RAGTIME	1981	Randy Newman
235	THE NATURAL	1984	Randy Newman
236	EQUUS	1977	Richard Rodney Bennett
237	MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS	1974	Richard Rodney Bennett
238	CAT PEOPLE	1942	Roy Webb
239	NOTORIOUS	1946	Roy Webb
240	SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE	1998	Stephen Warbeck
241	25TH HOUR	2002	Terence Blanchard
242	AMERICAN BEAUTY	1999	Thomas Newman
243	THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION	1994	Thomas Newman
244	BLADE RUNNER	1982	Vangelis
245	CHARIOTS OF FIRE	1981	Vangelis
246	AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS	1956	Victor Young
247	FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS	1943	Victor Young
248	SAMSON AND DELILAH	1949	Victor Young
249	SHANE	1953	Victor Young
250	LOUISIANA STORY	1948	Virgil Thompson

Seguro que a mucha gente le faltará alguna y les sobrarán otras, pero hay que estar de acuerdo en que se le pueden poner pocos peros a esta selección. Por último relacionamos las que se convirtieron en las VEINTICINCO MEJORES de la historia del cine americano hasta el 2005, según la AFI (American Film Institute).

	TÍTULO ORIGINAL	AÑO	COMP0SITOR
1	Star Wars	1977	John Williams
2	Gone with the Wind	1939	Max Steiner
3	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	Maurice Jarre
4	Psycho	1960	Bernard Herrmann
5	The Godfather	1972	Nino Rota
6	Jaws	1975	John Williams
7	Laura	1944	David Raksin
8	The Magnificent Seven	1960	Elmer Bernstein
9	Chinatown	1974	Jerry Goldsmith
10	High Noon	1952	Dimitri Tiomkin
11	The Adventures of Robin Hood	1938	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12	Vertigo	1958	Bernard Herrmann
13	King Kong	1933	Max Steiner
14	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams
15	Out of Africa	1985	John Barry
16	Sunset Boulevard	1950	Franz Waxman
17	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	Elmer Bernstein
18	Planet of the Apes	1968	Jerry Goldsmith
19	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	Alex North
20	The Pink Panther	1964	Henry Mancini
21	Ben-Hur	1959	Miklós Rózsa
22	On the Waterfront	1954	Leonard Bernstein
23	The Mission	1986	Ennio Morricone
24	On Golden Pond	1981	Dave Grusin
25	How the West Was Won	1962	Alfred Newman, Ken Darby