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The Big Country (Jerome Moross)
Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams)
Conan, The Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)
East of Eden (Leonard Rosenman)
The Lion in Winter (John Barry)
Lust for Life (Miklós Rózsa)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Sea Hawk (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Bruce Broughton)
Now, I've always been intensely critical of the likes of John Barry, i.e. for the lack of compositional flexibility (orchestrations, counterpoint) and craftsmanship. JB was, to all ends, an autodidact, and that did limit his modes of expression. But he did have a great sense of melody and drama, which, often, won the day - and when it did, it did so in a big way. That said, all the other composers in this list were technically far, far ahead. 
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Here are ten film scores where the music is so much a part of the film's very fabric that the film would feel entirely different (and perhaps not in a good way) with a different score:
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
Double Indemnity (Miklos Rozsa)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (John Williams)
Obsession (Bernard Herrmann)
Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North)
Summer And Smoke (Elmer Bernstein)
Taxi Driver (Bernard Herrmann)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
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I've probably made this lists a dozen or more times in various threads here and at other forums over the years, and no doubt the list varies a little over time, but right now it's so hard to bring it down to ten that you ahve to realize while readiing my personal list that many great scores that could have easily been on it, are not presant.
In no special order:
1. Conan the Babarian (Basil Poledouris)
2. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
3. Troy (rejected score; Gabriel Yared)
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (James Horner)
5. Jaws (John Williams)
6. The Ten Commandments (Elmer Bernstein)
7. North By Northwest (Bernard Herrmann)
8. Dances With Wolves (John Barry)
9. The Omega Man (Ron Grainer)
10. Capricorn One
1. Done. Intrada.
2. Not done. Unfortunately, the short release by Varese was done after 1990, when most of the title's rights are held "in perpetuity", so unless they do it, Screwedville.
3. Isn't possible for a long time.
4. Dome. FSM.
5. Done, but not satisfactory. Maybe coming from Intrada later.
6. Not done, but coming.
7. Done. Intrada.
8. Mostly done.
9. Done. FSM.
10. Done. Intrada.
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There are so many and I tried to have a variety of scores and composers, but this is what I came up with:
01. Bride of Frankenstein
02. Green Dolphin Street
03. The Adventures of Don Juan
04. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
05. Vertigo
06. Charade
07. You Only Live Twice
08. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
09. Superman the Movie
10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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1. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
3. The Ten Commandments (Elmer Bernstein)
4. Star Wars (John Williams)
5. Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
7. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
8. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Prokofiev)
9. The Sea Hawk (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
10. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Star trek 1-3
Die hard 1-3
Superman: The Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
Krull
Cliffhanger
CutThroat Island
Executive Decision
Independence Day
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The Empire Strikes Back
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws
Poltergeist
Superman
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
Clash of the Titans
Conan the Barbarian
The Goonies
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Hook
The Empire Strikes Back
The Fellowship of the Ring
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Batman
Star Trek II
Aliens
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Conan the Barbarian
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Children of Dune
Krull
Cutthroat Island
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Return of the Jedi
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Jurassic Park
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Hook
The Empire Strikes Back
The Fellowship of the Ring
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Batman
Star Trek II
Aliens
I like your list. Just kidding - I LOVE your list.
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