FSM Reader Poll
by Jack J. Bailey
These are the total results of the FSM Readers Poll conducted late year, the summated results of which are printed in the new January 1998 issue (Vol. 3, No. 1). Thanks to all the readers who responded!
127 Total Responses
November 1997
Favorite Soundtrack of All Time
Score Composer Votes
Ben-Hur Rozsa 30
The Empire Strikes Back Williams 23
Vertigo Herrmann 19
Raiders of the Lost Ark Williams 17
Star Wars Williams 16
E. T. Williams 14
Planet of the Apes Goldsmith 11
The Big Country Moross 10
Batman Elfman 9
Conan The Barbarian Poledouris 9
El Cid Rozsa 9
Jaws Williams 9
Star Wars Trilogy Williams 8
The Magnificent Seven Bernstein 8
To Kill a Mockingbird Bernstein 8
Psycho Herrmann 7
Under Fire Goldsmith 7
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Goldsmith 6
King Kong Steiner 5
Once Upon a Time in The West Morricone 5
Poltergeist Goldsmith 5
Spartacus North 5
Superman Williams 5
The Adventures of Robin Hood Korngold 5
The Best Years Of Our Lives Friedhofer 5
Body Heat Barry 4
Citizen Kane Herrmann 4
Glory Horner 4
Goldfinger Barry 4
Kings Row Korngold 4
Lawrence of Arabia Jarre 4
North by Northwest Herrmann 4
Schindler's List Williams 4
Spellbound Rozsa 4
The Ten Commandments Bernstein 4
Alexander Nevsky Prokofiev 3
Batman Returns Elfman 3
Brazil Kamen 3
Bullitt Schifrin 3
Dead Ringer Previn (Shore?) 3
Edward Scissorhands Elfman 3
Gettysburg Edelman 3
Gone With the Wind Steiner 3
Henry V Doyle 3
Obsession Herrmann 3
Return to Oz Shire 3
Taras Bulba Waxman 3
The Captain from Castile Newman, A 3
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Herrmann 3
The Omen Goldsmith 3
The Thief of Bagdad Rozsa 3
The Wild Bunch Fielding 3
The Wind and the Lion Goldsmith 3
1900 Morricone 2
Alien 3 Goldenthal 2
Blade Runner Vangelis 2
Chinatown Goldsmith 2
Cleopatra North 2
Close Encounters/3rd Kind Williams 2
Diamonds Are Forever Barry 2
Duck U Sucker Morricone 2
Hellraiser Young, C 2
High Noon Tiomkin 2
Hook Williams 2
Jurassic Park Williams 2
King Kong (Barry) Barry 2
Krull Horner 2
Laura Raksin 2
Legends of the Fall Horner 2
My Life Barry 2
Mysterious Island Herrmann 2
Once Upon a Time in America Morricone 2
Out of Africa Barry 2
Raintree Country Green 2
Robin and Marian Barry 2
Somewhere in Time Barry 2
Star Trek II Horner 2
Star Trek III: Search/Spock Horner 2
The Alamo Tiomkin 2
The Day The Earth Stood Still Herrmann 2
The Fall of the Roman Empire Tiomkin 2
The Godfather II Rota 2
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Morricone 2
The Greatest Story Ever Told Newman, A 2
The Last Valley Barry 2
The Mission Morricone 2
The Natural Newman, R 2
The Nightmare Before Christmas Elfman 2
The Robe Newman, A 2
The Sea Hawk Korngold 2
The Shawshank Redemption Newman, T 2
The Untouchables Morricone 2
Total Recall Goldsmith 2
Willow Horner 2
Soundtracks with one vote: 171
Total Votes: 602
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Favorite Soundtrack of the 1990s
Score Composer Votes
Schindler's List Williams 21
Dances With Wolves Barry 18
Jurassic Park Williams 16
Alien 3 Goldenthal 12
Edward Scissorhands Elfman 12
Basic Instinct Goldsmith 11
Stargate Arnold 11
The Shawshank Redemption Newman, T 10
First Knight Goldsmith 9
Bram Stoker's Dracula Kilar 8
Gettysburg Edelman 8
The Last of the Mohicans Jones/Edelman 8
Mission Impossible Elfman 7
Apollo 13 Horner 6
Braveheart Horner 6
Rosewood Williams 6
The Nightmare Before Christmas Elfman 6
The Specialist Barry 6
Tombstone Broughton 6
Twister Mancina 6
Backdraft Zimmer 5
Black Beauty Elfman 5
Forrest Gump Silvestri 5
Hook Williams 5
JFK Williams 5
Legends of the Fall Horner 5
The Rocketeer Horner 5
Air Force One Goldsmith 4
Batman Returns Elfman 4
Cutthroat Island Debney 4
Little Women Newman, T 4
Much Ado About Nothing Doyle 4
The Age Of Innocence Bernstein 4
The Grifters Bernstein 4
The Piano Nyman 4
The Usual Suspects Ottman 4
Total Recall Goldsmith 4
Wyatt Earp Howard 4
1492 Vangelis 3
A Little Princess Doyle 3
Army of Darkness Loduca/Elfman 3
Crash Shore 3
Crimson Tide Zimmer 3
Dave Howard 3
Ed Wood Shore 3
Far and Away Williams 3
Grand Canyon Newton, H 3
Lonesome Dove Poledouris 3
Mars Attacks Elfman 3
Rudy Goldsmith 3
The Hunt For Red October Poledouris 3
The Player Newman, T 3
The Russia House Goldsmith 3
A River Runs Through It Isham 2
Back to the Future III Silvestri 2
Baraka Stearns 2
Batman Elfman 2
Batman Forever Goldenthal 2
Beauty and the Beast Menken 2
Beyond Rangoon Zimmer 2
Congo Goldsmith 2
Copy Cat Young, C 2
Dead Again Doyle 2
Don Juan DeMarco Kamen 2
Dragonheart Edelman 2
Henry V Doyle 2
Home Alone Saparoff 2
Howards End Robbins 2
Hudsucker Proxy Burwell 2
Independence Day Arnold 2
Judge Dredd Silvestri 2
Jungle Book Poledouris 2
Love Field Goldsmith 2
Medicine Man Goldsmith 2
Memphis Belle Fenton 2
Mulholland Falls Grusin 2
Murder in the First Young, C 2
Nell Isham 2
Nixon Williams 2
Restoration Howard 2
Rob Roy Burwell 2
Rudy Goldsmith 2
Sabrina Williams 2
Sense and Sensibility Doyle 2
Sommersby Elfman 2
Son of the Morning Star Safan 2
Speed Mancina 2
Stanley and Iris Williams 2
Star Trek: First Contact Goldsmith 2
The American President Shaiman 2
The Ghost and the Darkness Goldsmith 2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Menken 2
The Lion King Zimmer 2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Williams 2
The Man Without A Face Horner 2
The Saint Various 2
The Secret Garden Preisner 2
The Spitfire Grill Horner 2
The Vagrant Young, C 2
Wolf Morricone 2
Soundtracks with one vote: 131
Total Votes: 542
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Soundtracks Readers Want Released on CD
Score Composer Votes
Die Hard Kamen 8
Predator Silvestri 7
Young Sherlock Holmes Broughton 7
Cleopatra North 6
Fly Away Home Isham 6
Tron Carlos 6
Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom Williams 5
Raise The Titanic Barry 5
Dead Presidents Elfman 4
Monsignor Williams 4
The Black Hole Barry 4
Batman and Robin Goldenthal 3
Jaws Williams 3
List of Adrian Messenger Goldsmith 3
Our Mother's House Morricone 3
Scrooged Elfman 3
Species Young, C 3
Superman IV Courage 3
Tess Sarde 3
The Challenge Goldsmith 3
The Journey of Natty Gann Horner 3
The Omega Man Grainer 3
The Poseidon Adventure Williams 3
The Satan Bug Goldsmith 3
The Swarm Goldsmith 3
The Twilight Zone: The Movie Goldsmith 3
Wait Until Dark Mancini 3
2010: Odyssey Two Shire 2
Apollo 13 Horner 2
Back to the Future Silvestri 2
Black Sunday Williams 2
Body Heat Barry 2
Breakheart Pass Goldsmith 2
Dirty Harry Schifrin 2
Duel in the Sun Tiomkin 2
Eye of the Needle Rozsa 2
Fistful of Dollars Morricone 2
For A Few Dollars More Morricone 2
Garden of Evil Herrmann 2
Gloria Conti 2
Gunfight at OK Coral Tiomkin 2
Hanover Street Barry 2
Heartbeeps Williams 2
Images Williams 2
Invaders From Mars (1953) Glickman 2
Joe Versus the Volcano Delerue 2
Kings of the Sun Bernstein 2
Klute Small 2
Land of the Pharaohs Tiomkin 2
Living Daylights Barry 2
Love...A Many Splendored Thing Newman, A 2
Mary Queen Of Scotts Barry 2
Midway Williams 2
On The Beach Gold 2
Patton (Original Soundtrack) Goldsmith 2
Point Break Isham 2
Quo Vadis Rozsa 2
Rio Bravo Tiomkin 2
Silent Running Schickele 2
Soldier of Fortune Friedhofer 2
Song of Bernadette Newman, A 2
Take a Hard Ride Goldsmith 2
The Exorcist II Morricone 2
The Last Valley Barry 2
The Night of the Hunter Schuman 2
The Tenant Sarde 2
The Thief of Bagdad Rozsa 2
The Trigger Effect Howard 2
The Witches of Eastwick Williams 2
They Might Be Giants Barry 2
Wargames Rubinstein 2
White Fang Poledouris 2
Soundtracks with one vote: 292
Total Votes: 492
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Favorite Composer of All Time
Composer Votes
Jerry Goldsmith 81
John Williams 72
Bernard Herrmann 61
Miklos Rozsa 41
John Barry 37
Danny Elfman 24
Elmer Bernstein 24
Erich Korngold 20
James Horner 20
Max Steiner 18
Ennio Morricone 17
Alfred Newman 12
Alex North 11
Dimitri Tiomkin 11
Franz Waxman 10
Alan Silvestri 7
Basil Poledouris 6
Elliot Goldenthal 6
Georges Delerue 6
Nino Rota 5
Henry Mancini 4
Patrick Doyle 4
Christopher Young 3
Hugo Friedhofer 3
John Carpenter 3
Lalo Schifrin 3
David Grusin 2
Hans Zimmer 2
Mark Isham 2
Maurice Jarre 2
Michael Kamen 2
Thomas Newman 2
Victor Young 2
Composers with one vote: 39
Total Votes: 562
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Favorite Composer of the 1990s
Composer Votes
Danny Elfman 53
John Williams 42
Jerry Goldsmith 41
James Horner 35
Thomas Newman 26
Patrick Doyle 23
Elliot Goldenthal 22
Bruce Broughton 16
John Barry 16
Alan Silvestri 15
James Newton Howard 14
David Arnold 13
Hans Zimmer 12
Basil Poledouris 10
Howard Shore 10
Carter Burwell 9
Randy Edelman 9
Shirley Walker 9
Rachel Portman 8
Christopher Young 7
Mark Isham 7
Ennio Morricone 6
Mark Mancina 6
Elmer Bernstein 5
John Debney 5
Michael Kamen 5
Zbigniew Preisner 5
Alan Menken 4
Lee Holdridge 4
Michael Nyman 4
Robert Folk 4
Angelo Badalamenti 3
Cliff Eidelman 3
David Newman 3
Joel McNeely 3
Marc Shaiman 3
David Grusin 2
George Fenton 2
Graeme Revell 2
John Scott 2
Joseph LoDuca 2
Mark Snow 2
Wojciech Kilar 2
Composers with one vote: 27
Total Votes: 501
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Composer by Soundtrack Report
Composer/Title Category Votes
Arnold
Independence Day 1990's Favorite 2
Stargate 1990's Favorite 11
Barry
Body Heat All Time Favorite 4
Body Heat Want Released 2
Dances With Wolves 1990's Favorite 18
Diamonds Are Forever All Time Favorite 2
Goldfinger All Time Favorite 4
Hanover Street Want Released 2
King Kong All Time Favorite 2
Living Daylights Want Released 2
Mary Queen Of Scotts Want Released 2
My Life All Time Favorite 2
Out of Africa All Time Favorite 2
Raise The Titanic Want Released 5
Robin and Marian All Time Favorite 2
Somewhere in Time All Time Favorite 2
The Black Hole Want Released 4
The Last Valley All Time Favorite 2
The Last Valley Want Released 2
The Specialist 1990's Favorite 6
They Might Be Giants Want Released 2
Bernstein, E
Kings of the Sun Want Released 2
The Age Of Innocence 1990's Favorite 4
The Grifters 1990's Favorite 4
The Magnificent Seven All Time Favorite 8
The Ten Commandments All Time Favorite 4
To Kill a Mockingbird All Time Favorite 8
Broughton
Tombstone 1990's Favorite 6
Young Sherlock Holmes Want Released 7
Burwell
Hudsucker Proxy 1990's Favorite 2
Rob Roy 1990's Favorite 2
Carlos
Tron Want Released 6
Conti
Gloria Want Released 2
Courage
Superman IV Want Released 3
Debney
Cutthroat Island 1990's Favorite 4
Delerue
Joe Versus the Volcano Want Released 2
Doyle
A Little Princes 1990's Favorite 3
Dead Again 1990's Favorite 2
Henry V All Time Favorite 3
Henry V 1990's Favorite 2
Much Ado About Nothing 1990's Favorite 4
Sense and Sensibility 1990's Favorite 2
Edelman
Dragonheart 1990's Favorite 2
Gettysburg All Time Favorite 3
Gettysburg 1990's Favorite 8
Elfman
Batman All Time Favorite 9
Batman 1990's Favorite 2
Batman Returns All Time Favorite 3
Batman Returns 1990's Favorite 4
Black Beauty 1990's Favorite 5
Dead Presidents Want Released 4
Edward Scissorhands All Time Favorite 3
Edward Scissorhands 1990's Favorite 12
Mars Attacks 1990's Favorite 3
Mission Impossible 1990's Favorite 7
Scrooged Want Released 3
Sommersby 1990's Favorite 2
The Nightmare Before Christmas All Time Favorite 2
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1990's Favorite 6
Fenton
Memphis Belle 1990's Favorite 2
Fielding
The Wild Bunch All Time Favorite 3
Friedhofer
Soldier of Fortune Want Released 2
The Best Years Of Our Lives All Time Favorite 5
Glickman
Invaders From Mars (1953) Want Released 2
Gold
On The Beach Want Released 2
Goldenthal
Alien 3 All Time Favorite 2
Alien 3 1990's Favorite 12
Batman and Robin Want Released 3
Batman Forever 1990's Favorite 2
Goldsmith
Air Force One 1990's Favorite 4
Basic Instinct 1990's Favorite 11
Breakheart Pass Want Released 2
Chinatown All Time Favorite 2
Congo 1990's Favorite 2
First Knight 1990's Favorite 9
List of Adrian Massinger Want Released 3
Love Field 1990's Favorite 2
Medicine Man 1990's Favorite 2
Patton (Original ST) Want Released 2
Planet of the Apes All Time Favorite 11
Poltergeist All Time Favorite 5
Rudy 1990's Favorite 3
Star Trek: First Contact 1990's Favorite 2
Star Trek: The Motion Picture All Time Favorite 6
Take a Hard Ride Want Released 2
The Challenge Want Released 3
The Ghost and the Darkness 1990's Favorite 2
The Omen All Time Favorite 3
The Russia House 1990's Favorite 3
The Satan Bug Want Released 3
The Swarm Want Released 3
The Twilight Zone: The Movie Want Released 3
The Wind and the Lion All Time Favorite 3
Total Recall All Time Favorite 2
Total Recall 1990's Favorite 4
Under Fire All Time Favorite 7
Grainer
The Omega Man Want Released 3
Green
Raintree Country All Time Favorite 2
Grusin
Mulholland Falls 1990's Favorite 2
Herrmann
Citizen Kane All Time Favorite 4
Garden of Evil Want Released 2
Mysterious Island All Time Favorite 2
North by Northwest All Time Favorite 4
Obsession All Time Favorite 3
Psycho All Time Favorite 7
The Day The Earth Stood Still All Time Favorite 2
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir All Time Favorite 3
Vertigo All Time Favorite 19
Horner
Apollo 13 1990's Favorite 6
Apollo 13 Want Released 2
Braveheart 1990's Favorite 6
Glory All Time Favorite 4
Krull All Time Favorite 2
Legends of the Fall All Time Favorite 2
Legends of the Fall 1990's Favorite 5
Star Trek II All Time Favorite 2
Star Trek III: Search for Spock All Time Favorite 2
The Journey of Natty Gann Want Released 3
The Man Without A Face 1990's Favorite 2
The Rocketeer 1990's Favorite 5
The Spitfire Grill 1990's Favorite 2
Willow All Time Favorite 2
Howard
Dave 1990's Favorite 3
Restoration 1990's Favorite 2
The Trigger Effect Want Released 2
Wyatt Earp 1990's Favorite 4
Isham
A River Runs Through It 1990's Favorite 2
Fly Away Home Want Released 6
Nell 1990's Favorite 2
Point Break Want Released 2
Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia All Time Favorite 4
Jones/Edelman
The Last of the Mohicans 1990's Favorite 8
Kamen
Brazil All Time Favorite 3
Die Hard Want Released 8
Don Juan DeMarco 1990's Favorite 2
Kilar
Bram Stoker's Dracula 1990's Favorite 8
Korngold
Kings Row All Time Favorite 4
The Adventures of Robin Hood All Time Favorite 5
The Sea Hawk All Time Favorite 2
Loduca/Elfman
Army of Darkness 1990's Favorite 3
Mancina
Speed 1990's Favorite 2
Twister 1990's Favorite 6
Mancini
Wait Until Dark Want Released 3
Menken
Beauty and the Beast 1990's Favorite 2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1990's Favorite 2
Moross
The Big Country All Time Favorite 10
Morricone
1900 All Time Favorite 2
Duck U Sucker All Time Favorite 2
Fistful of Dollars Want Released 2
For A Few Dollars More Want Released 2
Once Upon a Time in America All Time Favorite 2
Once Upon a Time in The West All Time Favorite 5
Our Mother's House Want Released 3
The Exorcist II Want Released 2
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly All Time Favorite 2
The Mission All Time Favorite 2
The Untouchables All Time Favorite 2
Wolf 1990's Favorite 2
Newman, A
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Want Released 2
Song of Bernadette Want Released 2
The Captain from Castile All Time Favorite 3
The Greatest Story Ever Told All Time Favorite 2
The Robe All Time Favorite 2
Newman, R
The Natural All Time Favorite 2
Newman, T
Little Women 1990's Favorite 4
The Player 1990's Favorite 3
The Shawshank Redemption All Time Favorite 2
The Shawshank Redemption 1990's Favorite 10
Newton, H
Grand Canyon 1990's Favorite 3
North
Cleopatra All Time Favorite 2
Cleopatra Want Released 6
Spartacus All Time Favorite 5
Nyman
The Piano 1990's Favorite 4
Ottman
The Usual Suspects 1990's Favorite 4
Poledouris
Conan The Barbarian All Time Favorite 9
Jungle Book 1990's Favorite 2
Lonesome Dove 1990's Favorite 3
The Hunt For Red October 1990's Favorite 3
White Fang Want Released 2
Preisner
The Secret Garden 1990's Favorite 2
Previn
Dead Ringer All Time Favorite 3
Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky All Time Favorite 3
Raksin
Laura All Time Favorite 2
Robbins
Howards End 1990's Favorite 2
Rota
The Godfather II All Time Favorite 2
Rozsa
Ben-Hur All Time Favorite 30
El Cid All Time Favorite 9
Eye of the Needle Want Released 2
Quo Vadis Want Released 2
Spellbound All Time Favorite 4
The Thief of Bagdad All Time Favorite 3
The Thief of Bagdad Want Released 2
Rubinstein
Wargames Want Released 2
Safan
Son of the Morning Star 1990's Favorite 2
Sarde
Tess Want Released 3
The Tenant Want Released 2
Schickele
Silent Running Want Released 2
Schifrin
Bullitt All Time Favorite 3
Dirty Harry Want Released 2
Schuman
The Night of the Hunter Want Released 2
Scott
Ruby 1990's Favorite 2
Shaiman
The American President 1990's Favorite 2
Shire
2010: Odyssey Two Want Released 2
Return to Oz All Time Favorite 3
Shore
Crash 1990's Favorite 3
Ed Wood 1990's Favorite 3
Silvestri
Back to the Future Want Released 2
Back to the Future III 1990's Favorite 2
Forrest Gump 1990's Favorite 5
Judge Dredd 1990's Favorite 2
Predator Want Released 7
Small
Klute Want Released 2
Stearns
Baraka 1990's Favorite 2
Steiner
Gone With the Wind All Time Favorite 3
King Kong (Steiner) All Time Favorite 5
Tiomkin
Duel in the Sun Want Released 2
Gunfight at the OK Corral Want Released 2
High Noon All Time Favorite 2
Land of the Pharaohs Want Released 2
Rio Bravo Want Released 2
The Alamo All Time Favorite 2
The Fall of the Roman Empire All Time Favorite 2
Vangelis
1492 1990's Favorite 3
Blade Runner All Time Favorite 2
Waxman
Taras Bulba All Time Favorite 3
Williams
Black Sunday Want Released 2
Close Encounters/3rd Kind All Time Favorite 2
E. T. All Time Favorite 14
Far and Away 1990's Favorite 3
Heartbeeps Want Released 2
Hook All Time Favorite 2
Hook 1990's Favorite 5
Home Alone 1990's Favorite 2
Images Want Released 2
Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom Want Released 5
Jaws All Time Favorite 9
Jaws Want Released 3
JFK 1990's Favorite 5
Jurassic Park All Time Favorite 2
Jurassic Park 1990's Favorite 16
Midway Want Released 2
Monsignor Want Released 4
Nixon 1990's Favorite 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark All Time Favorite 17
Rosewood 1990's Favorite 6
Sabrina 1990's Favorite 2
Schindler's List All Time Favorite 4
Schindler's List 1990's Favorite 21
Stanley and Iris 1990's Favorite 2
Star Wars All Time Favorite 16
Star Wars Trilogy All Time Favorite 8
Superman All Time Favorite 5
The Empire Strikes Back All Time Favorite 23
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1990's Favorite 2
The Poseidon Adventure Want Released 3
The Witches of Eastwick Want Released 2
Young, C
Copy Cat 1990's Favorite 2
Hellraiser All Time Favorite 2
Murder in the First 1990's Favorite 2
Species Want Released 3
The Vagrant 1990's Favorite 2
Zimmer
Backdraft 1990's Favorite 5
Beyond Rangoon 1990's Favorite 2
Crimson Tide 1990's Favorite 3
The Lion King 1990's Favorite 2
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