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Mine is A Small Talent for War by the amazing Christopher Young. (when I mentioned it to him, he looked at me quizzically and said "you like that?". The short answer was a massive yes).
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For now, I’ll have to go with Newman’s The Gunfighter (really glad Kritzerland included it on their Henry King set). The only other short score I think of actually runs slightly over 5 minutes and that’s Rózsa’s The Asphalt Jungle (not counting the source music, which Rózsa didn’t write).
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My mind immediately went to Elmer Bernstein's "Hud," but as it turns out that actually runs six minutes. Michel Legrand's "Vivre sa vie" came to my mind next, but I don't think it's less than five minutes (I also understand that Legrand originally wrote a much longer score but most of it was tossed out in favor of simply repeating the "main theme").
There are a number of films, like "Diabolique" and "Wages of Fear" (both with music by Georges Auric), that I believe only have a main and end title. But I can't think of too many films with an extremely sparse proper score (i.e. more than a main and end title, but less than five minutes total). I'm curious what others will come up with.
I would love a recording of "Diabolique" (an eerie piece that sets up the film beautifully) and I have a re-recording of "Wages of Fear" (that title music really percolates) on an Auric compilation).
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Track # 33 on this Digitmovies CD of 3 Lavagnino peplum has a less-than-five-minutes suite from the 1964 Il colosso di Roma muzio scevola
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33, Il Colosso Di Roma, Muzio Scevola (Suite), 4:27
Apparently, this is all Lavagnino wrote for this flick which utilized C.A.M. stock library music cues.
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My mind immediately went to Elmer Bernstein's "Hud," but as it turns out that actually runs six minutes.
Actually just under seven! Would be my vote too.
But instead I guess I'll go with Jerry Goldsmith's Soarin' Over California. If including the (currently unreleased on CD) Intro and Exit Music, it goes over 5 minutes. But if only talking about the ride score itself, it qualifies. 
Yavar
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Is there anything in THE DAY OF THE JACKAL beyond the main title? (Not that it's a favourite by any means, but it's the only really short score I can think of for which an A-list composer is actually credited.)
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Paperman by Christophe Beck for the Disney short of the same name. The release is 4:59 so it qualifies.
And it’s pretty damn wonderful I agree.
Yavar
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