Film Music

Film Music works in conjunction with dialogue and image to establish the mood and tone of a movie; classical, jazz, electronic -- regardless of genre, any material composed or scored expressly for use in a motion picture can be defined as film music. A soundtrack album, on the other hand, is not necessarily film music, as many of the songs that make up the record (as with those for American Graffiti, The Big Chill, Dirty Dancing, and so forth) were not originally intended for use in the movie, and other times (as in Batman Forever) don't even appear in the actual feature at all.

Film Music Artists Highlights

Nino Rota

Elmer Bernstein

Angelo Badalamenti

Danny Elfman

John Williams

John Barry

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Film Music Album Highlights

John Williams

John Williams Conducts ...

Various Artists

Spaghetti Westerns, Vol. 1

Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman: Music for a ...

Ennio Morricone

The Ennio Morricone ...

Bernard Herrmann

Music from the Great ...

Miklós Rózsa

The Epic Film Music of ...

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Film Music Song Highlights

Title/Composer	Performer	Stream
The James Bond Theme Monty Norman	John Barry
The Magnificent Seven, film score~Theme Elmer Bernstein	Elmer Bernstein
You've Got a Friend in Me Randy Newman	Randy Newman
Star Wars (Main Title) John Williams	John Williams
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Burt Bacharach / Hal David	B.J. Thomas
Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop Bernard Herrmann	Sinfonia of London Orchestra
Romeo and Juliet [Version for Piano]: Romeo and Juliet [Arr. Nino Rota	Nino Rota
Ben Hur (Prelude) Miklós Rózsa	Miklós Rózsa
Planet of the Apes (Main Title) Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Ennio Morricone	Hugo Montenegro

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