AFI’s Top 25 Film Scores, Honoring America’s Greatest Film Music, Piano, Listed by Ranking

1. Main Theme from Star Wars, John Williams
2. Tara’s Theme from Gone with the Wind, Max Steiner
3. Theme from Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre
4. Prelude, Theme from Psycho, Bernard Herrmann
5. Love Theme from The Godfather, Nino Rota
6. Theme from Jaws, John Williams
7. Laura, David Raskin, Johnny Mercer
8. The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein
9. Chinatown, Jerry Godsmith
10. Do Not Forsake Me from High Noon, Dimitri Tiomkin
11. March of the Merry Men from The Adventures of Robin Hood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12. Theme from Vertigo, Bernard Herrmann
13. Main Title from King Kong, Max Steiner
14. Theme from E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial; John Williams
15. The Music of Goodbye, Love Theme from Out of Africa, John Barry
16. An Aging Actress from Sunset Boulevard, Franz Waxman
17. To Kill a Mockingbird, Elmer Bernstein
18. The Hunt from Planet of the Apes, Jerry Goldsmith
19. A Streetcar Named Desire, Alex North
20. The Pink Panther, Henry Mancini
21. Main Title from Ben-Hur, Miklos Rosza
22. On the Waterfront, Leonard Bernstein
23. Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, Ennio Morricone
24. Main Theme from On Golden Pond, Dave Grusin
25. Main Title from How the West Was Won, Alfred Newman

AFI’s Top 100 Movie Songs, America’s Greatest Music in the Movies, Piano, Vocal, Guitar

• Ain’t Too Proud to Beg from The Big Chill, Edward Holland, Norman Whitfield
• America from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
• And All That Jazz from Chicago, John Kander, Fred Ebb
• Aquarius from Hair, Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni
• Best That You Can Do, Arthur’s Theme from Arthur, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen
• As Time Goes By from Casablanca, Herman Hupfeld
• Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
• Born to Be Wild from Easy Rider, Mars Bonfire
• Buttons and Bows from The Paleface, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
• Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat, Irving Berlin
• Cabaret, John Kander, Fred Ebb
• Come What May from Moulin Rouge, David Baerwald
• Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
• Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jule Styne, Leo Robin
• Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead from The Wizard of Oz, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
• Everybody’s Talkin’, Echoes from Midnight Cowboy, Fred Neil
• Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
• Don’t Rain on My Parade from Funny Girl, Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
• Evergreen from A Star is Born, Barbara Streisand, Paul Williams
• Fame, Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
• Fight the Power from Do the Right Thing, Eric Sadler, Keith Boxley, Carlton Ridenhour
• Theme from Footloose, Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
• Flashdance … What A Feeling from Flashdance, Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
• Forty Second Street from 42nd Street, Harry Warren, Al Dubin
• Get Happy from Summer Stock, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
• Gonna Fly Now, Theme from Rocky, Bill Conti, Ayn Robbins, Carol Connors
• Goldfinger, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
• Good Morning from Singin’ in the Rain, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
• Hakuna Matata from The Lion King, Elton John, Tim Rice
• I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady, Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas from Meet Me in St. Louis, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
• Do Not Forsake Me from High Noon, Dimitri Timokin, Ned Washington
• I Got Rhythm from An American in Paris, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
• I Will Always Love You from The Bodyguard, Dolly Parton
• I’m Easy from Nashville, Keith Carradine
• Isn’t It Romantic? from Love Me Tonight, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
• It Had to Be You from When Harry Met Sally, Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
• Jailhouse Rock, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
• Long Ago, And Far Away from Cover Girl; Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin
• Let the River Run, Theme from Working Girl, Carly Simon
• Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off from Shall We Dance, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
• Luck Be A Lady from Guys and Dolls, Frank Loesser
• Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate, Paul Simon
• Make ‘Em Laugh from Singin’ in the Rain, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
• The Man That Got Away from A Star is Born, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
• Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
• Nine to Five, Dolly Parton
• My Favorite Things from Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
• My Heart Will Go On, Love Theme from Titanic, James Horner, Will Jennings
• New York, New York from On the Town; Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
• Theme from New York, New York; John Kander, Fred Ebb
• Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
• Ol’ Man River from Show Boat, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein
• Old Time Rock & Roll from Risky Business, George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III
• On the Good Ship Lollipop from Bright Eyes, Sidney Clare, Richard A. Whiting
• Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
• People from Funny Girl, Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
• Put the Blame on Mame from Gilda, Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
• Puttin’ on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein, Irving Berlin
• Que Sera, Sera; Whatever Will Be, Will Be from The Man Who Knew Too Much; Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
• The Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie, Paul Williams, Kenneth L. Ascher
• Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach, Hal David
• The Road to Morocco, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
• Rock Around the Clock from Blackboard Jungle, Max C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight
• The Rose, Amanda McBroom
• Seems Like Old Times from Annie Hall, John Jacob Loeb, Carmen Lombardo
• The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper, Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
• Theme from Shaft, Isaac Hayes
• Singin’ in the Rain, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
• Shall We Dance from The King and I, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
• Some Day My Prince Will Come from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
• Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
• Somewhere from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
• The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
• Stayin’ Alive from Saturday Night Fever, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Barry Gibb
• Springtime for Hitler from The Producers, Mel Brooks
• Keeps Rainin’ All the Time from Stormy Weather, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
• Streets of Philadelphia from Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen
• Suicide is Painless, Song from M*A*S*H, Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel
• Summer Nights from Grease, Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs
• Summertime from Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
• Swinging on A Star from Going My Way, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
• Thank Heaven for Little Girls from Gigi, Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
• Thanks for the Memory from The Big Broadcast of 1938, Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
• That’s Entertainment from The Bang Wagon, Arthur Schwartz, Howard Deitz
• I’ve Had, The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing; Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz
• Tonight from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
• The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis, Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
• Unchained Melody from Ghost, Alex North, Hy Zaret
• The Way We Were, Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• Up Where We Belong from An Officer and A Gentleman, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings
• The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
• When You Wish Upon A Star from Pinocchio, Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
• White Christmas from Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin
• Wing Beneath My Wings from Beaches, Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
• Yankee Doodle Boy from Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan
• The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair, Mitchel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song of the South, Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
• (Does Not Include Lose Yourself from 8 Mile)