60 Soundtracks to Consider

Kurt Harden of Cultural Offering recently asked me for a list of my favorite film soundtracks. A serious music fan, Kurt often lists Essential Mixes on his blog and so his request is somewhat daunting. I am certain that many great ones have been overlooked but here, in no particular order, is my list. [I've put asterisks next to the ones I find myself listening to the most.]

1. Ben-Hur 
2. Lawrence of Arabia *
3. The Thin Red Line *
4. To Kill a Mockingbird *
5. Cinema Paradiso *
6. Nowhere in Africa *
7. Gladiator *
8. The Last of The Mohicans *
9. The Cowboys *
10. Sense and Sensibility *
11. Jesus of Nazareth
12. The Godfather
13. My Fair Lady
14. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
15. El Cid
16. DragonHeart *
17. Ten Years in Tibet *
18. Amelie *
19. Chariots of Fire
20. The Lion in Winter
21. Get Shorty *
22. Braveheart *
23. Gone With The Wind
24. Shakespeare in Love *
25. Deep Impact *
26. Sleepless in Seattle [More of a collection of great songs]
27. Doctor Zhivago
28. Jurassic Park *
29. Mary Queen of Scots
30. We Were Soldiers *
31. The Big Country
32. Star Wars
33. Topsy-Turvy
34. The Piano
35. True Grit [new version] *
36. The Cider House Rules
37. The Magnificent Seven
38. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
39. Finding Nemo
40. Witness
41. Saving Private Ryan
42. Fiddler on the Roof
43. Master and Commander *
44. October Sky
45. House of Sand and Fog
46. Gettysburg
47. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part Two *
48. Is Paris Burning?
49. Nicholas Nickleby *
50. A Beautiful Mind
51. Road to Perdition
52. Michael Collins
53. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
54. Big Fish [Another collection of great songs]
55. Batman Begins
56. Father of the Bride
57. West Side Story
58. South Pacific
59. Oklahoma!
60. Midnight Express