The Best Film Scores of All Time (OLLI)

The American Film Institute released a list of the best film scores, including many well-known classics and some surprises. The composers of those scores have something in common—a fascinating life and a solid career. Let’s journey through the process of creating these historical pieces that express the movie's message without words and that evoke an emotional response even the most brilliant dialogue and images cannot. Classics such as Gone With the Wind, Laura, To Kill a Mockingbird, Planet of the Apes, Jaws, Star Wars, Psycho, are part of the journey as well as other masterpieces, and even some film scores that have become more popular than the films they accompany.