Easy Listening Instrumental Artists of the 1950’s and 60’s (who frequently recorded film
themes):
Les Baxter, Percy Faith, Billy Vaughn, Roger Williams, Al Caiola, Don Costa, Arthur Fiedler,
Mantovani, 101 Strings, Frank Chacksfield, Ray Conniff, Enoch Light, Living Strings, Johnny
Williams, Ferrante and Teicher, Nelson Riddle, Andre Kostelanetz, Peter Nero, Duane Eddy,
The Ventures, Richard Hayman, Roland Shaw, The Brass Ring, Herb Alpert.
Easy Listening Vocal Artists of the 1950’s and 60’s (who frequently sang film theme songs):
Frankie Laine, Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Patti Page, Doris Day, Jack Jones,
Robert Goulet, Shirley Bassey, Johnny Mathis, Matt Monro, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand,
Nat King Cole.
Song Scores (Scores comprised largely of original songs written directly for the screen):
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Royal Wedding, Alice in Wonderland
(1951), Cinderella, Hans Christian Anderson, Calamity Jane, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
High Society, Silk Stockings, Gigi, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Mary Poppins, What’s Up
Tiger Lily?, Doctor Dolittle, The Happiest Millionaire, Young Girls of Rochefort, You’re a Big
Boy Now, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), O Lucky Man, The Little
Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast (Disney), Newsies, Pocahontas, Once.
Major Composers and a Few Key Scores:
John Barry: Goldfinger, Zulu, Dances With Wolves, Born Free, Lion In Winter, The Knack
Elmer Bernstein: Man with the Golden Arm, Ten Commandments, Magnificent Seven, The
Great Escape, Far From Heaven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sons of Katie Elder
Georges Delerue: A Man For All Seasons, Crimes of the Heart, Jules et Jim, Steel Magnolias,
King of Hearts, Shoot the Piano Player, Day of the Dolphin
Alexandre Desplat: Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Queen, King’s Speech, Grand Budapest
Hotel, Zero Dark 30, Julie and Julia, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Monuments Men
Danny Elfman: Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Black Beauty, Girl on the
Train, Sommersby, Mission Impossible (1996), Mars Attacks,
Hugo Friedhofer: Best Years of Our Lives, One Eyed Jacks, The Bishop’s Wife, Broken Arrow,
The Young Lions, An Affair To Remember, Boy on a Dolphin
Michael Giacchino: Up, Inside Out, Tomorrowland, Jurassic World, Rogue One, Doctor Strange,
new Star Trek series, Super 8, The Incredibles, Ratatouille
Jerry Goldsmith: Patton, The Wind and the Lion, Planet of the Apes, Alien, Chinatown, The
Omen, The Blue Max, Rio Conchos, A Patch of Blue, Lonely Are the Brave
Bernard Herrmann: Citizen Kane, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Taxi
Driver, Psycho, The Trouble With Harry, 3 Worlds of Gulliver, Ghost and Mrs. Muir
James Horner: Titanic, Avatar, Field of Dreams, Glory, Braveheart, Land Before Time,
Rocketeer, Apollo 13, The Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Dad
Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Passage To India, Ryan’s Daughter,
Witness, The Train, Gorillas in the Mist, Dead Poets Society
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, Adventures of Robin Hood, Prince and the
Pauper, Juarez, The Sea Wolf, The Constant Nymph
Michel Legrand: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Summer of ’42, Three Musketeers (1973),
Thomas Crown Affair (1969), Ice Station Zebra, Young Girls of Rochefort
Henry Mancini: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Touch of Evil, Charade, Hatari!, The Pink Panther, Days
of Wine and Roses, Dear Heart, Creature from the Black Lagoon, ’10'
Ennio Morricone: Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema
Paradiso, Hateful 8, A Fistful of Dollars, Frantic, Once Upon a Time in the West
Alfred Newman: How the West Was Won, Greatest Story Ever Told, Grapes of Wrath, Street
Scene,The Robe, Airport, Captain From Castile, Song of Bernadette,
Alex North: Spartacus, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cleopatra (1963), Unchained, Who’s Afraid
of Virginia Woolf?, The Misfits, Desiree, Les Miserables (1952), Member of the Wedding
Mario Nascimbene: The Vikings, Solomon and Sheba, Room at the Top, Barabbas, Alexander
the Great, Constantine the Great, Sons and Lovers, Scent of Mystery
David Raksin: Laura, The Bad and the Beautiful, Forever Amber, Will Penny, Separate Tables
Miklos Rozsa: Ben-Hur, El Cid, King of Kings, Spellbound, Lost Week-end, Jungle Book
(1942), Thief of Bagdad, Time After Time, Providence, Quo Vadis, Plymouth Adventure
Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind, King Kong (1933), The Caine Mutiny, The Searchers, The
Flame and the Arrow, A Summer Place, The Letter, The Fountainhead
Dimitri Tiomkin: The Alamo, Guns of Navarone, 55 Days at Peking, Fall of the Roman Empire,
High Noon, Giant, Duel in the Sun, The Old Man and the Sea, Gunfight at OK Corrall
Franz Waxman: Sunset Boulevard, Taras Bulba, Spirit of St. Louis, The Philadelphia Story,
Stalag 17, Night and the City, Sayonara, The Nun’s Story, Cimarron (1960)
John Williams: Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters, Harry Potter films, Indiana Jones films,
Schindler’s List, The Reivers, Jane Eyre (1970), Diamond Head, None But the Brave