50 best soundtracks / sound designs of all time

I chose these films for the beauty of their sound design, their score or for their historic importance for Cinematic sound. Sometimes all these aspects are great in the same film. Presented in chronological order.

  1. Orphée, 1950, Jean Cocteau
  2. Jacques Tati, tous ses films, -1953
  3. Un ascenseur pour l’échafaud, 1958, Louis Malle
  4. Psycho, 1960, Alfred Hitchock
  5. Breakfast at Tiifanys, 1961, Blake Edwards
  6. Zorba the Greek,1964, Michael Cacoyannis
  7. The Graduate, 1967, Mike Nichols
  8. In Cold Blood, 1967, Richard Brooks
  9. Il était une fois dans l’ouest, 1968, Sergio Leone
  10. 2001 A Space Oddissey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick
  11. The Godfather I et II , -1972, Francis Ford Coppola
  12. American Graffiti, 1973, Geoges Lucas
  13. The Exorcist, 1973, Wiliam Friedkin
  14. Chinatown, 1974, Roman Polanski
  15. Star Wars, 1977- tous les films
  16. Ereaserhead,1977, David Lynch
  17. Apocalypse Now, 1979, Francis Ford Coppola
  18. Secret Conversation, 1979, Francis Ford Coppola
  19. Alien, 1979, Riddley Scott
  20. Stalker, 1979, Tarkovsky
  21. Raging Bull, 1980, Martin Scorcese
  22. Les Plouffes, 1981, Gilles Carle
  23. Das Boot, 1981, Wolfgang Petersen
  24. Blow Out, 1981, Brian da Palma
  25. Blade Runner, 1982, Ridley Scott
  26. Koyaniskatsi, 1982, Godfrey Reggio
  27. Amadeus, 1984, Miloš Forman
  28. Les ailes du désir, 1987, Wim Wenders
  29. Le temps des Gitans, 1988, Emir Kusturica
  30. Delicatessen, 1991, Marc Caro et Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  31. Leolo, Jean-Claude Lauzon, 1992
  32. Latcho Drom, 1993, Tony Gatliff
  33. Jurassic Park, 1993, Steven Spielberg
  34. Saving Private Ryan, 1998, Steven Spielberg,
  35. The Matrix, 1999, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
  36. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai
  37. Requiem for a dream, 2000, Darren Aronofsky
  38. Hable con Ella, 2002, Pedro Almodovar
  39. Les triplettes de Belleville, 2003, Sylvain Chomet
  40. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003, Peter Jackson
  41. Les choristes, 2004, Christophe Barratier
  42. Wall-E, 2008, Andrew Stanton
  43. Up, 2009, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
  44. Intersellar, 2014, Christopher Nolan
  45. The Imitation Game, 2014, Morten Tyldum
  46. Whiplash, 2014, Damien Chazelle
  47. The Revenant, 2016,
  48. Arrival, 2016, Denis Villeneuve