Top 10 SERIOUSLY Underrated Instrumental Film Scores
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Instrumental musical scores from great movies and films that unfortunately never got the attention they deserved. WatchMojo presents the most underrated film scores of all time. But what will take the top spot on our list? Oblivion, Conan the Barbarian, or the Prince of Egypt? Watch to find out!
01:07 #10. “Atlantis The Lost Empire” (2001)
01:57 #9. “Thor” (2011)
03:02 #8. “The Mask of Zorro” (1998)
04:02 #7. “The Last Samurai” (2003)
04:50 #6. “Unbreakable” (2000)
05:52 #5. “Taxi Driver” (1976)
06:54 #4. “Hook” (1991)
08:17 #3, #2, #1 ????
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Thor is very underrated doesn't get the credit it deserves. Unbreakable and Taxi Driver are also the same.
Hook, Oblivion, and The Last Samurai are some of my favorite soundtracks. The "Oh, there you are, Peter!" scene ("You Are The Pan" in the album) tears me up every time.
TalonDarkfire you just mentioning it makes me tear up!
TalonDarkfire chills just thinking about it
TalonDarkfire I tear up Every time in that scene
you are the pan is my top favorite track of all time 100% agree tears me up everytime !!!
Daniel Pemberton's King Arthur might change your opinion
I love film scores, how about a top ten video game music score? Have a great day everyone.
number 1 the last of us
MrKJ444 Absolutely, Gustavo Santaolalla is great, when I hear 'forgotten memories' the feels man.
Uncharted, Halo, Killzone, Hotline Miami, FEAR.
Fire fights and Warp pipes Minecraft 😂
Luca Upper was that Daniel Rosenfeld?
Thank you for mention of Unbreakable's score
The Orange Man is one of the best musical pieces ever.
Magnifai that movie, and the score, deserves all the praises in the world...
I hope James Newton Howard returns to score the upcoming Unbreakable 2.
+Jango Fettunchained me too. I think it would be a nice idea, if Howard could to compose the tracks for David Dunn character and West Dylan Thordson for Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Beast character in the Split's sequel.
Jango Fettunchained who knew I would be thankful for this decade of needles sequels?
Spirit - Stallion Of The Cimarron
Jack95tp YOU!
Jack95tp up you go
Great fucking movie with a great fucking soundtrack
Yesssssss!!! I was gonna say that too
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GamingwithAl Uh.. Ok... lol
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Memoirs of a Geisha and the host are very beautiful OST soundtracks particularly Memoirs of a Geisha that should have been on there
Gah, prince of Egypt might be one of the BEST soundtracks of all time!! Sooooooo moving.
I'm so happy that 'The Prince of Egypt' was on the list! The music is breathtaking.
Thank you for listing The Prince of Egypt! Also, National Treasure should have been an honourable mention
I heard Treasure Planet and grinned so wide.
Me too! God i love that movie
Super_sonic_moo I know right! The theme music is just so memorable :D
Same! I was all jigged up! :P
How it wasn't on the main list we'll never know, it's amazing, and the film itself is one of my all time favourites
Super_sonic_moo I heard Atlantis and Conan and grinned. Two of my favourite films book ending this list. AWESOME!
Top 10 favorite film composers:
1. John Williams [Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter]
2. Danny Elfman [Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands]
3. Hans Zimmer [Crimson Tide, The Rock (main theme), Pirates of the Caribbean]
4. James Horner [Titanic, Braveheart, Zorro]
5. Alan Silvestri [Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Predator]
6. David Arnold [Stargate, Independence Day, Tomorrow Never Dies]
7. Jerry Goldsmith [Star Trek, Gremlins, Air Force One]
8. Basil Poledouris [Conan, RoboCop, The Hunt for Red October]
9. Alan Menken [The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin]
10. Howard Shore [Middle-earth franchise]
Honorable mentions: Ennio Morricone [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly], Bill Conti [Rocky], Randy Edelman [DragonHeart], Harold Faltermeyer [Top Gun], Vangelis [Chariots of Fire]
The Batman v Superman score! Should've gotten an Oscar nom this year! Wonder Woman's theme alone is incredible!
Djrobinv Totally agree!♡
Djrobinv a good sountrack dosn't equal a good movie.
Man of Steel too!
motor4X4kombat who said it would?
motor4X4kombat but we're talking about soundtracks not the move itself. Hook isnt necessarily a good film either but it has a good soundtrack
I love the theme in the first Thor movie. It was disappointing to find out it didn't make a return for the sequel.
Patrick Doyle is genius
So many great yet underappreciated film scores just in the past decade or two alone to have to comprise a top 10 list. I enjoyed watching your picks. One of my favorite composers is John Powell, with How To Train Your Dragon being my favorite score but Chicken Run perhaps being his most overlooked.
Great list! Especially to Mask of Zorro, and Unbreakable. Love that Basil Pouledoris gets some love.
Hans Zimmer score from Man of Steel.
My Chemical Fallout Killers At The Disco Agreed. Han's score was unquestionably the best thing in that movie. That learning to fly sequence perfectly musically captured Superman. And he created something that complimented the classic William's score rather than trying to mimic it.
Not really underrated
*Hans Zimmer's score in any movie. It was easily the best part of Batman vs Superman
Not underrated.
It didn't win anything though, and it should have.
the Prince of Egypt score had me emotional. especially the burning bush scene. be it the piety of it and all... here are some of my favorite movie scores I'd like to share. 'Life goes on' -A league of their own. 'Coming home from the sea' - The perfect storm. Great expectations (1998). starship troopers. Dragon' The Bruce Lee story. Edward Scissorhands. Forrest Gump. The parent trap (1998).
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Mox j nice! The Prince of Egypt score does that to me too!
A league of their own has some beautiful score themes throughout it, it's also an underrated film all round :)
Stacey Smith can't go wrong with that film. what are some of your favorites?
Assassination of Jesse James better be on here. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis were so damn great on that movie.
Guess not. So underrated not on the underrated list.
All great choices! I'm so happy you guys put Hook on here as that movie in general is arguably one of the best movies ever!! And OMG! Thank you so much for acknowledging The Prince of Egypt! That music makes me cry so often!
Amazing to find that almost all of these scores are among my favorites, especially "Mask of Zorro". Great list!
I'm missing Cloud Atlas!!! By far my favourite movie score!
I don't think is underrated
Future Life Sounds it's one of Tom Hanks most underrated movies
Maciek Lizak this list is about film scores not the movies themselves you idiot. Read the title-UNDERRATED FILM SCORES.
James Newton Howard is one of my favorite composers. I Am Legend and The Village both have amazing scores.
Let's not forget the dark knight
Pitch perfect list WM, kudos!
Thank you so much for including the score from "Atlantis". What a score and my favourite from JNH! I love the movie but understand why some others do not.
No, Daft Punk Tron Legacy Score??? Or is it on another list?
Jason Kudos It's not underrated. Not one bit.
Indeed, it is absolutely awesome!
It seems to me that it was one of the initial parts of that movie that was well received all around.
That was an AMAZING score.
Jason Kudos that was probably the best score ive ever heard
fuck listening to the HOOK soundtrack gave me chills and my eyes watered.. glad they included it
I bloody love the Thor Score! Thank you sooo much for mentioning it!
The Scor to the Mask of Zorro is A M A Z I N G! Thanks for finally recognizing it!!!
Batman Forever. Sure the movie itself wasn't all that great, but the music was good
Indeed it was. All of Goldenthal's film music is great.
I loved the score for hook! Such nostalgia.
Hell yes I agree with your picks!! Make more videos like this! About music scores!!
This could be your best list as of yet. Awesome
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT! Awesome music!!
I thought dragonheart would have at least got an honourable mention
metalbalance Never thought of that film. The score in the film is beautiful!
Dragonheart isnt an underrated theme lol
The score for The Adventures of Tintin I LOVE!
Also, A Series of Unfortunate Events!
Thanks for mentioning the score from Princess Mononke, my favourite film!
Great top pick! Didn't know it was underrated but the Conan The Barbarian OST is one of my favourites.
Van Helsing and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm have amazing soundtracks/ scores (and they are also great movies too)!
Soundtracks or scores
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Van Helsing sucked
Sarah Smith Only if you blindly listen to what critics have to say. I bet you think overrated/ dull crap like Crash and The Hurt Locker are some of the best movies of all time because critics said so.
So does jurassic park 2 but because people hate these movies for not being perfect they are somehow either trash or awsone
I agree the score from Conan is great, but I like Paledoris' work from Hunt for Red October. I'm a huge movie score nerd and I think he's one of the most underrated composers ever.
Wow. When no. 1 was revealed, I let out a sigh of joy. Well done. Very well done, wm!
Yay! I was just thinking about how much I wanted to see this list!
Treasure Planet always makes me so emotional
I'm Still Here is the theme song to my life.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought this!!
M83's "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" is a must listen. You will thank me!
Justin Thomas Kraus
The entire movie & score is Amazing
I would love to see more videos like this. I love film, tv, and video games scores.
i love that you put Treasure Planet in the list even as an honourable mention i love some of the pieces in it
Personally, I gotta say that I LOVED Bernard Herrmann's score for "Taxi Driver" very much. I even have the CD soundtrack of the movie already. I also felt the same for Basil Poledouris' score for the original "Conan the Barbarian" as well. They were fantastic!
Robert Polanco Speaking of Basil Poledauris, what about his score in "Free Willy"?
I am sorry, but I never saw "Free Willy."
Wasn't surprised by it, but Finding Neverland should of been on the list, one of the best film scores ever written, listen to piano variation in blue, or peter. It has an awesome john Barry ish sound and a wide range of music.
That's on my top 5 list of favorite scores. It's just absolutely stunning! "This is Neverland" is so magical
Whoever came up with this is a genius!!! Also how bout doing a list for the best movie score composer
You officially got a new subscriber for including The Last Samurai.
Okay so maybe some of James Horner's scores are similar... but if it ain't broke, don't fix it right!?
Prince of Egypt is just amazing
Bravo! 1982's Conan the Barbarian is my all-time favorite movie score and seriously underappreciated
Fantastic list
The Phantom Menace. The score was the best part of the movie.
axnyslie The music was the best thing of all the prequels.
not underrated
THE LAST SAMURAI = MASTERPIECE
Major respect for your number one pick. Now that's what you call a movie score.
Thank you. The prince of Egypt is beautiful with some of the best instrumental music I have ever heard.
More like this, Movie / Series / Game / Anime OST's are interesting!
I've always liked the war horse music (film and play)
This was a good list. Some of my own favorites are listed here.
Mask of Zorro, Last Samurai, Atlantis: The Lost Empire are some of my favorite movies from my childhood. Saw the Prince of Egypt and Treasure Planet once when I was young which made me cry
"Jaws", "Conan" and "Taxi Driver" underrated? Well, as a film score fan, the "Taxi Driver" and "Conan" scores were among the first I bought when they were released on CD (must have been the early 90s).
Well it is true, they don't get as much attention as they should(especially taxi driver)
They clearly said that John Williams is KNOWN for Jaws and Star Wars.
For me:
Unbreakable
The Last of the Mohicans
The Fountain
The Assassination of Jesse James
There Will Be Blood
Kevin King yes! I forgot about The Last of the Mohicans!
Great list.
I love all of these!!!!
(once upon a time in america) is one of the most underrated movies ever.
AS Red eye not only it is underrated, it's actually the best !!
Yep
you got me excited thinking it would be on this list...damn shame...deborahs theme is one of morricones best
I recall a list of top Morricone scores. Might not have been WatchMojo, though.
Interstellar?
Nice meme not really underrated
Nice meme Not underrated at all
I was thinking Klaus Bedalt's score from The Time Machine, particularly "Godspeed"...
I used to listen to The Last Samurai on my Walkman CD player back in high school.
Hook is my favorite film of all time!
4 likes 1 dislike, the hate is strong in this guy
Happy to see 'mask of Zorro' getting some love. Always been impressed by that score.
Now that was a really good Top 10 list :D
Plus, I was actually surprised to see The Last Samurai. The soundtrack was composed by Hans freaking Zimmer!!
Conan underrated? WTF? Almost evryone who r interested in film music know its masterpiece...
This was a great list! Agreed on being actually Underrated
I literally got goose bumps when you said The Prince of Egypt! That movie and score are CRIMINALLY underrated. And the final music at the very end of the film is monumental to me:)!!!
finally, the oblivion score!!!! I have loved that score ever since the film was released!!!!!!
I'm so happy you included Hook. It's my favourite John Williams score
Taxi Driver has my favorite score of all time and no one ever talks about it. It gives such a mellow but dark mood and it makes the movie sooo much better
The scores for Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet are my two all-time favourites! So glad to see them getting some much-deserved appreciation here!
amazing underrated film scores, i always get too emotional whenever i watch this video
Fantastic choice for number one. Bought the CD years ago. Good buy that. Epic score for an epic movie. Some other nice choices on the list as well
Another list please! So many un-appreciated scores out there.
played The Mask of Zorro for marching band in 2010. It was so much fun. Great for brass.
11:03 Wasn't this the very same soundtrack used in the unveiling of LoZ: Twilight Princess at E3 2004?
Hook has always been one of my favourite scores, one of the first films I watched as a child where I really noticed the impact that music has within a film. Loved score music ever since.
Yaaaassss to finally seeing some Oblivion recognition in any way, shape or form! It’s criminally underrated on so many cinematic fronts! 🥳🤩
Thank you for Including taxi driver, it's my favourite movie, and I adore the soundtrack
I sooo totally agree with this list. Plus a few others ghibli movies and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, a few more maybe.
Finally some mention of the last samurai! I love that movie....but the music makes it truly epic! Hans Zimmer is a true master
Ryan Oskam that's another one that seems strange on this list? The Last Samurai is often viewed as Zimmer's best score, not really what one thinks of as Underrated?
andrew taylor Yeah I completely agree, but somehow it never gets the attention and admiration it deserves in these kind of lists
Makes me wanna look up the Conan and Zorro scores, now!
OBLIVION!!! so glad it was mentioned. Also, check out Only God Forgives!
The hook score is amazing to say the least and the most nostalgic for me on this list
I was so hoping that "Her" would be on here. Arcade fire's work was sooo gorgeous!
Now THIS is a proper list!
Glad "Prince of Egypt" had a high rank. The music gives me the sense of God's presence in the world, and that feeling lifts my spirits gloriously.
Glad Oblivion was on here. Two of my favorite movie soundtracks are from Sunshine and The Fountain.
you guys should now do most underrated film composers AND best film compsers
Thor, Atlantis, and Treasure Planet music finally getting recognition!
Though they don't even show Thurs theme here.
"How to train your dragon" should be on this list
Thank You! I love hook! It was my favourite childhood movie and nobody really even new the film :(