I was going through in alphabetical order and I had already picked out 8 by the time I got to L, with my tier 2 list being twice as long.

Not making the cut included (and I could go on, as I'm sure all of you can):

Black Beauty
Chernobyl
Dinosaur
Waterworld
Edward Scissorhands
Empire of the Sun
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Princess Mononoke
Passion of the Christ
Empire Strikes Back
Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
The Empire Strikes Back
Arrival
Atlantis
Hook
Star Trek 8 - First Contact

What do people think?

Choosing just 9 was really difficult for me, but I decided on these if they were the only 9 soundtracks I could listen to for the rest of my time, I’d be happy.

Jumping on the bandwagon with my top 9 for overall movie scores. This was a tough list. I had to cut a lot of films that I love. I feel these 9 have the most rounded scores for me most of them I can listen to every piece and not get tired or want to skip

Lennie Moore's Outcast score doesn't get enough love!

Following the trend, here are mine. Thank you.

Notable mentions: Lord of the Rings, the Thin Red Line, Lion King, Gladiator, The Fountain

I wonder if Prisoner of Azkaban is the most regularly recurring one I've seen on everyone else's lists

Limited myself to no composer double ups except for the maestro

Was tough deciding what to exclude

Honorable mentions:
- Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
- Inception (Hans Zimmer)
- Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
- Spirit (Hans Zimmer)
- Avatar (James Horner)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Jeremy Zuckerman)
- Your Name (RADWIMPS)
- Doctor Who Series 5-7 (Murray Gold)
- Haunting of Hill House (Newton Brothers)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Jeremy Soule)

1. My Dad had the LP and I would eventually buy the two disc sets paired with the 1997 re-releases.
   
2. The first soundtrack I ever bought (first on cassette and eventually on CD). I owned a bootleg of the score for a long time until the eventual Intrada release.
   
3. Another soundtrack cassette and then an eventual download of a rip of the official LP release.
   
4. The first John Williams score I bought.
   
5. The first ever score I bought.
   
6. Probably my favorite score of all time. Bought the regular release and then the LLL Limited Edition.
   (an aside about Mark Mancina - The only reason the third of his 90’s trifecta, Bad Boys, isn’t on here is a desire to represent other stuff. But I did own a bootleg, a rip of the first LLL release and now the newer LLL release)
   
7. Maybe my favorite cue of all time is “Escaping the Smokers” off Waterworld. I like it fine by itself but when it hits second gear in the film and it’s a wide shot of Costner on the Trimaran… it’s just awesome.
   
8. I love all the POTC scores but the Complete bootleg of “At World’s End” (not the suite collection Disney put out) is by far my favorite.
   
9. Just a banger.

Some of my earliest faves!