The Lord of the Rings soundtrack has been named Britain's most popular soundtrack

Howard Shore's music is the most liked by British film fans
Howard Shore's epic soundtrack to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy has been voted the UK's favourite film music. Howard Shore's music, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, beat some of the greatest and most recognisable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams' compositions for the drama Schindler's List and the Star Wars saga, which came second and third respectively.

The list of the top 100 film soundtracks was compiled by popular British radio station Classic FM as part of its annual induction into the Film Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people took part in the poll and the winner was announced on the final weekend of the summer.

The most titled composer turned out to be John Williams
Although the legendary John Williams didn't top the list, he can safely be considered the UK's most in-demand composer. As many as five of his soundtracks ended up in the Top 20 and 11 in the Top 100. These include "Schindler's List" (2); the "Star Wars" franchise (3); the "Jurassic Park" franchise (8); "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (11); the "Indiana Jones" franchise (13); "Saving Private Ryan" (21); "Alien" (30); "Jaws" (39); "Superman" (47); "Close Encounters of the Third Degree" (58); and "War Horse" (87).

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