The Empire Strikes Back was released when I was 12. I got the 2-LP John Williams soundtrack not long after seeing the movie. It was one of the first albums I ever bought. I still have it.
Some other favorites:
- The Wizard of Oz - Harold Arlen
- Casablanca - Max Steiner
- Anatomy of a Murder - Duke Ellington
- Vertigo - Bernard Hermann
- Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
- In The Heat Of The Night - Quincy Jones
- Bullitt - Lalo Schifrin
- Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
- 8 1/2 - Nino Rota