The Mission: Impossible theme was composed by four-time Grammy Award winning Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin, and first appeared in the Mission: Impossible TV show in the 1960s – when Tom Cruise was still in elementary school. Slightly different… Read more
The Force Theme is a composition by John Williams that recurs throughout the soundtracks of the Star Wars saga. Originally intended to be Han Solo's musical theme, it came to be associated with the Force instead. The Force Theme is first heard in A… Read more
The Naruto Main Theme is one of many iconic songs from the long-running anime series Naruto, and was written by the show's composer Toshio Masuda. In his OST for the show, Masuda is known for combining rock influences with traditional Japanese… Read more
The music for Pixar's 2001 film Monsters, Inc. was composed by Randy Newman, who also wrote the music for A Bug's Life and the Toy Story series. (His cousin, Thomas Newman, scored Finding Nemo and WALL-E.) The Monsters, Inc. theme is reprised at the… Read more
The music for the Avengers films was composed by Alan Silvestri, who also composed the beloved soundtracks for Forrest Gump and the Back to the Future series. He came up with the iconic Avengers theme by combining the heroic sounds of low brass with… Read more
This iconic movie theme was composed by John Williams for the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film's soundtrack was nominated for an Academy Award but was beaten… Read more
The music from The Mandalorian was written by Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson. Göransson came up with the main theme while experimenting with a bass recorder, which he then digitally manipulated. The first season's soundtrack featured a 70-piece… Read more
The Pink Panther Theme was composed by Henry Mancini, the 20-time Grammy-winning composer of timeless songs including Moon River and The Days of Wine and Roses. The theme, which makes extensive use of chromaticism, first appeared in the opening… Read more
The Pokémon Theme was written by John Siegler and John Loeffler and performed by American singer Jason Paige. The line "Gotta catch 'em all!" comes from the Japanese slogan ポケモンGETだぜ! ("Pokémon getto da ze!") and has since become Pokémon's official… Read more
A Whole New World remains one of Disney's best-known and best-loved songs. With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice, it helped propel Aladdin (1992) to become the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release. The original… Read more
Written by legendary Broadway songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, this legendary song made its debut in the stage musical The Sound of Music in 1959. In the 1965 film version the song was performed by Julie Andrews; this version… Read more
Composed by John Williams, the Star Wars theme – also known as Luke's Theme and the Main Title Theme – is the main theme of the Star Wars series. This heroic fanfare plays over the opening titles of each Star Wars movie and also serves as a recuring… Read more
Taken from the soundtrack of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, the official name of this track is "Il vento d'oro" (Italian for "the golden wind"). Like the rest of the show's soundtrack, it was written by Japanese composer Yugo Kanno. In this… Read more
Written by legendary film composer John Williams (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jaws), this theme was first heard in the original Jurassic Park movie, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993. It can also be heard in the Jurassic World… Read more