Acclaimed Music

**Top Classical Music Songs**
Rank	All Time	Artist	Song	Subgenre(s)	Other Genre(s)	Year
1	436	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	Post-Minimalism	Art Pop, Experimental, Progressive Electronic	1981
2	1086	Paul Whiteman & His Concert Orchestra with George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Modern Classical	Big Band	1924
3	1875	Gavin Bryars	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet	Minimalism		1975
4	1921	Sousa's Band	The Stars and Stripes Forever	Classical March		1897
5	1935	Ennio Morricone	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Spaghetti Western	Film Score	1966
6	2163	Terry Riley	In C	Indeterminacy, Minimalism		1968
7	2309	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Mustt Mustt (Lost in His Work)	Qawwali	Downtempo	1990
8	2569	John Cage	4'33''	Indeterminacy		1952
9	3642	Steve Reich	It's Gonna Rain	Minimalism	Tape Music	1965
10	3707	Enrico Caruso	Vesti la giubba	Opera, Romanticism		1907
11	7466	Hugo Montenegro	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Spaghetti Western	Easy Listening	1968
12	7519	Victor Symphony Orchestra with George Gershwin	An American in Paris	Tone Poem		1929
13	7753	Nino Rota	Love Theme from The Godfather	Cinematic Classical	Film Score	1972
14	8018	Billy Murray	The Yankee Doodle Boy	Classical March	Traditional Pop	1905
15	8315	Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet	Different Trains: America - Before the War	Minimalism		1989
16	8350	Ennio Morricone	The Ecstasy of Gold	Spaghetti Western	Film Score	1966
17	8369	Bernard Herrmann	Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop	Cinematic Classical, Orchestral	Film Score	1958
18	8479	Mitch Miller	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Classical March		1955
19	8603	Terry Riley	A Rainbow in Curved Air	Minimalism	Progressive Electronic	1969
20	8650	Associated Glee Clubs of America	Adeste Fideles	Choral	Christmas Music	1925
21	8709	Marian Anderson	Ave Maria	Lieder		1936
22	8959	John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra	Star Wars (Main Title)	Cinematic Classical, Orchestral	Film Score	1977
23	9859	Sigur R�s	Untitled 3	Minimalism	Ambient	2002
24	9939	Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra	Dardanella	Classical Waltz	Big Band, Dixieland	1920
25	9968	Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy	Indian Love Call	Operetta		1936
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
		Adele	Skyfall	Cinematic Classical	Blue Eyed Soul, Film Soundtrack	2012
		Aphex Twin	Avril 14th	Impressionism, Modern Classical		2001
		Eugene Cowles	Gypsy Love Song	Operetta		1906
		Ennio Morricone	The Mission	Cinematic Classical, Modern Classical	Film Score	1986
		Bernard Herrmann	Prelude [Psycho]	Cinematic Classical, Modern Classical	Film Score	1960
		John Williams	Theme from Schindler's List	Cinematic Classical	Film Score	1993
		Maurice Jarre	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	Cinematic Classical, Orchestral	Film Score	1962
		Ennio Morricone	Per un pugno di dollari	Spaghetti Western	Film Score	1964
		Glenn Branca	Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar	Totalism	No Wave	1980
		Luis Mariano	Mexico	Operetta		1952
		Elmer Bernstein	Main Title and Calvera [The Magnificent Seven]	Cinematic Classical	Film Score	1960
		Craig Armstrong/Evan Dando	Wake Up in New York	Modern Classical	Electronic	2002
		Walter Carlos	Title Music from "A Clockwork Orange"	Western Classical Music	Electronic, Film Soundtrack	1972
		Luis Mariano	La belle de Cadix	Operetta		1946
		John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra	The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	Cinematic Classical, Classical March	Film Score	1980