It's one of the most recognisable scores in movie history, and now The Lord of the Rings has been voted the best movie soundtrack of all time by Classic FM listeners, for the sixth year running.

Howard Shore's iconic soundtrack beat John Williams' score for Schindler's List at two and Hans Zimmer's work on Gladiator at three of the Movie Music Hall of Fame poll.

However, Williams had the most scores in the top 10 with his work from Star Wars, Harry Potter and Jurassic Park sitting at four, seven and nine respectively.

John Barry also ranked in the top 10 with his soundtracks for Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves.

Ennio Morricone's The Mission score and Klaus Badelt's work on Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearlcompleted the top 10.

Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins, told Classic FM of the The Lord of the Rings' score: "The music is a huge part of the identity of those films.

"I think film scores are always extremely important with regard to the atmosphere and the emotional connection that you have to a film.

"Those pieces of music - you think about the Hobbiton theme - they're really iconic."

Wood also compared The Lord of the Rings to Williams' work, saying: "They sort of transcend the films themselves, almost like John Williams' [scores].

"The pieces from Star Wars are so iconic. We hear the music, we know the films and I think to a certain degree that's the case with Rings too, with Howard Shore's score."

The list of 100 top scores was based on listeners' votes.

James Horner, who died in a plane crash in June, saw his soundtracks to Avatar, Apollo 13, Braveheart and Titantic rise in the chart.

Zimmer's work on Interstellar was the highest new entry, at 43.

Listen to the main theme from The Lord of the Rings below:

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