The soundtrack to the film '' Sunset Boulevard'' (1950) was composed by Franz Waxman. In 2005, Franz Waxman's score was named #16 of the top 25 film scores in the

American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leade ...

's "100 Years of Film Scores" list.AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
, AFI. Retrieved 19 November 2011. It was released on CD in 2002, an edition that was re-recorded by Joel McNeely and the

Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), it is the oldest full-time professional rad ...

. The actual surviving parts of the original score were released in 2010 on Counterpoint.

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{{Authority control Film scores 2002 soundtrack albums Varèse Sarabande soundtracks Franz Waxman albums Scores that won the Best Original Score Academy Award