Most Beautiful/Timeless Film Themes/Soundtracks Of All Time?

Almost any score by John Barry. This is from  Indecent Proposal.

I have so many that I love and that I think are very beautiful, too many to name, really.

For me, Nino Rota's Romeo and Juliet (1968), Aaron Copland's Our Town (1940), Jerome Moross' The Cardinal (1963), Elmer Bernstein's To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), John Barry's Out of Africa (1990) and Thomas Newman's Little Women (1994) are among the most beautiful musical compositions I've ever heard in any format.

Others that I also love:

Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront (1954) is a great orchestral work, which at times overwhelms the film but is nevertheless quite beautiful and brilliant. The love theme is breathtaking.

Leonard Rosenman's scores for East of Eden (1955) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955) are brilliant, quasi-operatic, at times atonal and dissonant pieces with very beautiful main titles that display the passion and brilliance of Rosenman's youth (he was only 24 when he composed them).

George Duning's Picnic (1955) has one of the most beautiful and memorable love themes of all time. In the scene where Kim Novak and William Holden dance together Duning combines it with the old song, "Moonglow", and it becomes a voluptuous, sensuous feast for the ears and the heart. The rest of the score is the perfect dramatic underscore for the text.

Bernard Herrmann's The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) are two of his most lyrical works, filled with poignance and emotion. They're my personal favorites, but I'd recommend any and all of his scores. He's one of the great and most original film composers, IMO, but I'm sure almost everyone would agree. Most of his other scores are less lyrical, but his compositions are always fascinating and brilliant. Among my other favorites are his great scores for Psycho, The Trouble With Harry, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Day The Earth Stood Still.

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Gabriel's Oboe from 'The Mission' by Enrico Morricone

Some I'd have cited already have been. One that hasn't is Alfred Newman's lushly romantic theme - tinged with melancholy - for 1939's Wuthering Heights.

Once upon a time in America- so tender it aches with regrets

Always been very fond of East of Eden glad it was already mentioned

Manchuria candidate

On TGE Waterfront makes me wish Bernstein had scored more fi”ms

The Elephant Man used Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, another piece so filled with emotion it hurts.

Don't Look Now - Pino Donaggio

The Man From Snowy River - Bruce Rowland

Il Postino - Luis Bacalov

Lust Caution - Alexandre Desplat

Mondo Cane - Riz Ortolani

Fatal Attraction - Maurice Jarre