Music People Will be Listening to in a Hundred Years

Here's a little list of 20 or so songs I've picked which I believe are on a par with the greats of classical music. These songs, and others like them, will be as much a part of the future's musical consciousness as Beethoven's 9th symphony, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, and Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. And although there are whole CDs of soundtracks that I believe will endure, I thought I'd begin with some of their very best tracks.

The Half Killed from "Atonement", by Dario Marianelli

Elegy for Dunkirk from "Atonement", by Dario Marianelli

End Titles from "Emma", by Rachel Portman

The Battle from "Gladiator", by Hans Zimmer

Patricide from "Gladiator", by Hans Zimmer

The Illusionist from "The Illusionist", by Philip Glass

War Adagio from "Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)", by Phillipe Rombi

Alex's Father from "The Lake House", by Rachel Portman

Wait for Me from "The Lake House", by Rachel Portman

Elk Hunt from "The Last of the Mohicans", by Trevor Jones

A Father's Wish from "Leap Year", by Randy Edelman

Orchard House from "Little Women", by Thomas Newman

The Steward of Gondor from "The Return of the King", by Howard Shore

Forth Eorlingas from "The Two Towers", by Howard Shore

Liz on Top of the World from "Pride & Prejudice", by Dario Marianelli

Darcy's Letter from "Pride & Prejudice", by Dario Marianelli

To Die for Love from "Sense and Sensibility", by Patrick Doyle

The Gravel Road from "The Village", by James Newton Howard

The Vote from "The Village", by James Newton Howard

Taken from "The Last Samurai", by Hans Zimmer