The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack)
by Elmer Bernstein

The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack) by Elmer Bernstein
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 35,989th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 14 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (100th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (899th)
Award Best albums of all time (35,989th)

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Elmer Bernstein bestography

The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack) is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Elmer Bernstein on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elmer Bernstein is The Magnificent Seven which is ranked number 31933 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16.

Elmer Bernstein album bestography « Higher ranked (34,699th)
To Kill A Mockingbird
This album (35,989th)
The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack)
Lower ranked (54,579th) »
Summer And Smoke (An Original Soundtrack Recording)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 35,989th | 1950s rank: 899th | 1956 rank: 100th

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 14 votes)
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60/100
 
04/28/2026 11:47 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,38164/100
 
65/100
 
04/14/2026 05:11 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,81976/100
 
55/100
 
06/26/2025 15:39 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78963/100
 
80/100
 
10/31/2022 12:24 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,44663/100
 
70/100
 
06/19/2022 11:13 Jboy56  Ratings distribution  4,26878/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.4/100, a mean average of 63.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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