Music For Films
by Brian Eno

Music For Films by Brian Eno
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 9,294th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 96 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (142nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,363rd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,294th)

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Brian Eno bestography

Music For Films is ranked 9th best out of 51 albums by Brian Eno on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Brian Eno is Another Green World which is ranked number 194 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,787.

Brian Eno album bestography « Higher ranked (7,089th)
Thursday Afternoon
This album (9,294th)
Music For Films
Lower ranked (10,595th) »
Another Day On Earth

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,294th | 1970s rank: 1,363rd | 1978 rank: 142nd

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76/100 (from 96 votes)
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01/18/2026 09:49 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,73270/100
 
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09/26/2025 17:10 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93669/100
 
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07/20/2025 03:04 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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07/01/2025 15:09 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
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06/24/2025 05:11 OldToad  Ratings distribution  1,29374/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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85/100
From 01/30/2016 10:59 | #158209
Not for everyone's taste but, I always think Mr. Eno is worth a listen. If you like electronica you will like this.
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From 03/14/2014 22:39 | #106271
I like it more towards the end. It doesn't sound like film music. Not something which makes scenes appear in your head.
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