Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
by John Williams (US)
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John Williams bestography
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by John Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Williams is Star Wars which is ranked number 3685 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 404.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  mutley88 | Best Ever Soundtracks Pt 1 | 3/70 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 7/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | My Favorite Film Scores & Soundtracks | 64/73 | - |
| 2026 | Glitterboiii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 28/50 | 9 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 76/85 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 45/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 64/100 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 231 | |||
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 14:01 |  Tamthebam | 23,331 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 22:56 | Springsteen | 412 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 02:41 | bcole19 | 629 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2015 22:15 | #143121 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't think there can be any doubt, this is one of the best film scores ever. (Edited)
telefunker 05/24/2009 15:24 | #4418 | TOP COMMENT
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i've taken to listening to darth vader's imperial march whilst browsing the local supermarket..
Darth Vader music kicks butt!
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