Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront
by Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

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Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic bestography
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront is ranked 7th best out of 53 albums by Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic is Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps which is ranked number 5798 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 236.
(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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Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1954 | 3/35 | 5 | |
| 2025 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1954 | 20/99 | 4 |
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 63/100 | 8 | |
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1954 | 52/100 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Classical Album of the Year | 15/94 | - | |
| 2023 | martintho | Top 14 Music Albums of 1954 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2022 | byuzak | Top 16 Music Albums of 1954 | 16/16 | 0 |
| 2021 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1954 | 7/12 | 3 | |
| 2018 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1950s | 49/49 | 0 | |
| 2017 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 77/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 56 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2025 11:13 | TonySayers61 | 25,650 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2025 22:22 | 10,784 | 63/100 | |
| ! | 10/31/2022 12:14 | jonny5244 | 8,466 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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This soundtrack set the standard for a new style of film music, just at the film did with cinema. Classic!
Great start, and kinda fizzles out.
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