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The Sound Behind the Silver Screen

The scores that shaped Hollywood — from the sweeping orchestrations of the golden age to the iconic themes that defined generations of cinema. Each image celebrates the composers and films that made movie music an art form in its own right.

♪Bernard Herrmann♪Max Steiner♪Ennio Morricone♪Franz Waxman♪Miklós Rózsa♪Alfred Newman♪Hugo Friedhofer♪Erich Korngold♪Dimitri Tiomkin♪Alex North♪Henry Mancini♪Elmer Bernstein♪John Williams♪Jerry Goldsmith♪Herbert Stothart♪David Raksin♪Bernard Herrmann♪Max Steiner♪Ennio Morricone♪Franz Waxman♪Miklós Rózsa♪Alfred Newman♪Hugo Friedhofer♪Erich Korngold♪Dimitri Tiomkin♪Alex North♪Henry Mancini♪Elmer Bernstein♪John Williams♪Jerry Goldsmith♪Herbert Stothart♪David Raksin

Where Film and Music Meet Retro Art

The golden age of Hollywood produced not just great films, but some of the most enduring orchestral music ever written. Composers like Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Miklós Rózsa, and Ennio Morricone shaped how audiences felt about the images on screen — creating emotional landscapes that outlasted the films themselves.

This archive celebrates that tradition through original retro-style poster art — each piece hand-directed and designed to capture the spirit of a film and its score in a single image.

100+Film Scores
50+Composers
PrintsAvailable
A Star Is Born — film score poster art by Max Steiner

A Sample from the Collection

Ten posters from the archive — each one a tribute to a golden-age score. The full collection of over 100 film music posters is available at Retro Movie Art.

An Affair to Remember — film score poster art
An Affair to Remember Score by Hugo Friedhofer
A Christmas Carol — film score poster art
A Christmas Carol Score by Franz Waxman
A Double Life — film score poster art
A Double Life Score by Miklós Rózsa
A Fistful of Dollars — film score poster art
A Fistful of Dollars Score by Ennio Morricone
A Star Is Born — film score poster art
A Star Is Born Score by Max Steiner
A Tale of Two Cities — film score poster art
A Tale of Two Cities Score by Herbert Stothart
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — film score poster art
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Score by Franz Waxman
Adventures of Marco Polo — film score poster art
Adventures of Marco Polo Score by Hugo Friedhofer
Alexander's Ragtime Band — film score poster art
Alexander's Ragtime Band Score by Alfred Newman
All That Money Can Buy — film score poster art
All That Money Can Buy Score by Bernard Herrmann
Full Collection

Explore the Complete Film Music Archive

The full collection features over 100 retro-style poster artworks celebrating the greatest film scores of Hollywood's golden age and beyond — all available as high-quality prints at Retro Movie Art.

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Opens at RetroMovieArt.pixels.com · New scores added regularly · Available as prints