Vera Lynn's in there, so is. But where does rank? The Telegraph's music critic picks his all-time favourites As a fan, musician and critic, songs form the very ground of my life, a constant soundtrack to my interior world, a source of inspiration and consolation as well as old-fashioned entertainment.
At the heart of a song is a mystery, the way it interacts with the memories and experience of the listener to become something intensely personal. More than any other form of artistic expression, people claim songs as their own.
For me, a great song is about melody and lyric dovetailing together to become more than the sum of their parts, evoking ideas and emotions.
The following table lists the top 100 songs from movies in 100 years of film, according to the American Film Institute, including movies such as The Sound of. Share this Rating. Title: The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV Movie 2003) 5.1 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.