What is the best movie theme song?

John Williams - Indy, Jaws, ET

John Barry - Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Bond

James Newton Howard - The Fugitive, Signs, Sixth Sense

James Horner - Legends of the Fall, Man Without A Face

Michael Nyman - The Piano, The Claim

Haha! You should've just asked what our favorite John Williams score is? LOL! You picked 3 J. Williams scores yourself! Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones; all by John Williams. As was, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple and more than a hundred more. Oh, and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind!!!!!! Yay!

If we start by assuming you mean a movie song with lyrics, rather than music score alone:

Probably the most popular song from a movie in the history of film is "As Time Goes By", from the movie "Casablanca"; however, the song was not originally written for a motion picture, but was written years before. its use by soundtrack composer Max Steiner in the movie, with variations of the themes and motifs of the music score, adds to the memorable lyrics.

In terms of popularity, a great theme song specifically for a motion picture is "Lara's Theme" from the David Lean film, "Doctor Zhivago".

A film song and score that actually made a good picture a great one is "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'", the theme song from the movie "High Noon". The song running throughout the picture, with score by Dimitri Tiomkin, was a classic use of a theme song to underlie the action.

If , as you add to your question, you mean theme music, almost ALLl of composer John Williams' soundtrack scores are memorable, from Jaws, to Superman films, to Indiana Jones films,, to Star Wars and its sequels, (as you mention) but also Jurassic Park films , Schindler's List, ET, the Extraterrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and many many others. He holds more Academy Award Oscars than any other composer.And he is still writing.

I'm a huge John Williams fan. So I too like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but I also like Memoirs of a Geisha and Shindler's List.

The Phantom of the Opera 2004 by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

I think the music from the movie Munich was really haunting, and it really stuck with me. BUT as a Clarinet Player my favorite Score is from The Terminal... its just so awesome... and is really fun to play.... I will forever live with the Tale of Viktor Navorski stuck in my head. John Williams is great.

Take My Breath Away, Danger Zone...Top Gun

St. Elmo's Fire...duh

Damn it Feels Good to be A Gangster...Officespace

The original Pink Panther movies have a good theme song (not sure the name of the song but we all know it).

The theme from Jaws. I to this day willl not swim in the ocean.

"The Glow" from "Barry Gordy's the Last Dragon" was a great theme song.