Classic FM Chart: Action film soundtracks make it big
16 June 2019, 18:55
Action films Avengers: Endgame, Ghostbusters, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Godzilla: King of the Monsters flood the top 10 this week.
There's a new No. 1 in this week's Classic FM Chart, a compilation album by various artists called 100 Hits – The Best Classical Album. Andrea Bocelli's latest album Sì has jumped back up to No. 2 this week, and Einaudi's album Islands is at No. 3.
Many new film soundtracks are currently on the chart. Avengers – Endgame has fallen from No. 1 to No. 4 this week, followed by the Ghostbusters original score at No. 5, X-Men – Dark Phoenix at No. 7 and Godzilla – King of the Monsters at No. 10.
Pavarotti re-enters the chart with two albums, coinciding with the release of his film biopic, Pavarotti, directed by Ron Howard.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 100 HITS - THE BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 6 | SI, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 4 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 1 | AVENGERS - ENDGAME - OST, ALAN SILVESTRI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | NEW | GHOSTBUSTERS - ORIGINAL SCORE, ELMER BERNSTEIN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 7 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | NEW | X-MEN - DARK PHOENIX - OST, HANS ZIMMER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 9 | SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY ONE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 12 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 5 | GODZILLA - KING OF THE MONSTERS - OST, BEAR MCCREARY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | 14 | SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY THREE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | NEW | THE GREATEST HITS, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 3 | LISE DAVIDSEN, DAVIDSEN/PHILHARMONIA OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 16 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 15 | NEW | HOWELLS/CELLO CONCERTO/AN ENGLISH MASS, KINGS CC/BRITTEN SINF/CLEOBURY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | 17 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | 13 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 15 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 19 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 18 | PIANO BOOK, LANG LANG Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | 23 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 20 | GUIDING LIGHT, KATHERINE JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | 21 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 24 | 11 | ROMANTIC MOMENTS II, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | NEW | PAVAROTTI - OST, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | 22 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 27 | RE-ENTRY | EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | 27 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | RE-ENTRY | THE WORLD OF - A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION, HANS ZIMMER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | 30 | RISE, JESS GILLAM Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
