The soundtrack to the film Sunset Boulevard (1950) was composed by Franz Waxman.
In 2005, Franz Waxman's score was named #16 of the top 25 film scores in the American Film Institute's "100 Years of Film Scores" list.
It was released on CD in 2002, an edition that was re-recorded by Joel McNeely and the Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The actual surviving parts of the original score were released in 2010 on Counterpoint.
A suite from the score, as well as arrangement by the conductor John Mauceri of various cues in sonata form are published by Sony Music.