Academy Award Winners - The 1980s
1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980
1989 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ALAN MENKEN for The Little Mermaid
Other Nominees
DAVE GRUSIN for The Fabulous Baker Boys
JAMES HORNER for Field of Dreams
JOHN WILLIAMS for Born on the Fourth of July
JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Other Nominees
MARVIN HAMLISCH, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Woman Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid
RANDY NEWMAN for "I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood
TOM SNOW and DEAN PITCHFORD for "After All" from Chances Are
1988 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
DAVE GRUSIN for The Milagro Beanfield War
Other Nominees
GEORGE FENTON for Dangerous Liaisons
MAURICE JARRE for Gorillas in the Mist
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Accidental Tourist
HANS ZIMMER for Rain Man
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
CARLY SIMON for "Let The River Run" from Working Girl
Other Nominees
LAMONT DOZIER and PHIL COLLINS for "Two Hearts" from Buster
BOB TELSON for "Calling You" from Out of Rosenheim
1987 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, DAVID BYRNE and CONG SU for The Last Emperor
Other Nominees
GEORGE FENTON and JONAS GWANGWA for Cry Freedom
ENNIO MORRICONE for The Untouchables
JOHN WILLIAMS for Empire of the Sun
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Witches of Eastwick
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
FRANK PREVITE, JOHN DE NICOLA and DONALD MARKOWITZ for "I've Had The Time Of My Life" from Dirty Dancing
Other Nominees
WILLY DE VILLE for "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride
HAROLD FALTERMEYER, KEITH FORSEY and BOB SEGER for "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II
GEORGE FENTON and JONAS GWANGWA for "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom
ALBERT HAMMOND and DIANE WARREN for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin
1986 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
HERBIE HANCOCK for 'Round Midnight
Other Nominees
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Hoosiers
JAMES HORNER for Aliens
ENNIO MORRICONE for The Mission
LEONARD ROSENMAN for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
GIORGIO MORODER and TOM WHITLOCK for "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
Other Nominees
PETER CETERA, DAVID FOSTER and DIANE NINI for "Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid Part II
JAMES HORNER, BARRY MANN and CYNTHIA WEIL for "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail
HENRY MANCINI and LESLIE BRICUSSE for "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life!
ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors
1985 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN BARRY for Out of Africa
Other Nominees
BRUCE BROUGHTON for Silverado
GEORGES DELERUE for Agnes of God
MAURICE JARRE for Witness
QUINCY JONES, JEREMY LUBBOCK, ROD TEMPERTON, CAIPHUS SEMENYA, ANDRAÉ CROUCH, CHRIS BOARDMAN, JORGE CALANDRELLI, JOEL ROSENBAUM, FRED STEINER, JACK HAYES, JERRY HEY and RANDY KERBER for The Color Purple
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
LIONEL RICHIE for "Say You Say Me" from White Nights
Other Nominees
STEPHEN BISHOP for "Separate Lives" from White Nights
MARVIN HAMLISCH and ED KLEBAN for "Surprise Surprise" from A Chorus Line
CHRIS HAYES, JOHNNY COLLA and HUEY LEWIS for "The Power of Love" from Back to the Future
QUINCY JONES, ROD TEMPERTON and LIONEL RICHIE for "Miss Celie's Blues" from The Color Purple
1984 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MAURICE JARRE for A Passage to India
Other Nominees
RANDY NEWMAN for The Natural
ALEX NORTH for Under the Volcano
JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
JOHN WILLIAMS for The River
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE
PRINCE for Purple Rain
Other Nominees
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON for Songwriter
JEFFREY MOSS for The Muppets Take Manhattan
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
STEVIE WONDER for "I Just Called To Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
Other Nominees
PHIL COLLINS for "Take A Look At Me Now" from Against All Odds
KENNY LOGGINS and DEAN PITCHFORD for "Footloose" from Footloose
RAY PARKER Jr. for "Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters
TOM SNOW and DEAN PITCHFORD for "Let's Hear It For The Boy" from Footloose
1983 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BILL CONTI for The Right Stuff
Other Nominees
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Under Fire
MICHAEL GORE for Terms of Endearment
LEONARD ROSENMAN for Cross Creek
JOHN WILLIAMS for Return of the Jedi
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for Yentl
Other Nominees
ELMER BERNSTEIN for Trading Places
LALO SCHIFRIN for The Sting II
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
GIORGIO MORODER, KEITH FORSEY and IRENE CARA for "What A Feeling" from Flashdance
Other Nominees
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "Papa Can You Hear Me" from Yentl
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl
AUSTIN ROBERTS and BOBBY HART for "Over You" from Tender Mercies
MICHAEL SEMBELLO and DENNIS MATKOSKY for "Maniac" from Flashdance
1982 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN WILLIAMS for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Other Nominees
GEORGE FENTON and RAVI SHANKAR for Gandhi
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Poltergeist
MARVIN HAMLISCH for Sophie's Choice
JACK NITZSCHE for An Officer and a Gentleman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
HENRY MANCINI and LESLIE BRICUSSE for Victor/Victoria
Other Nominees
RALPH BURNS for Annie
TOM WAITS for One From The Heart
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
JACK NITZSCHE, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE and WILL JENNINGS for "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
Other Nominees
DAVE GRUSIN, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "It Might Be You" from Tootsie
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?" from Best Friends
JIM PETERIK and FRANKIE SULLIVAN III for "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III
JOHN WILLIAMS, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio
1981 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
VANGELIS for Chariots of Fire
Other Nominees
DAVE GRUSIN for On Golden Pond
RANDY NEWMAN for Ragtime
ALEX NORTH for Dragonslayer
JOHN WILLIAMS for Raiders of the Lost Ark
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BURT BACHARACH, CAROLE BAYER SAGER, CHRISTOPHER CROSS and PETER ALLEN for "Best That You Can Do" from Arthur
Other Nominees
BILL CONTI and MICK LEESON for "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
RANDY NEWMAN for "One More Hour" from Ragtime
LIONEL RICHIE for "Endless Love" from Endless Love
JOE RAPOSO for "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper
1980 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MICHAEL GORE for Fame
Other Nominees
JOHN CORIGLIANO for Altered States
JOHN MORRIS for The Elephant Man
PHILIPPE SARDE for Tess
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Empire Strikes Back
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
MICHAEL GORE and DEAN PITCHFORD for "Fame" from Fame
Other Nominees
MICHAEL GORE and LESLIE GORE for "Out Here On My Own" from Fame
WILLIE NELSON for "On The Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose
DOLLY PARTON for "Nine To Five" from Nine To Five
LALO SCHIFRIN and WILL JENNINGS for "People Alone" from The Competition
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