Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 2002
Unlike other score awards on the Internet, the Movie Music UK Score Awards are limited to those films which have opened in the UK between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002 - meaning that scores for films which opened in the USA in 2001 (such as Black Hawk Down, Charlotte Grey, Gosford Park, The Shipping News, A Beautiful Mind, The Majestic, Iris, Behind Enemy Lines, Monsters Inc., From Hell, The Last Castle etc.) but did not reach the UK until 2002 are eligible for this year's awards.

Similarly, scores for films which have opened in the USA but had not played in theatres in Britain before the closing date (such as Frida, The Hours, Catch Me If You Can, Far From Heaven, Spirited Away, Star Trek Nemesis, The Four Feathers, Treasure Planet, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, About Schmidt, Adaptation, 25th Hour etc.) are not eligible for the 2002 awards, and will be included in next year's list. For a full list of eligible films, please see the list at the bottom of this page.


SCORE OF THE YEAR


COMPOSER OF THE YEAR


NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR


BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

Special mentions should also go to CRAIG ARMSTRONG for The Quiet American, KLAUS BADELT for K-19: The Widowmaker, CARTER BURWELL for The Rookie, MYCHAEL DANNA for Monsoon Wedding, MYCHAEL DANNA for Hearts in Atlantis, SHAUN DAVEY for The Abduction Club, JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Last Castle, JAMES HORNER for A Beautiful Mind, MARK ISHAM for The Majestic and Life as a House, DAVID NEWMAN for The Affair of the Necklace, THOMAS NEWMAN for Road to Perdition, RACHEL PORTMAN for Hart's War, EDWARD SHEARMUR for K-PAX, STEPHEN WARBECK for Charlotte Gray, and CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for The Shipping News.


BEST SCORE - COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

Special mentions should also go to DAVID CARBONARA for The Guru, GEORGE S. CLINTON for Austin Powers in Goldmember and The Santa Clause 2, JOHN DEBNEY for Snow Dogs, PATRICK DOYLE for Gosford Park, DAMON GOUGH for About A Boy, ALEXANDER JANKO and CHRIS WILSON for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, MARK MOTHERSBAUGH for The Royal Tenenbaums, DAVID NEWMAN for Scooby-Doo, CRAIG PRUESS for Bend it Like Beckham, and ALAN SILVESTRI for Stuart Little 2.


BEST SCORE - ANIMATION

Special mentions should also go to ADAM BERRY for Balto II: Wolf Quest, TEDDY CASTELLUCCI for 8 Crazy Nights, JOHN DEBNEY for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, DON HARPER for Tarzan & Jane, CARL JOHNSON for The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, JOEL McNEELY for Return to Neverland, RANDY NEWMAN for Monsters, Inc., MICHAEL TAVERA for Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, and JIM VENABLE for The Powerpuff Girls Movie.


BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

Special mentions should also go to DAVID ARNOLD for The Musketeer and Die Another Day, DON DAVIS for Behind Enemy Lines, DANNY ELFMAN for Red Dragon, JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Sum of All Fears, JAMES HORNER for Windtalkers, DAVID JULYAN for Insomnia, MARK MANCINA for Domestic Disturbance, HOWARD SHORE for Panic Room, TOMANDANDY for The Mothman Prophecies, DEBBIE WISEMAN for Lighthouse, CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for The Glass House, and HANS ZIMMER for Black Hawk Down.


BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

Special mentions should also go to MICHAEL ANDREWS for Donnie Darko, KLAUS BADELT for The Time Machine, MARCO BELTRAMI for Blade II, DON DAVIS for Long Time Dead, DANNY ELFMAN for Men in Black II, JOHN FRIZZELL for Thirteen Ghosts, RICHARD GIBBS for Queen of the Damned, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for Signs, DANIEL LICHT for Soul Survivors, JOHN OTTMAN for Eight-Legged Freaks, and MARK THOMAS for Dog Soldiers.


BEST SCORE - FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Special mentions should also go to PHILIPPE CHANY for Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopatra, VLADIMIR COSMA for The Closet, JÉRÔME COULLET for He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, ISMAIL DARBAR for Devdas, FRÉDÉRIC DEVREESE for Pauline & Paulette, FRANÇOIS DOMPIERRE for Betty Fisher, ANTOINE DUHAMEL for Laissez-Passer, KRISHNA LEVY for 8 Women, BRAD MEHLDAU for Ma Femme Est Une Actrice, ORANGE MUSIC for The Eye, ANTONIO PINTO and ED CORTES for City of God, NICOLA PIOVANI for The Son's Room, and PHILIPPE ROMBI for The Girl from Paris.


BEST SCORE - TELEVISION

This award relates to scores films which premiered on British TV during 2002, regardless of whether they played theatrically, were released on VHS or DVD, or premiered on TV elsewhere in another year. It is the BRITISH release date that counts, and the fact that the first time it was seen anywhere in the UK was on TV.

Special mentions should also go to NEAL ACREE for Ablaze, JOHN ALTMAN for King of Texas, ANGELO BADALAMENTI for Lathe of Heaven, RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT for Swann, FRANKIE BLUE for Return to the Cabin by the Lake, GEOFFREY BURGON for The Forsyte Saga, JEFF DANNA for Baby, EUMIR DEODATO for Bossa Nova, ADRIAN JOHNSTON for Tipping the Velvet, DAN JONES for Tomorrow La Scala!, ROBERT LANE for Daniel Deronda and The House of the Baskervilles, DENNIS McCARTHY for Enterprise, MARC SHAIMAN for *61, COLIN TOWNS for Goodbye Mr. Chips, BRIAN TYLER for Panic and Last Call, and DEBBIE WISEMAN for The Guilty.


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Special mentions should also go to. JASON BONHAM, ZAKK WYLDE and JEFF SCOTT SOTO for "Livin' the Life" from Rock Star, JERRY GOLDSMITH and PAUL WILLIAMS for "If I Could Remember" from The Sum of All Fears, JAMES HORNER and WILL JENNINGS for "All Love Can Be" from A Beautiful Mind, JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB for "I Move On" from Chicago, MADONNA and MIRWAIS AHMEDZAI for "Die Another Day" from Die Another Day, PAUL McCARTNEY for "Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky, STING for "Until" from Kate & Leopold, and HANS ZIMMER, BRYAN ADAMS and GRETCHEN PETERS for "Here I Am" from Stallion: Spirit of the Cimarron.


BEST SINGLE CUE

Special mentions should also go to. KLAUS BADELT for "The Time Machine" from The Time Machine, MYCHAEL DANNA for "The Hill" from Hearts in Atlantis, DON DAVIS for "Ustao" from Behind Enemy Lines, JERRY GOLDSMITH for "September 11, 2001 - Theme from the Last Castle" from The Last Castle, and for"The Mission" from The Sum of All Fears, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for "Main Titles" from Signs, TREVOR JONES for "Portrait of a Prince" from From Hell, JAN A.P. KACZMAREK for "Unfaithful" from Unfaithful, YOKO KANNO for "Theme" from Escaflowne, THOMAS NEWMAN for "Rock Island, 1931" from Road to Perdition, RACHEL PORTMAN for "Final Salute" from Hart's War, EDWARD SHEARMUR for "Landing on Elba" from The Count of Monte Cristo, HOWARD SHORE for "Forth Eorlingas" from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, STEPHEN WARBECK for "My Name is Charlotte Gray" from Charlotte Gray, and JOHN WILLIAMS for "Across the Stars" from Star Trek Episode II: Attack of the Clones and for "The Chamber of Secrets" from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.


COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)


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