SCORE OF THE YEAR

• JOHN WILLIAMS for The Empire Strikes Back (Sony Classical) - review
• JOHN BARRY for Somewhere In Time (Varése Sarabande) - review
• JOHN BARRY for Raise the Titanic (Silva Screen) - review
• JOHN MORRIS for The Elephant Man (Milan)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for The Blue Lagoon (Southern Cross) - review

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• JOHN BARRY - biography
• ELMER BERNSTEIN - biography
• BILL CONTI - biography
• LALO SCHIFRIN - biography
• JOHN WILLIAMS - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• JAMES HORNER - biography
• JOHN CORIGLIANO
• MICHAEL GORE
• DAVID MANSFIELD
• BASIL POLEDOURIS

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• JOHN BARRY for Somewhere In Time (Varése Sarabande)
• JOHN BARRY for Raise the Titanic (Silva Screen)
• JOHN MORRIS for The Elephant Man (Milan)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for The Blue Lagoon (Southern Cross)
• PHILIPPE SARDE for Tess (Universal France)

BEST SCORE - COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• ELMER BERNSTEIN for Airplane! (Regency [LP])
• BILL CONTI for Private Benjamin (unreleased)
• DOMINIC FRONTIERE for The Stunt Man (Fox [LP])
• MICHAEL GORE for Fame (Polydor)
• LALO SCHIFRIN for The Competition (MCA [LP])

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• JOHN SCOTT for The Final Countdown (JOS)
• ROY BUDD for The Sea Wolves (Cinephile)
• PINO DONAGGIO for Dressed To Thrill (Varése Sarabande)
• MICHAEL J. LEWIS for Ffolkes (Pen Dinas)
• ENNIO MORRICONE for The Island (Varése Sarabande)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• JOHN WILLIAMS for The Empire Strikes Back (Sony Classical)
• JOHN CARPENTER for The Fog (Silva Screen)
• JOHN CORIGLIANO for Altered States (RCA Victor)
• JAMES HORNER for Battle Beyond the Stars (GNP Crescendo)
• KEN WANNBERG and RICH WILKINS for The Changeling (Percepto)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• DOLLY PARTON for “Nine to Five” from Nine to Five
• MICHAEL GORE and DEAN PITCHFORD for “Fame” from Fame
• JEFF LYNNE for “Xanadu” from Xanadu
• FREDDIE MERCURY, ROGER TAYLOR, BRIAN MAY and JOHN DEACON for “Flash!” from Flash Gordon
• WILLIE NELSON for “On the Road Again” from Honeysuckle Rose

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• AIRPLANE! (Elmer Bernstein), ALLIGATOR (Craig Hundley), ALTERED STATES (John Corigliano), AMERICAN GIGOLO (Giorgio Moroder), ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN (Snuff Garrett), THE AWAKENING (Claude Bolling)
• BABYLON (Denis Bovell), BAD TIMING (Richard Hartley), THE BALTIMORE BULLET (Johnny Mandel), BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (James Horner), BELOW THE BELT (Jerry Fielding), BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT (Dave Fraser), THE BIG BRAWL (Lalo Schifrin), THE BIG RED ONE (Dana Kaproff), THE BLACK MARBLE (Maurice Jarre), THE BLUE LAGOON (Basil Poledouris), THE BLUES BROTHERS (Elmer Bernstein), BON VOYAGE CHARLIE BROWN (Ed Bogas), BORDERLINE (Gil Melle), BREAKER MORANT (Phil Cunneen), BREAKING GLASS (Hazel O'Connor), BRONCO BILLY (Snuff Garrett), BRUBAKER (Lalo Schifrin)
• CABOBLANCO (Jerry Goldsmith), CADDYSHACK (Johnny Mandel), CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (Jacques Morali), CARNY (Alex North), A CHANGE OF SEASONS (Henry Mancini), THE CHANGELING (Ken Wannberg and Rich Wilkins), CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE (Mark Davis), COAST TO COAST (Charles Bernstein), THE COMPETITION (Lalo Schifrin), CRUISING (Jack Nitzsche)
• DEATH WATCH (Antoine Duhamel), DIE LAUGHING (Craig Safan), DIVINE MADNESS (Marc Shaiman), DRESSED TO KILL (Pino Donaggio)
• THE ELEPHANT MAN (John Morris), THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (John Williams), THE EXTERMINATOR (Joe Renzetti)
• FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN (Michel Legrand), FAME (Michael Gore), FATSO (Joe Renzetti), FFOLKES (Michael J. Lewis), THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU (Marc Wilkinson), THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (John Scott), THE FIRST DEADLY SIN (Gordon Jenkins), FIRST FAMILY (Ralph Burns), FLASH GORDON (Howard Blake), THE FOG (John Carpenter), FOOLIN' AROUND (Charles Bernstein), FORBIDDEN ZONE (Danny Elfman), THE FORMULA (Bill Conti), FOXES (Giorgio Moroder), FRIDAY THE 13th (Harry Manfredini)
• GILDA LIVE (Paul Shaffer), GLORIA (Bill Conti), THE GONG SHOW MOVIE (Milton Delugg), THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE (Sex Pistols), GUYANA: CULT OF THE DAMNED (Nelson Riddle)
• H.E.A.L.T.H. (Joseph Byrd), HANGAR 18 (John Cacavas), HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE (Alexander Pesankov and Mark Pesankov), HEART BEAT (Jack Nitzsche), HEAVEN'S GATE (David Mansfield), HERBIE GOES BANANAS (Frank De Vol), HERO AT LARGE (Patrick Williams), HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT (Leonard Rosenman), HOME MOVIES (Pino Donaggio), HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Willie Nelson and Richard Baskin), HOPSCOTCH (Ian Fraser), HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING (Patrick Williams), HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (James Horner), THE HUNTER (Michel Legrand), HUSSY (George Fenton)
• THE IDOLMAKER (Jeff Barry), IN GOD WE TRUST (John Morris), IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC JESUS (Bob Summers), INSIDE MOVES (John Barry), THE ISLAND (Ennio Morricone), IT'S MY TURN (Patrick Williams)
• THE JAZZ SINGER (Leonard Rosenman), JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT (Charles Strouse)
• KAGEMUSHA (Shinichiro Ikebe)
• THE LAST FLIGHT OF NOAH'S ARK (Maurice Jarre), THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA (Charles Fox), LEO AND LOREE (Lance Rubin), LION OF THE DESERT (Maurice Jarre), LITTLE DARLINGS (Charles Fox), LITTLE MISS MARKER (Henry Mancini), THE LONG RIDERS (Ry Cooder), LOULOU (Philippe Sarde), LOVING COUPLES (Fred Karlin)
• MAD MAX (Brian May), THE MAN WITH BOGART'S FACE (George Duning), MANIAC (Jay Chattaway), McVICAR (Jeff Wayne), MELVIN AND HOWARD (Bruce Langhorne), MIDDLE AGE CRAZY (Tony Macaulay), MIDNIGHT MADNESS (Julius Wechter), THE MIRROR CRACK'D (John Cameron), MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE (Arie Dzierlatka), MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS (Sergei Nikitin), MOTEL HELL (Lance Rubin), THE MOUNTAIN MEN (Michel Legrand), MURDER BY DECREE (Paul Zaza), MY BODYGUARD (Dave Grusin), MY BRILLIANT CAREER (Nathan Waks)
• NIGHT GAMES (John Barry), NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (Artie Kane), NIJINSKY (John Lanchbery), NINE TO FIVE (Charles Fox), THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (Barry De Vorzon), THE NUDE BOMB (Lalo Schifrin)
• THE OCTAGON (Dick Halligan), OH HEAVENLY DOG (Euel Box), OH, GOD! BOOK II (Charles Fox), ONE TRICK PONY (Paul Simon), ORDINARY PEOPLE (Marvin Hamlisch), OUT OF THE BLUE (Tom Lavin)
• PHOBIA (Andre Gagnon), POPEYE (Harry Nilsson), PRIVATE BENJAMIN (Bill Conti), PROM NIGHT (Paul Zaza)
• RAISE THE TITANIC (John Barry), RESURRECTION (Maurice Jarre), THE RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (Mason Daring), ROADIE (Craig Hundley), ROUGH CUT (Nelson Riddle)
• SATURN 3 (Elmer Bernstein), THE SEA WOLVES (Roy Budd), SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (Marvin Hamlisch), SERIAL (Lalo Schifrin), THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos), SILVER DREAM RACER (David Essex), SIMON (Stanley Silverman), A SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (Jim Steinman), SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (Snuff Garrett), SOMEWHERE IN TIME (John Barry), STARDUST MEMORIES (Dick Hyman), STEEL (Michel Colombier), STIR CRAZY (Tom Scott), THE STUNT MAN (Dominic Frontiere), SWEET WILLIAM (Wilfred Josephs)
• TERROR TRAIN (John Mills-Cockell), TESS (Philippe Sarde), THOSE LIPS THOSE EYES (Michael Small), TOM HORN (Ernest Gold), TOUCHED BY LOVE (John Barry), TRIBUTE (Ken Wannberg)
• UNION CITY (Chris Stein), UP THE ACADEMY (Jody Taylor Worth), URBAN COWBOY (Ralph Burns), USED CARS (Patrick Williams)
• WHEN TIME RAN OUT (Lalo Schifrin), WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM (Neil Young), WHOLLY MOSES (Patrick Williams), WHY WOULD I LIE? (Charles Fox), WILLIE AND PHIL (Claude Bolling), WINDOWS (Ennio Morricone), WINDWALKER (Merrill B. Jenson)
• XANADU (Barry De Vorzon)