SCORE OF THE YEAR

• JOHN WILLIAMS for Raiders of the Lost Ark (Silva Screen) - review
• CARL DAVIS for The French Lieutenant’s Woman (DRG)
• GEORGES DELERUE for True Confessions (Milan [LP])
• JERRY GOLDSMIITH for The Final Conflict (Varèse Sarabande) - review
• RANDY NEWMAN for Ragtime (Rhino)

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• JOHN WILLIAMS - biography
• ELMER BERNSTEIN - biography
• GEORGES DELERUE - biography
• PINO DONAGGIO - biography
• JERRY GOLDSMITH - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• RANDY NEWMAN - biography
• JOHN BEAL
• TREVOR JONES
• HOWARD SHORE
• VANGELIS

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• GEORGES DELERUE for True Confessions (Milan [LP])
• CARL DAVIS for The French Lieutenant’s Woman (DRG)
• GEORGES DELERUE for Rich and Famous (unreleased)
• DAVE GRUSIN for On Golden Pond (MCA [LP])
• RANDY NEWMAN for Ragtime (Rhino)

BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• ELMER BERNSTEIN for Heavy Metal (unreleased)
• BURT BACHARACH for Arthur (Warner [LP])
• BUDDY BAKER for The Fox and the Hound (Disney [LP])
• JAMES HORNER for The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (Polydor [LP])
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Heartbeeps (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• JOHN WILLIAMS for Raiders of the Lost Ark (Silva Screen)
• BILL CONTI for For Your Eyes Only (Rykodisc)
• PINO DONAGGIO for Blow Out (Prometheus)
• MICHAEL J. LEWIS for Sphinx (Pen Dinas)
• MIKLÓS RÓZSA for Eye of the Needle (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Final Conflict (Varèse Sarabande)
• JAMES HORNER for Wolfen (unreleased)
• TREVOR JONES for Excalibur (unreleased)
• ALEX NORTH for Dragonslayer (Southern Cross)
• LAURENCE ROSENTHAL for Clash of the Titans (PEG)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• BILL CONTI and MICHAEL LEESON for “For Your Eyes Only” from For Your Eyes Only
• BURT BACHARACH, CAROLE BAYER SAGER, CHRISTOPHER CROSS and PETER ALLEN for “Arthur’s Theme” from Arthur
• BARRY DE VORZON and KIM CARNES for “Looker” from Looker
• RANDY NEWMAN for “One More Hour” from Ragtime
• LIONEL RICHIE for “Endless Love” from Endless Love

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• ABSENCE OF MALICE (Dave Grusin), ALL NIGHT LONG (Ira Newborn), ALL THE MARBLES (Frank De Vol), AMERICAN POP (Lee Holdridge), AMY (Robert Brunner), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (Elmer Bernstein), ARTHUR (Burt Bacharach), ATLANTIC CITY (Michel Legrand)
• BACK ROADS (Henry Mancini), BEYOND THE REEF (Francis Lai), BLOW OUT (Pino Donaggio), BODY HEAT (John Barry), BUDDY BUDDY (Lalo Schifrin), BUSTIN' LOOSE (Mark Davis), BUTTERFLY (Ennio Morricone)
• THE CANNONBALL RUN (Al Capps), CARBON COPY (Bill Conti), CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES (Tom Slocum and Sahn Berti), CAVEMAN (Lalo Schifrin), CHARIOTS OF FIRE (Vangelis), CLASH OF THE TITANS (Laurence Rosenthal), COMIN' AT YA! (Carlo Savina), CONDORMAN (Henry Mancini), CONFIDENCE (Tibor Polgar), CONTINENTAL DIVIDE (Michael Small), CUTTER'S WAY (Jack Nitzsche)
• DEADLY BLESSING (James Horner), DEATH HUNT (Jerrold Immel), THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN (Buddy Baker), THE DOGS OF WAR (Geoffrey Burgon), DRAGONSLAYER (Alex North)
• ENDLESS LOVE (Jonathan Tunick), ENTER THE NINJA (W. Michael Lewis and Laurin Rinder), ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (John Carpenter), ESCAPE TO VICTORY (Bill Conti), EXCALIBUR (Trevor Jones), EYE OF THE NEEDLE (Miklós Rózsa), EYES OF A STRANGER (Richard Einhorn and Red Neinkirchen), EYEWITNESS (Stanley Silverman)
• THE FAN (Pino Donaggio), THE FINAL CONFLICT (Jerry Goldsmith), FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER (Ian Fraser), FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (Bill Conti), FORCE: FIVE (William Goldstein), FORT APACHE THE BRONX (Jonathan Tunick), THE FOX AND THE HOUND (Buddy Baker), THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (Carl Davis), FRIDAY THE 13th PART II (Harry Manfredini), THE FUNHOUSE (John Beal)
• GALLIPOLI (Brian May), GAS (Paul Zaza), GENOCIDE (Elmer Bernstein), GHOST STORY (Philippe Sarde), GLEN OR GLENDA (William Lava), GOING APE! (Elmer Bernstein), GRADUATION DAY (Arthur Kempel), THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (Joe Raposo)
• HALLOWEEN II (Alan Howarth), THE HAND (James Horner), HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (Lance Rubin), HARD COUNTRY (Jimmie Haskell), HARDLY WORKING (Morton Stevens), HEARTBEEPS (John Williams), HEAVY METAL (Elmer Bernstein), HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 (John Morris), HONKY TONK FREEWAY (Elmer Bernstein), THE HOWLING (Pino Donaggio)
• THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (Suzanne Ciani)
• KELLY (Mickey Erbe and Maribeth Solomon), KING OF THE MOUNTAIN (Michael Melvoin), KONTRAKT (Wojciech Kilar)
• LA CAGE AUX FOLLES II (Ennio Morricone), THE LAST METRO (Georges Delerue), THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (John Barry), LOOKER (Barry De Vorzon)
• MAN OF IRON (Andrzej Korzynski), MODERN PROBLEMS (Dominic Frontiere), MODERN ROMANCE (Lance Rubin), MOMMIE DEAREST (Henry Mancini), MY BLOODY VALENTINE (Paul Zaza), MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (Allen Shawn)
• NEIGHBORS (Bill Conti), NICE DREAMS (Harry Betts), NIGHT SCHOOL (Brad Fiedel), THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA (David Shire), NIGHTHAWKS (Keith Emerson), NOBODY'S PERFEKT (David McHugh)
• ON GOLDEN POND (Dave Grusin), ON THE RIGHT TRACK (Arthur B. Rubinstein), ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (David Shire), OUTLAND (Jerry Goldsmith)
• PATERNITY (David Shire), PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (Marvin Hamlisch), POSSESSION (Andrzej Korzynski), THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (Michael Small), PRINCE OF THE CITY (Paul Chihara), THE PRIVATE EYES (Peter Matz), THE PURSUIT OF D.B. COOPER (James Horner)
• RAGGEDY MAN (Jerry Goldsmith), RAGTIME (Randy Newman), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (John Williams), REDS (Dave Grusin and Stephen Sondheim), RICH AND FAMOUS (Georges Delerue), RICHARD'S THINGS (Georges Delerue), ROAR (Dominic Frontiere), ROLLOVER (Michael Small)
• S.O.B. (Henry Mancini), SCANNERS (Howard Shore), SECONDHAND HEARTS (Willis Alan Ramsey), SHARKY'S MACHINE (Snuff Garrett), SILENCE OF THE NORTH (Allan Macmillan), SO FINE (Ennio Morricone), SOUTHERN COMFORT (Ry Cooder), SPHINX (Michael J. Lewis), STRIPES (Elmer Bernstein), STUDENT BODIES (Gene Hobson), SUNDAY LOVERS (Manuel De Sica), SUPERMAN II (Ken Thorne)
• TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (Billy Sherrill), TAPS (Maurice Jarre), TARZAN THE APE MAN (Perry Botkin Jr.), TATTOO (Barry De Vorzon), THIEF (Tangerine Dream), THIS IS ELVIS (Walter Scharf), TIM (Eric Jupp), TIME BANDITS (Mike Moran), TRUE CONFESSIONS (Georges Delerue)
• UNDER THE RAINBOW (Joe Renzetti), THE UNSEEN (Michael J. Lewis)
• THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (Stanley Myers), WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? (Arthur B. Rubinstein), WOLFEN (James Horner), THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (Georges Delerue)
• ZOOT SUIT (Daniel Valdez), ZORRO THE GAY BLADE (Ian Fraser)