Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 1984
SCORE OF THE YEAR
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Polydor) - Review
- CARL DAVIS for Champions (Island [LP])
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for Supergirl (Silva) - Review
- ENNIO MORRICONE for Once Upon a Time in America (Restless)
- BRUCE SMEATON for Iceman (Southern Cross) - Review
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- HAROLD FALTERMEYER - Biography
- BRUCE BROUGHTON
- ROBERT FOLK
- THOMAS NEWMAN
- ALAN SILVESTRI
BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA
- ENNIO MORRICONE for Once Upon a Time in America (Restless)
- CARL DAVIS for Champions (Island [LP])
- RANDY NEWMAN for The Natural (Warner)
- BRUCE SMEATON for Iceman (Southern Cross)
- JOHN WILLIAMS for The River (Varèse Sarabande)
Special mentions should also go to JOHN BARRY for The Cotton Club and Until September, BILL CONTI for The Karate Kid, RY COODER for Paris Texas, DAVE GRUSIN for Racing With the Moon and The Pope of Greenwich Village, JAMES HORNER for The Stone Boy, MARK ISHAM for Mrs. Soffel, MAURICE JARRE for A Passage to India, JOHN KANDER for Places in the Heart, JACK NITZSCHE for The Razor’s Edge, ALEX NORTH for Under the Volcano, MIKE OLDFIELD for The Killing Fields, PHILIPPE SARDE for Fort Saganne, JOHN SCOTT for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, and RICHARD ROBBINS for The Bostonians.
BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY
- LEE HOLDRIDGE for Splash (Supertracks)
- ROBERT FOLK for Police Academy (unreleased)
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Lonely Guy (MCA [LP])
- DAVID McHUGH for Moscow on the Hudson (RCA [LP])
- PATRICK WILLIAMS for All of Me (unreleased)
Special mentions should also go to RALPH BURNS for The Muppets Take Manhattan, ROBERT FOLK for Bachelor Party, MILES GOODMAN for Footloose, LEE HOLDRIDGE for Micki + Maude, MAURICE JARRE for Top Secret!, MARK KNOPFLER for Cal, JOHN MORRIS for The Woman in Red, IRA NEWBORN for Sixteen Candles, THOMAS NEWMAN for Revenge of the Nerds, BASIL POLEDOURIS for Protocol, and PATRICK WILLIAMS for Best Defense and Swing Shift.
BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Polydor)
- ELMER BERNSTEIN for Ghostbusters (Arista)
- HAROLD FALTERMEYER for Beverly Hills Cop (MCA)
- BASIL POLEDOURIS for Red Dawn (Intrada)
- ALAN SILVESTRI for Romancing the Stone
(Varèse Sarabande)
Special mentions should also go to BRUCE BROUGHTON for The Ice Pirates, JAY CHATTAWAY for Missing in Action, PINO DONAGGIO for Body Double, JERRY GOLDSMITH for Runaway, RICHARD HARTLEY for Sheena, ENNIO MORRICONE for Sahara, LENNIE NIEHAUS for Tightrope, and VANGELIS for The Bounty.
BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for Supergirl (Silva)
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for Gremlins (Geffen)
- JAMES HORNER for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Silva)
- JACK NITZSCHE for Starman (Varèse Sarabande)
- DAVID SHIRE for 2010 (A&M)
Special mentions should also go to CHARLES BERNSTEIN for A Nightmare on Elm Street, KLAUS DOLDINGER and GIORGIO MORODER for The Neverending Story, JONATHAN ELIAS for Children of the Corn, BRAD FIEDEL for The Terminator, DOMINIC MULDOWNEY for 1984, BASIL POLEDOURIS for Conan the Destroyer, CRAIG SAFAN for The Last Starfighter, TOTO for Dune, and KEN WANNBERG for The Philadelphia Experiment.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- RAY PARKER Jr. for “Ghostbusters” from Ghostbusters
- KENNY LOGGINS and DEAN PITCHFORD for “Footloose” from Footloose
- PAUL McCARTNEY for "No More Lonely Nights" from Give My Regards to Broad Street
- GIORGIO MORODER and CHRISTOPHER HAMILL for “The Neverending Story” from The Neverending Story
- STEVIE WONDER for “I Just Called To Say I Love You” from The Woman in Red
Special mentions should also go to PHIL COLLINS for “Take A Look At Me Now” from Against All Odds, HAROLD FALTERMEYER for “Axel F” from Beverly Hills Cop, MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for “Something New in My Life” from Micki + Maude, GIORGIO MORODER and PHIL OAKEY for “Together in Electric Dreams” from Electric Dreams, PRINCE for "When Doves Cry" from Purple Rain, SCOTT RICHARDSON for “Flashpoint” from Flashpoint, and TOM SNOW and DEAN PITCHFORD for “Let’s Hear it For The Boy” from Footloose.
COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)
- 1984 (Dominic Muldowney), 2010 (David Shire)
- THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI (Michael Boddicker), AGAINST ALL ODDS (Michel Colombier), ALL OF ME (Patrick Williams), ALPHABET CITY (Nile Rodgers), AMERICAN DREAMER (Lewis Furey), ANGEL (Craig Safan), ANOTHER COUNTRY (Michael Storey), ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE (John McLeod)
- BACHELOR PARTY (Robert Folk), THE BEAR (Bill Conti), BEAT STREET (Arthur Baker and Webster Lewis), BEST DEFENSE (Patrick Williams), BEVERLY HILLS COP (Harold Faltermeyer), BIRDY (Peter Gabriel), BLAME IT ON RIO (Ken Wannberg), BODY DOUBLE (Pino Donaggio), BODY ROCK (Sylvester Levay), BOLERO (Peter Bernstein), THE BOSTONIANS (Richard Robbins), THE BOUNTY (Vangelis), BREAKIN' (Michael Boyd and Gary Remal Malkin), BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (Michael Linn), BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (Dick Hyman), THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (Mason Daring), THE BUDDY SYSTEM (Patrick Williams)
- C.H.U.D. (David A. Hughes), CAL (Mark Knopfler), CANNONBALL RUN II (Steve Dorff), CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU (Ray Cook), THE CHAIN (Stanley Myers), CHAMPIONS (Carl Davis), CHILDREN OF THE CORN (Jonathan Elias), CHOOSE ME (Luther Vandross), CITY HEAT (Lennie Niehaus), CLOAK & DAGGER (Brian May), COMFORT AND JOY (Mark Knopfler), CONAN THE DESTROYER (Basil Poledouris), CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Georges Delerue), THE CORSICAN BROTHERS (George S. Clinton), THE COTTON CLUB (John Barry), COUNTRY (Charles Gross), CRACKERS (Paul Chihara), CRIMES OF PASSION (Rick Wakeman)
- DREAMSCAPE (Maurice Jarre), DUNE (Toto), EL NORTE (Malecio Martinez and Emil Richards), ELECTRIC DREAMS (Giorgio Moroder), ENTRE NOUS (Luís Enríquez Bacalov), THE EVIL THAT MEN DO (Ken Thorne), EXTERMINATOR 2 (David Spear)
- FALLING IN LOVE (Dave Grusin), FINDERS KEEPERS (Ken Thorne), FIRESTARTER (Tangerine Dream), FIRSTBORN (Michael Small), THE FLAMINGO KID (Curt Sobel), FLASHPOINT (Tangerine Dream), FOOTLOOSE (Miles Goodman), FORT SAGANNE (Philippe Sarde), THE FOURTH MAN (Loek Dikker), FRIDAY THE 13th PART IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER (Harry Manfredini)
- GABRIELA (Antonio Carlos Jobim), GARBO TALKS (Cy Coleman), GHOSTBUSTERS (Elmer Bernstein), GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET (Paul McCartney), THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY (John Boshoff), GRACE QUIGLEY (John Addison), GRAND CANYON: THE HIDDEN SECRETS (Bill Conti), GRANDVIEW USA (Thomas Newman), GREMLINS (Jerry Goldsmith), GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES (John Scott)
- HARD TO HOLD (Tom Scott), HARDBODIES (Vic Caesar), HARRY AND SON (Henry Mancini), HEART OF THE STAG (Leonard Rosenman), HEARTBREAKERS (Tangerine Dream), HIGHPOINT (Christopher Young), HOT DOG: THE MOVIE (Peter Bernstein), THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE (Raymond Leppard)
- THE ICE PIRATES (Bruce Broughton), ICEMAN (Bruce Smeaton), IMPULSE (Paul Chihara), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (John Williams), IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (Paul De Senneville)
- JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY (John Morris), JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (Vladimir Cosma)
- THE KARATE KID (Bill Conti), KIDCO (Michael Small), THE KILLING FIELDS (Mike Oldfield)
- LASSITER (Ken Thorne), THE LAST STARFIGHTER (Craig Safan), LE BAL (Vladimir Cosma), THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL (Dave Grusin), THE LONELY GUY (Jerry Goldsmith), LOVE LETTERS (Ralph Jones)
- MAKING THE GRADE (Basil Poledouris), MARVIN & TIGE (Patrick Williams), MASS APPEAL (Bill Conti), MEATBALLS II (Ken Harrison), MICKI & MAUDE (Lee Holdridge), MIKE'S MURDER (John Barry), MISSING IN ACTION (Jay Chattaway), MISUNDERSTOOD (Michael Hoppe), MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (David McHugh), MRS. SOFFEL (Mark Isham), THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (Ralph Burns)
- THE NATURAL (Randy Newman), THE NEVERENDING STORY (Klaus Doldinger and Giorgio Moroder), NIGHT OF THE COMET (Tom Perry and David R. Campbell), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein), NINJA III: THE DOMINATION (Misha Segal), NO SMALL AFFAIR (Rupert Holmes)
- OH, GOD! YOU DEVIL! (David Shire), ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Ennio Morricone), ONE DEADLY SUMMER (Georges Delerue), ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE (Dave Brubeck), OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (Pino Donaggio), OXFORD BLUES (John Du Prez)
- PARIS TEXAS (Ry Cooder), A PASSAGE TO INDIA (Maurice Jarre), PHAR LAP (Bruce Rowland), THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT (Ken Wannberg), PLACES IN THE HEART (John Kander), POLICE ACADEMY (Robert Folk), THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE (Dave Grusin), THE POWER (Christopher Young), PRIVATES ON PARADE (Denis King), PROTOCOL (Basil Poledouris), P'TANG YANG KIPPERBANG (David Earl), PURPLE HEARTS (Robert Folk), PURPLE RAIN (Michel Colombier)
- RACING WITH THE MOON (Dave Grusin), RAZORBACK (Iva Davies), THE RAZOR'S EDGE (Jack Nitzsche), RECKLESS (Thomas Newman), RED DAWN (Basil Poledouris), REVENGE OF THE NERDS (Thomas Newman), RHINESTONE (Mike Post), THE RIVER (John Williams), THE RIVER RAT (Mike Post), ROMANCING THE STONE (Alan Silvestri), RUNAWAY (Jerry Goldsmith)
- SAFARI 3000 (Ernest Gold), SAHARA (Ennio Morricone), SCANDALOUS (Dave Grusin), SCRUBBERS (Michael Hurd), SHEENA (Richard Hartley), SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (Perry Botkin Jr.), SIXTEEN CANDLES (Ira Newborn), SLAYGROUND (Colin Towns), A SOLDIER'S STORY (Herbie Hancock), SONGWRITER (Kris Kristofferson and Larry Cansler), SPLASH (Lee Holdridge), STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (James Horner), STARMAN (Jack Nitzsche), THE STONE BOY (James Horner), STOP MAKING SENSE (David Byrne), STRANGERS KISS (Gato Barbieri), STREETS OF FIRE (Ry Cooder), SUGAR CANE ALLEY (Groupe Malavoi), A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY (Philippe Sarde), SUPERGIRL (Jerry Goldsmith), SWING SHIFT (Patrick Williams)
- TANK (Lalo Schifrin), THE TERMINATOR (Brad Fiedel), TERROR IN THE AISLES (John Beal), THIEF OF HEARTS (Harold Faltermeyer), THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Spinal Tap), TIGHTROPE (Lennie Niehaus), TOP SECRET! (Maurice Jarre), THE TREASURE OF THE YANKEE ZEPHYR (Brian May)
- UNDER THE VOLCANO (Alex North), UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (Bill Conti), UNTIL SEPTEMBER (John Barry), UP THE CREEK (William Goldstein)
- THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS (Louis Saunders), WEEKEND PASS (John Baer), WHERE THE BOYS ARE (Sylvester Levay), THE WILD LIFE (Eddie Van Halen), WINDY CITY (Jack Nitzsche), THE WOMAN IN RED (John Morris)
- YOUNG LUST (Patrick Williams)
Home Page | Reviews A-M | Reviews N-Z | Composers | Links
Site copyright © 1997-2005, Jonathan Broxton/Movie Music UK. This review copyright © 2005. All rights reserved. The reviews and articles contained herein may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of the author. Some artwork and multimedia material are © various record labels and artists. All photos, multimedia and album artwork used are for non-profit making, promotional purposes, and no copyright infringement is intended.