Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 1985
SCORE OF THE YEAR
- GEORGES DELERUE for Agnes of God (Varèse Sarabande) - Review
- JOHN BARRY for Out of Africa (MCA) - Review
- JAMES HORNER for Cocoon (PEG) - Review
- BRUCE BROUGHTON for Young Sherlock Holmes (Intrada)
- JOHN CORIGLIANO for Revolution (unreleased)
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- DANNY ELFMAN - biography
- CARTER BURWELL
- ANDREW POWELL
- J.A.C. REDFORD
BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA
- GEORGES DELERUE for Agnes of God (Varèse Sarabande)
- JOHN BARRY for Out of Africa (MCA)
- JOHN CORIGLIANO for Revolution (unreleased)
- JAMES HORNER for The Journey of Natty Gann (unreleased)
- MAURICE JARRE for Witness (Varèse Sarabande)
Special mentions should also go to MICHEL COLOMBIER for White Nights, CHARLES GROSS for Sweet Dreams, MARVIN HAMLISCH for A Chorus Line and D.A.R.Y.L., QUINCY JONES for The Color Purple, PAT METHENY for Twice in a Lifetime, JOHN NESCHLING for Kiss of the Spider Woman, ALEX NORTH for Prizzi’s Honor, J.A.C. REDFORD for The Trip to Bountiful, BRUCE SMEATON for Plenty, and TORU TAKEMITSU for Ran.
BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY
- DANNY ELFMAN for Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Varèse Sarabande)
- MICHAEL CONWAY BAKER for One Magic Christmas (unreleased)
- ELMER BERNSTEIN for The Black Cauldron (Varèse Sarabande)
- GEORGES DELERUE for Maxie (unreleased)
- HENRY MANCINI for Santa Claus: The Movie (EMI [LP])
Special mentions should also go to ELMER BERNSTEIN for Spies Like Us, CHARLES FOX for National Lampoon’s European Vacation, JAMES HORNER for Volunteers, JOHN MORRIS for Clue, IRA NEWBORN for Weird Science, THOMAS NEWMAN for The Man With One Red Shoe, and ALAN SILVESTRI for Fandango.
BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE
- BRUCE BROUGHTON for Young Sherlock Holmes (Intrada)
- BRUCE BROUGHTON for Silverado (Intrada)
- DAVE GRUSIN for The Goonies (CBS/Epic [LP])
- MAURICE JARRE for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (GNP Crescendo)
- BASIL POLEDOURIS for Flesh + Blood (Prometheus)
Special mentions should also go to JOHN BARRY for Jagged Edge and A View to a Kill, CARTER BURWELL for Blood Simple, JERRY GOLDSMITH for King Solomon’s Mines and Rambo: First Blood Part II, JAMES HORNER for Commando, TREVOR JONES for Runaway Train, DAVID MANSFIELD for Year of the Dragon, LENNIE NIEHAUS for Pale Rider, ANDREW POWELL for Ladyhawke, CRAIG SAFAN for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for Def-Con 4.
BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR
- JAMES HORNER for Cocoon (PEG)
- MAURICE JARRE for The Bride (Varèse Sarabande)
- HENRY MANCINI for Lifeforce (Varèse Sarabande)
- DAVID SHIRE for Return to Oz (Bay Cities)
- ALAN SILVESTRI for Back to the Future (MCA)
Special mentions should also go to RICHARD BAND for Re-Animator, GEORGE FENTON for The Company of Wolves, BRAD FIEDEL for Fright Night, JERRY GOLDSMITH for Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend and Explorers, JOHN HARRISON for Day of the Dead, MAURICE JARRE for Enemy Mine, MICHAEL KAMEN for Brazil, ENNIO MORRICONE for Red Sonja, ALAN SILVESTRI for Cat’s Eye, and CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- JOHN BARRY and DURAN DURAN for "A View to a Kill" from A View to a Kill
- TERRY BRITTEN and GRAHAM LYLE for "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- DANNY ELFMAN and STEVE BARTEK for “Weird Science” from Weird Science
- CHRIS HAYES, JOHNNY COLLA and HUEY LEWIS for "The Power of Love" from Back to the Future
- LIONEL RICHIE for "Say You Say Me" from White Nights
Special mentions should also go to STEPHEN BISHOP for "Separate Lives" from White Nights, DAVID BOWIE for “This Is Not America” from The Falcon and the Snowman, HAROLD FALTERMEYER and FRANNE GOLD for “Bit By Bit” from Fletch, MARVIN HAMLISCH and ED KLEBAN for "Surprise Surprise" from A Chorus Line, JACK HUES and NICK FELDMAN for “To Live and Die in L.A.” from To Live and Die in L.A., QUINCY JONES, ROD TEMPERTON and LIONEL RICHIE for "Miss Celie's Blues" from The Color Purple, HENRY MANCINI and LESLIE BRICUSSE for “Every Christmas Eve” from Santa Claus: The Movie, and DIANE WARREN for "Rhythm of the Night" from The Last Dragon.
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)
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