Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 1985



SCORE OF THE YEAR



COMPOSER OF THE YEAR



NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR



BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

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

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

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

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

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)



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