SCORE OF THE YEAR

• CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for Hellbound: Hellraiser II (GNP Crescendo) - Review
• GEORGES DELERUE for Memories of Me (unreleased)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Beetlejuice (Geffen) - Review
• JAMES HORNER for The Land Before Time (MCA) - Review
• JAMES HORNER for Willow (Virgin) - Review

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• JAMES HORNER - biography
• GEORGES DELERUE - biography
• DANNY ELFMAN - biography
• HOWARD SHORE - biography
• CHRISTOPHER YOUNG - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• MARIO MILLO - biography
• BRIAN BANKS
• JOE JACKSON
• MARK SNOW

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• GEORGES DELERUE for Memories of Me (unreleased)
• ROBERT FOLK for Miles From Home (unreleased)
• PETER GABRIEL for The Last Temptation of Christ (Geffen)
• DAVE GRUSIN for The Milagro Beanfield War (unreleased)
• HANS ZIMMER for Rain Man (Capitol)

BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• IRA NEWBORN for The Naked Gun (Varèse Sarabande)
• HENRY MANCINI for Without a Clue (unreleased)
• HOWARD SHORE for Big (Varèse Sarabande)
• ALAN SILVESTRI for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Disney)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for The Accidental Tourist (Warner)

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• JAMES HORNER for The Land Before Time (MCA)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Midnight Run (MCA)
• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Rambo III (Intrada)
• MARIO MILLO for The Lighthorsemen (OneMone)
• HOWARD SHORE for Dead Ringers (Silva Screen)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for Hellbound: Hellraiser II (GNP Crescendo)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Beetlejuice (MCA)
• JAMES HORNER for Willow (Virgin)
• JACK NITZSCHE for The Seventh Sign (Cinedisc)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for Cherry 2000 (Prometheus)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• JAMES HORNER and WILL JENNINGS for “If We Hold On Together” from The Land Before Time
• LAMONT DOZIER and PHIL COLLINS for "Two Hearts" from Buster
• LARRY HENLEY and JEFF SILBAR for “Wind Beneath My Wings” from Beaches
• BILLY JOEL for "Why Should I Worry" from Oliver & Company
• CARLY SIMON for "Let The River Run" from Working Girl

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• 18 AGAIN! (Billy Goldenberg), 1969 (Michael Small)
• ABOVE THE LAW (David Michael Frank), THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (John Williams), THE ACCUSED (Brad Fiedel), ACTION JACKSON (Herbie Hancock), AFTER SCHOOL (David C. Williams), ALIEN NATION (Curt Sobel), ALOHA SUMMER (Bennett Salvay and Jesse Frederick), AMSTERDAMNED (Dick Maas), AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (Tom Chase and Steve Rucker), ANOTHER WOMAN (Dick Hyman), APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (Pino Donaggio), APPRENTICE TO MURDER (Charles Gross), ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS (Burt Bacharach)
• BABETTE’S FEAST (Per Nørgård), BAD DREAMS (Jay Ferguson), BAT*21 (Christopher Young), BEACHES (Georges Delerue), THE BEAST (Mark Isham), BEATRICE (Lily Boulanger and Ron Carter), BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman), BELLMAN AND TRUE (Colin Towns), BETRAYED (Bill Conti), BIG (Howard Shore), THE BIG BLUE (Bill Conti [US]/Eric Serra [Europe]), BIG BUSINESS (Lee Holdridge), BIG TOP PEE-WEE (Danny Elfman), BILOXI BLUES (Georges Delerue), BIRD (Lennie Niehaus), THE BLOB (Michael Hoenig), BLOODSPORT (Paul Hertzog), THE BOOST (Stanley Myers), BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (Jean-Louis Valero), BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION 3 (Jay Chattaway), BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY (Donald Fagen), BULL DURHAM (Michael Convertino), BULLETPROOF (Tom Chase and Steve Rucker), BUSTER (Anne Dudley)
• CADDYSHACK II (Ira Newborn), CALL ME (David Michael Frank), CASUAL SEX? (Van Dyke Parks), CHERRY 2000 (Basil Poledouris), CHILD'S PLAY (Joe Renzetti), CLARA'S HEART (Dave Grusin), CLEAN AND SOBER (Gabriel Yared), COCKTAIL (J. Peter Robinson), COCOON: THE RETURN (James Horner), COLORS (Herbie Hancock), COMING TO AMERICA (Nile Rodgers), CONSUMING PASSIONS (Richard Hartley), COP (Michel Colombier), THE COUCH TRIP (Michel Colombier), THE COURIER (Declan MacManus), CRITTERS 2 (Nicholas Pike), CROCODILE DUNDEE II (Peter Best), CROSSING DELANCEY (Paul Chihara), A CRY IN THE DARK (Bruce Smeaton)
• D.O.A. (Chaz Jankel), DA (Elmer Bernstein), DANGEROUS LIAISONS (George Fenton), DEAD HEAT (Ernest Troost), THE DEAD POOL (Lalo Schifrin), DEAD RINGERS (Howard Shore), THE DECIEVERS (John Scott), DIE HARD (Michael Kamen), DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (Miles Goodman), DISTANT THUNDER (Maurice Jarre), DOMINICK AND EUGENE (Trevor Jones)
• EIGHT MEN OUT (Mason Daring), ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK (James B. Campbell), END OF THE LINE (Andy Summers), ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (Mark Snow), EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN (James Newton Howard)
• FAMILY VIEWING (Mychael Danna), FAR NORTH (Red Clay Ramblers), FEDS (Randy Edelman), A FISH CALLED WANDA (John Du Prez), FIVE CORNERS (James Newton Howard), FOR KEEPS (Bill Conti), FRANTIC (Ennio Morricone), FRESH HORSES (Patrick Williams), FRIDAY THE 13th PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD (Harry Manfredini), FULL MOON IN BLUE WATER (Phil Marshall), FUNNY FARM (Elmer Bernstein)
• GHOST TOWN (Harvey Cohen), GOING BANANAS (Pino Donaggio), THE GOOD MOTHER (Elmer Bernstein), GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Maurice Jarre), THE GREAT OUTDOORS (Thomas Newman)
• HAIRSPRAY (Kenny Vance), HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (Alan Howarth), A HANDFUL OF DUST (George Fenton), HANNA'S WAR (Dov Seltzer), HEARTBREAK HOTEL (Georges Delerue), HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II (Christopher Young), HERO AND THE TERROR (David Michael Frank), HIGH SPIRITS (George Fenton), HOT TO TROT (Danny Elfman), THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET (Georges Delerue)
• ILLEGALLY YOURS (Phil Marshall), I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (David Michael Frank), IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (John Lennon), IN A SHALLOW GRAVE (Jonathan Sheffer), THE IN CROWD (Mark Snow), IRON EAGLE II (Amin Bhatia), IT TAKES TWO (Carter Burwell)
• JOHNNY BE GOOD (Jay Ferguson), JUDGMENT IN BERLIN (Peter Goldfoot), JULIA & JULIA (Maurice Jarre)
• KANSAS (Pino Donaggio), THE KITCHEN TOTO (John E. Keane)
• THE LADY IN WHITE (Frank La Loggia), THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (Stanislas Syrewicz), THE LAND BEFORE TIME (James Horner), LAST RITES (Bruce Broughton), THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (Peter Gabriel), LICENSE TO DRIVE (Jay Ferguson), LIGHT YEARS (Gabriel Yared), THE LIGHTHORSEMEN (Mario Millo), LITTLE NIKITA (Marvin Hamlisch)
• MAC AND ME (Alan Silvestri), MADAME SOUSATZKA (Gerald Gouriet), MANIAC COP (Jay Chattaway), MARRIED TO THE MOB (David Byrne), MASQUERADE (John Barry), MEMORIES OF ME (Georges Delerue), MESSENGER OF DEATH (Robert O. Ragland), MIDNIGHT RUN (Danny Elfman), THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (Dave Grusin), MILES FROM HOME (Robert Folk), MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Trevor Jones), THE MODERNS (Mark Isham), MONDO NEW YORK (Luis Perico Ortiz and Johnny Pachecho), MONKEY SHINES (David Shire), MOON OVER PARADOR (Maurice Jarre), MOVING (Howard Shore), MURDER ONE (Mychael Danna), MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE (Steve Dorff), MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (Alan Silvestri), MYSTIC PIZZA (David Mchugh)
• THE NAKED GUN (Ira Newborn), THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING (Misha Segal), A NEW LIFE (Michael Jay and Joseph Turrin), A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF JIMMY REARDON (Bill Conti), NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (Dennis Michael Tenney), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (Craig Safan)
• OFF LIMITS (James Newton Howard), OLIVER & COMPANY (J.A.C. Redford), OUT OF ROSENHEIM (Bob Telson)
• PASCALI'S ISLAND (Loek Dikker), PASS THE AMMO (Carter Burwell), PATTY HEARST (Scott Johnson), PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Stefan Nilsson), THE PENITENT (Alex North), PERMANENT RECORD (Anthony Marinelli), PHANTASM II (Christopher Stone), PLAIN CLOTHES (Scott Wilk), POLICE ACADEMY 5: ASSIGNMENT MIAMI BEACH (Robert Folk), POLTERGEIST III (Joe Renzetti), POWAQQATSI (Philip Glass), THE PRESIDIO (Bruce Broughton), THE PRINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA (Thomas Newman), PRISON (Richard Band), PROMISED LAND (James Newton Howard), PUMPKINHEAD (Richard Stone), PUNCHLINE (Charles Gross)
• THE RAGGEDY RAWNEY (Michael Kamen), RAIN MAN (Hans Zimmer), RAMBO III (Jerry Goldsmith), RED HEAT (James Horner), RENT-A-COP (Jerry Goldsmith), THE RESCUE (Bruce Broughton), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II (J. Peter Robinson), RETURN TO SNOWY RIVER (Bruce Rowland), ROCKET GIBRALTAR (Andrew Powell), RUNNING ON EMPTY (Tony Mottola)
• SALAAM BOMBAY! (L. Subramaniam), SALSA (Wojciech Kilar), SATISFACTION (Michel Colombier), SCHOOL DAZE (Bill Lee), SCROOGED (Danny Elfman), THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (Brad Fiedel), SEVEN HOURS TO JUDGMENT (John Debney), THE SEVENTH SIGN (Jack Nitzsche), SHAKEDOWN (Jonathan Elias), SHE'S HAVING A BABY (Stewart Copeland), SHOOT TO KILL (John Scott), SHORT CIRCUIT 2 (Charles Fox), SISTER SISTER (Richard Einhorn), SOME GIRLS (James Newton Howard), SPELLBINDER (Basil Poledouris), SPLIT DECISIONS (Basil Poledouris), STAND AND DELIVER (Craig Safan), STARS AND BARS (Stanley Myers), STEALING HOME (David Foster) STORMY MONDAY (Mike Figgis), SUNSET (Henry Mancini), SWEET HEARTS DANCE (Richard Gibbs), SWITCHING CHANNELS (Michel Legrand)
• TAFFIN (Stanley Myers and Hans Zimmer), TALK RADIO (Stewart Copeland), TAPEHEADS (David Kahne), THE TELEPHONE (Christopher Young), TEQUILA SUNRISE (Dave Grusin), THEY LIVE (John Carpenter), THE THIN BLUE LINE (Philip Glass), THINGS CHANGE (Alaric Jans), TIGER WARSAW (Ernest Troost), A TIGER'S TALE (Lee Holdridge), A TIME OF DESTINY (Ennio Morricone), TORCH SONG TRILOGY (Peter Matz), TRACK 29 (Stanley Myers), TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (Joe Jackson), TWINS (Georges Delerue and Randy Edelman)
• U2: RATTLE AND HUM (U2), THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Stanley Myers), THE UNHOLY (Roger Bellon)
• VIBES (James Horner), VICE VERSA (David Shire), VINCENT: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF VINCENT VAN GOGH (Norman Kaye)
• WATCHERS (Joel Goldsmith), WAXWORK (Roger Bellon), WE THINK THE WORLD OF YOU (Julian Jacobson), WHITE MISCHIEF (George Fenton), WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (Alan Silvestri), WILLOW (James Horner), WITHOUT A CLUE (Henry Mancini), WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Bernardo Bonezzi), WORKING GIRL (Carly Simon), A WORLD APART (Hans Zimmer), THE WRONG GUYS (Joseph Conlan)
• THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE (Christine Woodruff), YOUNG GUNS (Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli)
• ZELLY AND ME (Pino Donaggio)