SCORE OF THE YEAR

• JAMES HORNER for Field of Dreams (RCA) - Review
• DANNY ELFMAN for Batman (Warner) - Review
• JAMES HORNER for Glory (Virgin) - Review
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Born on the Fourth of July (MCA) - Review
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Warner) - Review

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• JAMES HORNER - biography
• DANNY ELFMAN - biography
• ALAN SILVESTRI - biography
• JOHN WILLIAMS - biography
• HANS ZIMMER - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• ALAN MENKEN - biography
• CLIFF EIDELMAN
• ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL
• GRAEME REVELL

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• JAMES HORNER for Field of Dreams (RCA)
• GEORGES DELERUE for Steel Magnolias (Polydor)
• JAMES HORNER for Glory (Virgin)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Born on the Fourth of July (MCA)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Warner)

BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• ALAN MENKEN for The Little Mermaid (Disney)
• ANGELO BADALAMENTI for National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (unreleased)
• GEORGE FENTON for We’re No Angels (Varèse Sarabande)
• JAMES HORNER for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (unreleased)
• DAVID NEWMAN for The Brave Little Toaster (Percepto)

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• DANNY ELFMAN for Batman (Warner)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for Farewell to the King (Varèse Sarabande)
• GRAEME REVELL for Dead Calm (unreleased)
• ALAN SILVESTRI for Back to the Future Part II (MCA)
• HANS ZIMMER for Black Rain (Silva Screen)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• ALAN SILVESTRI for The Abyss (Varèse Sarabande)
• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Epic)
• MICHAEL KAMEN for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Warner)
• HARRY MANFREDINI for Deep Star Six (Intrada)
• CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for The Fly II (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• DIANE WARREN for “If You Asked Me To” from Licence to Kill
• MARVIN HAMLISCH, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Woman Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
• ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid
• RANDY NEWMAN for "I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood
• L.A. REID, KENNETH “BABYFACE” EDMONDS and DARYL SIMMONS for “On Our Own” from Ghostbusters II

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• 976-EVIL (Tom Chase and Steve Rucker)
• THE ABYSS (Alan Silvestri), THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Michael Kamen), THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS (Michael Boddicker), AFTER MIDNIGHT (Mark Donahue), AKIRA (Shoji Yamashiro), ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (Ralph Burns), ALWAYS (John Williams), AMERICAN NINJA 3: BLOOD HUNT (George S. Clinton), AN INNOCENT MAN (Howard Shore), ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (Cliff Eidelman), ANNA (Greg Hawkes), APARTMENT ZERO (Elia Cmiral)
• BABAR: THE MOVIE (Milan Kymlicka), BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (Alan Silvestri), BATMAN (Danny Elfman), THE BEAR (Philippe Sarde), BEST OF THE BEST (Paul Gilman), THE BIG PICTURE (David Nichtern), BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (David Newman), BLACK RAIN (Hans Zimmer), BLAZE (Bennie Wallace), BLOODFIST (Sasha Matson), BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY (Jonathan Sheffer), BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (John Williams), THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER (David Newman), BREAKING IN (Michael Gibbs), THE BURBS (Jerry Goldsmith)
• CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Gabriel Yared), CASUALTIES OF WAR (Ennio Morricone), CHANCES ARE (Maurice Jarre), CHECKING OUT (Carter Burwell), CHEETAH (Bruce Rowland), CHOCOLAT (Abdullah Ibrahim), A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL (John Du Prez), THE CLUB (Mike Brady), COHEN AND TATE (Bill Conti), COLD FEET (Tom Bahler), COMMUNION (Allan Zavod), COOKIE (Thomas Newman), COUSINS (Angelo Badalamenti), CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS (Dick Hyman), CRIMINAL LAW (Jerry Goldsmith), CRUSOE (Michael Kamen), CYBORG (Kevin Bassinson)
• DAD (James Horner), DEAD BANG (Gary Chang), DEAD CALM (Graeme Revell), DEAD POETS SOCIETY (Maurice Jarre), DEEPSTAR SIX (Harry Manfredini), DISORGANIZED CRIME (David Newman), DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee), DREAM A LITTLE DREAM (John William Dexter), THE DREAM TEAM (David McHugh), DRIVING MISS DAISY (Hans Zimmer), DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Elliot Goldenthal), A DRY WHITE SEASON (Dave Grusin)
• EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Nile Rodgers), EAT A BOWL OF TEA (Mark Adler), EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS II (John Cafferty), EDGE OF SANITY (Frederic Talgorn), ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY (Maurice Jarre), ERIK THE VIKING (Neal Innes), THE EXPERTS (Marvin Hamlisch)
• THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (Dave Grusin), FAMILY BUSINESS (Cy Coleman), FAR FROM HOME (Jonathan Elias), FAREWELL TO THE KING (Basil Poledouris), FAST FOOD (Iris Gillon), FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY (Ennio Morricone), FEAR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION (Joe Romano and Moogy Klingman), FIELD OF DREAMS (James Horner), FLETCH LIVES (Harold Faltermeyer), THE FLY II (Christopher Young), FOR ALL MANKIND (Brian Eno), FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY (Michael Kamen), FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (Fred Mollin), FRIGHT NIGHT PART II (Brad Fiedel)
• GETTING IT RIGHT (Colin Towns), GHOSTBUSTERS II (Randy Edelman), THE GIRL IN A SWING (Carl Davis), GLEAMING THE CUBE (Jay Ferguson), GLORY (James Horner), GROSS ANATOMY (David Newman)
• HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS (Alan Howarth), HARLEM NIGHTS (Herbie Hancock), HAUNTED SUMMER (Christopher Young), HEART OF DIXIE (Kenny Vance and Philip Namanworth), HEART OF MIDNIGHT (Yanni), HEATHERS (David Newman), HEAVY PETTING (Hal Willner), HENRY V (Patrick Doyle), HER ALIBI (Georges Delerue), HIGH HOPES (Rachel Portman), HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (James Horner), THE HORROR SHOW (Harry Manfredini), HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE (Joseph Vitarelli)
• IMMEDIATE FAMILY (Brad Fiedel), IN COUNTRY (James Horner), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams)
• JACKNIFE (Bruce Broughton), THE JANUARY MAN (Marvin Hamlisch), JOHNNY HANDSOME (Ry Cooder)
• K-9 (Miles Goodman), THE KARATE KID PART III (Bill Conti), KICKBOXER (Paul Hertzog), KILL ME AGAIN (William Olvis), KINJITE (Greg De Belles)
• LEAN ON ME (Bill Conti), LET IT RIDE (Giorgio Moroder), LETHAL WEAPON 2 (Michael Kamen), LEVIATHAN (Jerry Goldsmith), LICENCE TO KILL (Michael Kamen), LISTEN TO ME (David Foster), THE LITTLE MERMAID (Alan Menken), LITTLE MONSTERS (David Newman), LOCK UP (Bill Conti), LOOK WHO'S TALKING (David Kitay), LOST ANGELS (Philippe Sarde), LOVERBOY (Michel Colombier)
• MAJOR LEAGUE (James Newton Howard), MANIFESTO (Nicola Piovani), THE MIGHTY QUINN (Anne Dudley), MILLENNIUM (Eric N. Robertson), MIRACLE MILE (Tangerine Dream), MISS FIRECRACKER (David Mansfield), MUSIC BOX (Philippe Sarde), MY LEFT FOOT (Elmer Bernstein), MYSTERY TRAIN (John Lurie)
• NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalamenti), NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY (Dawood Tabrizi), NEXT OF KIN (Jack Nitzsche), NIGHT GAME (Pino Donaggio), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (Jay Ferguson), NO HOLDS BARRED (Jim Johnston)
• OLD GRINGO (Lee Holdridge), OUT COLD (Michel Colombier)
• THE PACKAGE (James Newton Howard), PAPERHOUSE (Hans Zimmer), PARENTHOOD (Randy Newman), PARENTS (Angelo Badalamenti), PET SEMATARY (Elliot Goldenthal), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Misha Segal), PHYSICAL EVIDENCE (Henry Mancini), PINK CADILLAC (Steve Dorff), POLICE ACADEMY 6: CITY UNDER SIEGE (Robert Folk), PRANCER (Maurice Jarre)
• QUEEN OF HEARTS (Michael Convertino)
• RACE FOR GLORY (Jay Ferguson), THE RAINBOW (Carl Davis), RED SCORPION (Jay Chattaway), RELENTLESS (Jay Chattaway), RENEGADES (Michael Kamen), THE RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING (Chuck Cirino), ROAD HOUSE (Michael Kamen), ROMERO (Gabriel Yared), ROOFTOPS (Michael Kamen), THE ROSE GARDEN (Egisto Macchi), RUDE AWAKENING (Jonathan Elias)
• SAY ANYTHING (Anne Dudley), SCANDAL (Carl Davis), SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS (Stanley Myers), SEA OF LOVE (Trevor Jones), SECOND SIGHT (John Morris), SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL (Stewart Copeland), SEE YOU IN THE MORNING (Michael Small), SEX LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Cliff Martinez), SHE-DEVIL (Howard Shore), SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL (Alan Silvestri), SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Marvin Hamlisch), SHOCKER (William Goldstein), SIGNS OF LIFE (Howard Shore), SING (Jay Gruska), SKIN DEEP (Don Grady and Ivan Neville), SLAVES OF NEW YORK (Richard Robbins), SPEED ZONE! (Robert Saad and François Protat), STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (Jerry Goldsmith), STAYING TOGETHER (Miles Goodman), STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Georges Delerue), STEPFATHER II (Jim Manzie), SURVIVAL QUEST (Fred Myrow)
• TANGO & CASH (Harold Faltermeyer), TAP (James Newton Howard), TEN LITTLE INDIANS (George S. Clinton), THEOLONIOUS MONK: STRAIGHT, NO CHASER (Dick Hyman), THREE FUGITIVES (David McHugh), TO DIE FOR (Cliff Eidelman), TO KILL A PRIEST (Georges Delerue), THE TOXIC AVENGER PART II (Barrie Guard), THE TOXIC AVENGER PART III: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE (Christopher De Marco), TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT (Cliff Eidelman), TROOP BEVERLY HILLS (Randy Edelman), TRUE BELIEVER (Brad Fiedel), TURNER & HOOCH (Charles Gross)
• UHF (John Du Prez), UNCLE BUCK (Ira Newborn), UNDER THE BOARDWALK (David Kitay), UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN (Henri Dutilleux)
• VALMONT (Christopher Palmer), VAMPIRE'S KISS (Colin Towns)
• THE WAR OF THE ROSES (David Newman), WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S (Andy Summers), WELCOME HOME (Henry Mancini), WE'RE NO ANGELS (George Fenton), WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (Marc Shaiman), WHEN THE WHALES CAME (Christopher Gunning), WHO'S HARRY CRUMB? (Michel Colombier), WINTER PEOPLE (John Scott), WIRED (Basil Poledouris), THE WIZARD (J. Peter Robinson), WONDERLAND (Hans Zimmer), WORTH WINNING (Patrick Williams)
• YOUNG EINSTEIN (William Motzing)