SCORE OF THE YEAR

• JOHN BARRY for Dances With Wolves (Epic) - review
• GEORGES DELERUE for Joe Versus the Volcano (Varèse Sarabande) - review
• DANNY ELFMAN for Edward Scissorhands (MCA) - review
• ENNIO MORRICONE for Cinema Paradiso (DRG)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Home Alone (CBS) - review

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• DANNY ELFMAN - biography
• JOHN BARRY - biography
• GEORGES DELERUE - biography
• BASIL POLEDOURIS - biography
• JOHN WILLIAMS - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• MARC SHAIMAN - Biography
• SIMON BOSWELL
• MYCHAEL DANNA
• JOHN DEBNEY

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• JOHN BARRY for Dances With Wolves (Epic)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Edward Scissorhands (MCA)
• GEORGE FENTON for Memphis Belle (Varèse Sarabande)
• ENNIO MORRICONE for Cinema Paradiso (DRG)
• RANDY NEWMAN for Awakenings (Reprise)

BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• GEORGES DELERUE for Joe Versus the Volcano (Varèse Sarabande)
• BRUCE BROUGHTON for Rescuers Down Under (Disney)
• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Gremlins II: The New Batch (Varèse Saranbade)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Home Alone (CBS)
• HANS ZIMMER for Green Card (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• ALAN SILVESTRI for Back to the Future Part III (Varèse Sarabande)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Darkman (MCA)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for The Hunt for Red October (MCA)
• BASIL POLEDOURIS for Quigley Down Under (Intrada)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Presumed Innocent (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Total Recall (Varèse Sarabande)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Nightbreed (MCA)
• JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for Flatliners (unreleased)
• STANLEY MYERS for The Witches (unreleased)
• ALAN SILVESTRI for Predator II (Varèse Sarabande)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• JON BON JOVI for "Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II
• GEORGES DELERUE and JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY for “Marooned Without You” from Joe Versus the Volcano
• BILLY F. GIBBONS, DUSTY HILL and FRANK BEARD for “Double Back” from Back to the Future Part III
• STEPHEN SONDHEIM for "Sooner Or Later I Always Get My Man" from Dick Tracy
• JOHN WILLIAMS and LESLIE BRICUSSE for "Somewhere In My Memory" from Home Alone

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FARLAINE (Yello), AFTER DARK MY SWEET (Maurice Jarre), AIR AMERICA (Charles Gross), ALICE (Dick Hyman), ALMOST AN ANGEL (Maurice Jarre), AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (Don Mcglashan), ANGEL TOWN (Terry Plumeri), ANOTHER 48 HRS. (James Horner), ARACHNOPOBIA (Trevor Jones), AVALON (Randy Newman), AWAKENINGS (Randy Newman)
• BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (Alan Silvestri), BAD INFLUENCE (Trevor Jones), BETSY'S WEDDING (Bruce Broughton), BIRD ON A WIRE (Hans Zimmer), BLIND FURY (J. Peter Robinson), THE BLOOD OF HEROES (Todd Boekelheide), BLOODFIST II (Nigel Holton), BLUE STEEL (Brad Fiedel), BODY CHEMISTRY (Terry Plumeri), THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (Dave Grusin), BRAINDEAD (Peter Rotter)
• CADILLAC MAN (J. Peter Robinson), CHATTAHOOCHEE (John E. Keane), CHICAGO JOE AND THE SHOWGIRL (Hans Zimmer), CHILD'S PLAY 2 (Graeme Revell), CHINA CRY (Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha), CINEMA PARADISO (Ennio Morricone), CLASS OF 1999 (Michael Hoenig), COME SEE THE PARADISE (Randy Edelman), COOK THE THIEF HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, THE (Michael Nyman), CORPORATE AFFAIRS (Jeff Winkless), COUPE DE VILLE (James Newton Howard), COURAGE MOUNTAIN (Sylvester Levay), CRAZY PEOPLE (Cliff Eidelman), A CRY IN THE WILD (Arthur Kempel), CRY-BABY (Patrick Williams), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Jean-Claude Petit)
• DADDY'S DYIN'… WHO'S GOT THE WILL? (David McHugh), DANCES WITH WOLVES (John Barry), DARKMAN (Danny Elfman), DAYS OF THUNDER (Hans Zimmer), DEATH WARRANT (Gary Chang), DEF BY TEMPTATION (Paul Laurence), DELTA FORCE 2 (Frederic Talgorn), DESPERATE HOURS (David Mansfield), DIAMOND'S EDGE (Trevor Jones), DICK TRACY (Danny Elfman), DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER (Michael Kamen), DON'T TELL HER IT'S ME (Michael Gore), DOWNTOWN (Alan Silvestri), DREAMS (Shinichiro Ikebe), DUCKTALES: THE MOVIE - THE TREASURE OF THE LOST LAMP (David Newman)
• EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Danny Elfman), THE END OF INNOCENCE (Michael Convertino), ERNEST GOES TO JAIL (Bruce Arntson and Kirby Shelstad), EVERYBODY WINS (Mark Isham), THE EXORCIST III (Barry De Vorzon)
• FAR OUT MAN (Tommy Chong), THE FIELD (Elmer Bernstein), FIRE BIRDS (David Newman), THE FIRST POWER (Stewart Copeland), FLASHBACK (Barry Goldberg), FLATLINERS (James Newton Howard), FOOLS OF FORTUNE (Hans Zimmer), THE FORBIDDEN DANCE (Vladimir Horunzhy), THE FOURTH WAR (Bill Conti), FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND (Carl Davis), THE FRESHMAN (David Newman), FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (Miles Goodman)
• GHOST (Maurice Jarre), GHOST DAD (Henry Mancini), THE GODFATHER PART III (Carmine Coppola), THW GODS MUST BE CRAZY II (Charles Fox), GRAFFITI BRIDGE (Prince), GRAVEYARD SHIFT (Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli), GREEN CARD (Hans Zimmer), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (Jerry Goldsmith), THE GRIFTERS (Elmer Bernstein), THE GUARDIAN (Jack Hues)
• HAMLET (Ennio Morricone), THE HANDMAID'S TALE (Ryuichi Sakamoto), HAPPY TOGETHER (Danny Chung), HARD TO KILL (David Michael Frank), HARDWARE (Simon Boswell), THE HAUNTING OF MORELLA (Chuck Cirino), HAVANA (Dave Grusin), HEART CONDITION (Patrick Leonard), HENRY & JUNE (Mark Adler), HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Robert McNaughton), HIDDEN AGENDA (Stewart Copeland), HOME ALONE (John Williams), THE HOT SPOT (Jack Nitzsche), HOUSE PARTY (Marcus Miller), THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (Basil Poledouris)
• I COME IN PEACE (Jan Hammer), I LOVE YOU TO DEATH (James Horner), IMPULSE (Michel Colombier), INTERNAL AFFAIRS (Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli)
• JACOB'S LADDER (Maurice Jarre), JETSONS: THE MOVIE (John Debney), JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (Georges Delerue)
• KINDERGARTEN COP (Randy Edelman), KING OF NEW YORK (Joe Delia), THE KRAYS (Michael Kamen)
• LAMBADA (Greg De Belles), LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN (Mark Knopfler), THE LAST OF THE FINEST (Jack Nitzsche), LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3 (Jim Manzie), THE LEMON SISTERS (Howard Shore), LISA (Joe Renzetti), LISTEN UP: THE LIVES OF QUINCY JONES (Quincy Jones), THE LONG WALK HOME (George Fenton), LONGTIME COMPANION (Greg De Belles), LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO (David Kitay), LOOSE CANNONS (Paul Zaza), THE LORD OF THE FLIES (Philippe Sarde), LOVE AT LARGE (Mark Isham)
• MADHOUSE (David Newman), A MAN CALLED SARGE (Chuck Cirino), MARKED FOR DEATH (James Newton Howard), MEMPHIS BELLE (George Fenton), MEN AT WORK (Stewart Copeland), MEN DON'T LEAVE (Thomas Newman), MERMAIDS (Jack Nitzsche), METROPOLITAN (Mark Suozzo), MIAMI BLUES (Gary Chang), MILLER'S CROSSING (Carter Burwell), MISERY (Marc Shaiman), MO' BETTER BLUES (Bill Lee), MONSIEUR HIRE (Michael Nyman), MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (Michael Small), MR. & MRS. BRIDGE (Richard Robbins), MR. DESTINY (David Newman), MY BLUE HEAVEN (Ira Newborn)
• NAKED TANGO (Thomas Newman), NARROW MARGIN (Bruce Broughton), NAVY SEALS (Sylvester Levay), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (Paul McCollough), NIGHTBREED (Danny Elfman), NUNS ON THE RUN (Yello), THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE (Victor Davies)
• OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (Miles Goodman)
• PACIFIC HEIGHTS (Hans Zimmer), THE PERFECT MURDER (Richard Robbins), POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (Carly Simon), PREDATOR 2 (Alan Silvestri), PRESUMED INNOCENT (John Williams), PRETTY WOMAN (James Newton Howard), PRISONERS OF THE SUN (David McHugh), PROBLEM CHILD (Miles Goodman), PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Cliff Martinez)
• Q&A (Rubén Blades), QUICK CHANGE (Randy Edelman), QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER (Basil Poledouris)
• REPOSSESSED (Charles Fox), THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (Bruce Broughton), THE RETURN OF SUPERFLY (Curtis Mayfield), REVENGE (Jack Nitzsche), REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Mark Isham), ROBOCOP 2 (Leonard Rosenman), ROBOT JOX (Frederic Talgorn), ROCKY V (Bill Conti), THE ROOKIE (Lennie Niehaus), ROSALIE GOES SHOPPING (Bob Telson), THE RUSSIA HOUSE (Jerry Goldsmith)
• THE SHELTERING SKY (Ryuichi Sakamoto), A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (Gary Chang), SHORT TIME (Ira Newborn), A SHOW OF FORCE (Georges Delerue), SIBLING RIVALRY (Jack Elliott), SKI PATROL (Bruce Miller), SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE 3 (Jamie Sheriff), SPACED INVADERS (David E. Russo), SPEAKING PARTS (Mychael Danna), THE SPIRIT OF '76 (David Nichtern), SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (Graeme Revell), STANLEY & IRIS (John Williams), STATE OF GRACE (Ennio Morricone), STELLA (John Morris), STREETS (Aaron Davis), STRIKE IT RICH (Shirley Walker), SWEETIE (Martin Armiger)
• TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS (Stewart Copeland), THE TALL GUY (Peter Brewis), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (John Du Prez), THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY (James Newton Howard), TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (Ennio Morricone), TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (Stephen James Taylor), TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith), TREMORS (Ernest Troost), TUNE IN TOMORROW (Wynton Marsalis), TWISTER (Hans Zimmer), THE TWO JAKES (Van Dyke Parks)
• VINCENT & THEO (Gabriel Yared), VITAL SIGNS (Miles Goodman)
• WELCOME HOME ROXY CARMICHAEL (Thomas Newman), WHERE THE HEART IS (Peter Martin), WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART (Lennie Niehaus), WHITE PALACE (George Fenton), WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti), WILD ORCHID (Simon Goldenberg), THE WITCHES (Stanley Myers)
• YOUNG GUNS II (Alan Silvestri)