SCORE OF THE YEAR

• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Basic Instinct (Varèse Sarabande) - review
• PATRICK DOYLE for Indochine (Varèse Sarabande)
• TREVOR JONES and RANDY EDELMAN for The Last of the Mohicans (Morgan Creek/Varèse Sarabande) - review
• WOJCIECH KILAR for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Columbia) - review
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Far and Away (MCA) - review

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• JERRY GOLDSMITH - biography
• RANDY EDELMAN - biography
• CLIFF EIDELMAN - biography
• WOJCIECH KILAR - biography
• JOHN WILLIAMS - biography

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• RANDY MILLER - biography
• HUMMIE MANN
• RICHARD MARVIN
• DAN WYMAN

BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA

• PATRICK DOYLE for Indochine (Varèse Sarabande)
• JOHN BARRY for Chaplin (Epic)
• MICHAEL KAMEN for Shining Through (RCA)
• HUMMIE MANN for Year of the Comet (Varèse Sarabande)
• JOHN WILLIAMS for Far and Away (MCA)

BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY

• ALAN MENKEN for Aladdin (Disney)
• BRUCE BROUGHTON for Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Intrada)
• GEORGES DELERUE for Man Trouble (Varèse Sarabande)
• CLIFF EIDELMAN for Leap of Faith (MCA)
• HANS ZIMMER for A League of Their Own (Columbia)

BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE

• JERRY GOLDSMITH for Basic Instinct (Varèse Sarabande)
• CLIFF EIDELMAN for Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (Varèse Sarabande)
• DANNY ELFMAN for Batman Returns (Warner)
• TREVOR JONES and RANDY EDELMAN for The Last of the Mohicans (Morgan Creek/Varèse Sarabande)
• THOMAS NEWMAN for Whispers in the Dark (unreleased)

BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR

• WOJCIECH KILAR for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Columbia)
• PHILIP GLASS for Candyman (Orange Mountain)
• ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL for Alien 3 (MCA)
• RANDY MILLER for Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (GNP Crescendo)
• IRA NEWBORN for Innocent Blood (unreleased)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• ALAN MENKEN and TIM RICE for "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
• JUD J. FRIEDMAN and ALAN DENNIS RICH for "Run To You" from The Bodyguard
• ANNIE LENNOX for “Love Song for a Vampire” from Bram Stoker’s Dracula
• ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
• SHEP PETTIBONE and MADONNA for "This Used To Be My Playground" from A League of Their Own

COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)

• 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (Vangelis), 3 NINJAS (Richard Marvin)
• ACES: IRON EAGLE III (Harry Manfredini), THE ADJUSTER (Mychael Danna), ALADDIN (Alan Menken), ALIEN 3 (Elliot Goldenthal), AMERICAN DREAM (Michael Small), AMERICAN ME (Claude Gaudette), ARTICLE 99 (Danny Elfman)
• THE BABE (Elmer Bernstein), BAD LIEUTENANT (Joe Delia), BASIC INSTICT (Jerry Goldsmith), BATMAN RETURNS (Danny Elfman), BÉBÉ'S KIDS (John Barnes), BECOMING COLETTE (John Scott), BEETHOVEN (Randy Edelman), BEST INTENTIONS (Stefan Nilsson), BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY… THEY GET EVEN (Patrick Williams), BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY (Trevor Jones), BLOODFIST III (Nigel Holton), BOB ROBERTS (David Robbins), THE BODYGUARD (Alan Silvestri), BOOMERANG (Marcus Miller), BRAIN DONORS (Ira Newborn), BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Wojciech Kilar), BREAKING THE RULES (David Kitay), BRENDA STARR (Johnny Mandel), A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (Philip Glass), BROTHERS' KEEPER (Jay And Molly Mason Ungar), BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (Carter Burwell)
• CANDYMAN (Philip Glass), CAPTAIN RON (Nicholas Pike), CHAPLIN (John Barry), CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE DISCOVERY (Cliff Eidelman), CITY OF JOY (Ennio Morricone), CLASS ACT (Vassal Benford), CLOSE TO EDEN (Edward Artemyev), COLD HEAVEN (Stanley Myers), CONSENTING ADULTS (Michael Small), COOL WORLD (Mark Isham), CRISS CROSS (Trevor Jones), CROSSING THE BRIDGE (Peter Himmelman and Lisa Haley), THE CRYING GAME (Anne Dudley), THE CUTTING EDGE (Patrick Williams)
• DAMAGE (Zbigniew Preisner), DANZÓN (Agustin Lara), DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (John Barnes), DEATH BECOMES HER (Alan Silvestri), DEEP COVER (Michel Colombier), DELICATESSEN (Carlo D'Alessio), DIGGSTOWN (James Newton Howard), THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN (Randy Edelman), DR. GIGGLES (Brian May)
• EDWARD II (Simon Fisher-Turner), ENCHANTED APRIL (Richard Rodney Bennett), ENCINO MAN (J. Peter Robinson), FALLING FROM GRACE (John Mellencamp), FAR AND AWAY (John Williams), THE FAVOUR THE WATCH AND THE VERY BIG FISH (Vladimir Cosma), FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAIN FOREST (Alan Silvestri), A FEW GOOD MEN (Marc Shaiman), FINAL ANALYSIS (George Fenton), A FINE ROMANCE (Pino Donaggio), FLIRTING (Christine Woodruff and James D'Arcy), FOLKS (Michel Colombier), FOREVER YOUNG (Jerry Goldsmith), FREDDIE AS FRO7 (Rick Wentworth and David Dundas), FREEJACK (Trevor Jones)
• GATE II (George Blondheim), GLADIATOR (Brad Fiedel), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (James Newton Howard), THE GUN IN BETTY LOU'S HANDBAG (Richard Gibbs)
• THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (Graeme Revell), HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH (Randy Miller), HERO (George Fenton), HOFFA (David Newman), HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (John Williams), HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (Bruce Broughton), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (David Newman), HOUSESITTER (Miles Goodman), HOWARD'S END (Richard Robbins), HUSBANDS AND WIVES (Dick Hyman)
• IN THE SOUP (Mader), INDOCHINE (Patrick Doyle), INNOCENT BLOOD (Ira Newborn)
• JENNIFER 8 (Christopher Young), JOHNNY SUEDE (Jim Farmer), JUMPIN' AT THE BONEYARD (Steve Postel)
• K2 (Chaz Jankel), KUFFS (Harold Faltermeyer)
• LADYBUGS (Richard Gibbs), THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman), THE LAWNMOWER MAN (Dan Wyman), A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Hans Zimmer), LEAP OF FAITH (Cliff Eidelman), LEAVING NORMAL (W.G. "Snuffy" Walden), LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Michael Kamen), LIGHT SLEEPER (Michael Been), THE LINGUINI INCIDENT (Thomas Newman), LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND (Tom Chase and Steve Rucker), LONDON KILLS ME (Mark Springer and Sarah Sarhandi), LOVE CRIMES (Graeme Revell), LOVE POTION NO.9 (Jed Leiber), THE LOVER (Gabriel Yared)
• MALCOLM X (Terence Blanchard), THE MAMBO KINGS (Robert Kraft), MAN TROUBLE (Georges Delerue), MEDICINE MAN (Jerry Goldsmith), MEDITERRANEO (Marco Falagiani and Giancarlo Bigazzi), MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (Shirley Walker), A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (Mark Isham), THE MIGHTY DUCKS (David Newman), MISSISSIPPI MASALA (L. Subramaniam), MO' MONEY (Jay Gruska), MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD (Jerry Goldsmith), MR. BASEBALL (Jerry Goldsmith), MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (Marc Shaiman), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Miles Goodman), MY COUSIN VINNY (Randy Edelman)
• NEWSIES (Alan Menken), NIGHT AND THE CITY (James Newton Howard), NIGHT ON EARTH (Tom Waits), NOISES OFF (Phil Marshall)
• OF MICE AND MEN (Mark Isham), ONCE UPON A CRIME (Richard Gibbs), ONE FALSE MOVE (Pete Haycock), OUT ON A LIMB (Van Dyke Parks)
• THE PANAMA DECEPTION (Chuck Wild), PASSED AWAY (Richard Gibbs), PASSENGER 57 (Stanley Clarke), PASSION FISH (Mason Daring), PATRIOT GAMES (James Horner), PET SEMATARY II (Mark Governor), PETER'S FRIENDS (Gavin Greenaway), THE PLAYBOYS (Jean-Claude Petit), THE PLAYER (Thomas Newman), POISON IVY (David Michael Frank), THE POWER OF ONE (Hans Zimmer), PRELUDE TO A KISS (Howard Shore), PROOF (David Bridie), THE PUBLIC EYE (Mark Isham), PURE COUNTRY (Steve Dorff)
• RADIO FLYER (Hans Zimmer), RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhao Jiping), RAISING CAIN (Pino Donaggio), RAMPAGE (Ennio Morricone), RAPID FIRE (Christopher Young), A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (Mark Isham), ROADSIDE PROPHETS (Pray For Rain), ROCK-A-DOODLE (Robert Folk), RUBY (John Scott), THE RUNESTONE (David Newman)
• SARAFINA! (Stanley Myers), SCENT OF A WOMAN (Thomas Newman), SCHOOL TIES (Maurice Jarre), SHADOWS AND FOG (Dick Hyman), SHAKES THE CLOWN (Tom Scott), SHAKING THE TREE (David E. Russo), SHINING THROUGH (Michael Kamen), SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (Howard Shore), SINGLES (Paul Westerberg), SISTER ACT (Marc Shaiman), SLEEPWALKERS (Nicholas Pike), SNEAKERS (James Horner), SOUTH CENTRAL (Tim Truman), SPLIT SECOND (Stephen Parsons), SPOTSWOOD (Ricky Fataar), STAY TUNED (Bruce Broughton), STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT (Alan Silvestri), STORYVILLE (Carter Burwell), STRAIGHT TALK (Brad Fiedel), A STRANGER AMONG US (Jerry Bock)
• TERMINAL BLISS (Frank Becker), THIS IS MY LIFE (Carly Simon), THUNDERHEART (James Horner), TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE (Jordi Savall), TOYS (Hans Zimmer), TRACES OF RED (Graeme Revell), TRESPASS (Ry Cooder), TURTLE BEACH (Chris Neal), TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti)
• UNDER SIEGE (Gary Chang), UNFORGIVEN (Lennie Niehaus), UNIVERSAL SOLDIER (Christopher Franke), UNLAWFUL ENTRY (James Horner), USED PEOPLE (Rachel Portman)
• THE VAGRANT (Christopher Young), VOYAGER (Stanley Myers)
• THE WATERDANCE (Michael Convertino), WATERLAND (Carter Burwell), WAYNE'S WORLD (J. Peter Robinson), WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD (Rachel Portman), WHERE THE DAY TAKES YOU (Mark Morgan), WHISPERS IN THE DARK (Thomas Newman), WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (Bennie Wallace), WHITE SANDS (Patrick O'Hearn), WILD ORCHID 2: SHADES OF BLUE (George S. Clinton), WIND (Basil Poledouris)
• YEAR OF THE COMET (Hummie Mann)
• ZEBRAHEAD (Taj Mahal), ZENTROPA (Joachim Holbaek)