Movie Music U.K. Music Awards 1997
SCORE OF THE YEAR
- JAMES HORNER for Titanic (Sony Classical) - review
- JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for The Postman (Warner) - review
- BASIL POLEDOURIS for Starship Troopers (Varèse Sarabande) - review
- ALAN SILVESTRI for Contact (Warner) - review
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Seven Years in Tibet (Mandalay) - review
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- JOHN POWELL - biography
- HOWARD GOODALL
- HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS
- STEVE PORCARO
- STEPHEN WARBECK
BEST SCORE - DRAMA OR ROMANTIC DRAMA
- JAMES HORNER for Titanic (Sony Classical)
- THOMAS NEWMAN for Oscar & Lucinda (Sony Classical)
- ALAN SILVESTRI for Contact (Warner)
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Amistad (Dreamworks)
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Seven Years in Tibet (Mandalay)
Special mentions should also go to ELMER BERNSTEIN for Hoodlum and The Rainmaker, MYCHAEL DANNA for The Ice Storm and The Sweet Hereafter, PATRICK DOYLE for Donnie Brasco, DANNY ELFMAN for Good Will Hunting, GEORGE FENTON for In Love and War, PHILIP GLASS for Kundun, JERRY GOLDSMITH for L.A. Confidential, HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS for Smilla’s Sense of Snow, RICHARD HARTLEY for A Thousand Acres, JAMES HORNER for The Devil’s Own, JAN A.P. KACZMAREK for Washington Square, MICHAEL KAMEN for Inventing the Abbotts and The Winter Guest, EDWARD SHEARMUR for Wings of the Dove, STEPHEN WARBECK for Mrs. Brown, and JOHN WILLIAMS for Rosewood.
BEST SCORE – COMEDY OR ROMANTIC COMEDY
- ALAN SILVESTRI for Mouse Hunt (Varèse Sarabande)
- DAVID NEWMAN for Anastasia (Atlantic)
- MARC SHAIMAN for George of the Jungle (Disney)
- CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for The Man Who Knew Too Little (Varèse Sarabande)
- HANS ZIMMER for As Good As It Gets (Columbia)
Special mentions should also go to GEORGE S. CLINTON for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, JOHN DEBNEY for Liar Liar, ANNE DUDLEY for The Full Monty, CLIFF EIDELMAN for The Beautician and the Beast, ROBERT FOLK for Nothing to Lose, HOWARD GOODALL for Bean, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for My Best Friend’s Wedding, PHIL MARSHALL for Trial and Error, RACHEL PORTMAN for Addicted to Love, and MARC SHAIMAN for In & Out.
BEST SCORE - THRILLER, ACTION OR ADVENTURE
- JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for The Postman (Warner)
- DAVID ARNOLD for Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M)
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for Air Force One (Varèse Sarabande)
- JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for Devil’s Advocate (TVT)
- JOHN WILLIAMS for The Lost World: Jurassic Park (MCA)
Special mentions should also go to BRUCE BROUGHTON for Shadow Conspiracy, CARTER BURWELL for Conspiracy Theory and The Jackal, DON DAVIS for Warriors of Virtue, RANDY EDELMAN for Anaconda, CLIFF EIDELMAN for Free Willy 3: The Rescue, DANNY ELFMAN for Flubber, JOHN FRIZZELL for Dante’s Peak, ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL for Batman & Robin, JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Edge, TREVOR JONES for G.I. Jane, JOEL McNEELY for Wild America, BASIL POLEDOURIS for Breakdown, JOHN POWELL for Face/Off, GRAEME REVELL for The Saint, HOWARD SHORE for The Game, ALAN SILVESTRI for Volcano, SHIRLEY WALKER for Turbulence, CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for Murder at 1600, and HANS ZIMMER for The Peacemaker.
BEST SCORE - FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION OR HORROR
- BASIL POLEDOURIS for Starship Troopers (Varèse Sarabande)
- MARCO BELTRAMI for Mimic (Varèse Sarabande)
- DANNY ELFMAN for Men in Black (Columbia)
- JOHN FRIZZELL for Alien Resurrection (RCA Victor)
- MICHAEL KAMEN for Event Horizon (London)
Special mentions should also go to MARCO BELTRAMI for Scream 2, JOHN DEBNEY for I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Relic, JOEL GOLDSMITH for Kull the Conqueror, WILBERT HIRSCH for An American Werewolf in Paris, HARRY MANFREDINI for Wishmaster, MICHAEL NYMAN for Gattaca, and ZBIGNIEW PREISNER for Fairytale: A True Story.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- JAMES HORNER and WILL JENNINGS for "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
- DAVID ARNOLD, DAVID McALMONT and DON BLACK for “Surrender” from Tomorrow Never Dies
- JONO MANSON for “Almost Home” from The Postman
- ELLIOT SMITH for "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting
- DIANE WARREN for "How Do I Live" from Con Air
Special mentions should also go to STEVE BOONE and JOHN SEBASTIAN for “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice” from The Postman, JOHN COINMAN for “Once This Was The Promised Land” from The Postman, SHERYL CROW and MITCHELL FROOM for "Tomorrow Never Dies" from Tomorrow Never Dies, STEPHEN FLAHERTY and LYNN AHRENS for "Journey To The Past" from Anastasia, STEPHEN FLAHERTY and LYNN AHRENS for "Once Upon A December" from Anastasia, JAMES HORNER and WILL JENNINGS for “There Are Flowers Growing Upon The Hill” from The Devil’s Own, R. KELLY for “Gotham City” from Batman & Robin, SIMON LE BON, NICK RHODES and WARREN CUCCURULLO for “Out Of My Mind” from The Saint, ALAN MENKEN and DAVID ZIPPEL for "Go The Distance" from Hercules, WILL SMITH, PATRICE RUSHEN, FRED WASHINGTON and TERRY MCFADDEN for “Men In Black” from Men In Black, and MATTHEW SWEET, MIKE MYERS, SUSANNA HOFFS, CHRISTOPHER WARD and STUART D. JOHNSON for “BBC” from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCORES (AND THEIR COMPOSER)
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