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Best Original Score Nominees 70's - 90's

How many movies can you name that were nominated for Original Score between 1970 and 1999?
Year = year that the films were released
Winners in gold
Nominees/Winners for both Comedy/Musical and Dramatic Score are all listed together in each year
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1999
John Corigliano
The Red Violin
Thomas Newman
American Beauty
John Williams
Angela's Ashes
Rachel Portman
The Cider House Rules
Gabriel Yared
The Talented Mr. Ripley
 
 
1998
Nicola Piovani
Life is Beautiful
David Hirschfelder
Elizabeth
Randy Newman
Pleasantville
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan
Hans Zimmer
The Thin Red Line
Stephen Warbeck
Shakespeare in Love
Randy Newman
A Bug's Life
Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith
Mulan
Marc Shaiman
Patch Adams
Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer
The Prince of Egypt
 
 
1997
James Horner
Titanic
John Williams
Amistad
Danny Elfman
Good Will Hunting
Philip Glass
Kundun
Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential
Anne Dudley
The Full Monty
Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and David Newman
Anastasia
Hans Zimmer
As Good as It Gets
Danny Elfman
Men in Black
James Newton Howard
My Best Friend's Wedding
 
 
1996
Gabriel Yared
The English Patient
Patrick Doyle
Hamlet
Elliot Goldenthal
Michael Collins
David Hirschfelder
Shine
John Williams
Sleepers
Rachel Portman
Emma
Marc Shaiman
The First Wives Club
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Randy Newman
James and the Giant Peach
Hans Zimmer
The Preacher's Wife
 
 
1995
Luis Bacalov
Il Postino (The Postman)
James Horner
Apollo 13
James Horner
Braveheart
John Williams
Nixon
Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
Pocahontas
Marc Shaiman
The American President
John Williams
Sabrina
Randy Newman
Toy Story
Thomas Newman
Unstrung Heroes
 
 
1994
Hans Zimmer
The Lion King
Alan Silvestri
Forrest Gump
Elliot Goldenthal
Interview with a Vampire
Thomas Newman
Little Women
Thomas Newman
The Shawshank Redemption
 
 
1993
John Williams
Schindler's List
Elmer Bernstein
The Age of Innocence
Dave Grusin
The Firm
James Newton Howard
The Fugitive
Richard Robbins
The Remains of the Day
 
 
1992
Alan Menken
Aladdin
Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct
John Barry
Chaplin
Richard Robbins
Howard's End
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It
 
 
1991
Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast
Ennio Morricone
Bugsy
George Fenton
The Fisher King
John Williams
JFK
James Newton Howard
The Prince of Tides
 
 
1990
John Barry
Dances with Wolves
Randy Newman
Avalon
Maurice Jarre
Ghost
Dave Grusin
Havana
John Williams
Home Alone
 
 
1989
Alan Menkin
The Little Mermaid
John Williams
Born on the Fourth of July
Dave Grusin
The Fabulous Baker Boys
James Horner
Field of Dreams
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988
Dave Grusin
The Milagro Beanfield War
John Williams
The Accidental Tourist
George Fenton
Dangerous Liaisons
Maurice Jarre
Gorillas in the Mist
Hans Zimmer
Rain Man
 
 
1987
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su
The Last Emperor
George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
Cry Freedom
John Williams
Empire of the Sun
Ennio Morricone
The Untouchables
John Williams
The Witches of Eastwick
 
 
1986
Herbie Hancock
Round Midnight
James Horner
Aliens
Jerry Goldsmith
Hoosiers
Ennio Morricone
The Mission
Leonard Rosenman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
 
 
1985
John Barry
Out of Africa
Georges Delerue
Agnes of God
Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andraé Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner and Rod Temperton
The Color Purple
Bruce Broughton
Silverado
Maurice Jarre
Witness
 
 
1984
Prince
Purple Rain
Jeff Moss
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Kris Kristofferson
Songwriter
Maurice Jarre
A Passage to India
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Randy Newman
The Natural
John Williams
The River
Alex North
Under the Volcano
 
 
1983
Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Yentl
Lalo Schifrin
The Sting II
Elmer Bernstein
Trading Places
Bill Conti
The Right Stuff
Leonard Rosenman
Cross Creek
John Williams
Return of the Jedi
Michael Gore
Terms of Endearment
Jerry Goldsmith
Under Fire
 
 
1982
Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
Victor/Victoria
Ralph Burns
Annie
Tom Waits
One from the Heart
John Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
George Fenton and Ravi Shankar
Gandhi
Jack Nitzsche
An Officer and a Gentleman
Jerry Goldsmith
Poltergeist
Marvin Hamlisch
Sophie's Choice
 
 
1981
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
Alex North
Dragonslayer
Dave Grusin
On Golden Pond
Randy Newman
Ragtime
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark
 
 
1980
Michael Gore
Fame
John Corigliano
Altered States
John Morris
The Elephant Man
John Williams
The Empire Strikes Back
Philippe Sarde
Tess
 
 
1979
Ralph Burns
All That Jazz
Patrick Williams
Breaking Away
Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher
The Muppet Movie
Georges Delerue
A Little Romance
Henry Mancini
10
Lalo Schifrin
The Amityville Horror
Dave Grusin
The Champ
Jerry Goldsmith
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
 
 
1978
Joe Renzetti
The Buddy Holly Story
Jerry Wexler
Pretty Baby
Quincy Jones
The Wiz
Giorgio Moroder
Midnight Express
Jerry Goldsmith
The Boys from Brazil
Ennio Morricone
Days of Heaven
Dave Grusin
Heaven Can Wait
John Williams
Superman
1977
Jonathan Tunick
A Little Night Music
Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha and Irwin Kostal
Pete's Dragon
Sherman Brothers and Angela Morley
The Slipper and the Rose
John Williams
Star Wars
John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Georges Delerue
Julia
Maurice Jarre
Mohammad, Messenger of God
Marvin Hamlisch
The Spy Who Loved Me
 
 
1976
Leonard Rosenman
Bound for Glory
Paul Williams
Bugsy Malone
Roger Kellaway
A Star is Born
Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Bernard Herrmann
Obsession
Jerry Fielding
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver
Lalo Schifrin
Voyage of the Damned
 
 
1975
Leonard Rosenman
Barry Lyndon
Peter Matz
Funny Lady
Pete Townshend
Tommy
John Williams
Jaws
Gerald Fried
Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Alex North
Bite the Bullet
Jack Nitzsche
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jerry Goldsmith
The Wind and the Lion
 
 
1974
Nelson Riddle
The Great Gatsby
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Douglas Gamley and Angela Morley
The Little Prince
Paul Williams and George Tipton
Phantom of the Paradise
Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola
The Godfather Part II
Jerry Goldsmith
Chinatown
Richard Rodney Bennett
Murder on the Orient Express
Alex North
Shanks
John Williams
The Towering Inferno
 
 
1973
Marvin Hamlisch
The Sting
André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar
Sherman Brothers and John Williams
Tom Sawyer
Marvin Hamlisch
The Way We Were
John Williams
Cinderella Liberty
Georges Delerue
The Day of the Dolphin
Jerry Goldsmith
Papillon
John Cameron
A Touch of Class
 
 
1972
Ralph Burns
Cabaret
Gil Askey
Lady Sings the Blues
Laurence Rosenthal
Man of La Mancha
Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
Limelight
John Williams
Images
Buddy Baker
Napoleon and Samantha
John Williams
The Poseidon Adventure
John Addison
Sleuth
 
 
1971
John Williams
Fiddler on the Roof
Sherman Brothers and Irwin Kostal
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Peter Maxwell Davies and Peter Greenwell
The Boy Friend
Dmitri Tiomkin
Tchaikovsky
Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley and Walter Scharf
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Michael Legrand
Summer of '42
John Barry
Mary, Queen of Scots
Richard Rodney Bennett
Nicholas and Alexandra
Isaac Hayes
Shaft
Jerry Fielding
Straw Dogs
 
 
1970
The Beatles
Let it Be
Fred Karlin and Tylwyth Kymry
The Baby Maker
Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Bill Melendez, Al Shean and Vince Guaraldi
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Darling Lili
Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer
Scrooge
Francis Lai
Love Story
Alfred Newman
Airport
Frank Cordell
Cromwell
Jerry Goldsmith
Patton
Henry Mancini
Sunflower
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