Intrada Soundtrack Forum

...the list would like this (I don't think I haven't one here yet, so... . I'm starting with 1980 and only consider the actual nominees):

1980) Star Wars - Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (Williams)
1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Williams)
1982) E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Williams)
1983) Under Fire (Goldsmith)
1984) The Natural (R. Newman)
1985) Out of Africa (Barry)
1986) The Mission (Morricone)
1987) Empire of the Sun (Williams)
1988) Dangerous Liaisons (Fenton)
1989) Born on the Fourth of July (Williams)
1990) Dances with Wolves (Barry)
1991) Beauty and the Beast (Menken)
1992) Basic Instinct (Goldsmith)
1993) Schindler's List (Williams)
1994) Forrest Gump (Silvestri)
1995) Braveheart (Horner) and The American President (Shaiman)
1996) Michael Collins (Goldenthal) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Menken)
1997) Titanic (Horner) and Anastasia (D. Newman)
1998) The Thin Red Line (Zimmer) and Mulan (Goldsmith)
1999) The Red Violin (Corigliano)
2000) Malèna (Morricone)
2001) The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Shore)
2002) Far from Heaven (Bernstein)
2003) The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Shore)
2004) The Passion of the Christ (Debney)
2005) Memoirs of a Geisha (Williams)
2006) The Good German (Th. Newman)

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So...are these better Oscar picks than the ones done by AMPAS?

CK

Some of them were the ones done by AMPAS.

1970 - Patton --- or Henry Mancini's Sunflower
1971 - Les Deux Anglaises et le continent
1972 - Godfather
1973 - Anthony and Cleopatra --- or Papillon
1974 - tough year! I would go with QB VII but when this one is a TV score so Chinatown ----- or Godfather
1975 - Jaws --- or Wind and the Lion
1976 - The Omen
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Superman: the Movie
1979 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1980 - The Elephant Man
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark --- or True Confessions
1982 - Conan the Barbarian --- or Star Trek II
1983 - Krull
1984 - Once upon a time in America
1985 - Agnes of God -- or Out of Africa
1986 - Aliens
1987 - Hellraiser --- or Lionheart
1988 - Chouans
1989 - Triumph of the Spirit + La Revolution Francaise --- both equal, both in my Top 10 --- then Steel Magnolias and Henry 5
1990 - Joe vs the Volcano
1991 - Hook
1992 - Basic Instinct -- or Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1993 - difficult year, both Williams scores are great but I really love - Sommersby
1994 - Legends of the Fall --- or Forrest Gump
1995 - Apollo 13 --- or First Knight or Last of the Dogmen
1996 - Independence Day ---- or Ghost and the Darkness
1997 - Titanic --- or Starship Troopers
1998 - Les Miserables --- or Mulan
1999 - Angela's Ashes
2000 - The Perfect Storm --- or Legend of Bagger Vance
2001 - Final Fantasy --- or A.I.
2002 - I am Dina
2003 - LOTR: ROTK
2004 - The Polar Express --- or Les Choristes
2005 - Pride and Prejudice --- or Joyeux Noel
2006 - The Nativity Story --- The Omen --- Eragon

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