SMALL SCREEN, BIG SCORES: PART FIFTEEN

By Scott Bettencourt

BABYLON 5 - Stewart Copeland
Pilot for the long running syndicated sci-fi series, later released on video as Babylon 5: The Gathering; Christopher Franke scored every episode of the series plus the sequel movies, and even rescored one release of this pilot

BARBARIANS AT THE GATE - Richard Gibbs
Acclaimed HBO movie, adapted by Larry Gelbart from the Bryan Burrough/John Helyar non-fiction bestseller about the RJR Nabisco takeover; with James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Reigert, Joanna Cassidy, Fred Dalton Thompson and Jeffrey DeMunn

BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE - Charles Bernstein
True crime melodrama with Susan Lucci

BLIND SIDE - Brian May
Ron Silver and Rebecca DeMornay cover up a hit-and-run accident and are blackmailed by Rutger Hauer; co-starring Jonathan Banks and Mariska Hargitay, directed by Geoff Murphy (Utu, Young Guns II)

BLIND SPOT - Patrick Williams
Fritz Weaver and politician Joanne Woodward are the parents of cocaine addict Laura Linney

BLOODLINES: MURDER IN THE FAMILY - David Shire
True crime drama with Elliot Gould as an L.A. businessman who hires killers to murder his parents; with Mimi Rogers, Clancy Brown, Chris Demetral, Kim Hunter and Sam Wanamaker

BODY BAGS - John Carpenter, Jim Lang
Score CD on Varese Sarabande; Anthology horror movie for Showtime directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper; Carpenter himself hosts as a ghoulish coroner, with segments featuring Robert Carradine, David Naughton, Stacy Keach, David Warner, Sheena Easton, Mark Hamill, Deborah Harry, and Roger Corman

BONDS OF LOVE - George S. Clinton
Kelly McGillis falls for mentally handicapped Treat Williams

THE BROKEN CHAIN - Charles Fox
Adventure about Native Americans in the Revolutionary War; with Pierce Brosnan, Graham Greene and Wes Studi

CALL OF THE WILD - Lee Holdridge
Score CD released as a composer promo; 1992/1993 Emmy nominee Outstanding Individual Achievement In Music Composition For A Miniseries Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore); Rick Schroder, Mia Sara and Eric McCormack in a remake of the Jack London classic, directed by "Alan Smithee"

CAUGHT IN THE ACT - Arthur B. Rubinstein
Unemployed actor Gregory Harrison gets caught up in bank fraud and murder

CLASS OF '61 - John Debney
Score CD released as a composer promo, paired with In Pursuit of Honor; Steven Spielberg exec-produced this pilot about West Point cadets on the eve of the Civil War; with Clive Owen, Andre Braugher, Dan Futterman, Laura Linney, Len Cariou, and Josh Lucas as Custer; directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear, Hart's War)

COLPI DI CODA - Pino Donaggio
Score CD on CAM; Italian thriller with Giancarlo Giannini

CURACAO - Colin Towns
Thriller with William L. Petersen, Trish Van Devere and George C. Scott

DAYBREAK - Michel Colombier
HBO movie from Alan Browne's play Beirut, with Moira Kelly and Cuba Gooding Jr. as lovers in a plague-ridden future society; co-starring Martha Plimpton and John Cameron Mitchell

DEAD BEFORE DAWN - Sylvester Levay
Jameson Parker unwittingly hires an undercover FBI agent to murder his abused wife, Cheryl Ladd

DEATH TRAIN - Trevor Jones
Thriller with Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Ted Levine and Christopher Lee, released on video as Detonator

DESPERATE RESCUE: THE CATHY MAHONE STORY - Fred Karlin
Mariel Hemingway in a variation on Not Without My Daughter

DIANA: HER TRUE STORY - Ken Thorne
Serena Scott Thomas (sister of Kristin) as Princess Di, David Threlfall as Prince Charles

DONATO AND DAUGHTER - Sylvester Levay
Charles Bronson and Dana Delany as father-and-daughter cops

DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Colin Towns
Janet McTeer investigates a friend's murder; with Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy

DOUBLE DECEPTION - Gary Chang
Thriller with James Russo, Sally Kirkland and Alice Krige

THE ERNEST GREEN STORY - Mason Daring
Morris Chestnut plays the title role in this racial drama, with Avery Brooks, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

FADE TO BLACK - Michel Colombier
Voyeur Timothy Busfield tries to protect Heather Locklear

A FAMILY TORN APART - Gary Chang
Brothers Neil Patrick Harris and Johnny Galecki are suspected in the murder of their emotionally abusive parents; directed by Craig R. Baxley (Kingdom Hospital, Action Jackson)

THE FEDS - Bruce Rowland
Australian crime drama, first in a series

FEMME FATALE - Stephen Warbeck
BBC comedy featuring Donald Pleasence and Simon Callow

FINAL APPEAL - Charles Bernstein
Crime drama with Brian Dennehy and JoBeth Williams

THE FIRE NEXT TIME - Laurence Rosenthal
Futuristic disaster miniseries about the effects of global warming, with Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jurgen Prochnow, Justin Whalin and Paul Rudd

FLIGHT FROM JUSTICE - Bruno Coulais
International adventure with Jean Reno and Bruce Boxleitner

FOR LOVE AND GLORY - John Debney
Drama with Kate Mulgrew, Robert Foxworth and Olivia d'Abo

FRANKENSTEIN - John Cameron
TNT remake with Patrick Bergin as the doctor, Randy Quaid as the monster, and John Mills, Lambert Wilson and Michael Gothard

FULL ECLIPSE - Gary Chang
HBO movie about werewolf cops; with Mario Van Peebles and Patsy Kensit, co-written by Richard Christian Matheson (son of Richard)

GERONIMO - Patrick Williams
1993/1994 Emmy nominee Outstanding Individual Achievement In Music Composition For A Miniseries Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore); TNT biopic, released shortly before the Walter Hill feature

GROSS MISCONDUCT - Mychael Danna
Hockey biopic directed by Atom Egoyan (!)

GUNSMOKE: THE LONG RIDE - Artie Kane
James Arness returns as Marshal Matt Dillon, co-starring James Brolin and Ali McGraw

HARMFUL INTENT - Lee Holdridge
Robin Cook thriller with Tim Matheson and Emma Samms

HEARTBEAT - David Shire
Danielle Steel adaptation with John Ritter and Polly Draper

HEIDI - Lee Holdridge
Score CD released as a composer promo; Noely Thornton as the Swiss miss, with Jason Robards and Patricia Neal as the grandparents, and Jane Seymour

HUSH LITTLE BABY - Mychael Danna, Paul Intson
Mentally disturbed Diane Ladd harasses her long lost, grown up daughter

I CAN MAKE YOU LOVE ME - Sylvester Levay
Silicon Valley worker Brooke Shields is stalked by Richard Thomas

INCIDENT AT DECEPTION RIDGE - Michel Colombier
Kidnapping thriller with Michael O'Keefe, Ed Begley Jr. and Miguel Ferrer

JACK REED: BADGE OF HONOR - Lee Holdridge
Brian Dennehy returns as the cop, co-starring Alice Krige

JUDGMENT DAY: THE JOHN LIST STORY - Craig Safan
True crime drama with Robert Blake as a man who murders his wife and children; co-starring Beverly D'Angelo, David Caruso, Melinda Dillon, Alice Krige and Carroll Baker

KILLER RULES - Lee Holdridge
Thriller about brothers battling over the same woman, with Jamey Sheridan and Sela Ward

A KING FOR BURNING - Wojciech Kilar
Score CD Konig der letzten Tage on Decca (import)

A KISS TO DIE FOR - George S. Clinton
Erotic thriller with Tim Matheson, Mimi Rogers and Carroll Baker

LABOR OF LOVE: THE ARLETTE SCHWEITZER STORY - Fred Karlin
Ann Jillian becomes a surrogate mother for her daughter's baby

LAKE CONSEQUENCE - George S. Clinton
From Zalman King: Joan Severance cheats on her husband with landscaper Billy Zane

THE LAST HIT - Gary Chang
Thriller with Bryan Brown and Brooke Adams, co-written by Alan Sharp (Night Moves, Rob Roy)

LE CHATEAU DES OLIVIERS - Jean-Claude Petit
Score CD on EMI France; French miniseries with Brigitte Fossey and George Corraface

LETHAL EXPOSURE - Ken Thorne
Comedy thriller with Ally Sheedy as an American in Paris

LIFEPOD - Mark Mancina
Ron Silver directs and co-stars in this sci-fi remake of Hitchcock's Lifeboat, with Robert Loggia, Stan Shaw and CCH Pounder; written by Pen Densham and Jay Roach (director of Meet the Parents and the Austin Powers films)

LOVE MATTERS - Simon Boswell
Relationship drama with Griffin Dunne, Tony Goldwyn and Annette O'Toole

LUSH LIFE - Lennie Niehaus
1993/1994 Emmy winner Outstanding Individual Achievement In Music Composition For A Miniseries Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore); HBO movie about the friendship between jazz musicians Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker; co-starring Kathy Baker and Don Cheadle

MATLOCK: THE KIDNAPPING - Artie Kane
Andy Griffith returns as the colorful lawyer

MAYRIG - Jean-Claude Petit
Score CD on Une Musique

MERCY MISSION: THE RESCUE OF FLIGHT 771 - Patrick Williams
Pilot Robert Loggia helps rescue lost pilot Scott Bakula

MESSAGE FROM NAM - Billy Goldenberg
Danielle Steel adaptation with Jenny Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Hope Lange and Billy Dee Williams; directed by Paul Wendkos

MIRACLE CHILD - Craig Safan
Family drama with Crystal Bernard and Cloris Leachman, written by Gerald DiPego

MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND - Patrick Williams
True crime drama based on the real life incident that inspired Badlands; with Tim Roth and Fairuza Balk as the young lovers-on-the-run, co-starring Kate Reid, Brian Dennehy and Randy Quaid

MURDER OF INNOCENCE - Don Davis
Valerie Bertinelli as a mentally unstable newlywed; with Stephen Caffrey, Justin Whalin, Anne Ramsay and Millie Perkins

NICK'S GAME - Brad Fiedel
Thriller with Richard Grieco and Ed O'Neill

NIGHT OWL - Gil Melle
A female radio host seems to have mysterious powers over her male listeners; with Jennifer Beals, James Wilder

PASSPORT TO MURDER - Charles Gross
Connie Sellecca is menaced in Paris; directed by David Hemmings

PIAZZA DI SPAGNA - Ennio Morricone
Score CD on Point; Italian minseries

PRIME SUSPECT 3 - Stephen Warbeck
Disappointing sequel miniseries, with Helen Mirren investigating murder and teen prostitution; with Tom Bell, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Danny Dyer, Jonny Lee Miller, James Frain, and Ciaran Hinds as the sinister "Mr. Parker-Jones"

PROPHET OF EVIL: THE ERVIL LEBARON STORY - Craig Safan
Brian Dennehy as a polygamist cult leader; with William Devane, Dee Wallace-Stone, and Jackie Earle Haley

A QUESTION OF GUILT - Colin Towns

RELENTLESS: MIND OF A KILLER - Stanley Clarke
Thriller with Tim Matheson, Alberta Watson and Giancarlo Esposito

REMEMBER - David Shire
Barbara Taylor Bradford romance directed by John Herzfeld, with Donna Mills, Stephen Collins, Derek de Lint, Ian Richardson, Cathy Tyson and Claire Bloom

RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE - Ken Thorne
Thorne adapts Basil Poledouris themes for this sequel miniseries, not based on any of McMurtry's sequel novels; Ricky Schroder, Chris Cooper, Tim Scott and Barry Tubb repeat their roles from the original; Jon Voight and Barbara Hershey take over as Call and Clara, and new cast members include Reese Witherspoon, Oliver Reed, Louis Gossett Jr., William Petersen, Dennis Haysbert and CCH Pounder; McMurtry's sequel Streets of Laredo (with James Garner as Call and Sissy Spacek as Lorena, scored by David Shire) and prequel Dead Man's Walk (with Jonny Lee Miller, David Arquette and Jennifer Garner as the young Call, Gus and Clara, scored by David Bell) were later made as miniseries, but the final book in the tetralogy, Comanche Moon, remains unfilmed

THE SEA WOLF - Charles Bernstein
Score CD on Bay Cities; 1992/1993 Emmy nominee Outstanding Individual Achievement In Music Composition For A Miniseries Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore); Remake of the Jack London classic with Charles Bronson as Wolf Larsen and Christopher Reeve

SEVEN DEADLY SINS - Paul Grabowsky, Martin Armiger
Australian anthology series exploring the sins, with Hugo Weaving and Colin Friels

SILENT CRIES - Billy Goldenberg
Paradise Road without the singing: Gena Rowlands, Annabeth Gish and Chloe Webb play prisoners of the Japanese in World War II

SKYLARK - David Shire
Joseph Sargent directs Glenn Close and Christopher Walken in this sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall; Sargent and Shire previously collaborated on The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

STALAG LUFT - Stanley Myers
WWII prison camp comedy from England, with Stephen Fry

STAR - Lee Holdridge
Danielle Steel adaptation with Jennie Garth, Terry Farrell and Craig Bierko

STARK - Colin Towns
Australian sci-fi from a Ben Elton novel, with Colin Friels and John Neville

STOLEN BABIES - Mason Daring
In 1940s Tennessee, Lea Thompson discovers Mary Tyler Moore's black market baby ring

THE SWITCH - Tangerine Dream
Talk radio host Craig T. Nelson befriends paralyzed Gary Cole; directed by Bobby Roth

SWORN TO VENGEANCE - Robert Folk
Police sergeant Robert Conrad investigates a child murder

TAKING THE HEAT - Patrick Williams
Tom Mankeiwicz directs this romantic thriller with Tony Goldwyn, Lynn Whitfield, Will Patton, Peter Boyle, George Segal and Alan Arkin

TORCH SONG - Lee Holdridge
Judith Krantz romance with Raquel Welch, Jack Scalia and Alicia Silverstone

TRIUMPH OVER DISASTER: THE HURRICANE ANDREW STORY - Laurence Rosenthal
Disaster story with Ted Wass, Veronica Cartwright and Kim Hunter

VOYAGE - Carl Davis
Rutger Hauer and Karen Allen are menaced on their sailboat by Eric Roberts and Connie Neilsen

WILD PALMS - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Score CD on Capitol; Bruce Wagner wrote this unpleasant miniseries set in near-future Los Angeles, with James Belushi, Dana Delaney, Robert Loggia, Kim Cattrall, Bebe Neuwirth, Nick Mancuso, Ernie Hudson, Robert Morse, David Warner and Angie Dickinson; episodes were directed by Phil Joanou, Peter Hewitt, Kathryn Bigelow and Keith Gordon

WOMAN ON THE LEDGE - Charles Fox
One of three women friends considers suicide

ZELDA - Patrick Williams
Pat O'Connor directs Natasha Richardson and Timothy Hutton as the Fitzgeralds

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL (DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE)

Charles Bernstein - The Sea Wolf
Joseph Conlan - Mortal Sins
Lee Holdridge - Call Of The Wild
Mark Snow - An American Story
Patrick Williams - Danielle Steel's Jewels, Part 1

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE)

Bruce Babcock - Murder, She Wrote (Wind Around The Tower)
Velton Ray Bunch - Quantum Leap (Lee Harvey Oswald, Part 1)
Alf Clausen - The Simpsons (Treehouse Of Horror III)
Joel McNeely - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Young Indiana Jones And The Scandal Of 1920)
Laurence Rosenthal - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Vienna, 1908)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MAIN TITLE THEME

Carl Davis - Covington Cross
Lee Holdridge - Bob
Chris Klatman - Bodies Of Evidence
Stewart Levin - Picket Fences
Dennis McCarthy - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Jonathan Tunick - Love & War

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