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My choices, given the nominees. For 1980, I have no opinion whatsoever.
1981 Chariots Of Fire
1982 Poltergeist
1983 Under Fire
1984 Purple Rain
1985 Witness
1986 The Mission
1987 The Untouchables
1988 Rain Man
1989 Field Of Dreams
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Sep 27, 2013 - 9:10 AM
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Ado
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Interesting that you don't agree with any of the Academy's winners for that decade. Personally, I think the winners selected for the years '81, '82, '84, '85 and '87 were the right choice.
I can see where you are coming from on most of those, but I do not think Chariots of Fire or Last Emperor were best scores. They are good scores, I own Chariots. But to me there were better scores. In many of these cases 'prestige' pictures won. The Academy loves a Chariots of Fire or Passage to India picture postcard kind of movie, or at least they did at that time. I actually did not realize I disagreed so much until I made the list. On some of them like ET or out of Africa I understand why the won, they hit the right emotional buttons. There is little question that ET is much easier to 'digest' for most people compared to Poltergeist, and likewise Out of Africa. It also helped that ET was one of the most successful pictures ever made. People would disagree I am sure, but often the decisions in one category are connected to a lot of other perceptions about the film, the stars, the director, the themes of the picture.
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No love for "The Natural"?
I think it's Randy's career best.
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Out of the nominees:
1980: Altered States – John Corigliano
1981: Dragonslayer – Alex North *
1982 Poltergeist – Jerry Goldsmith *
Original Song Score and Adaptation Score: Victor Victoria – Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
1983 - Under Fire – Jerry Goldsmith *
Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl – Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – John Williams *
1985: Silverado – Bruce Broughton *
1986: The Mission – Ennio Morricone *
1987: The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone
1988: Dangerous Liaisons – George Fenton
1989: Born on the Fourth of July – John Williams
As usual, the Academy's final winners mostly sucked.
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1980: Tess – Philippe Sarde
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams
1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams
1983: Return of the Jedi – John Williams
1984 - Original Score: A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
1985: Agnes of God – Georges Delerue
1986: The Mission – Ennio Morricone
1987: The Witches Of Eastwick - John Williams
1988: Dangerous Liaisons – George Fenton
1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – John Williams
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And the Oscar goes to .....
1980: Altered States (John Corigliano)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
1983: Under Fire (Jerry Goldsmith)
1984: Under The Volcano (Alex North)
1985: Silverado (Bruce Broughton)
1986: The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
1987: Witches Of Eastwick (John Williams)
1988: Dangerous Liaisons (George Fenton)
1989: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (John Williams)
However, my own personal Oscars for those years would look like this:
1980: Dressed To Kill (Pino Donaggio)
1981: Butterfly (Ennio Morricone)
1982: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (John Williams)
1983: Careful He Might Hear You (Ray Cook)
1984: Country (Charles Gross)
1985: Return To Oz (David Shire)
1986: The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
1987: Suspect (Michael Kamen)
1988: Dead Ringers (Howard Shore)
1989: Casualties Of War (Ennio Morricone)
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Had I been a voter:
1980: Altered States
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Poltergeist/One from the Heart
1983: The Right Stuff/Yentl
1984: A Passage to India/Purple Rain
1985: Silverado
1986: The Mission
1987: The Untouchables
1988: The Accidental Tourist
1989: Field of Dreams
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Just a simple question - no wet-blanketing intended... Without looking it up, how many of you here would know the winner from, say... oh, 1963? Right, let me check -
Nominees:
55 DAYS IN PEKING (Dimitri Tiomkin)
CLEOPATRA (AlexNorth)
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Alfred Newman)
IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (Ernest Gold)
TOM JONES (John Addison)
I suppose that since this is "Film Score Monthly", a lot of you WILL know the answer to that! So, who knew (no cheating)?
And my point is..............?
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