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sakman Oscar® Winner	Before some scratch their head in wonderment one of the chief criteria were only 5 per year (from 1996 on). Many of these I chose because they were scores I picked up after seeing a film (which explains some of the stranger choices) and many of these I find myself listening to frequently. This is not a "best of the decade list by any means. I've listed mine by year...you may wish to see how your own "Top 5" playlist evolves. 1990 Barry: Dances with Wolves Burwell: Miller's Crossing Elfman: Edward Scissorhands Goldsmith: Total Recall Poledouris: The Hunt for Red October 1991 Doyle: Dead Again Eidelman: Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country Howard: The Prince of Tides Williams: Hook JFK 1992 Barry: Chaplin Doyle: Indochine Elfman: Batman Returns T. Newman: Scent of a Woman Williams: Far and Away 1993 Bernstein: The Age of Innocence Broughton: Tombstone Doyle: Much Ado About Nothing Williams: Jurrassic Park Schindler's List 1994 Arnold: Stargate Elfman: Black Beauty Goldenthal: Interview with a Vampire T. Newman: The Shawshank Redemption Silvestri: Forest Gump 1995 Burwell: Rob Roy Elfman: Dolores Claiborne Goldsmith: First Knight Williams: Nixon Zimmer: Crimson Tide 1996 Arnold: Independence Day Edelman: Dragonheart Kempel: The Arrival D. Newman: The Phantom Williams: Sleepers 1997 Beltrami: Mimic Burwell: Gods and Monsters (released 1998) Corigliano: The Red Violin (released 1999) Goldenthal: Sphere Goldsmith: The Edge 1998 Cmiral: Ronin Jones: Dark City R. Newman: Pleasantville Warbeck: Shakespeare in Love Williams: Saving Private Ryan 1999 Burwell: Being John Malkovich Davis: The Matrix Goldenthal: Titus (released 2000) Howard: The Sixth Sense Williams: Star Wars, Episode I-The Phantom Menace 2000 Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Goldsmith: Hollow Man Gregson-Williams/Powell: Chicken Run Howard: Dinosaur Williams: The Patriot
posted 03-23-2001 08:09 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	your list is fine, but for me personally, I would have to put JNH's Restoration above and beyond Crimson Tide for 1995. and I think was earned in 1999 by Ennio Morricone for Legend of 1900. my opinion of course. NP -- The Beach, Badalamenti
posted 03-23-2001 08:33 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	What a crappy decade in film music, eh?
posted 03-23-2001 08:47 AM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	What a suicidal thing to say
posted 03-23-2001 01:21 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Indeed. there were a lot of good 90s scores. the Viennese school of composing is not the only kind...
posted 03-23-2001 03:34 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Oscar® Winner	Sakman, you have many interesting titles on there. Several of which I am not all that familiar with and a few I have no knowledge of at all. But many of them appear to be good choices. There are a few others I would personally add to it. Like the comments above the decade of the '90s did have a lot of good scores but I personally believe the 60's, 70's and 80's decades were all better. Thanks, John.
posted 03-23-2001 04:11 PM PT (US)

new york islanders Oscar® Winner	Forget that. it's hard choosing top 5 scores from the 90's because it's hard to find which scores where good.
posted 03-23-2001 05:34 PM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	Yes, John, It was hard fine tuning, and I had to "cheat a bit" with stuff life "The Red Violin." But in listening now to the last 25 scores, it reminds me again that these are some of the finer things. There were a couple of possible alterations...like "Legend of Bagger Vance" from last year.
posted 03-23-2001 07:24 PM PT (US)

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