BAFTA Award For Best Film Music - 1980s

1980s

1980: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams

• Breaking Glass – Hazel O'Connor
• Fame – Michael Gore
• Flash Gordon – John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Howard Blake

1981: The French Lieutenant's Woman – Carl Davis

• Arthur – Burt Bacharach
• Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
• Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams

1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams

• Blade Runner – Vangelis
• Gandhi – George Fenton and Ravi Shankar
• Missing – Vangelis

1983: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder
• Local Hero – Mark Knopfler
• An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche

1984: Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone

• Carmen – Paco de Lucía
• The Killing Fields – Mike Oldfield
• Paris, Texas – Ry Cooder

1985: Witness – Maurice Jarre

• Beverly Hills Cop – Harold Faltermeyer
• The Emerald Forest – Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich
• A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre

1986: The Mission – Ennio Morricone

• Out of Africa – John Barry
• A Room with a View – Richard Robbins
• Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock

1987: The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone

• Cry Freedom – George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
• Hope and Glory – Peter Martin
• Wish You Were Here – Stanley Myers

1988: Empire of the Sun – John Williams

• Bird – Lennie Niehaus
• The Last Emperor – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su
• Moonstruck – Dick Hyman

1989: Dead Poets Society – Maurice Jarre

• Dangerous Liaisons – George Fenton
• Mississippi Burning – Trevor Jones
• Working Girl – Carly Simon