- Alan Price 1974 : Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett 1975 : Jaws - John Williams and The Towering Inferno - John Williams 1976 : Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 1977 : A Bridge Too Far - John Addison 1978 : Star Wars - John Williams 1979 : Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone 1980 : Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams 1981 : The French Lieutenant 's Woman - Carl Davis 1982 : E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams 1983 : Merry Christmas , Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto 1984 : Once Upon a Time in America - Ennio Morricone 1985 : Witness - Maurice Jarre 1986 : The Mission - Ennio Morricone 1987 : The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone 1988 : Empire of the Sun - John Williams 1989 : Dead Poets Society - Maurice Jarre 1990 : Cinema Paradiso - Andrea and Ennio Morricone 1991 : Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Claude Petit 1992 : Strictly Ballroom - David Hirschfelder Best Score 1993 : Schindler 's List - John Williams Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music 1994 : Backbeat - Don Was 1995 : The Postman ( Il postino ) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov 1996 : The English Patient - Gabriel Yared 1997 : Romeo + Juliet - Nellee Hooper 1998 : Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder 1999 : American Beauty - Thomas Newman 2000 : Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon ( Wo hu cang long ) - Tan Dun 2001 : Moulin Rouge !
1980 : Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams 1981 : The French Lieutenant 's Woman - Carl Davis 1982 : E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams 1983 : Merry Christmas , Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto 1984 : Once Upon a Time in America - Ennio Morricone 1985 : Witness - Maurice Jarre 1986 The Mission - Ennio Morricone 1987 The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone 1988 Empire of the Sun - John Williams 1989 Dead Poets Society - Maurice Jarre 1990 : Cinema Paradiso - Andrea and Ennio Morricone 1991 : Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Claude Petit 1992 : Strictly Ballroom - David Hirschfelder Best Score 1993 : Schindler 's List - John Williams Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music 1994 : Backbeat - Don Was 1995 : The Postman ( Il postino ) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov 1996 : The English Patient - Gabriel Yared 1997 : Romeo + Juliet - Nellee Hooper 1998 : Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder 1999 : American Beauty - Thomas Newman 2000 : Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon ( Wo hu cang long ) - Tan Dun 2001 : Moulin Rouge !