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The right thing is for the Oscar to go to the BEST score (whichever it is from the 5) at this moment, and not to serve as a consolation prize, or as a reward for a long-term career.
(I would support this view in all the categories)

In neighboring Greece (ok, it's not neighboring), no one knows what film music is.

Titles in GREEN are released (or announced to be released).
Titles in RED are unreleased, and no announcement has been made.
Some may not be US releases, but European ones.
The release country of films with no US release, is mentioned in parentheses.
* theatrical cut unreleased
 
2022 - The Fabelmans
2019 - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2017 - The Post
2017 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2016 - The BFG
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2013 - The Book Thief
2012 - Lincoln
2011 - War Horse
2011 - The Adventures of Tintin
2008 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2005 - Munich
2005 - Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 - War of the Worlds
2005 - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2004 - The Terminal
2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2002 - Catch Me If You Can
2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 - Minority Report
2002 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2000 - The Patriot (theatrical cut on UHD only! The regular bluray has the extended cut)
1999 - Angela's Ashes  (BD-R,  NOT pressed disc, beware)
1999 - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1998 - Stepmom (BD-R,  NOT pressed disc, beware)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1997 - Amistad
1997 - Seven Years in Tibet
1997 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 - Rosewood  (there is an HD digital version of it)
1996 - Sleepers
1995 - Nixon
1995 - Sabrina
1993 - Schindler's List
1993 - Jurassic Park
1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 - Far and Away
1991 - JFK*
1991 - Hook
1990 - Home Alone
1990 - Presumed Innocent
1990 - Stanley & Iris  (with isolated score)
1989 - Always
1989 - Born on the Fourth of July (German bluray includes music & effects track)
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988 - The Accidental Tourist 
1987 - Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (Three themes)
1987 - Empire of the Sun
1987 - The Witches of Eastwick
1986 - Spacecamp 
1984 - The River 
1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983 - Return of the Jedi*
1982 - Monsignor
1982 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1982 - Yes, Giorgio (Theme)
1981 - Heartbeeps 
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980 - The Empire Strikes Back*
1979 - 1941
1979 - Dracula
1978 - Superman - The Movie (with isolated score in the expanded version)
1978 - Jaws 2
1978 - The Fury (2 releases with isolated score)
1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 - Star Wars*
1977 - Black Sunday
1976 - Midway
1976 - The Missouri Breaks
1976 - Family Plot
1975 - The Eiger Sanction
1975 - Jaws
1974 - The Towering Inferno
1974 - Earthquake
1974 - The Sugarland Express
1974 - Conrack (includes music & effects track)
1973 - Cinderella Liberty  (TT release with isolated score)
1973 - The Long Goodbye (2 releases: UK one includes music & effects track)
1973 - The Paper Chase 
1973 - The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 - Tom Sawyer (Score Adaptation) (with isolated score)
1973 - Pete 'N' Tillie (there is an HD digital version of it)
1972 - Images
1972 - The Poseidon Adventure
1972 - The Cowboys
1971 - Fiddler on the Roof (Score Adaptation)
1971 - Story of a Woman 
1969 - The Reivers
1969 - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Score Adaptation)
1969 - Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1967 - Valley of the Dolls (Score Adaptation) (Criterion)
1967 - Fitzwilly  
1967 - A Guide for the Married Man
1966 - The Plainsman
1966 - Penelope
1966 - Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 - How to Steal a Million (TT release with isolated score)
1966 - The Rare Breed (German bluray includes music & effects track)
1965 - John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
1965 - None But the Brave 
1964 - The Killers 
1963 - Gidget Goes to Rome 
1963 - Diamond Head (there is an HD digital version of it)
1962 - Bachelor Flat
1962 - Stark Fear (party music)
1961 - The Secret Ways
1960 - Because They're Young
1960 - I Passed for White
1959 - Daddy-O

oh, Ok, sorry..
Didn't get it the first time about the ear, and thought it was an American expression or something..

He could meet Audrey Hepburn and come back as a ghost and check out those Williams sketches.
(reference to ALWAYS)

Runaway Train (1985)
(Oscar nominations for lead actor, supporting actor and film editing)

From a time when action films had a script, characters and no CGI!
If you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend it!

This is quite beautiful..

British department store John Lewis has released an ambitious annual Christmas advertisement, a £1 million hand-drawn spot with stop motion backgrounds called The Bear and the Hare. The piece was directed by Yves Geleyn and Elliot Dear through Hornet/Blinkink.
The hand-drawn character animation was created by two veterans of Disney’s former animation studio in Orlando: Dominic Carola who runs Premise Entertainment and Aaron Blaise who gained plenty of experience drawing bears when he co-directed Brother Bear. Aaron offered some details to Cartoon Brew about the project:

“I designed all of the characters while Dom and I supervised all of the animation. I personally animated all of the Bear and the Hare while Dom and his crew animated the rest of the animals. It was taken all the way through final line at Premise in Orlando. It was so great to do 2D again! I was even working on paper at my old Disney animation desk! Something I hadn’t done since Brother Bear!“
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/disney-florida-veterans-create-hand-drawn-spot-for-british-retailer-john-lewis-90804.html

I'm just listening to Never Let Me Go (not for the first time).
I am generally not into the Rachel Portman sound but this score is definitely a masterpiece!
Should have been nominated for an Oscar. A perhaps overlooked gem (I don't know how many here have listened to it).
A Rachel Portman with a mature voice!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTjn7mBI9c

Saw yesterday Anastasia (1956) as a sequel to Nicholas and Alexandra I had seen the day before.
A well deserved Oscar for Ingrid bergman.

Does anyone miss the opening main titles with sweeping melodies in old films? I surely miss them!
I don't know but it's an element that makes a film timeless for me.. That grand introduction waiting for the movie to start...

LEGEND (1985) Director's cut
I think this would be great for a Halloween family viewing (goblins, fairies, elves, monsters, witches etc..)
Whatever is the negativity towards the script/story etc., one cannot deny that this is a gorgeous looking film with an excelletnt atmosphere and some goosebump moments!
The Jerry Goldsmith score is a masterpiece (his best for me - although not used in the film in its entirety).
I viewed aferwards some scenes with the Tangerine Dream score from the American theatrical version. Inappropriate, out of place, out of context, out of everything. I can't understand what they were thinking.
Half of the film's sublime magical atmosphere is due to the Goldsmith score.
I think I should buy the European Bluray too, because that is the version I first saw and loved.

Melodic comparison of Book thief theme (its first part anyway) and Angela's Ashes theme:

Melodic comparison of Book thief theme (its first part anyway) and Angela's Ashes theme:

Melodic comparison of Book thief theme (its first part anyway) and Angela's Ashes theme:

Melodic comparison of Book thief theme (its first part anyway) and Angela's Ashes theme:

Melodic comparison of Book thief theme (its first part anyway) and Angela's Ashes theme:

Although I haven't listened to the complete theme (but adding the bits from the different tracks), I wouldn't say that it's among the most inspired Williams has ever written, listening to it with a clear mind..
(although I'm a bit fearful of saying anything negative here because I'll be stoned to death! )
Track 20 seems to me that it might be the most interesting track..

FOR ANYONE THAT MISSED IT!!
Post by Music Box Records at FSM
i wonder if the new copies will have the same "limited Collector's edition of 1000 copies" on the back.

Hmmm. the first thing that comes in my mind is that Goldsmith frequently uses synths even for themes while Williams rarely does..

left:
R1P5 Introducing Marley
R3(?)P6 Sledding on the Stairs
R9Pt1 +2 The Attack Begins
right:
R2P3 We Slept In!!
R5(?)P6 Follow that Kid
R8P6 Setting the Trap
basically, we already had the titles from the cd.
I would love to see that score!!!!

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if ONLY that was true, this would be the release of the decade for me!!!!!!

Just watched Willow, from the new Bluray I bought!
magnificent! Stellar picture and sound!!
The James Horner score benefits very much from it!
and as Ron Howard said, "story is king".
That's why these films last...

Alien Anthology 6 BDs, golden box deal of the day!!
$19.99
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I have some great news!!!
I received their reply:

I'm surprised that this series hasn't done a book yet on a John Williams film score!or a Jerry Goldsmith! or a John Barry! or a...

Goldsmith's Planet of the Apes is serviceable underscore too!
But it's a quality sophisticated serviceable score...
Well, the very first thing I notice in a film is the music, the way a photographer will notice the photography, and an actor will notice the acting..
i get the idea from many people, in other forums too, that when we're talking about good old film music we're always referring to the BIG symphonic score with wealth of thematic material and that's it.
For me it's not a matter of size of orchestra, or memorable themes.
it's a matter of COMPOSITION!
A 3-instrument score, or an electronic score can be great too as long as it's a good composition by itself!
Meaning, the composer knows the language of harmony well, knows what to do with his material, how to handle it, knows sophisticated ways of construncting a simple melody etc. etc...