Well, here are the Oscar nominated scores from the 1970's, so pick one:

* 1970
o Original Score: Love Story - Francis Lai
+ Airport - Alfred Newman
+ Cromwell - Frank Cordell
+ Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
+ I Girasoli - Henry Mancini

* 1971
o Original Score: Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand
+ Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry
+ Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett
+ Shaft - Isaac Hayes
+ Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding

* 1972
+ Original Score: Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell (Note: This film was originally released in 1952, but did not play in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it become eligible)
+ The Godfather - Nino Rota (Note: Was withdrawn when found that Rota had used music from an earlier score and was replaced by that of Sleuth)
+ Images - John Williams
+ Napoleon and Samantha -- Buddy Baker
+ The Poseidon Adventure -- John Williams
+ Sleuth - John Addison

* 1973
o Original Score: The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
+ Cinderella Liberty - John Williams
+ The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
+ Papillon - Jerry Goldsmith
+ A Touch of Class - John Cameron

* 1974
o Original Score: The Godfather Part II - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
+ Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith
+ Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett
+ Shanks - Alex North
+ The Towering Inferno - John Williams

* 1975
o Original Score: Jaws - John Williams
+ Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried
+ Bite the Bullet - Alex North
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
+ The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith

* 1976
o Original Score: The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
+ Obsession - Bernard Herrmann
+ The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
+ Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
+ Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin

* 1977
o Original Score: Star Wars - John Williams
+ Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
+ Julia - Georges Delerue
+ Mohammad, Messenger of God - Maurice Jarre
+ The Spy Who Loved Me - Marvin Hamlisch

* 1978
o Original Score: Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
+ The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith
+ Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone
+ Heaven Can Wait - Dave Grusin
+ Superman - John Williams

* 1979
o Original Score: A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
+ The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
+ The Champ - Dave Grusin
+ Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
+ 10 - Henry Mancini


piano632, December 28, 2007; 6:19 PM

Uh...

My suggestion is the complete original recording from THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, by Jerry Goldsmith...

What about yours?

angeldibujo, December 28, 2007; 6:35 PM

It seems like it would have to be one of these:
Airport - Alfred Newman
Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry
Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith
The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith

Either way... sweeeet! :)

My guess is "Mary, Queen of Scots" as it has been recently released in DVD.

antonio_lerias, December 29, 2007; 5:58 AM

I'd hope for Sleuth, but I'd rather bet on Boys From Brazil.

coma, December 29, 2007; 6:57 AM

I'd say it will be The Boys From Brazil.

delerue, December 29, 2007; 6:42 PM

'Prolific and beloved'? Sounds a lot like Goldsmith (not to diminish the contributions of the other
possibilities). I personally would love to see a full release of Chinatown. When it was re-released
a few years back with no new material it was most disappointing. Boys from Brazil - also a
pleaser.

I also wonder how many of those possibilities would sustain a 70pp booklet?

whyaduck, December 30, 2007; 9:04 PM

@ whyaduck: Chinatown re-released? What do you mean by that? I also doubt, that there is
additional material. I watched the movie last night and there isn't much music in it.

coma, January 4, 2008; 6:58 PM

Technically, a decade ends on the ten, not the nine. Therefore, the score nominees from the year 1980 must be considered in the clue, and the year 1970 excluded altogether. Although with these kind of things, I never know how literally one should interpret the clues...

A 70 page booklet!? Was the CD rights to Goldsmith's "Star Trek The Motion Picture" back up for grabs? I remember that reviewers were disappointed that every note didn't make it to the extended release several years ago.

Regards
James-Toronto
www.furisdead.com

johnbarryisgod, January 6, 2008; 7:08 PM