I don’t know, Doug’s mention of the composer being multi-Oscar NOMINEE might eliminate Herrmann since he did win an Oscar.
Anyone know of anything by say Alex North that might fit the bill?
He was nominated many times, but never won except for his Honorary Lifetime Oscar Award in 1986 introduced by the great Quincy Jones, who was nominated that night in which he stated one of his most brilliant speeches.
Could this be Elmer Bernstein? He won an Oscar for the score to Thoroughly Modern Millie and was nominated for 14 Oscars in total. Personally, I prefer The Magnificent Seven since I failed to pick up the older Rykodisc and Varese release.
I always thought Doug's favourite era was the 60s. I remember him saying that TARAS BULBA ('62) got him into scores and IN HARM'S WAY ('65) is his favourite Jerry Goldsmith score, so I reckon it's something from that era.
Willow and Highlander would be nice but somehow don't fit Roger little clues.Theres no "Main Title" sequence either in WILLOW nor HIGHLANDER . PSYCHO has one of the most striking Openings in Movie history..so...
By specifying multi Oscar nominee, that indicates to me that the score is by a composer who never actually won. Most of the composers suggested so far as Oscar winners, including Herrmann (which is easy to forget because he won for "The Devil and Daniel Webster," a wonderful score but far from the most popular).
Jerry Fielding is an example of a composer who was nominated multiple (three) times and never won, so I would say he's a possibility, but I have no clue which of his scores would fit the clue.
Lalo Schifrin fits as well, but I'm not familiar with "Black Moon Rising."
