The 26th Annual Sammy Film Music Awards were recently announced. For a score or song to be eligible, it must have been released on CD during 2013. Though not eligible in the traditional categories, "Alone Yet Not Alone" (music by Bruce Broughton and lyrics by Dennis Spiegel) received a note of Special Merit. Hall selected the song as it was "better than any of the four Oscar-nominated songs" and referred to it as "unjustly disqualified." The categories and winners are as follows:
Best New Film Score
The Ultimate Life
Music by Mark McKenzie
Robert Townson and Rick Eldridge, Album Producers
Varese Sarabande
Best New Film Score, Honorable Mention:
Philomena
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Decca Records
Best New Film Song
"One Life"
Music and Lyrics by Kelly Morrison
The Ultimate Life
Robert Townson and Rick Eldridge, Album Producers
Varese Sarabande
Best Golden Age Release
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Niel S. Bulk, Album Producer
La-La Land Records
Best Silver Age Release
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Music by Henry Mancini
Douglass Fake, Album Producer
Intrada
Best Newly Recorded Vintage Scores TIE
QB VII
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
James Fitzpatrick, Album Producer
Prometheus
The Salamander
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
James Fitzpatrick, Album Producer
Prometheus
Best Compilation Release
Preminger at Fox
Music by David Raksin and Cyril Mockridge
Bruce Kimmel, Album Producer
Kritzerland
Special Preservation Award: Best Album Producer
Bruce Kimmel, Kritzerland
To learn more about the Sammy Awards, visit www.americanmusicpreservation.com.