Guess The Score XXIV: Hidden Gems (again) [FINISHED]

If nobody minds I'll post some clips for another game. I've quite enjoyed listening to peoples' hidden gem suggestions - several of them have had me hunting down some new CDs.

The rules are the same as usual.
- 20 clips and one point each for the score and the composer
- 1 bonus clips that's worth 6 points in total (3+3, score & composer)
- clips are in chronological order
- the set spans 49 years
- PM me with your guesses

I plan to add clues over the weekend, but have a listen in anticipation of the clues. (BTW, I know for a fact that there are some clips that I have used before so if anyone has kept notes some clips will be easier.)

Let me know if there's a problem with listening to the clips - and let us know which clips stand out.

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Enjoy!

[UPDATED]

CLIP 1: This Oscar-winning composer was a protégé of Aaron Copland has the distinction of being the only composer to have been nominated for an Academy Award in each of the last 6 decades. This powerful melodrama brings together once again a particularly fruitful composer/starring actor combination.

CLIP 2: This much-loved composer earned himself an Oscar nomination with this score (one of two in this year!). The movie was filmed in Ireland and the score features members of the BBC orchestra. Useless trivia: every character name is the real first name of another actor in this movie!!

CLIP 3: A European co-production starring two well-known British actors! The score won "Best Score" at a European film festival. A great CD that's still reasonably easy to find.

CLIP 4: Based upon a best-selling book Holdridge provides a powerhouse theme for this biographical TV drama recounting tragedy on Earth's highest peak. From a composer whose majority of works are for the small screen.

CLIP 5: This director/composer combination collaborated a few years earlier with greater success but here the composer delivers a great brass theme for this story of corruption in Pennsylvania Avenue. BTW, I'm not too keen on this composer but here he does compose one of his best themes.

CLIP 6: Talented Iberian composer scores movie that centres around the interwoven relationships of five individuals connected to one another through "blood or circumstance". Clip highlights composer's regular useage of strings & piano in his scores.

CLIP 7: Strong exponent of blending orchestra with electronica, this composer features twice in this list. This throbbing theme is buried in amongst a slurry of "songs from the motion picture" on CD. The movie's not for those prone to a bit of claustrophobia.

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CLIP 8: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (& chorus) enjoy themselves in this score for popular Japanese role-playing game (RPG) and has been cited as being a "spiritual successor" to another popular RPG (score also composed by this composer).

CLIP 9: This composer's second entry here. And, according to imdb.com this is this director's first of only two directorial jobs. The score is mostly atmospheric save for this synthy percussion/wordless vocals blend.

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CLIP 10: How moving into your dream house can turn into a nightmare. Director/composer gives an effective piano-led theme - but has no imagination when it comes to track titles.

CLIP 11: A movie that - apparently - does not have an original bone in it's body. A German Indiana Jones anyone? Unknown German composer (but with ~30 credits to his name) benefits from download-only route of sale.

CLIP 12: Another Iberian composer who has been referred to by some as the "Spanish Delerue". There's a lot of rain in this movie - too much for some considering where the movie is set.

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CLIP 13: Prominent strings and piano...again? This score bagged a nomination in the "Best Score" category. "Boring", "idiotic" shout some reviewers - but the music doesn't suggest that response.

CLIP 14: English composer scores heartfelt music for European TV biographical drama of the life of one Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, born 1910 in Skopje.

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CLIP 15: Hopefully listeners will have a place for one more of this composer's creations after having heard a selection of his work in an earlier game. A period score for a "...16th century tale set in the Italian Court."

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CLIP 16: Another Italian composer who is probably best known for his score to a Stephen King story. Here the composer score follows the life of an 11th century monk.

CLIP 17: I can't have a hidden gems set without throwing in a couple of Japanese titles. From a TV drama series, this CD is listed at SAE and does feature some clips. The composer also composed the better-known score for an animated feature based upon a series of novels that were the basis for a live-action TV project scored by Jeff Rona!

CLIP 18: This composer composed for all 26 episodes of this popular BBC action/adventure drama. Edwin Astley/Albert Elms composed for an earlier TV version and "EWK" won an Academy Award way, way back for another early version. Easy!

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CLIP 19: A second Japanese entry from a very prolific composer who can compose both melodic and effective atmospheric soundscapes. This recent TV animation series based upon a series of fantasy novels by Nahoko Uehashi and features a wandering warrior who saves the lives of others as atonement for a past sin.

CLIP 20: The trouble with "hidden gems" is that, sometimes, there's very little information available on the titles. This is a recent Italian TV show that features a score from a composer (Italian?) who has a very famous surname - and consequently a lot to live up to? In the same year this composer scored another TV mini-series that has the same name as a movie that features a famous score from Ernest Gold.

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BONUS: A score that featured on the composer's website that took me ages to track down. The film features a comedic Spanish detective and is the third film in the series. A highly rated composer here at maintitles.net