Best Original Score (Drama/Fantasy)
Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Collins
David Hirschfelder, Shine
John Williams, Sleepers
Hal Willner, Kansas City
Gabriel Yared, The English Patient*

Best Original Score (Musical/Comedy)
Marvin Hamlisch, The Mirror Has Two Faces
Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach
Rachel Portman, Emma*
Marc Shaiman, The First Wives Club
Hans Zimmer, The Preacher's Wife

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, Fargo
Caleb Deschanel, Fly Away Home
Darius Khondji, Evita
Donald McAlpine, Romeo + Juliet
John Seale, The English Patient*

Best Art Direction
Brigitte Broch, Romeo + Juliet*
Stuart Craig, The English Patient
Tim Harvey, Hamlet
Wynn Thomas, Mars Attacks!
Bo Welch, The Birdcage

Best Costume Design (Period)
Bob Crowley, The Crucible
Ruth Myers, Emma
Janet Patterson, Portrait of a Lady
Penny Rose, Evita
Ann Roth, The English Patient*

Best Costume Design (Contemporary)
Kym Barrett, Romeo + Juliet*
Betsy Heimann, Jerry Maguire
Arianne Phillips & Theodor Pistek, The People vs. Larry Flynt
Ann Roth, The Birdage
Genevieve Tyrrell, Swingers

Best Editing
Jill Bilbock, Romeo + Juliet
Ethan & Joel Coen, Fargo
Masahiro Hirakubo, Trainspotting
Patrick Lussier, Scream
Walter Murch, The English Patient*

Best Visual Effects
Dragonheart
Independence Day*
Mars Attacks!
Star Trek: First Contact
Twister

Best Makeup Design
The Birdcage
The English Patient
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Nutty Professor*
Star Trek: First Contact

Best Sound
The English Patient
Independence Day*
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet
Twister

Best Sound Editing
Daylight
Eraser
Evita*
The Ghost and the Darkness
Twister

Best Original Song
"Because You Loved Me" - Up Close & Personal
"For the First Time" - One Fine Day
"I've Finally Found Someone" - The Mirror has Two Faces
"That's the Life for Me" - James and the Giant Peach
"That Thing You Do!" - That Thing You Do!
"You Must Love Me" - Evita*