Editing 1985 in music (section)

==Classical music==
*[[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]
**''[[The Chairman Dances]]''
**''[[Harmonielehre]]''
*[[Kalevi Aho]]
**Oboe Sonata
**''Solo II,'' for piano
*[[Pierre Boulez]]
**''[[Dialogue de l'ombre double]]'' for clarinet and electronics
**''Memoriale (... explosante fixe... Originel)'' for flute and ensemble
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – Capriccio for two pianos
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – ''[[An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise]]''
*[[James Dillon (composer)|James Dillon]] – ''Windows and Canopies'', small orchestra (20 players)
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – ''L'arbre des Songes'' (violin concerto)
*[[Roland Dyens]] – Tango en Skaï, for guitar
*[[Morton Feldman]]
**''Coptic Light'', for orchestra
**''For Bunita Marcus'', for piano
**''Violin and String Quartet''
**''Piano and String Quartet''
*[[Brian Ferneyhough]] – ''[[Etudes Transcendantales]]'' for soprano and chamber ensemble
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Canzoni d'amore'' (song cycle)
**''Empty Stage''
**''My Rock''
*[[Beat Furrer]] – String Quartet No. 1
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Pas à pas]]'', for solo piano
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Les Voix de Verseau]]'', for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
*[[Henryk Górecki]]
**''O Domina Nostra'', Op. 55, soprano and organ
**''Five Marian Songs'', Op. 54, chorus a cappella
*[[Gérard Grisey]] – ''Les espaces acoustiques'' – VI – ''Epilogue'', for 4 solo horns and large orchestra
*[[Jacques Hétu]] – ''Missa pro trecentisimo anno''
*[[Hans Werner Henze]] – ''Selbst- und Zwiegespräche''
*[[Heinz Holliger]] – ''Präludium, Arioso and Passacaglia'', for two guitars
*Nicholas Jackson – Organ Sonata
*[[Tristan Keuris]]
**String Quartet No. 2
**Variations for Strings
**Aria for flute and piano
*[[György Ligeti]] – [[Études (Ligeti)|Études pour piano, Book 1]], six etudes
*[[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] – [[Requiem (Lloyd Webber)|Requiem]]
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – ''Chain 2'' for violin and orchestra
*[[Tristan Murail]] – ''Time and Again'', for orchestra
*[[Arvo Pärt]] – [[Stabat Mater (Pärt)|Stabat Mater]] for 3 voices and string trio
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] – Symphony No. 5 ''Monologue with Angels''
*[[John Rutter]] – [[Requiem (Rutter)|Requiem]]
*[[Giacinto Scelsi]] – String Quartet No. 5
*[[Alfred Schnittke]]
**Concerto for mixed chorus
**[[Concerto Grosso No. 3 (Schnittke)|Concerto Grosso No. 3]] for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings
**String Trio
**[[Viola Concerto (Schnittke)|Concerto for viola and orchestra]]
*[[Salvatore Sciarrino]]
**''Allegoria della notte,'' symphonic work
**''Canzona di ringraziamento'' 
**''Lo spazio inverso'' 
*[[Isabel Soveral]] – ''Fragmentos''
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Montag aus Licht#Scene 1: Botschaft|Ave]]'', for basset horn and alto flute
*[[Tōru Takemitsu]] – ''Dream/Window'', for orchestra
*[[Joan Tower]] – Piano Concerto
*[[Manfred Trojahn]]
**Requiem
**Symphony No. 3
*[[Erkki-Sven Tüür]] – String Quartet ''"In memoriam [[Urmas Kibuspuu]]"''
*[[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]] – ''Raleigh Divertimento''