The
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a
Golden Globe Award presented by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization of journalists who cover the
United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947.
History
Since the 5th Golden Globe Awards (1947), the award is presented annually, except from 1953 to 1958. The nominations from 1947 and 1948 are not available. The first Best Original Score award went to Max Steiner for his compositional work on Life with Father.
John Williams is the artist with the most nominations (24); those resulted in 4 wins. Dimitri Tiomkin had the same number of wins, but out of only 5 nominations. Other notable achievers include Maurice Jarre (10 nominations, 4 wins), Alan Menken (5 nominations, 3 wins), Hans Zimmer (15 nominations, 3 wins), Justin Hurwitz (3 nominations, 3 wins) and Alexandre Desplat (11 nominations, 2 wins).
Artists like Jerry Goldsmith (9 nominations) and Michel Legrand (7 nominations) were nominated several times but never received the award. Dimitri Tiomkin, Alan Menken and Howard Shore are the only composers to win two consecutive awards. Additionally, Dimitri Tiomkin received Special Achievement Awards for his services to film music in 1955 and 1957, as did Hugo Friedhofer in 1958. The most recent recipient of this award was Ludwig Göransson for the film Oppenheimer.
Winners and nominees
- Key
Sign
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Meaning
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Indicates the winner
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1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Year
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Film
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Composer(s)
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Ref.
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1970
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Love Story |
Francis Lai |
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Airport |
Alfred Newman
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Cromwell |
Frank Cordell
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Scrooge |
Leslie Bricusse
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Wuthering Heights |
Michel Legrand
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1971
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Shaft |
Isaac Hayes |
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Le Mans |
Michel Legrand
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Mary, Queen of Scots |
John Barry
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Summer of '42 |
Michel Legrand
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The Andromeda Strain |
Gil Melle
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1972
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The Godfather |
Nino Rota |
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Frenzy |
Ron Goodwin
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The Getaway |
Quincy Jones
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Lady Sings the Blues |
Michel Legrand
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The Poseidon Adventure |
John Williams
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1973
|
Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
Neil Diamond |
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Breezy |
Michel Legrand
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Cinderella Liberty |
John Williams
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O Lucky Man! |
Alan Price
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The Day of the Dolphin |
Georges Delerue
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Tom Sawyer |
Sherman Brothers, John Williams
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1974
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The Little Prince |
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe |
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Chinatown |
Jerry Goldsmith
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Earthquake |
John Williams
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Phantom of the Paradise |
Paul Williams
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The Godfather Part II |
Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota
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1975
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Jaws |
John Williams |
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Funny Lady |
Fred Ebb, John Kander
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The Man Who Would Be King |
Maurice Jarre
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The Other Side of the Mountain |
Charles Fox
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The Return of the Pink Panther |
Henry Mancini
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1976
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A Star is Born |
Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams |
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Bugsy Malone |
Paul Williams
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Rocky |
Bill Conti
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The Slipper and the Rose |
Sherman Brothers
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Voyage of the Damned |
Lalo Schifrin
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1977
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Star Wars |
John Williams |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
John Williams
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Pete's Dragon |
Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha
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Saturday Night Fever |
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, David Shire
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The Spy Who Loved Me |
Marvin Hamlisch
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1978
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Midnight Express |
Giorgio Moroder |
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An Unmarried Woman |
Bill Conti
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Superman |
John Williams
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The Children of Sanchez |
Chuck Mangione
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The Lord of the Rings |
Leonard Rosenman
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1979
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Apocalypse Now |
Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola |
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10 |
Henry Mancini
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A Little Romance |
Georges Delerue
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Alien |
Jerry Goldsmith
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The Black Stallion |
Carmine Coppola
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Jerry Goldsmith
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The Amityville Horror |
Lalo Schifrin
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year
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Film
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Composer(s)
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Ref.
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2010
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The Social Network |
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |
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127 Hours |
A. R. Rahman
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Alice in Wonderland |
Danny Elfman
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Inception |
Hans Zimmer
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The King's Speech |
Alexandre Desplat
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2011
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The Artist |
Ludovic Bource |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
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Hugo |
Howard Shore
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War Horse |
John Williams
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W.E. |
Abel Korzeniowski
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2012
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Life of Pi |
Mychael Danna |
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Anna Karenina |
Dario Marianelli
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Argo |
Alexandre Desplat
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Lincoln |
John Williams
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Cloud Atlas |
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
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2013
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All Is Lost |
Alex Ebert |
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12 Years a Slave |
Hans Zimmer
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The Book Thief |
John Williams
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Gravity |
Steven Price
|
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom |
Alex Heffes
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2014
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The Theory of Everything |
Jóhann Jóhannsson |
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Birdman |
Antonio Sánchez
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Gone Girl |
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
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The Imitation Game |
Alexandre Desplat
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Interstellar |
Hans Zimmer
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2015
|
The Hateful Eight |
Ennio Morricone |
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Carol |
Carter Burwell
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The Danish Girl |
Alexandre Desplat
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The Revenant |
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
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Steve Jobs |
Daniel Pemberton
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2016
|
La La Land |
Justin Hurwitz |
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Arrival |
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Hidden Figures |
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch
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Lion |
Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka
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Moonlight |
Nicholas Britell
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2017
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The Shape of Water |
Alexandre Desplat |
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Dunkirk |
Hans Zimmer
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Phantom Thread |
Jonny Greenwood
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The Post |
John Williams
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
Carter Burwell
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2018
|
First Man |
Justin Hurwitz |
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Black Panther |
Ludwig Göransson
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Isle of Dogs |
Alexandre Desplat
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Mary Poppins Returns |
Marc Shaiman
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A Quiet Place |
Marco Beltrami
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2019
|
Joker
|
Hildur Guðnadóttir
|
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1917
|
Thomas Newman
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Little Women
|
Alexandre Desplat
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Marriage Story
|
Randy Newman
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Motherless Brooklyn
|
Daniel Pemberton
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2020s
Multiple wins
4 wins:
3 wins:
2 wins:
See also