The Golden Globe Award For Best Original Score was introduced at the 5th Golden Globe Awards held in 1947 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The award has been handed out every year since then, except for the years 1953 to 1958. John Williams can be called the most successful in this category as he has had four wins out of 19 nominations. Dimitri Tiomkin also has four wins but out of just 5 nominations. Jerry Goldsmith was nominated 9 times in his career but has never won the award. Both Dimitri Tiomkin and Hugo Friedhofer have received Special Achievement Awards for their services to film music.
List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Original Score
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Year
|
Film
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Winner
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1947
|
Life with Father
|
Max Steiner
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1948
|
The Red Shoes
|
Brian Easdale
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1949
|
The Inspector General
|
Johnny Green
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1950
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
Franz Waxman
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1951
|
September Affair
|
Victor Young
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1952
|
High Noon
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
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1953
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1958
|
No Awards Given
|
|
1959
|
On the Beach
|
Ernest Gold
|
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1960
|
The Alamo
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
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1961
|
The Guns of Navarone
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
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1962
|
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
Elmer Bernstein
|
|
1964
|
The Fall of the Roman Empire
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
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1964
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Maurice Jarre
|
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1966
|
Hawaii
|
Elmer Bernstein
|
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1967
|
Camelot
|
Frederic Loewe
|
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1968
|
The Shoes of the Fisherman
|
Alex North
|
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1969
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
Burt Bacharach
|
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1970
|
Love Story
|
Francis Lai
|
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1971
|
Shaft
|
Isaac Hayes
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1972
|
The Godfather
|
Nino Rota
|
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1973
|
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
|
Neil Diamond
|
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1974
|
The Little Prince
|
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederic Loewe
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1975
|
Jaws
|
John Williams
|
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1976
|
A Star is Born
|
Kenneth
Ascher, Paul Williams
|
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1977
|
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
|
John Williams
|
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1978
|
Midnight Express
|
Giorgio Moroder
|
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1979
|
Apocalypse Now
|
Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
|
|
1980
|
The Stunt Man
|
Dominic Frontiere
|
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1982
|
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
|
John Williams
|
|
1983
|
Flashdance
|
Giorgio Moroder
|
|
1984
|
A Passage to India
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
1985
|
Out of Africa
|
John Barry
|
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1986
|
The Mission
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
1987
|
The Last Emperor
|
David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su
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1988
|
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
|
Maurice Jarre
|
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1989
|
The Little Mermaid
|
Alan Menken
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1990
|
The Sheltering Sky
|
Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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1991
|
Beauty and the Beast
|
Alan Menken
|
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1992
|
Aladdin
|
Alan Menken
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1993
|
Heaven & Earth
|
Kitaro
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1994
|
The Lion King
|
Hans Zimmer
|
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1995
|
A Walk in the Clouds
|
Maurice Jarre
|
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1996
|
The English Patient
|
Gabriel Yared
|
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1997
|
Titanic
|
James Horner
|
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1998
|
The Truman Show
|
Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass
|
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1999
|
The Legend of 1900
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
2000
|
Gladiator
|
Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer
|
|
2001
|
Moulin Rouge!
|
Craig Armstrong
|
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2002
|
Frida
|
Elliot Goldenthal
|
|
2003
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Howard Shore
|
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2004
|
The Aviator
|
Howard Shore
|
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2005
|
Memoirs of a Geisha
|
John Williams
|
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2006
|
The Painted Veil
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
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2007
|
Atonement
|
Dario Marianelli
|
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2008
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
A. R. Rahman
|
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2009
|
Up
|
Michael Giacchino
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