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| Awarded for | Best Score Written for a Motion Picture |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| Currently held by | Ludwig Göransson for Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Website | www.goldenglobes.com |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[1] 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.[2][3] 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 | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Indicates the winner |
1940s
| Year1 | Film | Composer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Life with Father | Max Steiner | [4] |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | Brian Easdale | [5] |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Johnny Green | [6] |
| All the King's Men | Louis Gruenberg |