Every Golden Globes Best Original Score – Motion Picture winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 20 different winners. The longest run was Howard Shore, 2 years straight (2004–2005).

Justin Hurwitz ×3Alexandre Desplat ×2Ennio Morricone ×2Howard Shore ×2Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by network / distributor; hover for details.

Ennio Morricone'00

Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard'01

Craig Armstrong'02

Elliot Goldenthal'03

Howard Shore'04–'05×2

John Williams'06

Alexandre Desplat'07

Dario Marianelli'08

A. R. Rahman'09

Michael Giacchino'10

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross'11

Ludovic Bource'12

Mychael Danna'13

Alex Ebert'14

Jóhann Jóhannsson'15

Ennio Morricone'16

Justin Hurwitz'17

Alexandre Desplat'18

Justin Hurwitz'19

Hildur Guðnadóttir'20

Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross'21

Hans Zimmer'22

Justin Hurwitz'23

Ludwig Göransson'24

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross'25

Wins by network / distributor

Universal519%
Warner Bros.415%
20th Century28%
Disney28%
Miramax28%
Searchlight28%
Other935%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Carter Burwell3 noms
Clint Eastwood3 noms
Daniel Pemberton3 noms
James Newton Howard3 noms
Abel Korzeniowski2 noms
Alberto Iglesias2 noms

Most losses

Alexandre Desplat12L · 2W
Hans Zimmer10L · 1W
John Williams7L · 1W
Carter Burwell3L · 0W
Clint Eastwood3L · 0W
Daniel Pemberton3L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network / Distributor
2025	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Challengers) beat 5 others Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist) Volker Bertelmann (Conclave) Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two) Clément Ducol & Camille (Emilia Pérez) Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)	Amazon MGM Studios
2024	Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer) beat 5 others Joe Hisaishi (The Boy and the Heron) Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon) Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things) Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) Mica Levi (The Zone of Interest)	Universal
2023	Justin Hurwitz (Babylon) beat 4 others Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin) John Williams (The Fabelmans) Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio) Hildur Guðnadóttir (Women Talking)	Paramount
2022	Hans Zimmer (Dune) beat 4 others Germaine Franco (Encanto) Alexandre Desplat (The French Dispatch) Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers) Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)	Warner Bros.
2021	Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Soul) beat 4 others Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Mank) Alexandre Desplat (The Midnight Sky) James Newton Howard (News of the World) Ludwig Göransson (Tenet)	Walt Disney Studios
2020	Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker) beat 4 others Thomas Newman (1917) Alexandre Desplat (Little Women) Randy Newman (Marriage Story) Daniel Pemberton (Motherless Brooklyn)	Warner Bros.
2019	Justin Hurwitz (First Man) beat 4 others Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther) Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs) Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns) Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place)	Universal
2018	Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water) beat 4 others Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk) Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread) John Williams (The Post) Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)	Fox Searchlight
2017	Justin Hurwitz (La La Land) beat 4 others Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival) Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures) Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka (Lion) Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)	Lionsgate
2016	Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight) beat 4 others Carter Burwell (Carol) Alexandre Desplat (The Danish Girl) Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto (The Revenant) Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs)	The Weinstein Company
2015	Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything) beat 4 others Antonio Sánchez (Birdman) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl) Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game) Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)	Focus Features
2014	Alex Ebert (All Is Lost) beat 4 others Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave) John Williams (The Book Thief) Steven Price (Gravity) Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)	Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate
2013	Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) beat 4 others Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina) Alexandre Desplat (Argo) John Williams (Lincoln) Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas)	20th Century Fox
2012	Ludovic Bource (The Artist) beat 4 others Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Howard Shore (Hugo) John Williams (War Horse) Abel Korzeniowski (W.E.)	The Weinstein Company
2011	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network) beat 4 others A. R. Rahman (127 Hours) Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland) Hans Zimmer (Inception) Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech)	Columbia/Sony
2010	Michael Giacchino (Up) beat 4 others Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man) James Horner (Avatar) Marvin Hamlisch (The Informant!) Karen O & Carter Burwell (Where the Wild Things Are)	Walt Disney Studios
2009	A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) beat 4 others Clint Eastwood (Changeling) Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) James Newton Howard (Defiance) Hans Zimmer (Frost/Nixon)	Fox Searchlight
2008	Dario Marianelli (Atonement) beat 4 others Howard Shore (Eastern Promises) Clint Eastwood (Grace Is Gone) Michael Brook, Kaki King & Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild) Alberto Iglesias (The Kite Runner)	Focus Features
2007	Alexandre Desplat (The Painted Veil) beat 4 others Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel) Carlo Siliotto (Nomad) Hans Zimmer (The Da Vinci Code) Clint Mansell (The Fountain)	Warner Independent Pictures
2006	John Williams (Memoirs of a Geisha) beat 4 others Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain) James Newton Howard (King Kong) Alexandre Desplat (Syriana) Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)	Columbia/Sony
2005	Howard Shore (The Aviator)repeat beat 4 others Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland) Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) Rolfe Kent (Sideways) Hans Zimmer (Spanglish)	Miramax/Warner Bros.
2004	Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) beat 4 others Danny Elfman (Big Fish) Gabriel Yared (Cold Mountain) Alexandre Desplat (Girl with a Pearl Earring) Hans Zimmer (The Last Samurai)	New Line Cinema
2003	Elliot Goldenthal (Frida) beat 4 others Terence Blanchard (25th Hour) Elmer Bernstein (Far from Heaven) Peter Gabriel (Rabbit-Proof Fence) Philip Glass (The Hours)	Miramax
2002	Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!) beat 7 others James Horner (A Beautiful Mind) John Williams (A.I. Artificial Intelligence) Pieter Bourke & Lisa Gerrard (Ali) Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) Angelo Badalamenti (Mulholland Drive) Hans Zimmer (Pearl Harbor) Christopher Young (The Shipping News)	20th Century Fox
2001	Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator) beat 5 others Larry Paxton, Marty Stuart & Kristin Wilkinson (All the Pretty Horses) Rachel Portman (Chocolat) Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Ennio Morricone (Malèna) Maurice Jarre (Sunshine)	DreamWorks/Universal
2000	Ennio Morricone (The Legend of 1900) beat 8 others Thomas Newman (American Beauty) John Williams (Angela's Ashes) George Fenton (Anna and the King) Michael Nyman (The End of the Affair) Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut) Pieter Bourke & Lisa Gerrard (The Insider) Angelo Badalamenti (The Straight Story) Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley)	Fine Line Features

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