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Golden Globe Winners 2005
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) have announced the winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2005.
In the Best Original Score category composer John Williams won the award for his score for Memoirs of a Geisha, the epic drama about young Japanese girl during WWII who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house.
The other nominees were Alexandre Desplat for Syriana, Harry Gregson-Williams for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, James Newton Howard for King Kong, and Gustavo Santaolalla for Brokeback Mountain.
In the Best Original Song category, the winner was Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin for “A Love That Will Never Grow Old” from the romantic drama Brokeback Mountain.
The other nominees were Mel Brooks for “There’s Nothing Like A Show On Broadway” from The Producers, Alanis Morissette for “Wunderkind” from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Dolly Parton for “Travelin’ Thru” from Transamerica, and Tony Renis for “Christmas In Love” From Christmas In Love.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – John Williams
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
One of 2005’s most prestigious film projects, Memoirs of a Geisha is a lavish cinematic version of Arthur Golden’s popular novel of the same name. Originally slated to be directed by Steven Spielberg, the film was eventually taken over by Chicago director Rob Marshall, but not before Spielberg had secured the services of his long-time collaborator John Williams to write the film’s score. As regular readers of this site will know, scores which combine oriental sensibilities with western orchestras often receive high ratings and glowing plaudits. Unsurprisingly, Memoirs of a Geisha is not going to buck that trend. Read more…
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