Golden Globe Winners - The 1980s
1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980
1989 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ALAN MENKEN for The Little Mermaid
Other Nominees
DAVE GRUSIN for The Fabulous Baker Boys
JAMES HORNER for Field of Dreams
ENNIO MORRICONE for Casualties of War
JOHN WILLIAMS for Born on the Fourth of July
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Other Nominees
MARVIN HAMLISCH, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Woman Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
ALAN MENKEN and HOWARD ASHMAN for "Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid
RANDY NEWMAN for "I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood
TOM SNOW and DEAN PITCHFORD for "After All" from Chances Are
1988 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MAURICE JARRE for Gorillas in the Mist
Other Nominees
PETER GABRIEL for The Last Temptation of Christ
GERALD GOURIET for Madame Sousatzka
DAVE GRUSIN for The Milagro Beanfield War
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Accidental Tourist
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
CARLY SIMON for "Let The River Run" from Working Girl
Other Nominees
LAMONT DOZIER and PHIL COLLINS for "Two Hearts" from Buster
PAUL HANIGAN, STEVE JENKINS and MIKE MERCER for "When A Woman Loves A Man" from Bull Durham
BILLY JOEL for "Why Should I Worry" from Oliver & Company
MICHAEL LOVE, TERRY MELCHER, JOHN PHILLIPS and SCOTT MACKENZIE for "Kokomo" from Cocktail
SKIP SCARBOROUGH and LORRIN 'SMOKEY' BATES for "Twins" from Twins
1987 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, DAVID BYRNE and CONG SU for The Last Emperor
Other Nominees
GEORGE FENTON and JONAS GWANGWA for Cry Freedom
HENRY MANCINI for The Glass Menagerie
ENNIO MORRICONE for The Untouchables
JOHN WILLIAMS for Empire of the Sun
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
FRANK PREVITE, JOHN DE NICOLA and DONALD MARKOWITZ for "I've Had The Time Of My Life" from Dirty Dancing
Other Nominees
HAROLD FALTERMEYER, KEITH FORSEY and BOB SEGER for "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II
DAVID FOSTER, JACK BLADES, TOM KEANE and MICHAEL LANDAU for "The Secret of My Success" from The Secret of My Success
ALBERT HAMMOND and DIANE WARREN for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin
MADONNA for "Who's That Girl?" from "Who's That Girl"
1986 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ENNIO MORRICONE for The Mission
Other Nominees
HAROLD FALTERMEYER for Top Gun
MILES GOODMAN for Little Shop of Horrors
HERBIE HANCOCK for Round Midnight
MAURICE JARRE for The Mosquito Coast
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
GIORGIO MORODER and TOM WHITLOCK for "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
Other Nominees
BURT BACHARACH and CAROL BAYER SAGER for "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" from Tough Guys
PETER CETERA, DAVID FOSTER and DIANE NINI for "The Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid Part II
JAMES HORNER, BARRY MANN and CYNTHIA WEIL for "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail
HENRY MANCINI and LESLIE BRICUSSE for "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life!
ROD TEMPERTON for "Sweet Freedom" from Running Scared
1985 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN BARRY for Out of Africa
Other Nominees
MICHEL COLOMBIER for White Nights
MAURICE JARRE for Witness
QUINCY JONES for The Color Purple
DAVID MANSFIELD for Year of the Dragon
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
LIONEL RICHIE for "Say You Say Me" from White Knights
Other Nominees
JOHN BARRY and DURAN DURAN for "A View to a Kill" from A View to a Kill
TERRY BRITTEN and GRAHAM LYLE for "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
CHRIS HAYES, JOHNNY COLLA and HUEY LEWIS for "The Power of Love" from Back to the Future
DIANE WARREN for "Rhythm of the Night" from The Last Dragon
1984 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MAURICE JARRE for A Passage to India
Other Nominees
ENNIO MORRICONE for Once Upon A Time In America
JACK NITZSCHE for Starman
MIKE OLDFIELD for The Killing Fields
JOHN WILLIAMS for The River
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
STEVIE WONDER for "I Just Called To Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
Other Nominees
PHIL COLLINS for "Against All Odds" from Against All Odds
KENNY LOGGINS and DEAN PITCHFORD for "Footloose" from Footloose
PAUL McCARTNEY for "No More Lonely Nights" from Give My Regards to Broad Street
RAY PARKER Jr. for "Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters
PRINCE for "When Doves Cry" from Purple Rain
1983 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
GIORGIO MORODER for Flashdance
Other Nominees
STEWART COPELAND for Rumble Fish
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Under Fire
MICHEL LEGRAND for Yentl
GIORGIO MORODER for Scarface
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
GIORGIO MORODER, KEITH FORSEY and IRENE CARA for "What A Feeling!" from Flashdance
Other Nominees
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl
AUSTIN ROBERTS and BOBBY HART for "Over You" from Tender Mercies
MICHAEL SEMBELLO and DENNIS MATKOSKY for "Maniac" from Flashdance
FRANK STALLONE and VINCE DICOLA for "Far From Over" from Staying Alive
1982 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN WILLIAMS for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Other Nominees
HENRY MANCINI for Victor/Victoria
DUDLEY MOORE for Six Weeks
GIORGIO MORODER for Cat People
VANGELIS for Blade Runner
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
JACK NITZSCHE, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE and WILL JENNINGS for "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
Other Nominees
BURT BACHARACH, CAROL BAYER SAGER and BRUCE ROBERTS for "Making Love" from Making Love
JIM PETERIK and FRANKIE SULLIVAN III for "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III
GIORGIO MORODER for "Theme from Cat People" from Cat People
JOHN WILLIAMS, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "If We Were In Love" from Yes Giorgio
1981 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
NOT AWARDED
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BURT BACHARACH, CAROLE BAYER SAGER, CHRISTOPHER CROSS and PETER ALLEN for "The Best That You Can Do" from Arthur
Other Nominees
BILL CONTI and MICK LEESON for "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
ENNIO MORRICONE and CAROL CONNERS for "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" from Butterfly
RANDY NEWMAN for "One More Hour" from Ragtime
LIONEL RICHIE for "Endless Love" from Endless Love
1980 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
DOMINIC FRONTIERE for the Stunt Man
Other Nominees
JOHN BARRY for Somewhere In Time
MICHAEL GORE for Fame
GIORGIO MORODER for American Gigolo
LALO SCHIFRIN for The Competition
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Empire Strikes Back
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
MICHAEL GORE and DEAN PITCHFORD for "Fame" from Fame
Other Nominees
NEIL DIAMOND for "Love on the Rocks" from The Jazz Singer
MICHEL LEGRAND and CAROL CONNERS for "Yesterday's Dreams" from Falling in Love Again
GIORGIO MORODER and DEBORAH HARRY for "Call Me" from American Gigolo
DOLLY PARTON for "Nine to Five" from Nine to Five
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