Hildur Guðnadóttir makes history at Globes, Elton John wins
NEW YORK (AP) - 'œJoker'ť composer Hildur Guðnadóttir made history by becoming the first woman in 19 years to win best original score at the Golden Globes, where Elton John and Bernie Taupin finally won a major award together after collaborating for 52 years.
'œThis is truly - I'm speechless,'ť Guðnadóttir said onstage Sunday.
She was the sole female nominee, besting Randy Newman ('œMarriage Story'ť), Alexandre Desplat ('œLittle Women'ť), Thomas Newman ('œ1917'³) and Daniel Pemberton ('œMotherless Brooklyn'ť) to win the prize. The last woman to win the Globe for best original score was Lisa Gerrard in 2001 for 'œGladiator,'ť which she shared with Hans Zimmer.
Guðnadóttir is a classically trained cellist from Iceland who won an Emmy in September for scoring 'œChernobyl'ť and is also up for a Grammy for her work on the HBO series. She thanked 'œJoker'ť director Todd Philipps, best actor winner Joaquin Phoenix and executive music producer Jason Ruder.
Early in the night, John and Taupin won best original song for writing 'œ(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again'ť from his 'œRocketman'ť biopic.
'œ(It's) the first time I've ever won an award with him, ever,'ť John said onstage looking to Taupin. 'œWe never won a Grammy. We never did anything together except for this, and I'm so happy.'ť
John won an Academy Award and Golden Globe with Tim Rice for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the original 'œThe Lion King.'ť John has also won five Grammy Awards.
Taupin won his first Golden Globe with Gustavo Santaolalla for "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from 'œBrokeback Mountain.'ť
'œThis is really sweet because this is not just about a song we wrote for a movie, this is a song we wrote for a movie which deals with our relationship, and it's a relationship that doesn't happen very much in this town. It's a 52-year-old marriage, so thank you,'ť Taupin said.
Together, the duo have crafted John songs like 'œBennie and the Jets,'ť 'œGoodbye Yellow Brick Road,'ť 'œRocket Man,'ť 'œTiny Dancer,'ť 'œCandle in the Wind'ť and 'œSaturday Night's Alright for Fighting.'ť
'œ(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again'ť and 'œJoker" were shortlisted for best original song and best original score, respectively, at the 2020 Academy Awards, which will take place Feb. 9.
John and Taupin beat out Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Cynthia Erivo and the wife-husband songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez to win the Golden Globe.
'œThank you to all my fellow nominees, they're all great songwriters,'ť John said.
He called making 'œRocketman'ť one of the 'œmost emotional moments in my life.'ť
At the Globes, Taron Egerton won best performance by an actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy for portraying John.
'œThank you for the music," Egerton said to John. 'œThank you for being my friend."