Welcome back to our Golden Globe decade study! This series focuses on the Best Original Song award given by the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is presented to the songwriters who have written an original song specifically for a feature film. Today, we're taking a look back at the award show's fifth decade, starting at the show's 59th showcase in 2002.
2002
The 59th Golden Globe Awards were held January 20th, 2002 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2001.
Best Original Song - Until... by Sting (written by G. Sumner)
Until..., with music & lyrics by Sting, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2002, beating out Come What May from Moulin Rouge!; May It Be from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; There You'll Be from Pearl Harbor; and Vanilla Sky from Vanilla Sky. The song was featured in James Mangold's 2001 film Kate & Leopold. Starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman, Best Original Song was the only win out of two total nominations for the film at this ceremony. Honestly, I've definitely heard better music from Sting than this. I'm personally a fan of both Come What May and There You'll Be, but they don't ask me come voting time (and definitely not ten year old me).
If I caught the world in a bottle and everything was still beneath the moon/Without your love, would it shine for me/If I was smart as Aristotle and understood the rings around the moon/What would it all matter if you loved me/Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still/With a million dreams to fulfill and a matter of moments until the dancing ends/Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear/Not a solitary thing would I fear except when this moment comes near the dancing's end/If I caught the world in an hourglass saddled up the moon so we could ride/Until the stars grew dim, until
2003
The 60th Golden Globe Awards were held January 19th, 2003 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2002.
Best Original Song - The Hands That Built America by U2 (written by P. Hewson, D. Evans, A. Clayton, L. Mullen)
The Hands That Built America, with music & lyrics by U2, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2003, beating out Lose Yourself from 8 Mile; Die Another Day from Die Another Day; Here I Am from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron; and Father and Daughter from The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The song was featured in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film Gangs of New York, which was based on the 1928 Herbert Asbury book The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Original Song was the one of two wins out of five total nominations for the film at this ceremony (the other win being for Best Director). To me, this felt like a pretty generic U2 song, not really anything special. I'm shocked this beat Lose Yourself, although my personal pick would've gone to Here I Am.
Oh my love, it's a long way we've come/From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons/From the stony fields to hanging steel from skies/From digging in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye/These are the hands that built America/Ah, ah, ah, America
2004
The 61st Golden Globe Awards were held January 25th, 2004 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2003.
Best Original Song - Into the West by Annie Lennox (written by A. Lennox, F. Walsh, H. Shore)
Into the West, with music & lyrics by Annie Lennox, Fran Walsh, & Howard Shore, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2004, beating out The Heart of Every Girl from Mona Lisa Smile; Man of the Hour from Big Fish; Time Enough for Tears from In America; and You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain. The song was featured in Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which was based on the 1955 J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Return of the King. Starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellan, Best Original Song was the one of four nominations and wins for the film at this ceremony (the other wins being for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Original Score). I will say this is a beautiful song, in no small part due to Lennox's beautiful vocals. It absolutely gives a LOTR vibe, doing a great job ushering out the final film of the trilogy.
Lay down your sweet and weary head/The night is falling, you have come to journey's end/Sleep now and dream of the ones who came before/They are calling from across the distant shore/Why do you weep, what are these tears upon your face/Soon you will see all of your fears will pass away/Safe in my arms, you're only sleeping/What can you see on the horizon/Why do the white gulls call across the sea/A pale moon rises, the ships have come to carry you home/And all will turn to silver glass/A light on the water, all souls pass
2005
The 62nd Golden Globe Awards were held January 16th, 2005 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2004.
Best Original Song - Old Habits Die Hard by Mick Jagger (written by M. Jagger, D. Stewart)
Old Habits Die Hard, with music & lyrics by Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2005, beating out Accidentally in Love from Shrek 2; Believe from The Polar Express; Learn to Be Lonely from The Phantom of the Opera; and Million Voices from Hotel Rwanda. The song was featured in Charles Shyer's 2004 film Alfie, which was based on the 1966 Lewis Gilbert film of the same name. Starring Jude Law and Marisa Tomei, Best Original Song was the only nomination and subsequent win for the film at this ceremony. Notable covers of this song include that by Sheryl Crow. This song isn't bad as far as Mick Jagger/Rolling Stones songs go. However, in a year where Accidentally in Love, Believe, and Learn to Be Lonely were all nominated, this is not the winner for me.
I thought I shook myself free, you see I bounce back quicker than most/But I'm half delirious, is too mysterious, you walk through my walls like a ghost/And I take everyday at a time, I’m as proud as a lion in his lair/Now there's no denying it, a note to crying it, you're all tangled up in my head/Old habits die hard, old soldiers just fade away/Old habits die hard, harder than November rain/Old habits die hard, old soldiers just fade away/Old habits die hard, hard enough to feel the pain
2006
The 63rd Golden Globe Awards were held January 16th, 2006 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2005.
Best Original Song - A Love That Will Never Grow Old by Emmylou Harris (written by G. Santaolalla, B. Taupin)
A Love That Will Never Grow Old, with music by Gustavo Santaolalla and lyrics by Bernie Taupin, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2006, beating out Christmas in Love from Christmas in Love; There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway from The Producers; Travelin' Thru from Transamerica; and Wunderkind from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The song was featured in Ang Lee's 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, which was based on the 1997 Annie Proulx short story of the same name. Starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Best Original Song was one of four wins out of seven total nominations for the film at this ceremony (the other wins being for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay). This is quite a lovely country song honestly, not one I would automatically assume was written for a film. Emmylou Harris is an awesome country artist, and it's almost impossible to go wrong when Bernie Taupin is your lyricist.
Go to sleep, may your sweet dreams come true/Just lay back in my arms for one more night/I’ve this crazy old notion that calls me sometimes/Saying, "This one's the love of our lives"/‘Cause I know a love that will never grow old/And I know a love that will never grow old
2007
The 64th Golden Globe Awards were held January 15th, 2007 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2006.
Best Original Song - The Song of the Heart by Prince (written by P. Nelson)
The Song of the Heart, with music & lyrics by Prince, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2007, beating out Never Gonna Break My Faith from Bobby; Listen from Dreamgirls; Try Not to Remember from Home of the Brave; and A Father's Way from The Pursuit of Happyness. The song was featured in George Miller's 2006 film Happy Feet. Starring Elijah Wood and Robin Williams, Best Original Song was the only win out of two total nominations for the film at this ceremony. I think Happy Feet is such a cute movie (it's hard not to love singing and dancing penguins, after all), but this song doesn't do it for me. I've heard better from Prince, and my choice here probably would've been Listen.
You might make a different song, yes, that's right, it's true/That don't make anybody more or less as good as you/If you can't feel the music, that's all you really need/Then turn this party all the way out, good time guaranteed/Everybody get up, clap your hands and dance to the beat/Whatever you do, little darlin', it's cool/Just get up out your seat and wave your flag because everybody plays a part/One world united, singing the song of the heart
2008
The 65th Golden Globe Awards were held January 13th, 2008 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2007.
Best Original Song - Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder (written by E. Vedder)
Guaranteed, with music & lyrics by Eddie Vedder, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2008, beating out Despedida from Love in the Time of Cholera; Grace Is Gone from Grace Is Gone; That's How You Know from Enchanted; and Walk Hard from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The song was featured in Sean Penn's 2007 film Into the Wild, which was based on the 1996 John Krakauer book of the same name. Starring Emile Hirsch and Marcia Gay Harden, Best Original Song was the only win out of two total nominations for the film at this ceremony. I liked this song, from its simple, acoustic feel to Vedder's surprisingly calming vocals. However, I'm super bummed That's How You Know didn't take home the win here.
On bended knee is no way to be free/Lifting up an empty cup, I ask silently/That all my destinations will accept the one that's me/So I can breathe/Circles, they grow and they swallow people whole/Half their lives, they say goodnight to wives they'll never know/Got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul/And so it goes
2009
The 66th Golden Globe Awards were held January 11th, 2009 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2008.
Best Original Song - The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen (written by B. Springsteen)
The Wrestler, with music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2009, beating out Down to Earth from WALL-E; Gran Torino from Gran Torino; I Thought I Lost You from Bolt; and Once in a Lifetime from Cadillac Records. The song was featured in Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film The Wrestler. Starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, Best Original Song was one of two wins out of three total nominations for the film at this ceremony (the other win being for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Rourke). This song was alright, but again, I've heard a lot better from Springsteen. My choice here for sure would've been either Down to Earth or I Thought I Lost You.
Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free/If you've ever seen a one trick pony, then you've seen me/Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making his way down the street/If you've ever seen a one-legged dog, then you've seen me/Then you've seen me, I come and stand at every door/Then you've seen me, I always leave with less than I had before/Then you've seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor/Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more/Tell me, can you ask for anything more
2010
The 67th Golden Globe Awards were held January 17th, 2010 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2009. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais.
Best Original Song - The Weary Kind by Ryan Bingham (written by R. Bingham, J. Burnett)
The Weary Kind, with music & lyrics by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2010, beating out Cinema Italiano from Nine; I See You from Avatar; (I Want to) Come Home from Everybody's Fine; and Winter from Brothers. The song was featured in Scott Cooper's 2009 film Crazy Heart, which was based on the 1987 Thomas Cobb novel of the same name. Starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Best Original Song was one of two nominations and subsequent wins for the film at this ceremony (the other win being for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama for Bridges). Notable covers of this song include those by Colin Farrell and Jeff Bridges, both included in the film. This is a lovely song, with Bingham's raw vocals adding a true singer-songwriter feel to the performance. As much as I love Cinema Italiano, this song makes sense to me as a winner.
Your heart's on the loose/You rolled them sevens with nothing to lose/And this ain't no place for the weary kind/You called all your shots/Shooting eight-ball at the corner truck stop/Somehow this don't feel like home anymore/And this ain't no place for the weary kind/This ain't no place to lose your mind/This ain't no place to fall behind/Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try
2011
The 68th Golden Globe Awards were held January 16th, 2011 and celebrated film and television achievements from 2010.
Best Original Song - You Haven't Seen the Last of Me by Cher (written by D. Warren)
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me, with music & lyrics by Diane Warren, was one of five total nominees for Best Original Song 2011, beating out Bound to You from Burlesque; Coming Home from Country Strong; I See the Light from Tangled; and There's a Place For Us from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The song was featured in Steve Antin's 2010 film Burlesque. Starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, Best Original Song was the only win out of three total nominations for the film at this ceremony. Burlesque is, in hindsight, a silly, ridiculous movie, but it's so much fun and has a soundtrack that simply will not quit. This is one of my favorite songs from this film, and I love to see it honored here because I think it totally deserves it.
Feeling broken, barely holding on/But there's just something so strong somewhere inside me/And I am down, but I'll get up again/Don't count me out just yet/I’ve been brought down to my knees/And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking, but I can take it/I’ll be back, back on my feet/This is far from over, you haven't seen the last of me/You haven't seen the last of me
I hope this post was full of good music and fun memories of these films. Happy listening, and see ya'll next week!
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