Women and Best Original Score
Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:44AM by Travis Cragg
Hildur Guðnadóttir already has an Emmy and a Globe. Is an Oscar next?Watching Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir walking up to receive her Golden Globe for Joker was one of the more interesting moments of last weekend's ceremony. My streaming service in Australia suddenly decided to log me out just as the presenter came on stage, so I was cursing the world and rebooting! Once the anxiety was over, and Hildur was walking up to accept her trophy, it was time to reflect on a woman winning the equivalent Oscar. The Globe win for Score doesn't always transfer to an Oscar win (sometimes the winner isn't even nominated -- as with All is Lost and First Man in recent years) but could Guðnadóttir repeat?
Has a woman ever won the Oscar for Best Original Score before? Turns out it has happened, but only with double-category caveats…