Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have received Best Original Score at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards for Challengers. They beat out former Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist), Hans Zimmer (Dune: Half Two), Volker Bertelmann (Conclave), Kris Bowers (The Wild Robotic), and Camille and Clément Ducol (Emilia Pérez) for the trophy. That is the sixth Golden Globes nomination and third win of their profession.
Reznor and Ross accepted the award from Elton John—who yelled out “YAY!” when the winners’ names have been learn—and Brandi Carlile. Whereas Reznor didn’t communicate on the podium, Ross did give a brief speech: “This actually means lots, significantly on this particular second. First I’d wish to thank my finest buddy, my musical companion, the nice Trent Reznor. The music by no means felt like a secure alternative, but it surely all the time felt like the appropriate one. I’d wish to thank the maestro, the visionary director, our buddy Luca Guadagnino… To be sincere, we all the time thought we’d get the decision ‘Are you able to simply flip it down a bit of?’ Nevertheless it by no means got here, and right here we’re.”
Earlier within the night, Camille and Clément Ducol won Greatest Unique Tune for “El Mal” in Emilia Pérez. They received over Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Challengers’ “Compress/Repress”); Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt (The Final Showgirl’s “Stunning That Approach”); Maren Morris (The Wild Robotic’s “Kiss the Sky”); and Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, and Sacha Skarbek (Higher Man’s “Forbidden Highway”).
The 2024 Golden Globe for Best Original Score went to Ludwig Göransson for his work on Oppenheimer. That very same 12 months, Billie Eilish and Finneas received Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie.
