Awards & Winners

Joel Hirschhorn

Date of Birth 18-December-1937
Place of Birth The Bronx
(United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Joel Hirschorn
Profession Songwriter, Composer, Lyricist, Singer, Film Score Composer
Joel Hirschhorn was an American songwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. Hirschhorn was born in the Bronx and attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. After graduating, Hirschhorn became a regular performer on New York’s nightclub circuit, both as a solo singer and as a member of the rock & roll band, The Highlighters. During the mid-1960s, Hirschhorn branched out into writing film soundtracks. The first score he wrote was for Who Killed Teddy Bear?, which was directed by his friend Joseph Cates. He worked with Cates again the following year in The Fat Spy. However, the film was received so badly that Hirschhorn struggled to find work in Hollywood for a number of years afterwards. Hirschhorn, along with songwriting partner Al Kasha, did not work on another film until 1970’s The Cheyenne Social Club, which was directed by Gene Kelly. It was the pair’s next effort, for The Poseidon Adventure, that really made their name. "The Morning After", a song they wrote in a single evening, won them their first Oscar and also topped the Billboard chart.

Awards by Joel Hirschhorn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Joel Hirschhorn.

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Copperfield

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Pete's Dragon

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Pete's Dragon
Academy Award for Best Original Song Candle on the Water
Pete's Dragon
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song I'd Like To Be You For a Day
Freaky Friday

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song We May Never Love Like This Again
The Towering Inferno

1974


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : We May Never Love Like This Again
(The Towering Inferno)

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song We May Never Love Like This Again
The Towering Inferno

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song The Morning After
The Poseidon Adventure

1972


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : The Morning After
(The Poseidon Adventure)

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song The Morning After
The Poseidon Adventure