Academy Award For Best Original Song: Motion picture award for music

The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

It is given to the songwriters who write the best original song specifically for a movie. Only songs that are "original and written specifically for the motion picture" can win.

The award category was first given at the 7th Academy Awards. That ceremony was for 1934 movies. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. All Academy members vote for the winner.

List of winners and nominees

1930s

  • 1934: "The Continental" – The Gay Divorcee • Music: Con Conrad • Lyrics: Herb Magidson
    • "Carioca" – Flying Down to Rio • Music: Vincent Youmans • Lyrics: Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
    • "Love in Bloom" – She Loves Me Not • Music: Ralph Rainger • Lyrics: Leo Robin
  • 1935: "Lullaby of Broadway" – Gold Diggers of 1935 • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Al Dubin
  • 1936: "The Way You Look Tonight" – Swing Time • Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
    • "I've Got You Under My Skin" – Born to Dance • Music and lyrics: Cole Porter
    • "Pennies from Heaven" – Pennies from Heaven • Music: Arthur Johnston • Lyrics: Johnny Burke
    • "When Did You Leave Heaven" – Sing, Baby, Sing • Music: Richard A. Whiting • Lyrics: Walter Bullock
    • "Did I Remember" – Suzy • Music: Walter Donaldson • Lyrics: Harold Adamson
    • "A Melody from the Sky" – The Trail of the Lonesome Pine • Music: Louis Alter • Lyrics: Sidney D. Mitchell
  • 1937: "Sweet Leilani" – Waikiki Wedding • Music and lyrics: Harry Owens
    • "Whispers in the Dark" – Artists and Models • Music: Friedrich Hollaender • Lyrics: Leo Robin
    • "Remember Me" – Mr. Dodd Takes the Air • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Al Dubin
    • "They Can't Take That Away from Me" – Shall We Dance • Music: George Gershwin (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
    • "That Old Feeling" – Vogues of 1938 • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Lew Brown
  • 1938: "Thanks for the Memory" – The Big Broadcast of 1938 • Music: Ralph Rainger • Lyrics: Leo Robin
    • "Always and Always" – Mannequin • Music: Edward Ward • Lyrics: Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
    • "Change Partners" – Carefree • Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
    • "The Cowboy and the Lady" – The Cowboy and the Lady • Music: Lionel Newman • Lyrics: Arthur Quenzer
    • "Dust" – Under Western Stars • Music and lyrics: Johnny Marvin
    • "Jeepers Creepers" – Going Places • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "Merrily We Live" – Merrily We Live • Music: Phil Craig • Lyrics: Arthur Quenzer
    • "A Mist over the Moon" – The Lady Objects • Music: Ben Oakland • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
    • "My Own" – That Certain Age • Music: Jimmy McHugh • Lyrics: Harold Adamson
    • "Now It Can Be Told" – Alexander's Ragtime Band • Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
  • 1939: "Over the Rainbow" – The Wizard of Oz • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Yip Harburg
    • "Faithful Forever" – Gulliver's Travels • Music: Ralph Rainger • Lyrics: Leo Robin
    • "I Poured My Heart into a Song" – Second Fiddle • Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin
    • "Wishing" – Love Affair • Music and lyrics: Buddy DeSylva

1940s

  • 1940: "When You Wish Upon a Star" – Pinocchio • Music: Leigh Harline • Lyrics: Ned Washington
    • "Down Argentine Way" – Down Argentine Way • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "I'd Know You Anywhere" – You'll Find Out • Music: Jimmy McHugh • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "It's a Blue World" – Music in My Heart • Music and Lyrics: Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
    • "Love of My Life" – Second Chorus • Music: Artie Shaw • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "Only Forever" – Rhythm on the River • Music: James V. Monaco • Lyrics: Johnny Burke
    • "Our Love Affair" – Strike Up the Band • Music and Lyrics: Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll
    • "Waltzing in the Clouds" – Spring Parade • Music: Robert Stolz • Lyrics: Gus Kahn
    • "Who Am I?" – Hit Parade of 1941 • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Walter Bullock
  • 1941: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" – Lady Be Good • Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
    • "Baby Mine" – Dumbo • Music: Frank Churchill • Lyrics: Ned Washington
    • "Be Honest With Me" – Ridin' on a Rainbow • Music and Lyrics: Gene Autry and Fred Rose
    • "Blues in the Night" – Blues in the Night • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" – Buck Privates • Music: Hugh Prince • Lyrics: Don Raye
    • "Chattanooga Choo Choo" – Sun Valley Serenade • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "Dolores" – Las Vegas Nights • Music: Louis Alter • Lyrics: Frank Loesser
    • "Out of the Silence" – All-American Co-Ed • Music and Lyrics: Lloyd B. Norlin
    • "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" – You'll Never Get Rich • Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
  • 1942: "White Christmas" – Holiday Inn • Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin
    • "Always in My Heart" – Always in My Heart • Music: Ernesto Lecuona • Lyrics: Kim Gannon
    • "Dearly Beloved" – You Were Never Lovelier • Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "How About You?" – Babes on Broadway • Music: Burton Lane • Lyrics: Ralph Freed
    • "I've Heard That Song Before" – Youth on Parade • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
    • "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" – Orchestra Wives • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "Love Is a SongTemplate:Broken anchor" – Bambi • Music: Frank Churchill (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Larry Morey
    • "Pennies for Peppino" – Flying with Music • Music: Edward Ward • Lyrics: Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
    • "Pig Foot Pete" – Hellzapoppin' • Music: Gene de Paul • Lyrics: Don Raye
    • "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" – The Mayor of 44th Street • Music: Harry Revel • Lyrics: Mort Greene
  • 1943: "You'll Never Know" – Hello, Frisco, Hello • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "Change of Heart" – Hit Parade of 1943 • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Harold Adamson
    • "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" – Cabin in the Sky • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Yip Harburg
    • "My Shining Hour" – The Sky's the Limit • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "Saludos Amigos" – Saludos Amigos • Music: Charles Wolcott • Lyrics: Ned Washington
    • "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" – Hers to Hold • Music: Jimmy McHugh • Lyrics: Herb Magidson
    • "That Old Black Magic" – Star Spangled Rhythm • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" – Thank Your Lucky Stars • Music: Arthur Schwartz • Lyrics: Frank Loesser
    • "We Mustn't Say Good Bye" – Stage Door Canteen • Music: James V. Monaco • Lyrics: Al Dubin
    • "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" – Something to Shout About • Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
  • 1944: "Swinging on a Star" – Going My Way • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Johnny Burke
    • "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" – Higher and Higher • Music: Jimmy McHugh • Lyrics: Harold Adamson
    • "I'll Walk Alone" – Follow the Boys • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
    • "I'm Making Believe" – Sweet and Low-Down • Music: James V. Monaco • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "Long Ago (and Far Away)" – Cover Girl • Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
    • "Now I Know" – Up in Arms • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Ted Koehler
    • "Remember Me to Carolina" – Minstrel Man • Music: Harry Revel • Lyrics: Paul Webster
    • "Rio de Janeiro" – Brazil • Music: Ary Barroso • Lyrics: Ned Washington
    • "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" – Lady, Let's Dance • Music: Lew Pollack • Lyrics: Charles Newman
    • "Too Much in Love" – Song of the Open Road • Music: Walter Kent • Lyrics: Kim Gannon
    • "The Trolley Song" – Meet Me in St. Louis • Music and Lyrics: Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
  • 1945: "It Might as Well Be Spring" – State Fair • Music: Richard Rodgers • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
    • "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" – Here Come the Waves • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "Anywhere" – Tonight and Every Night • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
    • "Aren't You Glad You're You?" – The Bells of St. Mary's • Music: James Van Heusen • Lyrics: Johnny Burke
    • "The Cat and the Canary" – Why Girls Leave Home • Music: Jay Livingston • Lyrics: Ray Evans
    • "Endlessly" – Earl Carroll Vanities • Music: Walter Kent • Lyrics: Kim Gannon
    • "I Fall in Love Too Easily" – Anchors Aweigh • Music:Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
    • "I'll Buy That Dream" – Sing Your Way Home • Music: Allie Wrubel • Lyrics: Herb Magidson
    • "Linda" – The Story of G.I. Joe • Music and Lyrics: Ann Ronell
    • "Love Letters" – Love Letters • Music: Victor Young • Lyrics: Edward Heyman
    • "More and More" – Can't Help Singing • Music: Jerome Kern (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Yip Harburg
    • "Sleighride in July" – Belle of the Yukon • Music: James Van Heusen • Lyrics:Johnny Burke
    • "So in Love" – Wonder Man • Music: David Rose • Lyrics: Leo Robin
    • "Some Sunday Morning" – San Antonio • Music: Ray Heindorf and M.K. Jerome • Lyrics: Ted Koehler
  • 1946: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" – The Harvey Girls • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
    • "All Through the Day" – Centennial Summer • Music: Jerome Kern (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
    • "I Can't Begin to Tell You" – The Dolly Sisters • Music: James V. Monaco (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
    • "Ole Buttermilk Sky" – Canyon Passage • Music: Hoagy Carmichael • Lyrics: Jack Brooks
    • "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" – Blue Skies • Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin
  • 1947: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" – Song of the South • Music: Allie Wrubel • Lyrics: Ray Gilbert
    • "A Gal in Calico" – The Time, the Place and the Girl • Music: Arthur Schwartz • Lyrics: Leo Robin
    • "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" – The Perils of Pauline • Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser
    • "Pass That Peace Pipe" – Good News • Music and Lyrics: Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin and Roger Edens
    • "You Do" – Mother Wore Tights • Music: Josef Myrow • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
  • 1948: "Buttons and Bows" – The Paleface • Music: Jay Livingston • Lyrics: Ray Evans
  • 1949: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" – Neptune's Daughter • Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser

1950s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
1950 "Mona Lisa" – Captain Carey, U.S.A.
– Music and Lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
  • "Be My Love" – The Toast of New Orleans • Music: Nicholas Brodzsky • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" – Cinderella • Music and lyrics: Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
  • "Mule Train" – Singing Guns • Music and Lyrics: Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
  • "Wilhelmina" – Wabash Avenue • Music: Josef Myrow • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
1951 "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" – Here Comes the Groom
– Music: Hoagy Carmichael • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "Never"– Golden Girl • Music: Lionel Newman • Lyrics: Eliot Daniel
  • "Wonder Why" – Rich, Young and Pretty • Music: Nicholas Brodszky • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Too Late Now" – Royal Wedding • Music: Burton Lane • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
  • "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" – The Strip • Music and lyrics: Burt Kalmar (posthumous nomination), Harry Ruby, and Oscar Hammerstein II
1952 "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" – High Noon
– Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington
  • "Am I in Love" – Son of Paleface • Music and lyrics: Jack Brooks
  • "Because You're Mine" – Because You're Mine • Music: Nicholas Brodszky • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Thumbelina" – Hans Christian Andersen • Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser
  • "Zing a Little Zong" – Just for You • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Leo Robin
1953 "Secret Love" – Calamity Jane
– Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "The Moon Is Blue" – The Moon Is Blue • Music: Herschel Burke Gilbert • Lyrics: Sylvia Fine
  • "My Flaming Heart" – Small Town Girl • Music: Nicholas Brodszky • Lyrics: Leo Robin
  • "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" – Miss Sadie Thompson • Music: Lester Lee • Lyrics: Ned Washington
  • "That's Amore" – The Caddy • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Jack Brooks
1954 "Three Coins in the Fountain" – Three Coins in the Fountain
– Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" – White Christmas • Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
  • "The High and the Mighty" – The High and the Mighty • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington
  • "Hold My Hand" – Susan Slept Here • Music and lyrics: Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers
  • "The Man that Got Away" – A Star Is Born • Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
1955 "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
– Music: 'Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "I'll Never Stop Loving You" – Love Me or Leave Me • Music: Nicholas Brodszky • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Something's Gotta Give" – Daddy Long Legs • Music and lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" – The Tender Trap • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Unchained Melody" – Unchained • Music: Alex North • Lyrics: Hy Zaret
1956 "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)" – The Man Who Knew Too Much
– Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • "Friendly Persuasion" – Friendly Persuasion • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "Julie" – Julie • Music: Leith Stevens • Lyrics: Tom Adair
  • "True Love" – High Society • Music and lyrics: Cole Porter
  • "Written on the Wind" – Written on the Wind • Music: Victor Young (posthumous nomination) • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
1957 "All the Way" – The Joker Is Wild
– Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "An Affair to Remember" – An Affair to Remember • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
  • "April Love" – April Love • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "Tammy" – Tammy and the Bachelor • Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
  • "Wild Is the Wind" – Wild Is the Wind • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington
1958 "Gigi" – Gigi
– Music: Frederick Loewe • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
  • "Almost in Your Arms (Love Song from Houseboat)" – Houseboat • Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • "A Certain Smile" – A Certain Smile • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "To Love and Be Loved" – Some Came Running • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "A Very Precious Love" – Marjorie Morningstar • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
1959 "High Hopes" – A Hole in the Head
– Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "The Best of Everything" – The Best of Everything • Music: Alfred Newman • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "The Five Pennies" – The Five Pennies • Music and lyrics: Sylvia Fine
  • "The Hanging Tree" – The Hanging Tree • Music: Jerry Livingston • Lyrics: Mack David
  • "Strange Are the Ways of Love" – The Young Land • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington

1960s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
1960 "Never on Sunday" – Never on Sunday
– Music and lyrics: Manos Hadjidakis
  • "The Facts of Life" – The Facts of Life • Music and lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "Faraway Part of Town" – Pepe • Music: André Previn • Lyrics: Dory Langdon
  • "The Green Leaves of Summer" – The Alamo • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "The Second Time Around" – High Time • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
1961 "Moon River" – Breakfast at Tiffany's
– Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "Bachelor in Paradise" – Bachelor in Paradise • Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Mack David
  • "Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon and The Dove)" – El Cid • Music: Miklós Rózsa • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "Pocketful of Miracles" – Pocketful of Miracles • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Town Without Pity" – Town Without Pity • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington
1962 "Days of Wine and Roses" – Days of Wine and Roses
– Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" – Mutiny on the Bounty • Music: Bronislaw Kaper • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "Song From Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" – Two for the Seesaw • Music: André Previn • Lyrics: Dory Langdon
  • "Tender Is the Night" – Tender Is the Night • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
  • "Walk on the Wild Side" – Walk on the Wild Side • Music: Elmer Bernstein • Lyrics: Mack David
1963 "Call Me Irresponsible" – Papa's Delicate Condition
– Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Charade" – Charade • Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
  • "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" – It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Music: Ernest Gold • Lyrics: Mack David
  • "More" – Mondo Cane • Music: Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero • Lyrics: Norman Newell
  • "So Little Time" – 55 Days at Peking • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
1964 "Chim Chim Cher-ee" – Mary Poppins
– Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
  • "Dear Heart" – Dear Heart • Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" – Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte • Music: Frank De Vol • Lyrics: Mack David
  • "My Kind of Town" – Robin and the 7 Hoods • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
  • "Where Love Has Gone" – Where Love Has Gone • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
1965 "The Shadow of Your Smile" – The Sandpiper
– Music: Johnny Mandel • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
1966 "Born Free" – Born Free
– Music: John Barry • Lyrics: Don Black
1967 "Talk to the Animals" – Doctor Dolittle
– Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
1968 "The Windmills of Your Mind" – The Thomas Crown Affair
– Music: Michel Legrand • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
1969 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
– Music: Burt Bacharach • Lyrics: Hal David
  • "Come Saturday Morning" – The Sterile Cuckoo • Music: Fred Karlin • Lyrics: Dory Previn
  • "Jean" – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie • Music and lyrics: Rod McKuen
  • "True Grit" – True Grit • Music: Elmer Bernstein • Lyrics: Don Black
  • "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" – The Happy Ending • Music: Michel Legrand • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

1970s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
1970 "For All We Know" – Lovers and Other Strangers
– Music: Fred Karlin • Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin
1971 "Theme from Shaft" – Shaft
– Music and Lyrics: Isaac Hayes
1972 "The Morning After" – The Poseidon Adventure
– Music and Lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
1973 "The Way We Were" – The Way We Were
– Music: Marvin Hamlisch • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
1974 "We May Never Love Like This Again" – The Towering Inferno
– Music and Lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
  • "Benji’s Theme (I Feel Love)" – Benji • Music: Euel Box • Lyrics: Betty Box
  • "Blazing Saddles" – Blazing Saddles • Music: John Morris • Lyrics: Mel Brooks
  • "Wherever Love Takes Me" – Gold • Music: Elmer Bernstein • Lyrics: Don Black
  • "Little Prince" – The Little Prince • Music: Frederick Lowe • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
1975 "I'm Easy" – Nashville
– Music and Lyrics: Keith Carradine
  • "How Lucky Can You Get" – Funny Lady • Music and Lyrics: Fred Ebb and John Kander
  • "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" – Mahogany • Music: Michael Masser • Lyrics: Gerry Goffin
  • "Richard’s Window" – The Other Side of the Mountain • Music: Charles Fox • Lyrics: Norman Gimbel
  • "Now That We’re in Love" – Whiffs • Music: George Barrie • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
1976 "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – A Star Is Born
– Music: Barbra Streisand • Lyrics: Paul Williams
1977 "You Light Up My Life" – You Light Up My Life
– Music and Lyrics: Joseph Brooks
1978 "Last Dance" – Thank God It’s Friday
– Music and Lyrics: Paul Jabara
1979 "It Goes Like It Goes" – Norma Rae
– Music: David Shire • Lyrics: Norman Gimbel

1980s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
1980 "Fame" – Fame
– Music: Michael Gore • Lyrics: Dean Pitchford
1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" – Arthur
– Music and Lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen
1982 "Up Where We Belong" – An Officer and a Gentleman
– Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie • Lyrics: Will Jennings
1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Flashdance
– Music: Giorgio Moroder • Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
1984 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – The Woman in Red
– Music and Lyrics: Stevie Wonder
1985 "Say You, Say Me" – White Nights
– Music and Lyrics: Lionel Richie
1986 "Take My Breath Away" – Top Gun
– Music: Giorgio Moroder • Lyrics: Tom Whitlock
1987 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Dirty Dancing
– Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz • Lyrics: Franke Previte
  • "Shakedown" – Beverly Hills Cop II • Music: Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey • Lyrics: Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
  • "Cry Freedom" – Cry Freedom • Music and Lyrics: George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
  • "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" – Mannequin • Music and Lyrics: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
  • "Storybook Love" – The Princess Bride • Music and Lyrics: Willy DeVille
1988 "Let the River Run" – Working Girl
– Music and Lyrics: Carly Simon
  • "Calling You" – Bagdad Café • Music and Lyrics: Bob Telson
  • "Two Hearts" – Buster • Music: Lamont Dozier • Lyrics: Phil Collins
1989 "Under the Sea" – The Little Mermaid
– Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman

1990s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
1990 "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" – Dick Tracy
– Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
1991 "Beauty and the Beast" – Beauty and the Beast
– Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman (posthumous recognition)
1992 "A Whole New World" – Aladdin
– Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Tim Rice
  • "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" – The Mambo Kings • Music: Robert Kraft • Lyrics: Arne Glimcher
  • "Friend Like Me" – Aladdin • Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination)
  • "I Have Nothing" – The Bodyguard • Music: David Foster • Lyrics: Linda Thompson
  • "Run to You" – The Bodyguard • Music: Jud J. Friedman • Lyrics: Allan Dennis Rich
1993 "Streets of Philadelphia" – Philadelphia
– Music and Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen
1994 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – The Lion King
– Music: Elton John • Lyrics: Tim Rice
1995 "Colors of the Wind" – Pocahontas
– Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
1996 "You Must Love Me" – Evita
– Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber • Lyrics: Tim Rice
1997 "My Heart Will Go On" – Titanic
– Music: James Horner • Lyrics: Will Jennings
1998
1999 "You'll Be in My Heart" – Tarzan
– Music and Lyrics: Phil Collins

2000s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
2000 "Things Have Changed" – Wonder Boys
– Music and Lyrics: Bob Dylan
2001 "If I Didn't Have You" – Monsters, Inc.
– Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman
2002 "Lose Yourself" – 8 Mile
– Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass, and Luis Resto • Lyrics: Eminem
2003 "Into the West" – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
– Music and Lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox
  • "Belleville Rendez-Vous" – The Triplets of Belleville • Music: Benoît Charest • Lyrics: Sylvain Chomet
  • "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" – A Mighty Wind • Music and Lyrics: Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
  • "Scarlet Tide" – Cold Mountain • Music and Lyrics: T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
  • "You Will Be My Ain True Love" – Cold Mountain • Music and Lyrics: Sting
2004 "Al otro lado del río" – The Motorcycle Diaries
– Music and Lyrics: Jorge Drexler
  • "Accidentally in Love" – Shrek 2 • Music: Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley and David Bryson • Lyrics: Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey (all of Counting Crows)
  • "Believe" – The Polar Express • Music and Lyrics: Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
  • "Learn to Be Lonely" – The Phantom of the Opera • Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber • Lyrics: Charles Hart
  • "Vois sur ton chemin (Look to Your Path)" – The Chorus • Music: Bruno Coulais • Lyrics: Christophe Barratier
2005 "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" – Hustle & Flow
– Music and Lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul
  • "In the Deep" – Crash • Music: Kathleen York and Michael Becker • Lyrics: Kathleen York
  • "Travelin' Thru" – Transamerica • Music and Lyrics: Dolly Parton
2006 "I Need to Wake Up" – An Inconvenient Truth
– Music and Lyrics: Melissa Etheridge
  • "Listen" – Dreamgirls • Music: Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler • Lyrics: Anne Preven
  • "Love You I Do" – Dreamgirls • Music: Henry Krieger • Lyrics: Siedah Garrett
  • "Our Town" – Cars • Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman
  • "Patience" – Dreamgirls • Music: Henry Krieger • Lyrics: Willie Reale
2007 "Falling Slowly" – Once
– Music and Lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
  • "Happy Working Song" – Enchanted • Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
  • "Raise It Up" – August Rush • Music and Lyrics: Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, and Tevin Thomas
  • "So Close" – Enchanted • Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
  • "That's How You Know" – Enchanted • Music: Alan Menken • Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
2008 "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire
– Music: A. R. Rahman • Lyrics: Gulzar
2009 "The Weary Kind" – Crazy Heart
– Music and Lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett

2010s

Year Winning songwriter(s) Nominees
2010 "We Belong Together" – Toy Story 3
– Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman
2011 "Man or Muppet" – The Muppets
– Music and Lyrics: Bret McKenzie
  • "Real in Rio" – Rio • Music: Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown • Lyrics: Siedah Garrett
2012 "Skyfall" – Skyfall
– Music and Lyrics: Adele and Paul Epworth
2013 "Let It Go" – Frozen
– Music and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Note: A nomination for "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the movie of the same name, written by Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel, was revoked prior to voting when the Academy concluded that Broughton's request "For Your Consideration" was inconsistent with promotional regulations.

2014 "Glory" – Selma
– Music and Lyrics: John Legend and Common
  • "Everything Is Awesome" – The Lego Movie • Music and Lyrics: Shawn Patterson
  • "Grateful" – Beyond the Lights • Music and Lyrics: Diane Warren
  • "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" – Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me • Music and Lyrics: Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
  • "Lost Stars" – Begin Again • Music and Lyrics: Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
2015 "Writing's on the Wall" – Spectre
– Music and Lyrics: Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
  • "Earned It" from – Fifty Shades of Grey • Music and Lyrics: Belly, Stephan Moccio, DaHeala, and The Weeknd
  • "Manta Ray" – Racing Extinction • Music: J. Ralph • Lyrics: Anohni
  • "Simple Song #3" – Youth • Music and Lyrics: David Lang
  • "Til It Happens to You" – The Hunting Ground • Music and Lyrics: Lady Gaga and Diane Warren

References

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