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Academy Award for Best Original Song

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The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced.

Infobox

Country
United States
Presented by
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First award
February 27, 1935; 90 years ago (1935-02-27) (for films released in 1934)
Most recent winner
Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard"El Mal" (2024)
Website
oscars.org

Tables

· Winners and nominees › 1930s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1934(7th)
The Gay Divorcee
"The Continental"
Con Conrad (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics)
Flying Down to Rio
"Carioca"
Vincent Youmans (music); Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn (lyrics)
She Loves Me Not
"Love in Bloom"
Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
1935(8th)
Gold Diggers of 1935
"Lullaby of Broadway"
Harry Warren (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)
Roberta
"Lovely to Look At"
Jerome Kern (music); Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh (lyrics)
Top Hat
"Cheek to Cheek"
Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)
1936(9th)
Swing Time
"The Way You Look Tonight"
Jerome Kern (music); Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
Born to Dance
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
Cole Porter (music & lyrics)
Pennies from Heaven
"Pennies from Heaven"
Arthur Johnston (music); Johnny Burke (lyrics)
Sing, Baby, Sing
"When Did You Leave Heaven"
Richard A. Whiting (music); Walter Bullock (lyrics)
Suzy
"Did I Remember"
Walter Donaldson (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
"A Melody from the Sky"
Louis Alter (music); Sidney D. Mitchell (lyrics)
1937(10th)
Waikiki Wedding
"Sweet Leilani"
Harry Owens (music & lyrics)
Artists and Models
"Whispers in the Dark"
Friedrich Hollaender (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
"Remember Me"
Harry Warren (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)
Shall We Dance
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
George Gershwin (p.n.) (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
"That Old Feeling"
Sammy Fain (music); Lew Brown (lyrics)
1938(11th)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
"Thanks for the Memory"
Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
"Now It Can Be Told"
Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)
Carefree
"Change Partners"
The Cowboy and the Lady
"The Cowboy and the Lady"
Lionel Newman (music); Arthur Quenzer (lyrics)
Going Places
"Jeepers Creepers"
Harry Warren (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
The Lady Objects
"A Mist Is Over the Moon"
Ben Oakland (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
Mannequin
"Always and Always"
Edward Ward (music); Chet Forrest & Bob Wright (lyrics)
Merrily We Live
"Merrily We Live"
Phil Charig (music); Quenzer (lyrics)
That Certain Age
"My Own"
Jimmy McHugh (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)
Under Western Stars
"Dust"
Johnny Marvin (music and lyrics)
1939(12th)
The Wizard of Oz
"Over the Rainbow"
Harold Arlen (music); Yip Harburg (lyrics)
Gulliver's Travels
"Faithful Forever"
Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
Love Affair
"Wishing"
Buddy DeSylva (music and lyrics)
Second Fiddle
"I Poured My Heart into a Song"
Irving Berlin (music and lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1940s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1940(13th)
Pinocchio
"When You Wish Upon a Star"
Leigh Harline (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
Down Argentine Way
"Down Argentine Way"
Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
Hit Parade of 1941
"Who Am I?"
Jule Styne (music); Walter Bullock (lyrics)
Music in My Heart
"It's a Blue World"
Chet Forrest & Bob Wright (music & lyrics)
Rhythm on the River
"Only Forever"
James V. Monaco (music); John Burke (lyrics)
Second Chorus
"Love of My Life"
Artie Shaw (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Spring Parade
"Waltzing in the Clouds"
Robert Stolz (music); Gus Kahn (lyrics)
Strike Up the Band
"Our Love Affair"
Roger Edens & Arthur Freed (music & lyrics)
You'll Find Out
"I'd Know You Anywhere"
Jimmy McHugh (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
1941(14th)
Lady Be Good
"The Last Time I Saw Paris"
Jerome Kern (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
All-American Co-ed
"Out of the Silence"
Lloyd B. Norlin (music and lyrics)
Blues in the Night
"Blues in the Night"
Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Buck Privates
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Hughie Prince (music); Don Raye (lyrics)
Dumbo
"Baby Mine"
Frank Churchill (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
Las Vegas Nights
"Dolores"
Louis Alter (music); Frank Loesser (lyrics)
Ridin' on a Rainbow
"Be Honest with Me"
Gene Autry & Fred Rose (music & lyrics)
Sun Valley Serenade
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
You'll Never Get Rich
"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye"
Cole Porter (music & lyrics)
1942(15th)
Holiday Inn
"White Christmas"
Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)
Always in My Heart
"Always in My Heart"
Ernesto Lecuona (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics)
Babes on Broadway
"How About You?"
Burton Lane (music); Ralph Freed (lyrics)
Bambi
"Love Is a Song"
Frank Churchill (p.n.) (music); Larry Morey (lyrics)
Flying with Music
"Pennies for Peppino"
Edward Ward (music); Chet Forrest & Bob Wright (lyrics)
Hellzapoppin'
"Pig Foot Pete"
Gene de Paul (music); Don Raye (lyrics)
The Mayor of 44th Street
"There's a Breeze on Lake Louise"
Harry Revel (music); Mort Greene (lyrics)
Orchestra Wives
"(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo"
Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
You Were Never Lovelier
"Dearly Beloved"
Jerome Kern (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Youth on Parade
"I've Heard That Song Before"
Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1943(16th)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
"You'll Never Know"
Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
Cabin in the Sky
"Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe"
Harold Arlen (music); Yip Harburg (lyrics)
Hers to Hold
"Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There"
Jimmy McHugh (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics)
Hit Parade of 1943
"Change of Heart"
Jule Styne (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)
Saludos Amigos
"Saludos Amigos"
Charles Wolcott (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
The Sky's the Limit
"My Shining Hour"
Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Something to Shout About
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
Cole Porter (music & lyrics)
Stage Door Canteen
"We Mustn't Say Goodbye"
James V. Monaco (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)
Star Spangled Rhythm
"That Old Black Magic"
Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
"They're Either Too Young or Too Old"
Arthur Schwartz (music); Frank Loesser (lyrics)
1944(17th)
Going My Way
"Swinging on a Star"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (lyrics)
Brazil
"Rio de Janeiro"
Ary Barroso (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
Cover Girl
"Long Ago (and Far Away)"
Jerome Kern (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
Follow the Boys
"I'll Walk Alone"
Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Higher and Higher
"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"
Jimmy McHugh (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)
Hollywood Canteen
"Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart"
M. K. Jerome (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1950s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1950(23rd)
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
"Mona Lisa"
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)
Cinderella
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston (music & lyrics)
Singing Guns
"Mule Train"
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath & Johnny Lange (music & lyrics)
The Toast of New Orleans
"Be My Love"
Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Wabash Avenue
"Wilhelmina"
Josef Myrow (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
1951(24th)
Here Comes the Groom
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Hoagy Carmichael (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Golden Girl
"Never"
Lionel Newman (music); Eliot Daniel (lyrics)
Rich, Young and Pretty
"Wonder Why"
Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Royal Wedding
"Too Late Now"
Burton Lane (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
The Strip
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
Bert Kalmar (p.n.), Oscar Hammerstein II & Harry Ruby (music & lyrics)
1952(25th)
High Noon
"The Ballad of High Noon"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
Because You're Mine
"Because You're Mine"
Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Hans Christian Andersen
"Thumbelina"
Frank Loesser (music & lyrics)
Just for You
"Zing a Little Zong"
Harry Warren (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
Son of Paleface
"Am I in Love"
Jack Brooks (music & lyrics)
1953(26th)
Calamity Jane
"Secret Love"
Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
The Caddy
"That's Amore"
Harry Warren (music); Jack Brooks (lyrics)
Miss Sadie Thompson
"Blue Pacific Blues"
Lester Lee (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
The Moon Is Blue
"The Moon Is Blue"
Herschel Burke Gilbert (music); Sylvia Fine (lyrics)
Small Town Girl
"My Flaming Heart"
Slug Brodszky (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)
1954(27th)
Three Coins in the Fountain
"Three Coins in the Fountain"
Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
The High and the Mighty
"The High and the Mighty"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
A Star Is Born
"The Man That Got Away"
Harold Arlen (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
Susan Slept Here
"Hold My Hand"
Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers (music & lyrics)
White Christmas
"Count Your Blessings"
Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)
1955(28th)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Daddy Long Legs
"Something's Gotta Give"
Johnny Mercer (music & lyrics)
Love Me or Leave Me
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"
Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
The Tender Trap
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Cahn (lyrics)
Unchained
"Unchained Melody"
Alex North (music); Hy Zaret (lyrics)
1956(29th)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
"Que Sera, Sera"
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)
Friendly Persuasion
"Friendly Persuasion"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
High Society
"True Love"
Cole Porter (music & lyrics)
Julie
"Julie"
Leith Stevens (music); Tom Adair (lyrics)
Written on the Wind
"Written on the Wind"
Victor Young (p.n.) (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1957(30th)
The Joker Is Wild
"All the Way"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
An Affair to Remember
"An Affair to Remember"
Harry Warren (music); Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey (lyrics)
April Love
"April Love"
Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Tammy and the Bachelor
"Tammy"
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)
Wild Is the Wind
"Wild Is the Wind"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
1958(31st)
Gigi
"Gigi"
Frederick Loewe (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1960s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1960(33rd)
Never on Sunday
"Never on Sunday"
Manos Hatzidakis (music & lyrics)
The Alamo
"The Green Leaves of Summer"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
The Facts of Life
"The Facts of Life"
Johnny Mercer (music & lyrics)
High Time
"The Second Time Around"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Pepe
"Faraway Part of Town"
André Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics)
1961(34th)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
"Moon River"
Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Bachelor in Paradise
"Bachelor in Paradise"
Mancini (music); Mack David (lyrics)
El Cid
"The Falcon and the Dove"
Miklós Rózsa (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Pocketful of Miracles
"Pocketful of Miracles"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Town Without Pity
"Town Without Pity"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
1962(35th)
Days of Wine and Roses
"Days of Wine and Roses"
Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Mutiny on the Bounty
"Follow Me"
Bronisław Kaper (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Tender Is the Night
"Tender Is the Night"
Sammy Fain (music); Webster (lyrics)
Two for the Seesaw
"Second Chance"
André Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics)
Walk on the Wild Side
"Walk on the Wild Side"
Elmer Bernstein (music); Mack David (lyrics)
1963(36th)
Papa's Delicate Condition
"Call Me Irresponsible"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
55 Days at Peking
"So Little Time"
Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Charade
"Charade"
Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
Ernest Gold (music); Mack David (lyrics)
Mondo Cane
"More"
Nino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani (music); Norman Newell (lyrics)
1964(37th)
Mary Poppins
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)
Dear Heart
"Dear Heart"
Henry Mancini (music); Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (lyrics)
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
De Vol (music); Mack David (lyrics)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
"My Kind of Town"
Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Where Love Has Gone
"Where Love Has Gone"
1965(38th)
The Sandpiper
"The Shadow of Your Smile"
Johnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Cat Ballou
"The Ballad of Cat Ballou"
Jerry Livingston (music); Mack David (lyrics)
The Great Race
"The Sweetheart Tree"
Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
"I Will Wait for You"
Michel Legrand (music); Jacques Demy (lyrics); Norman Gimbel (English lyrics)
What's New Pussycat?
"What's New Pussycat?"
Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)
1966(39th)
Born Free
"Born Free"
John Barry (music); Don Black (lyrics)
Alfie
"Alfie"
Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)
An American Dream
"A Time for Love"
Johnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
Georgy Girl
"Georgy Girl"
Tom Springfield (music); Jim Dale (lyrics)
Hawaii
"My Wishing Doll"
Elmer Bernstein (music); Mack David (lyrics)
1967(40th)
Doctor Dolittle
"Talk to the Animals"
Leslie Bricusse (music & lyrics)
Banning
"The Eyes of Love"
Quincy Jones (music); Bob Russell (lyrics)
Casino Royale
"The Look of Love"
Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)
The Jungle Book
"The Bare Necessities"
Terry Gilkyson (music & lyrics)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (music & lyrics)
1968(41st)
The Thomas Crown Affair
"The Windmills of Your Mind"
Michel Legrand (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1970s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1970(43rd)
Lovers and Other Strangers
"For All We Know"
Fred Karlin (music); Jimmy Griffin & Robb Royer (lyrics)
Darling Lili
"Whistling Away the Dark"
Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Madron
"Till Love Touches Your Life"
Riz Ortolani (music); Arthur Hamilton (lyrics)
Pieces of Dreams
"Pieces of Dreams"
Michel Legrand (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Scrooge
"Thank You Very Much"
Leslie Bricusse (music & lyrics)
1971(44th)
Shaft
"Theme from Shaft"
Isaac Hayes (music & lyrics)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"The Age of Not Believing"
Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)
Bless the Beasts & Children
"Bless the Beasts & Children"
Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon (music and lyrics)
Kotch
"Life Is What You Make It"
Marvin Hamlisch (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Sometimes a Great Notion
"All His Children"
Henry Mancini (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
1972(45th)
The Poseidon Adventure
"The Morning After"
Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)
Ben
"Ben"
Walter Scharf (music); Don Black (lyrics)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
"Marmalade, Molasses & Honey"
Maurice Jarre (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
The Little Ark
"Come Follow, Follow Me"
Fred Karlin (music); Marsha Karlin (lyrics)
The Stepmother
"Strange Are the Ways of Love"
Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
1973(46th)
The Way We Were
"The Way We Were"
Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Cinderella Liberty
"Nice to Be Around"
John Williams (music); Paul Williams (lyrics)
Live and Let Die
"Live and Let Die"
Linda & Paul McCartney (music & lyrics)
Robin Hood
"Love"
George Bruns (music); Floyd Huddleston (lyrics)
A Touch of Class
"All That Love Went to Waste"
George Barrie (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1974(47th)
The Towering Inferno
"We May Never Love Like This Again"
Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)
Benji
"I Feel Love"
Euel Box (music); Betty Box (lyrics)
Blazing Saddles
"Blazing Saddles"
John Morris (music); Mel Brooks (lyrics)
Gold
"Wherever Love Takes Me"
Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (lyrics)
The Little Prince
"Little Prince"
Frederick Loewe (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
1975(48th)
Nashville
"I'm Easy"
Keith Carradine (music & lyrics)
Funny Lady
"How Lucky Can You Get"
Fred Ebb & John Kander (music & lyrics)
Mahogany
"Do You Know Where You're Going To"
Michael Masser (music); Gerry Goffin (lyrics)
The Other Side of the Mountain
"Richard's Window"
Charles Fox (music); Norman Gimbel (lyrics)
Whiffs
"Now That We're in Love"
George Barrie (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1976(49th)
A Star Is Born
"Evergreen"
Barbra Streisand (music); Paul Williams (lyrics)
Half a House
"A World That Never Was"
Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
The Omen
"Ave Satani"
Jerry Goldsmith (music & lyrics)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
"Come to Me"
Henry Mancini (music); Don Black (lyrics)
Rocky
"Gonna Fly Now"
Bill Conti (music); Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics)
1977(50th)
You Light Up My Life
"You Light Up My Life"
Joseph Brooks (music & lyrics)
Pete's Dragon
"Candle on the Water"
Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)
The Rescuers
"Someone's Waiting for You"
Sammy Fain (music); Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics)
The Slipper and the Rose
"He/She Danced with Me"
Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)
The Spy Who Loved Me
"Nobody Does It Better"
Marvin Hamlisch (music); Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics)
1978(51st)
Thank God It's Friday
"Last Dance"
Paul Jabara (music & lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1980s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1980(53rd)
Fame
"Fame"
Michael Gore (music); Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
9 to 5
"9 to 5"
Dolly Parton (music & lyrics)
The Competition
"People Alone"
Lalo Schifrin (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)
Fame
"Out Here on My Own"
Michael Gore (music); Lesley Gore (lyrics)
Honeysuckle Rose
"On the Road Again"
Willie Nelson (music & lyrics)
1981(54th)
Arthur
"Best That You Can Do"
Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics)
Endless Love
"Endless Love"
Lionel Richie (music & lyrics)
For Your Eyes Only
"For Your Eyes Only"
Bill Conti (music); Mick Leeson (lyrics)
The Great Muppet Caper
"The First Time It Happens"
Joe Raposo (music & lyrics)
Ragtime
"One More Hour"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
1982(55th)
An Officer and a Gentleman
"Up Where We Belong"
Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)
Best Friends
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
Michel Legrand (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Rocky III
"Eye of the Tiger"
Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan (music & lyrics)
Tootsie
"It Might Be You"
Dave Grusin (music); A. & M. Bergman (lyrics)
Yes, Giorgio
"If We Were in Love"
John Williams (music); A. & M. Bergman (lyrics)
1983(56th)
Flashdance
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Giorgio Moroder (music); Irene Cara & Keith Forsey (lyrics)
Flashdance
"Maniac"
Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello (music & lyrics)
Tender Mercies
"Over You"
Bobby Hart & Austin Roberts (music & lyrics)
Yentl
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
Michel Legrand (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
"The Way He Makes Me Feel"
1984(57th)
The Woman in Red
"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Stevie Wonder (music & lyrics)
Against All Odds
"Against All Odds"
Phil Collins (music & lyrics)
Footloose
"Footloose"
Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford (music & lyrics)
"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Pitchford & Tom Snow (music & lyrics)
Ghostbusters
"Ghostbusters"
Ray Parker Jr. (music & lyrics)
1985(58th)
White Nights
"Say You, Say Me"
Lionel Richie (music & lyrics)
Back to the Future
"The Power of Love"
Johnny Colla & Chris Hayes (music); Huey Lewis (lyrics)
A Chorus Line
"Surprise, Surprise"
Marvin Hamlisch (music); Ed Kleban (lyrics)
The Color Purple
"Sister"
Quincy Jones & Rod Temperton (music); Jones, Richie & Temperton (lyrics)
White Nights
"Separate Lives"
Stephen Bishop (music & lyrics)
1986(59th)
Top Gun
"Take My Breath Away"
Giorgio Moroder (music); Tom Whitlock (lyrics)
An American Tail
"Somewhere Out There"
James Horner & Barry Mann (music); Cynthia Weil (lyrics)
The Karate Kid Part II
"Glory of Love"
Peter Cetera & David Foster (music); Cetera & Diane Nini (lyrics)
Little Shop of Horrors
"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
Alan Menken (music); Howard Ashman (lyrics)
That's Life!
"Life in a Looking Glass"
Henry Mancini (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)
1987(60th)
Dirty Dancing
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte (music); Previte (lyrics)
Beverly Hills Cop II
"Shakedown"
Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey (music); Faltermeyer, Forsey & Bob Seger (lyrics)
Cry Freedom
"Cry Freedom"
George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa (music & lyrics)
Mannequin
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Albert Hammond & Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
The Princess Bride
"Storybook Love"
Willy DeVille (music & lyrics)
1988(61st)
Working Girl
"Let the River Run"
Carly Simon (music & lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 1990s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
1990(63rd)
Dick Tracy
"Sooner or Later"
Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics)
The Godfather Part III
"Promise Me You'll Remember"
Carmine Coppola (music); John Bettis (lyrics)
Home Alone
"Somewhere in My Memory"
John Williams (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)
Postcards from the Edge
"I'm Checkin' Out"
Shel Silverstein (music & lyrics)
Young Guns II
"Blaze of Glory"
Jon Bon Jovi (music & lyrics)
1991(64th)
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast"
Alan Menken (music); Howard Ashman (p.r.) (lyrics)
Beauty and the Beast
"Be Our Guest"
Menken (music); Ashman (p.n.) (lyrics)
"Belle"
Hook
"When You're Alone"
John Williams (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Michael Kamen (music); Bryan Adams & Mutt Lange (lyrics)
1992(65th)
Aladdin
"A Whole New World"
Alan Menken (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)
Aladdin
"Friend Like Me"
Menken (music); Howard Ashman (p.n.) (lyrics)
The Bodyguard
"I Have Nothing"
David Foster (music); Linda Thompson (lyrics)
"Run to You"
Jud J. Friedman (music); Allan Dennis Rich (lyrics)
The Mambo Kings
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul"
Robert Kraft (music); Arne Glimcher (lyrics)
1993(66th)
Philadelphia
"Streets of Philadelphia"
Bruce Springsteen (music & lyrics)
Beethoven's 2nd
"The Day I Fall in Love"
James Ingram, Clif Magness & Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics)
Philadelphia
"Philadelphia"
Neil Young (music & lyrics)
Poetic Justice
"Again"
Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (music & lyrics)
Sleepless in Seattle
"A Wink and a Smile"
Marc Shaiman (music); Ramsey McLean (lyrics)
1994(67th)
The Lion King
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
Elton John (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)
Junior
"Look What Love Has Done"
James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Carole Bayer Sager & Patty Smyth (music & lyrics)
The Lion King
"Circle of Life"
Elton John (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)
"Hakuna Matata"
The Paper
"Make Up Your Mind"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
1995(68th)
Pocahontas
"Colors of the Wind"
Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
Dead Man Walking
"Dead Man Walkin
Bruce Springsteen (music & lyrics)
Don Juan DeMarco
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Mutt Lange (music & lyrics)
Sabrina
"Moonlight"
John Williams (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Toy Story
"You've Got a Friend in Me"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
1996(69th)
Evita
"You Must Love Me"
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
"I Finally Found Someone"
Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, Mutt Lange & Barbra Streisand (music & lyrics)
One Fine Day
"For the First Time"
Jud J. Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Dennis Rich (music & lyrics)
That Thing You Do!
"That Thing You Do!"
Adam Schlesinger (music & lyrics)
Up Close and Personal
"Because You Loved Me"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
1997(70th)
Titanic
"My Heart Will Go On"
James Horner (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)
Anastasia
"Journey to the Past"
Stephen Flaherty (music); Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
Con Air
"How Do I Live"
Diane Warren (music and lyrics)
Good Will Hunting
"Miss Misery"
Elliott Smith (music & lyrics)
Hercules
"Go the Distance"
Alan Menken (music); David Zippel (lyrics)
1998(71st)
The Prince of Egypt
"When You Believe"
Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 2000s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
2000(73rd)
Wonder Boys
"Things Have Changed"
Bob Dylan (music and lyrics)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
"A Love Before Time"
Jorge Calandrelli & Tan Dun (music); James Schamus (lyrics)
Dancer in the Dark
"I've Seen It All"
Björk (music); Sjón & Lars von Trier (lyrics)
The Emperor's New Groove
"My Funny Friend and Me"
Dave Hartley & Sting (music); Sting (lyrics)
Meet the Parents
"A Fool in Love"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
2001(74th)
Monsters, Inc.
"If I Didn't Have You"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
Kate & Leopold
"Until..."
Sting (music & lyrics)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"May It Be"
Enya, Nicky & Roma Ryan (music and lyrics)
Pearl Harbor
"There You'll Be"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
Vanilla Sky
"Vanilla Sky"
Paul McCartney (music & lyrics)
2002(75th)
8 Mile
"Lose Yourself"
Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto (music); Eminem (lyrics)
Chicago
"I Move On"
John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics)
Frida
"Burn It Blue"
Elliot Goldenthal (music); Julie Taymor (lyrics)
Gangs of New York
"The Hands That Built America"
U2 (music & lyrics)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"Father and Daughter"
Paul Simon (music & lyrics)
2003(76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
"Into the West"
Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (music & lyrics)
Cold Mountain
"Scarlet Tide"
T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello (music & lyrics)
"You Will Be My Ain True Love"
Sting (music & lyrics)
A Mighty Wind
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
Michael McKean & Annette O'Toole (music & lyrics)
The Triplets of Belleville
"Belleville Rendez-vous"
Benoît Charest (music); Sylvain Chomet (lyrics)
2004(77th)
The Motorcycle Diaries
"Al otro lado del río"
Jorge Drexler (music & lyrics)
The Chorus
"Look to Your Path"
Bruno Coulais (music); Christophe Barratier (lyrics)
The Phantom of the Opera
"Learn to Be Lonely"
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music); Charles Hart (lyrics)
The Polar Express
"Believe"
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (music & lyrics)
Shrek 2
"Accidentally in Love"
Counting Crows (music); Adam Duritz & Dan Vickrey (lyrics)
2005(78th)
Hustle & Flow
"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"
Frayser Boy, Juicy J & DJ Paul (music & lyrics)
Crash
"In the Deep"
Michael Becker & Bird York (music); York (lyrics)
Transamerica
"Travelin' Thru"
Dolly Parton (music & lyrics)
2006(79th)
An Inconvenient Truth
"I Need to Wake Up"
Melissa Etheridge (music & lyrics)
Cars
"Our Town"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
Dreamgirls
"Listen"
Henry Krieger & Scott Cutler (music); Anne Preven (lyrics)
"Love You I Do"
Henry Krieger (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics)
"Patience"
Henry Krieger (music); Willie Reale (lyrics)
2007(80th)
Once
"Falling Slowly"
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová (music & lyrics)
Enchanted
"Happy Working Song"
Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
"So Close"
"That's How You Know"
August Rush
"Raise It Up"
Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack & Tevin Thomas (music & lyrics)
2008(81st)
Slumdog Millionaire
"Jai Ho"
A. R. Rahman (music); Gulzar (lyrics)
Slumdog Millionaire
"O... Saya"
Rahman & M.I.A. (music & lyrics)
WALL-E
"Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (music); Gabriel (lyrics)
· Winners and nominees › 2010s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
2010(83rd)
Toy Story 3
"We Belong Together"
Randy Newman (music & lyrics)
127 Hours
"If I Rise"
A. R. Rahman (music); Dido & Rollo (lyrics)
Country Strong
"Coming Home"
Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey & Troy Verges (music & lyrics)
Tangled
"I See the Light"
Alan Menken (music); Glenn Slater (lyrics)
2011(84th)
The Muppets
"Man or Muppet"
Bret McKenzie (music & lyrics)
Rio
"Real in Rio"
Carlinhos Brown & Sérgio Mendes (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics)
2012(85th)
Skyfall
"Skyfall"
Adele & Paul Epworth (music & lyrics)
Chasing Ice
"Before My Time"
J. Ralph (music & lyrics)
Les Misérables
"Suddenly"
Claude-Michel Schönberg (music); Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics)
Life of Pi
"Pi's Lullaby"
Mychael Danna (music); Bombay Jayashri (lyrics)
Ted
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend"
Walter Murphy (music); Seth MacFarlane (lyrics)
2013(86th)
Frozen
"Let It Go"
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics)
Despicable Me 2
"Happy"
Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics)
Her
"The Moon Song"
Karen O (music); Spike Jonze & O (lyrics)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
"Ordinary Love"
U2 (music); Bono (lyrics)
2014(87th)
Selma
"Glory"
Common & John Legend (music & lyrics)
Begin Again
"Lost Stars"
Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois (music & lyrics)
Beyond the Lights
"Grateful"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond (music & lyrics)
The Lego Movie
"Everything Is Awesome"
Shawn Patterson (music & lyrics)
2015(88th)
Spectre
"Writing's on the Wall"
Jimmy Napes & Sam Smith (music & lyrics)
Fifty Shades of Grey
"Earned It"
Belly, DaHeala, Stephan Moccio & The Weeknd (music & lyrics)
The Hunting Ground
"Til It Happens to You"
Lady Gaga & Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
Racing Extinction
"Manta Ray"
J. Ralph (music); Anohni (lyrics)
Youth
"Simple Song "
David Lang (music & lyrics)
2016(89th)
La La Land
"City of Stars"
Justin Hurwitz (music); Pasek & Paul (lyrics)
Jim: The James Foley Story
"The Empty Chair"
J. Ralph & Sting (music & lyrics)
La La Land
"Audition"
Hurwitz (music); Pasek & Paul (lyrics)
Moana
"How Far I'll Go"
Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics)
Trolls
"Can't Stop the Feeling!"
Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (music & lyrics)
2017(90th)
Coco
"Remember Me"
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics)
Call Me by Your Name
"Mystery of Love"
Sufjan Stevens (music & lyrics)
The Greatest Showman
"This Is Me"
Pasek & Paul (music & lyrics)
Marshall
"Stand Up for Something"
Diane Warren (music); Common & Warren (lyrics)
Mudbound
"Mighty River"
Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics)
2018(91st)
A Star Is Born
"Shallow"
Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings"
David Rawlings & Gillian Welch (music & lyrics)
Black Panther
"All the Stars"
Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave & Anthony Tiffith (music); Lamar, SZA & Tiffith (lyrics)
Mary Poppins Returns
"The Place Where Lost Things Go"
Marc Shaiman (music); Shaiman & Scott Wittman (lyrics)
RBG
"I'll Fight"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
2019(92nd)
· Winners and nominees › 2020s
Year
Film
Song
Nominees
2020/21(93rd)
Judas and the Black Messiah
"Fight for You"
D'Mile & H.E.R. (music); H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (lyrics)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
"Husavik"
Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus & Savan Kotecha (music & lyrics)
The Life Ahead
"Io sì (Seen)"
Diane Warren (music); Laura Pausini & Warren (lyrics)
One Night in Miami...
"Speak Now"
Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr. (music & lyrics)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Hear My Voice"
Daniel Pemberton (music); Celeste & Pemberton (lyrics)
2021(94th)
No Time to Die
"No Time to Die"
Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell (music & lyrics)
Belfast
"Down to Joy"
Van Morrison (music & lyrics)
Encanto
"Dos Oruguitas"
Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics)
Four Good Days
"Somehow You Do"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
King Richard
"Be Alive"
Beyoncé & DIXSON (music & lyrics)
2022(95th)
RRR
"Naatu Naatu"
M. M. Keeravani (music); Chandrabose (lyrics)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"Lift Me Up"
Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna & Tems (music); Coogler & Tems (lyrics)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
"This Is a Life"
David Byrne, Ryan Lott & Mitski (music); Byrne & Lott (lyrics)
Tell It Like a Woman
"Applause"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
Top Gun: Maverick
"Hold My Hand"
BloodPop & Lady Gaga (music & lyrics)
2023(96th)
Barbie
"What Was I Made For?"
Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell (music & lyrics)
American Symphony
"It Never Went Away"
Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (music & lyrics)
Barbie
"I'm Just Ken"
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics)
Flamin' Hot
"The Fire Inside"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
Killers of the Flower Moon
"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)"
Scott George (music & lyrics)
2024(97th)
Emilia Pérez
"El Mal"
Camille & Clément Ducol (music); Jacques Audiard, Camille & Ducol (lyrics)
Elton John: Never Too Late
"Never Too Late"
Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Watt (music & lyrics)
Emilia Pérez
"Mi Camino"
Camille & Ducol (music & lyrics)
Sing Sing
"Like a Bird"
Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada (music & lyrics)
The Six Triple Eight
"The Journey"
Diane Warren (music & lyrics)
· Shortlisted finalists
1965
1965
Year
1965
Finalists
"Baby the Rain Must Fall" from Baby the Rain Must Fall, "You're Gonna Hear from Me" from Inside Daisy Clover, "Never Too Late" from Never Too Late, "That Darn Cat!" from That Darn Cat!, and "Where's the Love" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1966
1966
Year
1966
Finalists
"Any Wednesday" from Any Wednesday, "Moment to Moment" from Moment to Moment, "I'll Be Back" from Spinout, "Wish Me a Rainbow" from This Property Is Condemned, and "In the Arms of Love" from What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1967
1967
Year
1967
Finalists
"Barefoot in the Park" from Barefoot in the Park, "When I Look in Your Eyes" from Doctor Dolittle, "The Happening" from The Happening, "In the Heat of the Night" from In the Heat of the Night, and "Wait Until Dark" from Wait Until Dark
1968
1968
Year
1968
Finalists
"The Way That I Live" from The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, "A Flea in Her Ear" from A Flea in Her Ear, "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas" from I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, "Dakota" from The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers
1969
1969
Year
1969
Finalists
"Ballad of Easy Rider" from Easy Rider, "There's Enough to Go Around" from Gaily, Gaily, "Fill the World with Love" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips, "A Lonely Place" from Heaven with a Gun, and "The Song of Santa Vittoria" from The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
1970
Year
1970
Finalists
"Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" from The Aristocats, "Dirty Dingus Magee" from Dirty Dingus Magee, "Burning Bridges" from Kelly's Heroes, "Let It Be" from Let It Be, and "Suicide Is Painless" from M*A*S*H
1971
1971
Year
1971
Finalists
"Believe in Me" from Believe in Me, "Can It Be True" from The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, "Chilly Winds" from Pretty Maids All in a Row, "Do Your Thing" from Shaft, and "Girl" from Star Spangled Girl
1972
1972
Year
1972
Finalists
"Moreover and Me" from The Biscuit Eater, "Theme from The Heartbreak Kid" from The Heartbreak Kid, "Silent Running" from Silent Running, "Snoopy Come Home" from Snoopy Come Home, and "Serenade of Love" from Travels with My Aunt
1973
1973
Year
1973
Finalists
"I Got a Name" from The Last American Hero, "Send a Little Love My Way" from Oklahoma Crude, "Are You Man Enough" from Shaft in Africa, "River Song" from Tom Sawyer, and "A Touch of Class" from A Touch of Class
1974
1974
Year
1974
Finalists
"The Next Time Around" from The Dion Brothers, "Gold" from Gold, "How to Seduce a Woman" from How to Seduce a Woman, "Freedom" from Huckleberry Finn, and "I Never Met a Rose" from The Little Prince
1975
1975
Year
1975
Finalists
"Lady of the Wilderness" from Gifts of an Eagle, "Let's Do It Again" from Let's Do It Again, "Somewhere" from Mister Quilp, "Once Is Not Enough" from Once Is Not Enough, and "Only a Dream Away" from Seven Alone
1976
1976
Year
1976
Finalists
"Lemon Drops, Lollipops and Sunbeams" from The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, "I'd Like to Be You for a Day" from Freaky Friday, "The Time Has Come" from Joe Panther, and "I Believe in Love" and "With One More Look at You" from A Star Is Born
1977
1977
Year
1977
Finalists
"Theme from New York, New York" from New York, New York and "What Was" from The Late Show
1978
1978
Year
1978
Finalists
"Children of Sanchez" from The Children of Sanchez, "The One and Only" from The One and Only, "Move 'Em Out" from Revenge of the Pink Panther, "Can You Read My Mind?" from Superman, and "Bright Eyes" from Watership Down
1979
1979
Year
1979
Finalists
"I'm on Your Side" from Chapter Two, "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along," "Movin' Right Along" and "Never Before, Never Again" from The Muppet Movie, and "Sold My Soul to Rock 'N' Roll" from The Rose
2018
2018
Year
2018
Finalists
"Treasure" from Beautiful Boy, "Revelation" from Boy Erased, "Girl in the Movies" from Dumplin', "We Won't Move" from The Hate U Give, "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" from Mary Poppins Returns, "Keep Reachin'" from Quincy, "A Place Called Slaughter Race" from Ralph Breaks the Internet, "OYAHYTT" from Sorry to Bother You, "Suspirium" from Suspiria, and "The Big Unknown" from Widows
2019
2019
Year
2019
Finalists
"Speechless" from Aladdin, "Letter to My Godfather" from The Black Godfather, "Da Bronx" from The Bronx USA, "Catchy Song" from The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, "Never Too Late" and "Spirit" from The Lion King, "Daily Battles" from Motherless Brooklyn, "A Glass of Soju" from Parasite, "High Above the Water" from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, and "Glasgow" from Wild Rose
2020/21
2020/21
Year
2020/21
Finalists
"Turntables" from All In: The Fight for Democracy, "See What You've Done" from Belly of the Beast, "Wuhan Flu" from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, "Never Break" from Giving Voice, "Make It Work" from Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, "Rain Song" from Minari, "Show Me Your Soul" from Mr. Soul!, "Loyal Brave True" from Mulan, "Free" from The One and Only Ivan, and "Green" from Sound of Metal
2021
2021
Year
2021
Finalists
"So May We Start?" from Annette, "Right Where I Belong" from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, "Automatic Woman" from Bruised, "Dream Girl" from Cinderella, "Beyond the Shore" from CODA, "The Anonymous Ones" from Dear Evan Hansen, "Just Look Up" from Don't Look Up, "Guns Go Bang" from The Harder They Fall, "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" from Respect, and "Your Song Saved My Life" from Sing 2
2022
2022
Year
2022
Finalists
"Time" from Amsterdam, "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" from Avatar: The Way of Water, "Ciao Papa" from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, "Til You're Home" from A Man Called Otto, "My Mind & Me" from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, "Good Afternoon" from Spirited, "Stand Up" from Till, "Dust & Ash" from The Voice of Dust and Ash, "Carolina" from Where the Crawdads Sing, and "New Body Rhumba" from White Noise
2023
2023
Year
2023
Finalists
"Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)" from Asteroid City, "Dance the Night" from Barbie, "Keep It Movin'" and "Superpower (I)" from The Color Purple, "High Life" and "Meet in the Middle" from Flora and Son, "Can't Catch Me Now" from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, "Quiet Eyes" from Past Lives, "Road to Freedom" from Rustin, and "Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2024
2024
Year
2024
Finalists
"Winter Coat" from Blitz, "Compress/Repress" from Challengers, "Sick in the Head" from Kneecap, "Beyond" from Moana 2, "Tell Me It's You" from Mufasa: The Lion King, "Piece by Piece" from Piece by Piece, "Out of Oklahoma" from Twisters, "Kiss the Sky" from The Wild Robot, and "Harper and Will Go West" from Will & Harper
Year
Finalists
Ref
1965
"Baby the Rain Must Fall" from Baby the Rain Must Fall, "You're Gonna Hear from Me" from Inside Daisy Clover, "Never Too Late" from Never Too Late, "That Darn Cat!" from That Darn Cat!, and "Where's the Love" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1966
"Any Wednesday" from Any Wednesday, "Moment to Moment" from Moment to Moment, "I'll Be Back" from Spinout, "Wish Me a Rainbow" from This Property Is Condemned, and "In the Arms of Love" from What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1967
"Barefoot in the Park" from Barefoot in the Park, "When I Look in Your Eyes" from Doctor Dolittle, "The Happening" from The Happening, "In the Heat of the Night" from In the Heat of the Night, and "Wait Until Dark" from Wait Until Dark
1968
"The Way That I Live" from The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, "A Flea in Her Ear" from A Flea in Her Ear, "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas" from I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, "Dakota" from The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers
1969
"Ballad of Easy Rider" from Easy Rider, "There's Enough to Go Around" from Gaily, Gaily, "Fill the World with Love" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips, "A Lonely Place" from Heaven with a Gun, and "The Song of Santa Vittoria" from The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
"Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" from The Aristocats, "Dirty Dingus Magee" from Dirty Dingus Magee, "Burning Bridges" from Kelly's Heroes, "Let It Be" from Let It Be, and "Suicide Is Painless" from M*A*S*H
1971
"Believe in Me" from Believe in Me, "Can It Be True" from The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, "Chilly Winds" from Pretty Maids All in a Row, "Do Your Thing" from Shaft, and "Girl" from Star Spangled Girl
1972
"Moreover and Me" from The Biscuit Eater, "Theme from The Heartbreak Kid" from The Heartbreak Kid, "Silent Running" from Silent Running, "Snoopy Come Home" from Snoopy Come Home, and "Serenade of Love" from Travels with My Aunt
1973
"I Got a Name" from The Last American Hero, "Send a Little Love My Way" from Oklahoma Crude, "Are You Man Enough" from Shaft in Africa, "River Song" from Tom Sawyer, and "A Touch of Class" from A Touch of Class
1974
"The Next Time Around" from The Dion Brothers, "Gold" from Gold, "How to Seduce a Woman" from How to Seduce a Woman, "Freedom" from Huckleberry Finn, and "I Never Met a Rose" from The Little Prince
1975
"Lady of the Wilderness" from Gifts of an Eagle, "Let's Do It Again" from Let's Do It Again, "Somewhere" from Mister Quilp, "Once Is Not Enough" from Once Is Not Enough, and "Only a Dream Away" from Seven Alone
1976
"Lemon Drops, Lollipops and Sunbeams" from The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, "I'd Like to Be You for a Day" from Freaky Friday, "The Time Has Come" from Joe Panther, and "I Believe in Love" and "With One More Look at You" from A Star Is Born
1977
"Theme from New York, New York" from New York, New York and "What Was" from The Late Show
1978
"Children of Sanchez" from The Children of Sanchez, "The One and Only" from The One and Only, "Move 'Em Out" from Revenge of the Pink Panther, "Can You Read My Mind?" from Superman, and "Bright Eyes" from Watership Down
1979
"I'm on Your Side" from Chapter Two, "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along, Movin' Right Along" and "Never Before, Never Again" from The Muppet Movie, and "Sold My Soul to Rock 'N' Roll" from The Rose
2018
"Treasure" from Beautiful Boy, "Revelation" from Boy Erased, "Girl in the Movies" from Dumplin', "We Won't Move" from The Hate U Give, "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" from Mary Poppins Returns, "Keep Reachin from Quincy, "A Place Called Slaughter Race" from Ralph Breaks the Internet, "OYAHYTT" from Sorry to Bother You, "Suspirium" from Suspiria, and "The Big Unknown" from Widows
2019
"Speechless" from Aladdin, "Letter to My Godfather" from The Black Godfather, "Da Bronx" from The Bronx USA, "Catchy Song" from The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, "Never Too Late" and "Spirit" from The Lion King, "Daily Battles" from Motherless Brooklyn, "A Glass of Soju" from Parasite, "High Above the Water" from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, and "Glasgow" from Wild Rose
2020/21
"Turntables" from All In: The Fight for Democracy, "See What You've Done" from Belly of the Beast, "Wuhan Flu" from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, "Never Break" from Giving Voice, "Make It Work" from Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, "Rain Song" from Minari, "Show Me Your Soul" from Mr. Soul!, "Loyal Brave True" from Mulan, "Free" from The One and Only Ivan, and "Green" from Sound of Metal
2021
"So May We Start?" from Annette, "Right Where I Belong" from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, "Automatic Woman" from Bruised, "Dream Girl" from Cinderella, "Beyond the Shore" from CODA, "The Anonymous Ones" from Dear Evan Hansen, "Just Look Up" from Don't Look Up, "Guns Go Bang" from The Harder They Fall, "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" from Respect, and "Your Song Saved My Life" from Sing 2
2022
"Time" from Amsterdam, "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" from Avatar: The Way of Water, "Ciao Papa" from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, "Til You're Home" from A Man Called Otto, "My Mind & Me" from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, "Good Afternoon" from Spirited, "Stand Up" from Till, "Dust & Ash" from The Voice of Dust and Ash, "Carolina" from Where the Crawdads Sing, and "New Body Rhumba" from White Noise
2023
"Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)" from Asteroid City, "Dance the Night" from Barbie, "Keep It Movin and "Superpower (I)" from The Color Purple, "High Life" and "Meet in the Middle" from Flora and Son, "Can't Catch Me Now" from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, "Quiet Eyes" from Past Lives, "Road to Freedom" from Rustin, and "Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2024
"Winter Coat" from Blitz, "Compress/Repress" from Challengers, "Sick in the Head" from Kneecap, "Beyond" from Moana 2, "Tell Me It's You" from Mufasa: The Lion King, "Piece by Piece" from Piece by Piece, "Out of Oklahoma" from Twisters, "Kiss the Sky" from The Wild Robot, and "Harper and Will Go West" from Will & Harper

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