Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (German Grammy Award for the best song written for visual media ) is a music prize that has been awarded at the annual Grammy Awards since 1988 . The Grammy Award is given to songwriters of songs from films, series, video games, and other visual media.

Background and story

With five Grammy Awards, Alan Menken is the most distinguished author in this category

The Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards) have been presented annually since 1959 for artistic achievement, technical competence and overall musical achievement in various categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), regardless of the number of sales of the work.

The Grammy Award for the best song written for the visual media has been an integral part of the award ceremony since the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988. In addition to the prizes for the best composed soundtrack and the best composed soundtrack, it is one of the three awards for music in visual media.

With five Grammy Awards, Alan Menken is the most recognized author. Diane Warren (10) has the most nominations , followed by Alan Menken (9), Babyface (7), James Horner and T Bone Burnett (4) and Madonna , Howard Ashman , Tim Rice and Michael Kamen (3). Sting (3) is the most frequently nominated artist without distinction. Stephen Sondheim , Elton John , Elvis Costello and U2 were each nominated twice without distinction.

The category name was changed several times:

• 1988–1999: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
• 2000–2011: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
• since 2012: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

Winners and nominees

year	Composer / songwriter	Film / television	song	Nominations	source
1988	James Horner Barry husband Cynthia Weil	Feivel, the mouse wanderer	Somewhere out there	The model and the snoop - Al Jarreau and Lee Holdridge for moonlighting Dirty Dancing - Franke Pevite, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz for (I've Had) The Time of My Life Mannequin - Diane Warren and Albert Hammond for Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Who's That Girl - Patrick Leonard and Madonna for Who's That Girl
1989	Phil Collins Lamont Dozier	Buster	Two hearts	1988 Summer Olympics - Albert Hammond and John Bettis for One Moment in Time Bright Lights, Big City - Donald Fagen for Century's End Cocktail - Mike Love , Terry Melcher , John Phillips and Scott McKenzie for Kokomo Cry Freedom - George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa for Cry Freedom
1990	Carly Simon	The weapons of women	Let the river run	Batman - Prince for party man An amazing family - Randy Newman for I Love to See You Smile Shirley Valentine - Goodbye, my dear husband - Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch for The Girl Who Used to Be Me U2: Rattle and Hum - U2 for Angel of Harlem
1991	Alan Menken Howard Ashman	Arielle the mermaid	Under the Sea	Dick Tracy - Stephen Sondheim for More Dick Tracy - Stephen Sondheim for Sooner or Later Ariel, the Mermaid - Howard Ashman and Alan Menken for Kiss the Girl Young Guns II - Jon Bon Jovi for Blaze of Glory
1992	Robert John Lange Michael Kamen Bryan Adams	Robin Hood - King of Thieves	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You	Home Alone - John Williams and Leslie Bricusse for Somewhere in My Memory Jungle Fever - Stevie Wonder for Gotta Have You Switch - The woman in the man - Lyle Lovett for You Can't Resist It
1993	Howard Ashman Alan Menken	Beauty and the Beast	Beauty and the Beast	A League of Their Own - Carole King for Now and Forever Lethal Weapon 3 - Michael Kamen , Sting, and Eric Clapton for It's Probably Me The Mambo Kings - Robert Kraft and Arne Glimcher for Beautiful Maria of My Soul Feverishly - Undercover in drug hell - Eric Clapton and Will Jennings for Tears in Heaven
1994	Alan Menken Tim Rice	Aladdin	A Whole New World	Aladdin - Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Friend Like Me Bodyguard - David Foster and Linda Thompson for I Have Nothing Bodyguard - Allan Dennis Rich and Jud Friedman for Run to You Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Steve DuBerry , Lulu and Billy Lawrie for I Don't Wanna Fight
1995	Bruce Springsteen	Philadelphia	Streets of Philadelphia	A family named Beethoven - Carole Bayer Sager , Clif Magness and James Ingram for The Day I Fall in Love The Lion King - Elton John and Tim Rice for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? The Lion King - Elton John and Tim Rice for Circle of Life A brilliant freak - Madonna , Patrick Leonard and Richard Page for I'll Remember
1996	Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz	Pocahontas	Colors of the Wind	Bad Boys - Harte Jungs - Babyface for Someone to Love Clockers - Bruce Hornsby and Chaka Khan for Love Me Still Don Juan DeMarco - Bryan Adams , Michael Kamen and Robert John Lange - for Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? The Pagemaster - Richie's Fantastic Journey - James Horner , Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil - for Whatever You Imagine
1997	Diane Warren	At close range	Because you loved me	Sabrina - John Williams , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Moonlight Waiting to Exhale - Waiting for Mr. Right - Babyface für Exhale (Shoop Shoop) Waiting to Exhale - Waiting for Mr. Right - Babyface for It Hurts Like Hell Waiting to Exhale - Babyface, Michael Houston and Whitney Houston for Count on Me
1998	R. Kelly	Space Jam	I believe I can fly	Con Air - Diane Warren for How Do I Live Mandela and De Klerk - New Age - Cédric Gradus Samson for Father of Our Nation Days like this ... - Jud Friedman , James Newton Howard, and Allan Dennis Rich for For the First Time Soul Food - Babyface for A Song for Mama
1999	James Horner Will Jennings	Titanic	My Heart Will Go On	Armageddon - The Last Judgment - Diane Warren for I Do not Want to Miss a Thing City of Angels - Alanis Morissette for Uninvited Mulan - Matthew Wilder and David Zippel for True to Your Heart James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow and Mitchell Froom for Tomorrow Never Dies
2000	Madonna William Orbit	Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position	Beautiful stranger	The Big Crawl - Randy Newman for The Time of Your Life Music of the Heart - Diane Warren for Music of My Heart The Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz and Babyface for When You Believe Tarzan - Phil Collins for You'll Be in My Heart
2001	Randy Newman	Toy Story 2	When She Loved Me	Charlie's Angels - Samuel J. Barnes , Beyoncé Knowles , Jean Claude Olivier and Cory Rooney for Independent Women Magnolia - Aimee Mann for Save Me The Moon Man - Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe for The Great Beyond The WonderBoys - Bob Dylan for Things Have Changed
2002	John Flansburgh John Linnell	Malcolm in the Middle	Boss of me	A Kingdom for a Llama - David Hartley and Sting for My Funny Friend and Me Men of Honor - Brandon Barnes , Brian McKnight for Win Pearl Harbor - Diane Warren for There You'll Be Tiger and Dragon - Jorge Calandrelli , Tan Dun and James Schamus for A Love Before Time
2003	Randy Newman	the monster Inc	If I Didn't Have You	Brown Sugar - Erykah Badu , Madukwu Chinwah , ommon , Robert C. Ozuna , James Poyser , Raphael Saadiq and Glen Standridge for Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Enya , Nicky Ryan, and Roma Ryan for May It Be Spider-Man - Chad Kroeger for Hero Vanilla Sky - Paul McCartney for Vanilla Sky
2004	Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Michael McKean	A mighty wind	A mighty wind	2 Fast 2 Furious - Ludacris and Keith McMasters for Act a Fool 8 Mile - Jeff Bass , Eminem and Luis Resto for Lose Yourself Chicago - Fred Ebb and John Kander for I Move On Gangs of New York - U2 for The Hands That Built America
2005	Annie Lennox Howard Shore Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Into the West	Heading to Cold Mountain - T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello for The Scarlet Tide On the Road to Cold Mountain - Sting for You Will Be My Ain True Love Shrek 2 - David Bryson, Adam Duritz , David Immerglück , Matthew Malley and Dan Vickrey for Accidentally in Love The big race of Belleville - Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet for Belleville Rendez-Vous
2006	Glen Ballard Alan Silvestri	The polar express	Believe	Six Feet Under - Died always - Arcade Fire for Cold Wind Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - John August and Danny Elfman for Wonka's Welcome Song Elizabethtown - Tom Petty for Square One Hotel Rwanda - Andrea Guerra , Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis for Million Voices
2007	Randy Newman	Cars	Our Town	The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia - Imogen Heap for Can't Take It In An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge for I Need to Wake Up The Producers - Mel Brooks for There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway Transamerica - Dolly Parton for Travelin 'Thru
2008	Siedah Garrett Henry Krieger	Dream girls	Love You I Do	James Bond 007: Casino Royale - David Arnold and Chris Cornell for You Know My Name Happy Feet - Prince for Song of the Heart Into the Wild - Eddie Vedder for Guaranteed Once - Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for Falling Slowly
2009	Peter Gabriel Thomas Newman	WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth	Down to Earth	The best comes for last - John Mayer for Say Cursed - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for Ever Ever After Cursed - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for That's How You Know Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - Judd Apatow , Marshall Crenshaw , Jake Kasdan, and John C. Reilly for Walk Hard
2010 I.	Gulzar A.R. Rahman Tanvi Shah	Slumdog millionaire	Jai Ho	Where the Wild Things Are - Karen O and Nick Zinner for All Is Love Twilight - dawn - Josh Farro , Hayley Williams and York Taylor for Decode Cadillac Records - Ian Dench , James Dring, Amanda Ghost , Beyoncé Knowles , Scott McFarnon and Jody Street for Once in a Lifetime The Wrestler - Fame, Love, Pain - Bruce Springsteen for The Wrestler
2011	Ryan Bingham T Bone Burnett	Crazy Heart	The Weary child	Kiss the Frog - Randy Newman and Dr. John for Down in New Orleans Avatar - Departure to Pandora - Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell, James Horner and Leona Lewis for I See You (Theme from Avatar) True Blood - Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello for Kiss Like Your Kiss Treme - Steve Earle for This City
2012	Alan Menken Glenn Slater	Tangled	I see the light	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never - Diane Warren for Born to Be Somebody Family Guy - Ron Jones , Seth MacFarlane and Danny Smith for Christmastime Is Killing Us Winnie the Pooh - Zooey Deschanel for So Long Footloose - Zac Brown , Wyatt Durrette , Drew Pearson and Anne Preven for Where the River Goes Burlesque - Diane Warren for You Haven't Seen the Last of Me
2013	T Bone Burnett Taylor Swift The Civil Wars	The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games	Safe and sound	The Hunger Games - T Bone Burnett , Win Butler and Regine Chassagne for Abraham's Daughter Merida - Legend of the Highlands - Mumfürd and Sons for Learn Me Right Smash - Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for Let Me Be Your Star The Muppets - Bret McKenzie for Man or Muppet
2014	Adele Paul Epworth	James Bond 007: Skyfall	Skyfall	The Hunger Games - Catching Fire - Guy Berryman , Jonny Buckland , Will Champion and Chris Martin for Atlas Silver Linings - Diane Warren for " Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You) " Safe Haven - Like a Light in the Night - Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw for We Both Know The Great Gatsby - Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels for Young & Beautiful Orange Is the New Black - Regina Spektor for You've Got Time
2015	Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez	The Frozen - Completely unabashed	Let it go	The LEGO Movie - The Lonely Island , Jo Li and Shawn Patterson for Everything Is Awesome The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Ed Sheeran for I See Fire Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond for I'm Not Gonna Miss You Her - Spike Jonze and Karen O for The Moon Song
2016	CommonCommon Che Smith John Legend	Selma	Glory	Fifty Shades of Gray - Belly , Jason Quenneville , Stephan Moccio and The Weeknd for Earned It Fifty Shades of Gray - Ilya , Savan Kotecha , Max Martin , Tove Lo and Ali Payami for Love Me like You Do Fast & Furious 7 - Andrew Cedar , DJ Frank E , Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth for See You Again Freiwild - Tatort University - Lady Gaga and Diane Warren for Til It Happens to You
2017	Max Martin Shellback Justin Timberlake	Trolls	Can't Stop the Feeling!	Suicide Squad - Tyler Joseph for Heathens Alice in Wonderland: Behind the Mirrors - Oscar Holter , Max Martin , Pink and Shellback for Just Like Fire Suicide Squad - Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore and William Roberts for Purple Lamborghini Zoomania - Sia Furler and Stargate for Try Everything Snowden - Peter Gabriel for The Veil
2018	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Moana	How Far I'll Go	La La Land - Justin Hurwitz , Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for City of Stars Moana - Lin-Manuel Miranda for How Far I'll Go Fifty Shades of Gray - Dangerous Love - Jack Antonoff , Sam Dew and Taylor Swift for I Do not Wanna Live Forever Lion - The Long Way Home - Greg Kurstin and Sia for Never Give Up Marshall - Common and Diane Warren for Stand Up for Something
2019	Lady Gaga , Mark Ronson , Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt	A star is born	Shallow	Black Panther - Kendrick Lamar , SZA , Al Shux , Mark Anthony Spears and Anthony Tiffith for All the Stars Call Me by Your Name - Sufjan Stevens for Mystery of Love Coco - more alive than life! - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Remember Me Greatest Showman - Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for This Is Me
2020 January 26th, 2020	Natalie Hemby , Lady Gaga , Hillary Lindsey and Aaron Raitiere	A star is born	I'll Never Love Again (Film Version) (Lady Gagy & Bradley Cooper )	A Toy Story: Everything does not stop at any command - Randy Newman for The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy ( Chris Stapleton ) Dumplin ' - Dolly Parton and Linda Perry for Girl in the Movies (Dolly Parton) The Lion King - Beyoncé Knowles-Carter , Timothy McKenzie and Ilya Salmanzadeh for Spirit (Beyoncé) Suspiria - Thom Yorke for Suspirium (Thom Yorke)

^I."The Climb," written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe and performed in Hannah Montana - The Movie (2009) by Miley Cyrus , was actually nominated, but Walt Disney Records withdrew the nomination because the song was not written specifically for a movie as the rules say. NARAS released a statement thanking Disney for its honesty and announcing that "The Climb" had been replaced by "All Is Love," which had the fifth highest percentage of votes.

Web links

• Grammy winners overview. On: grammy.com (English)
• Overview of all awards. On: infoplease.com (English)

Individual evidence

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3. ^ Richard De Atley, Grammy nominations: Tracy Chapman, Bobby McFerrin lead pack . In: Pittsburgh Press . EW Scripps Company. January 11, 1989. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
4. ↑ Grammys reach out to young listeners . In: Lodi News-Sentinel . February 21, 1990. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
5. ^ Jon Pareles: Grammy Nominees Announced . In: The New York Times , The New York Times Company, January 11, 1991. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
6. ↑ Eric Snider: Cole's 'Unforgettable' wins song of the year . In: St. Petersburg Times . Times Publishing Company. February 26, 1992. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
7. ^ John Antczak: Clapton leads the pack of Grammy nominees . In: Deseret News . Deseret News Publishing Company. January 8, 1993. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
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27. ↑ Dan Auerbach, Fun, Jay-Z, Mumfürd and Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West Lead 55th GRAMMY Nominations .
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