Oscar / Best Song

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The songwriters of a film are honored with the Oscar for the best song .

After a film production had submitted three of the five nominated pieces of music at the previous awards ceremonies in 2007 and 2008, no more than two pieces from a film may make it into the final nominated candidates from June 19, 2008 (the preselection of pieces of music per film is however, still unlimited).

statistics
Most frequently honored artist Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen , Alan Menken and Johnny Mercer (4 wins each)
Most frequently nominated artist Sammy Cahn (26 nominations)
Most frequently nominated artist without a win Diane Warren (11 nominations, as of 2020)

In the table below, the winners are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.

1935-1940

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1935 Conrad
Herb Magidson
Dance with Me!

(Song: The Continental )
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin for She Loves Me Not
(song: Love in Bloom )
Vincent Youmans , Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn for Flying Down to Rio
(song: Carioca )
1936 Harry Warren
Al Dubin
The Gold Diggers of 1935

(Song: Lullaby of Broadway )
Irving Berlin for I dance into your heart
(song: Cheek to Cheek )
Jerome David Kern , Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh for Roberta
(song: Lovely to Look At )
1937 Jerome David Kern
Dorothy Fields
Swing Time

(Song: The Way You Look Tonight )
Louis Alter and Sidney D. Mitchell for Kampf in den Berge
(song: A Melody from the Sky )
Walter Donaldson (composer) and Harold Adamson for Suzy
(song: Did I Remember )
Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke for Pennies from Heaven
(song: Pennies from Heaven )
Cole Porter for Born to Tanzen
(song: I've Got You Under My Skin )
Richard A. Whiting and Walter Bullock for Sing, Baby, Sing
(song: When Did You Leave Heaven )
1938 Harry Owens Waikiki Wedding
(Song: Sweet Leilani )
Sammy Fain and Lew Brown for Für Sie, Madame…
(song: That Old Feeling )
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for Tanz mit mir
(song: They Can't Take That Away from Me )
Frederick Hollander and Leo Robin for Künstlerball
(song: Whispers in the Dark )
Harry Warren and Al Dubin for Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(song: Remember Me? )
1939 Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
The Big Broadcast of 1938

(song: Thanks for the Memory )
Irving Berlin for Alexander's Ragtime Band
(song: Now It Can Be Told )
Irving Berlin for worry-free by Dr. Flagg - Carefree
(song: Change Partners )
Phil Charig and Arthur Quenzer for How we live happily!
(Song: Merrily We Live )
Johnny Marvin for Under Western Stars
(Song: Dust )
Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson for That Certain Age
(Song: My Own )
Lionel Newman and Arthur Quenzer for Mein Mann, der Cowboy
(Song: The Cowboy and the Lady )
Ben Oakland and Oscar Hammerstein for The Lady Objects
(song: A Mist Is Over the Moon )
Edward Ward , Chet Forrest and Bob Wright for Mannequin
(song: Always and Always )
Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer for Going Places
(song: Jeepers Creepers )
1940 Harold Arlen
E. Y. Harburg
The Wizard of Oz

(Song: Somewhere Over The Rainbow )
Irving Berlin for Second Fiddle
(song: I Poured My Heart Into a Song )
Buddy DeSylva for restless love
(song: Wishing (Will Make It So) )
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin for Gullivers Reisen
(song: Faithful Forever )

1941-1950

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1941 Leigh Harline
Ned Washington
Pinocchio

(Song: When You Wish upon a Star )
Roger Edens and George E. Stoll for Hot Rhythms in Chicago
(song: Our Love Affair )
Chet Forrest and Bob Wright for Music in My Heart
(song: It's a Blue World )
Jimmy McHugh and Johnny Mercer for You'll Find Out
(song : I'd Know You Anywhere )
James V. Monaco and Johnny Burke for Rhythm on the River
(song: Only Forever )
Artie Shaw and Johnny Mercer for Second Chorus
(song: Love of My Life )
Robert Stolz and Gus Kahn for Spring Parade
(Song: Waltzing in the Clouds )
Jule Styne and Walter Bullock for Hit Parade of 1941
(Song: Who Am I? )
Harry Warren and Mack Gordon for Galopp ins Glück
(Song: Down Argentine Way )
1942 Jerome David Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
Lady Be Good

(Song: The Last Time I Saw Paris )
Louis Alter and Frank Loesser for Las Vegas Nights
(song: Dolores )
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for
(song: Blues in the Night )
Gene Autry and Fred Rose for Ridin 'on a Rainbow
(song: Be Honest with Me )
Frank Churchill and Ned Washington for Dumbo
(Song: Baby Mine )
Lloyd B. Norlin for All-American Co-Ed
(Song: Out of the Silence )
Cole Porter for Rich You Will Never
(Song: Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye )
Hugh Prince and Don Raye for Buck Privates
(song: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy )
Harry Warren and Mack Gordon for Adopted Happiness
(song: Chattanooga Choo Choo )
1943 Irving Berlin Music, music
(song: White Christmas )
Frank Churchill and Larry Morey for Bambi
(song: Love Is a Song )
Jerome David Kern and Johnny Mercer for You were never more enchanting
(song: Dearly Beloved )
Burton Lane and Ralph Freed for Babes on Broadway
(song: How About You? )
Ernesto Lecuona and Kim Gannon for Im Schatten des Herzens
(song: Always in My Heart )
Harry Revel and Mort Greene for The Mayor of 44th Street
(song: When There's a Breeze on Lake Louise )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for Youth on Parade
(song : I've Heard That Song Before )
Edward Ward , Chet Forrest and Bob Wright for Flying with Music
(song: Pennies for Peppino )
Harry Warren and Mack Gordon for Orchestra Wives
(song: (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo )
Gene De Paul and Don Raye for Hell's Riot!
(Song: Pig Foot Pete )
1944 Harry Warren
Mack Gordon
Hello Frisco, Hello
(Song: You'll Never Know )
Harold Arlen and EY Harburg for Ein Häuschen im Himmel
(song: Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe )
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for The Sky's the Limit
(song: My Shining Hour )
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for Star Spangled Rhythm
(song: That Old Black Magic )
Jimmy McHugh and Herb Magidson for Hers to Hold
(song: Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There )
James V. Monaco and Al Dubin for Stage Door Canteen
(song: We Mustn't Say Goodbye )
Cole Porter for Something to Shout About
(song: You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To )
Arthur Schwartz and Frank Loesser for Thank Your Lucky Stars
(song: They're Either Too Young or Too Old )
Jule Styne and Harold Adamson for Hit Parade of 1943
(Song: Change of Heart )
Charles Wolcott and Ned Washington for Three Caballeros in Samba Fever
(Song: Saludos Amigos )
1945 Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke
The way to happiness
(song: Swinging on a Star )
Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler for Up in Arms
(song: Now I Know )
Ary Barroso and Ned Washington for Brazilian Serenade
(song: Rio de Janeiro )
Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for Meet Me in St. Louis
(song: The Trolley Song )
Maurice K. Jerome and Ted Koehler for Hollywood Canteen
(song: Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart )
Walter Kent and Kim Gannon for Song of the Open Road
(song: Too Much in Love )
Jerome David Kern and Ira Gershwin for Es tanzt die Göttin
(song : Long Ago (and Far Away) )
Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson for Higher and Higher
(song: I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night )
James V. Monaco and Mack Gordon for Sweet and Low-Down
(song: I'm Making Believe )
Lew Pollack and Charles Newman for Belita tanzt
(song: Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams )
Harry Revel and Paul Francis Webster for Minstrel Man
(song: Remember Me to Carolina )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for Follow the Boys
(song: I 'll Walk Alone )
1946 Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
Love fair
(song: It Might as Well Be Spring )
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for Here Come the Waves
(song: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive )
Ray Heindorf , Maurice K. Jerome and Ted Koehler for Ein Mann der Tat
(song: Some Sunday Morning )
Walter Kent and Kim Gannon for Earl Carroll Vanities
(song: Endlessly )
Jerome David Kern and EY Harburg for The Song of the Golden West
(song: More and More )
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for Why Girls Leave Home
(song: The Cat and the Canary )
Ann Ronell for Schlachtgewitter am Monte Cassino
(song: Linda )
David Rose and Leo Robin for Der Wundermann
(song: So in Love )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for vacation in Hollywood
(song: I Fall in Love Too Easily )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for Tonight and Every Night
(Lied: Anywhere )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for Belle of the Yukon
(Lied: Sleigh Ride in July )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for Die Glocken von St. Marien
(Lied: Aren't You Glad You ' re You )
Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson for Sing Your Way Home
(song: I'll Buy That Dream )
Vict or Young and Edward Heyman for love letters
(song: Love Letters )
1947 Harry Warren
Johnny Mercer
The Harvey Girls
(Song: On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe )
Irving Berlin for Blau ist der Himmel
(song: You Keep Coming Back Like a Song )
Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks for Feuer am Horizont
(song: Ole Buttermilk Sky )
Jerome David Kern and Oscar Hammerstein for Centennial Summer
(song: All Through the Day )
James V. Monaco and Mack Gordon for Dolly Sisters (The Dolly Sisters)
(song: I Can't Begin to Tell You )
1948 Allie Wrubel
Ray Gilbert
Uncle Remus' Wonderland
(Song: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah )
Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin and Roger Edens for Good News
(song: Pass That Peace Pipe )
Frank Loesser for Pauline, let the kissing be
(song: I Wish I Didn't Love You So )
Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon for Mother Wore Tights
(Song: You Do )
Arthur Schwartz and Leo Robin for The Sky Full of Violins
(Song: A Gal in Calico )
1949 Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
His angel with the two pistols
(song: Buttons and Bows )
Harold Arlen and Leo Robin for Casbah
(song: For Every Man There's a Woman )
Frederick Hollander and Leo Robin for Die Frau im Hermelin
(song: This Is the Moment )
Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles for Wet Blanket Policy
(song: The Woody Woodpecker Song )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for Magic Nights in Rio
(Song: It's Magic )
1950 Frank Loesser Neptune's Daughter
(Song: Baby, It's Cold Outside )
Eliot Daniel and Larry Morey for So Dear to My Heart
(song: Lavender Blue )
Alfred Newman and Mack Gordon for ... and heaven laughs at it
(song: Through a Long and Sleepless Night )
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for a great feeling
(song : It's a Great Feeling )
Victor Young and Ned Washington for My Foolish Heart
(song: My Foolish Heart )

1951-1960

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1951 Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Captain Carey, USA

(song: Mona Lisa )
Nikolaus Brodszky and Sammy Cahn for Der Fischer von Louisiana
(song: Be My Love )
Mack David , Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for Cinderella
(song: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo )
Fred Glickman , Hy Heath and Johnny Lange for Rauchende Pistolen
(song: Mule Train )
Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon for Variety Princess
(song: Wilhelmina )
1952 Hoagy Carmichael
Johnny Mercer
Wedding parade

(song: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening )
Nikolaus Brodszky and Sammy Cahn for Rich, Young And Pretty
(song: Wonder Why )
Bert Kalmar , Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein for The Strip
(song: A Kiss to Build a Dream On )
Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner for Royal Wedding
(song : Too Late Now )
Lionel Newman and Eliot Daniel for Golden Girl
(song: Never )
1953 Dimitri Tiomkin
Ned Washington
Twelve noon

(Song: High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) )
Nikolaus Brodszky and Sammy Cahn for Because You're Mine
(song: Because You're Mine )
Jack Brooks for Bleichgesicht Junior (Son of Paleface)
(song: Am I in Love )
Frank Loesser for Hans Christian Andersen
(song: Thumbelina )
Harry Warren and Leo Robin for Just for You
(song: Zing a Little Zong )
1954 Sammy Fain
Paul Francis Webster
Heavy Colts in Tender Hand
(Song: Secret Love )
Nicholas Brodszky and Leo Robin for Small Town Girl
(song: My Flaming Heart )
Herschel Burke Gilbert and Sylvia Fine for clouds are everywhere
(song: The Moon Is Blue )
Lester Lee and Ned Washington for Purgatory
(song: Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song) )
Harry Warren and Jack Brooks for The Caddy
(Song: That's Amore )
1955 Jule Styne
Sammy Cahn
Three Coins in the Fountain

(Lied: Three Coins in the Fountain )
Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin for Ein neue Stern am Himmel
(song: The Man that Got Away )
Irving Berlin for White Christmas
(song: Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep )
Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers for One Night with Susanne
(song: Hold My Hand )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for It's Always Day
(song: The High and the Mighty )
1956 Sammy Fain
Paul Francis Webster
All glory on earth

(song: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing )
Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn for Tyrannische Liebe
(song: I'll Never Stop Loving You )
Johnny Mercer for Daddy Langbein
(song: Something's Gotta Give )
Alex North and Hy Zaret for Unchained
(song: Unchained Melody )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for The Tender Trap
(song: (Love Is) The Tender Trap )
1957 Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
The man who knew too much

(Song: Whatever Will Be, Will Be ( Que Sera, Sera ) )
Cole Porter for The Top Ten Thousand
(Song: True Love )
Leith Stevens and Tom Adair for Murder in the Clouds
(Song: Julie )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster for Alluring Temptation
(Song: Friendly Persuasion )
Victor Young and Sammy Cahn for In den Wind written
(song: Written on the Wind )
1958 Jimmy Van Heusen and
Sammy Cahn
Destiny Melody

(Song: All the Way )
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for Tammy
(Song: Tammy )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for April Love
(Song: April Love )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for Wild is the Wind
(Song: Wild Is the Wind )
Harry Warren , Harold Adamson , Leo McCarey for The Great Love of My Life
(Song: An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) )
1959 Frederick Loewe
Alan Jay Lerner
Gigi

(song: Gigi )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for A Certain Smile
(song: A Certain Smile )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for Marjorie Morningstar
(song: A Very Precious Love )
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for houseboat
(song: Almost in Your Arms )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for Some Came Running
(song: To Love and Be Loved )
1960 Jimmy Van Heusen and
Sammy Cahn
One size too big

(song: High Hopes )
Sylvia Fine for Five Pennies
(Song: The Five Pennies )
Jerry Livingston and Mack David for Der Galgenbaum
(Song: The Hanging Tree )
Alfred Newman and Sammy Cahn for All My Dreams
(Song: The Best of Everything )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for The Young Land
(Song: Strange Are the Ways of Love )

1961-1970

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1961 Manos Hadjidakis Sundays ... never!
(Song: Never On Sunday )
Johnny Mercer for So Eine Affäre (song: The Facts of Life )
André Previn and Dory Previn for Pepe - What can the world cost (song: The Faraway Part of Town )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster for Alamo (song: The Green Leaves of Summer )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for Der Spätzünder (song: The Second Time Around )
1962 Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(Song: Moon River )
Henry Mancini and Mack David for Bachelor in Paradise (song: Bachelor in Paradise )
Miklós Rózsa and Paul Francis Webster for El Cid
(song: Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove) )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for City Without Pity (Song: Town Without Pity )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for The Lower Ten Thousand
(Song: Pocketful of Miracles )
1963 Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer
The Days of Wine and Roses
(Song: Days of Wine and Roses )
Elmer Bernstein and Mack David for Auf Glowendem Pflaster (song: Walk On the Wild Side )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for Tender Is the Night (song: Tender Is the Night )
Bronisław Kaper and Paul Francis Webster for Mutiny on the Bounty
(song : Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me) )
André Previn and Dory Previn for game for two
(Song: Song From Two for the Seasaw (Second Chance) )
1964 Jimmy Van Heusen and
Sammy Cahn
Papa's Delicate Condition
(Song: Call Me Irresponsible )
Ernest Gold and Mack David for Eine total, totally crazy world
(song: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World )
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for Charade (song: Charade )
Riz Ortolani , Nino Oliviero and Norman Newell for Mondo Cane (song: More )
Dimitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster for 55 days in Beijing (song: So Little Time )
1965 Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Mary Poppins
(Song: Chim Chim Cher-ee )
Frank De Vol and Mack David for lullaby for a corpse
(song: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte )
Henry Mancini , Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for The Woman of His Heart (song: Dear Heart )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for seven against Chicago (Song: My Kind of Town )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for Where Love Leads (Song: Where Love Has Gone )
1966 Johnny Mandel
Paul Francis Webster
... who desire everything
(song: The Shadow of Your Smile )
Burt Bacharach and Hal David for What's New, Pussy? (Song: What's New Pussycat? )
Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy for Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg
(Song: I Will Wait for You )
Jerry Livingston and Mack David for Cat Ballou - You should hang in Wyoming
(Song: The Ballad of Cat Ballou )
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for The Great Race Around the World
(Song: The Sweetheart Tree )
1967 John Barry
Don Black
Born Free - Queen of the Wild
(Song: Born Free )
Burt Bacharach and Hal David for The seducer lets greet you (song: Alfie )
Elmer Bernstein and Mack David for Hawaii (song: My Wishing Doll )
Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster for second-hand murder (song: A Time for Love )
Tom Springfield and Jim Dale for Georgy Girl (song: Georgy Girl )
1968 Leslie Bricusse Doctor Dolittle
(song: Talk to the Animals )
Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Casino Royale (song: The Look of Love )
Terry Gilkyson for The Jungle Book (song: The Bare Necessities )
Quincy Jones and Bob Russell for $ 25,000 for a man (song: The Eyes of Love )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for Modern Millie - Reicher Mann wanted
(Song: Thoroughly Modern Millie )
1969 Michel Legrand
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Thomas Crown is beyond belief
(Song: The Windmills Of Your Mind )
Quincy Jones and Bob Russell for For Love of Ivy (song: For Love of Ivy )
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for Tschitti Tschitti Bang Bang
(song: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang )
Jule Styne and Bob Merrill for Funny Girl (song : Funny Girl )
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for Star! (Song: Star! )
1970 Burt Bacharach
Hal David
Two Bandits
(Song: Raindrops Keep Fallin 'On My Head )
Elmer Bernstein and Don Black for Der Marshal (Song: True Grit )
Fred Karlin and Dory Previn for The Sterile Cuckoo (Song: Come Saturday Morning )
Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Happy Ending for a Marriage
(Song: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? )
Rod McKuen for The Best Years of Miss Jean Brodie (song: Jean )

1971-1980

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1971 Fred Karlin
Robb Royer
Jimmy Griffin
Lovers and Other Strangers
(Song: For All We Know )
Leslie Bricusse for Scrooge (song: Thank You Very Much )
Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Die Geliebte des Priesters (song: Pieces of Dreams )
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for Darling Lili (song: Whistling Away the Dark )
Riz Ortolani and Arthur Hamilton for Madron (song: Till Love Touches Your Life )
1972 Isaac Hayes Shaft
(Song: Theme - Shaft )
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. for Don't you think we're crying (Song: Bless the Beasts and the Children )
Marvin Hamlisch and Johnny Mercer for Grandpa can't help it (Song: Life Is What You Make It )
Henry Mancini , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for you want to be giants (song: All His Children )
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for The daring witch in her flying bed (song: The Age of Not Believing )
1973 Al Kasha
Joel Hirschhorn
Poseidon's journey to hell
(song: The Morning After )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for The Stepmother (song: Strange Are the Ways of Love )
Maurice Jarre , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Das war Roy Bean (song: Marmalade, Molasses & Honey )
Fred Karlin and Marsha Karlin for Wenn die Deiche break (song: Come Follow, Follow Me )
Walter Scharf and Don Black for Ben (song: Ben )
1974 Marvin Hamlisch
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
The Way We Were
(Song: The Way We Were )
George Barrie and Sammy Cahn for man, you are class! (Song: All That Love Went to Waste )
George Bruns and Floyd Huddleston for Robin Hood (Song: Love )
Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney for James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die (Song: Live and Let Die )
John Williams and Paul H . Williams for Zapfenstreich (song: Nice to Be Around )
1975 Al Kasha
Joel Hirschhorn
Flammendes Inferno
(Song: We May Never Love Like This Again )
Elmer Bernstein and Don Black for Gold (song: Whereever Love Takes Me )
Euel Box and Betty Box for Benji - Auf hot track (song: Benji's Theme (I Feel Love) )
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for Der kleine Prinz (song: Little Prince )
John Morris and Mel Brooks for Der Wilde Wilde Westen (Song: Blazing Saddles )
1976 Keith Carradine Nashville
(Song: I'm Easy )
George Barrie and Sammy Cahn for Cash - The Unstoppable Career of Private Ass (Song: Now That We're In Love )
Fred Ebb and John Kander for Funny Lady (Song: How Lucky Can You Get )
Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel for The Flipside der Medaille (song: Richard's Window )
Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin for Mahogany (song: Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) )
1977 Barbra Streisand
Paul H. Williams
A Star Is Born
(Song: Evergreen (Love Theme - A Star Is Born) )
Bill Conti , Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins for Rocky (song: Gonna Fly Now )
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for Ein Traumhaus für Zwei (song: A World that Never Was )
Jerry Goldsmith for Das Omen (song: Ave Satani )
Henry Mancini and Don Black for Inspector Clouseau, the "best" man at Interpol (song: Come to Me )
1978 Joseph Brooks Star of my life
(song: You Light Up My Life )
Sammy Fain , Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins for Bernard and Bianca - Die Mäusepolizei (song: Someone's Waiting for You )
Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager for The Spy Who Loved Me (song: Nobody Does It Better )
Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for Elliot, das Schmunzelmonster (Song: Candle on the Water )
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for Cinderella's silver shoe (Song: The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced With Me / She Danced With Me) )
1979 Paul Jabara Thank god it's Friday
(song: Last Dance )
John Farrar for Grease (song: Hopelessly Devoted to You )
Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel for Eine sehr krumme Tour (song: Ready to Take a Chance Again )
Marvin Hamlisch , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for next year, same time (song: The Last Time I Felt Like This )
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for Our Lassie (Song: When You're Loved )
1980 David Shire
Norman Gimbel
Norma Rae
(Song: It Goes Like It Goes )
Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager for Eisfieber (song: Through the Eyes of Love )
Henry Mancini and Robert Wells for Zehn - Die Traumfrau (song: Song From Ten (It's Easy to Say) )
David Shire , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for The Promise (song: I'll Never Say Goodbye )
Paul H. Williams and Kenneth Ascher for Muppet Movie (song: The Rainbow Connection )

1981-1990

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1981 Michael Gore
Dean Pitchford
Fame - The Path to Fame
(Song: Fame )
Michael Gore and Lesley Gore for Fame - The Road to Glory (Song: Out Here on My Own )
Willie Nelson for Honeysuckle Rose (Song: On the Road Again )
Dolly Parton for Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? (Song: Nine to Five )
Lalo Schifrin and Will Jennings for The Grand Finale (Song: People Alone )
1982 Burt Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager
Christopher Cross
Peter Allen
Arthur - No Child of Sadness
(Song: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) )
Bill Conti and Michael Leeson for James Bond 007 - In tödlicher Mission (Song: For Your Eyes Only )
Randy Newman for Ragtime (Song: One More Hour )
Joe Raposo for Die große Muppet-Sause (Song: The First Time It Happens )
Lionel Richie for Endless Love (song: Endless Love )
1983 Jack Nitzsche
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Will Jennings
An Officer and a Gentleman
(Song: Up Where We Belong )
Dave Grusin , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Tootsie (song: It Might Be You )
Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Zwei dicke Freunde (song: How Do You Keep the Music Playing? )
Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan for Rocky III - Das Auge des Tigers (song: Eye of the Tiger )
John Williams , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for lover Giorgio (song: If We Were In Love )
1984 Giorgio Moroder
Keith Forsey
Irene Cara
Flashdance
(song: Flashdance… What a Feeling )
Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Yentl (song: Papa, Can You Hear Me? )
Michel Legrand , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Yentl (song: The Way He Makes Me Feel )
Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart for Love's Comeback (Song: Over You )
Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky for Flashdance (Song: Maniac )
1985 Stevie Wonder The woman in red
(song: I Just Called to Say I Love You )
Phil Collins for Against All Odds (song: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) )
Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford for Footloose (Song: Footloose )
Ray Parker Jr. for Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters (Song: Ghostbusters )
Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford for Footloose (Song: Let's Hear It for the Boy )
1986 Lionel Richie White Nights
(Song: Say You, Say Me )
Stephen Bishop for White Nights - The Night of Decision (song: Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights) )
Marvin Hamlisch and Ed Kleban for A Chorus Line (song: Surprise, Surprise )
Chris Hayes , Johnny Colla and Huey Lewis for Back in the future (song: The Power of Love )
Quincy Jones , Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie for Die Farbe Lila (song: Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) )
1987 Giorgio Moroder
Tom Whitlock
Top Gun
(Song: Take My Breath Away )
Peter Cetera , David Foster and David Foster for Karate Kid II - Decision in Okinawa (song: Glory of Love )
James Horner , Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Feivel, the mouse wanderer (song: Somewhere Out There )
Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse for That's Life! So ist das Leben (song: Life in a Looking Glass )
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Der kleine Horrorladen (song: Mean Green Mother from Outer Space )
1988 Franke Previte
John DeNicola
Donald Markowitz
Dirty Dancing
(Song: (I've Had) The Time of My Life )
Willy DeVille for The Prince's Bride (Song: Storybook Love )
Harold Faltermeyer , Keith Forsey and Bob Seger for Beverly Hills Cop II (Song: Shakedown )
George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa for Cry Freedom (Song: Cry Freedom )
Albert Hammond and Diane Warren for Mannequin (Song: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now )
1989 Carly Simon The guns of women
(song: Let the River Run )
Lamont Dozier and Phil Collins for Buster (song: Two Hearts )
Bob Telson for Out of Rosenheim (song: Calling You )
1990 Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Ariel, the Mermaid
(Song: Under the Sea )
Marvin Hamlisch , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Shirley Valentine (song: The Girl Who Used to Be Me )
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Arielle, the mermaid (song: Kiss the Girl )
Randy Newman for Eine Wahnsinnsfamilie (song: I Love to See You Smile )
Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford for A Heavenly Lover (Song: After All )

1991-2000

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1991 Stephen Sondheim Dick Tracy
(Song: Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) )
Jon Bon Jovi for Blaze of Glory - Flammender Ruhm (Song: Blaze of Glory )
Carmine Coppola and John Bettis for Der Pate III (Song: Promise Me You'll Remember )
Shel Silverstein for Greetings from Hollywood (Song: I'm Checkin ' Out )
John Williams and Leslie Bricusse for Kevin - Alone at Home (Song: Somewhere in My Memory )
1992 Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Beauty and the Beast
(Song: Beauty And The Beast )
Michael Kamen , Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange for Robin Hood - King of Thieves (song: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You )
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Beauty and the Beast (song: Be Our Guest )
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Beauty and the Beast (Song: Belle )
John Williams and Leslie Bricusse for Hook (Song: When You're Alone )
1993 Alan Menken
Tim Rice
Aladdin
(Song: A Whole New World )
David Foster and Linda Thompson for Bodyguard (Song: I Have Nothing )
Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich for Bodyguard (Song: Run to You )
Robert Kraft and Arne Glimcher for Mambo Kings (Song: Beautiful Maria of My Soul )
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for Aladdin (song: Friend Like Me )
1994 Bruce Springsteen Philadelphia
(song: Streets of Philadelphia )
Carole Bayer Sager , James Ingram and Clif Magness for A Family Called Beethoven (Song: The Day I Fall in Love )
Janet Jackson , James Harris III and Terry Lewis for Poetic Justice (Song: Again )
Marc Shaiman and Ramsey McLean for Sleepless in Seattle (Song: A Wink and a Smile )
Neil Young for Philadelphia (Song: Philadelphia )
1995 Elton John
Tim Rice
The Lion King
(Song: Can You Feel the Love Tonight )
Carole Bayer Sager , James Newton Howard , James Ingram and Patty Smyth for Junior (Song: Look What Love Has Done )
Elton John and Tim Rice for The Lion King (Song: Circle of Life )
Elton John and Tim Rice for The King of the Lions (song: Hakuna Matata )
Randy Newman for headlines (song: Make Up Your Mind )
1996 Alan Menken
Stephen Schwartz
Pocahontas
(song: Colors of the Wind )
Michael Kamen , Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange for Don Juan DeMarco (song: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? )
Randy Newman for Toy Story (song: You've Got a Friend in Me )
Bruce Springsteen for Dead Man Walking - Sein last walk (song: Dead Man Walking )
John Williams , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for Sabrina (song: Moonlight )
1997 Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tim Rice
Evita
(Song: You Must Love Me )
James Newton Howard , Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich for days like this (song: For the First Time )
Adam Schlesinger for That Thing You Do! (Song: That Thing You Do! )
Barbra Streisand , Marvin Hamlisch , Robert John Lange and Bryan Adams for Love Has Two Faces (Song: I've Finally Found Someone )
Diane Warren for Close Up (Song: Because You Loved Me )
1998 James Horner
Will Jennings
Titanic
(Song: My Heart Will Go On )
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens for Anastasia (song: Journey to the Past )
Alan Menken and David Zippel for Hercules (song: Go the Distance )
Elliott Smith for Good Will Hunting (song: Miss Misery )
Diane Warren for Con Air (song: How Thu I Live )
1999 Stephen Schwartz The Prince of Egypt
(Song: When You Believe )
Carole Bayer Sager , David Foster , Tony Renis and Alberto Testa for Das magische Schwert - Die Legende von Camelot (Song: The Prayer )
Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen for Der Pferdeflüsterer (Song: A Soft Place to Fall )
Randy Newman for Piggy Babe in the big city (song: That'll Do )
Diane Warren for Armageddon (song: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing )
2000 Phil Collins Tarzan
(Song: You'll Be In My Heart )
Aimee Mann for Magnolia (Song: Save Me )
Randy Newman for Toy Story 2 (Song: When She Loved Me )
Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman for South Park: The Movie - Bigger, Longer, Unedited (Song: Blame Canada )
Diane Warren for Music of the Heart (Song: Music Of My Heart )

2001-2010

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
2001 Bob Dylan The WonderBoys
(song: Things Have Changed )
Björk , Lars von Trier and Sjón for Dancer in the Dark (song: I've Seen It All )
Jorge Calandrelli , James Schamus and James Schamus for Tiger and Dragon (song: A Love Before Time )
Randy Newman for Meine Braut, her Vater and me (song: A Fool In Love )
Sting and David Hartley for A Kingdom for a Lama (song: My Funny Friend and Me )
2002 Randy Newman Die Monster AG
(song: If I Didn't Have You )
Enya , Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan for The Lord of the Rings: The Companions (song: May It Be )
Paul McCartney for Vanilla Sky (song: Vanilla Sky )
Sting for Kate & Leopold (song: Until )
Diane Warren for Pearl Harbor (song : There You'll Be )
2003 Eminem
Jeff Bass
Luis Resto
8 Mile
(song: Lose Yourself )
Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. for Gangs of New York (song: The Hands That Built America )
Elliot Goldenthal and Julie Taymor for Frida (song: Burn It Blue )
John Kander and Fred Ebb for Chicago (song: I Move On )
Paul Simon for The Adventures of the Gooseberry Family (song: Father and Daughter )
2004 Fran Walsh
Howard Shore
Annie Lennox
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Song: Into the West )
T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello for On the Road to Cold Mountain (Song: The Scarlet Tide )
Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet for The Great Race of Belleville (Song: Belleville Rendez-Vous )
Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole for A Mighty Wind ( Song: A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow )
Sting for Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain (Song: You Will Be My Ain True Love )
2005 Jorge Drexler Young Che's Journey
(Song: Al Otro Lado Del Río )
Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri for Der Polarexpress (Song: Believe )
Bruno Coulais and Christophe Barratier for The Children of Monsieur Mathieu (Song: Vois sur ton chemin )
Adam Duritz , Charles Gillingham , Jim Bogios , David Immerglück , Matthew Malley , David Bryson and Dan Vickrey for Shrek 2 (song: Accidentally in Love )
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart for Das Phantom der Oper (song: Learn To Be Lonely )
2006 Jordan Houston
Cedric Coleman
Paul Beauregard
Hustle & Flow
(Song: It's Hard out Here for a Pimp )
Dolly Parton for Transamerica (song: Travelin 'Thru )
Kathleen York and Michael Becker for LA Crash (song: In the Deep )
2007 Melissa Etheridge An Inconvenient Truth
(Song: I Need to Wake Up )
Henry Krieger , Scott Cutler and Anne Preven for Dreamgirls (song: Listen )
Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett for Dreamgirls (song: Love You I Do )
Henry Krieger and Willie Reale for Dreamgirls (song: Patience )
Randy Newman for Cars (song: Our Town )
2008 Glen Hansard
Markéta Irglová
Once
(song: Falling Slowly )
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for Verwünscht (song: Happy Working Song )
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for Verwünscht (song: So Close )
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for Verwünscht (song: That's How You Know )
Jamal Joseph , Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for The Sound of the Heart (Song: Raise It Up )
2009 AR Rahman
Gulzar
Slumdog Millionaire
(Song: Jai Ho )
AR Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam for Slumdog Millionär (song: O… Saya )
Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman for WALL · E - The last one clears up the earth (song: Down to Earth)
2010 T-Bone Burnett
Ryan Bingham
Crazy Heart
(Song: The Weary Kind )
Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas for Paris, Paris - Monsieur Pigoil on the way to happiness (song: Loin de Paname )
Maury Yeston for Nine (song: Take It All )
Randy Newman for Küss den Frosch (song: Almost There )
Randy Newman for Kiss the Frog (Song: Down in New Orleans )

2011-2020

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
2011 Randy Newman Toy Story 3
(Song: We Belong Together )
AR Rahman , Rollo Armstrong and Dido for 127 Hours (song: If I Rise )
Tom Douglas , Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges for Country Strong (song: Coming Home )
Alan Menken and Glenn Slater for Rapunzel - Neu geföhnt (song: I See the Light )
2012 Bret McKenzie The Muppets
(Song: Man or Muppet )
Sérgio Mendes , Carlinhos Brown , Siedah Garrett for Rio (song: Real in Rio )
2013 Adele Adkins
Paul Epworth
James Bond 007: Skyfall
(Song: Skyfall )
Joshua Ralph for Chasing Ice (song: Before My Time )
Walter Murphy , Seth MacFarlane for Ted (song: Everybody Needs a Best Friend )
Mychael Danna , Bombay Jayashri for Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger (song: Pi's Lullaby )
Claude-Michel Schönberg , Herbert Kretzmer , Alain Boublil for Les Misérables (song: Suddenly )
2014 Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Robert Lopez
Frozen - Totally Unabashed
(Song: Let It Go )
Pharrell Williams for Despicable Me 2 (song: Happy )
Karen O and Spike Jonze for Her (song: The Moon Song )
Paul Hewson , Dave Evans , Adam Clayton , Larry Mullen for Mandela - The long way to freedom (song: Ordinary Love )
2015 John Legend
Common
Selma
(song: Glory )
Shawn Patterson for The LEGO Movie (song: Everything Is Awesome )
Diane Warren for Beyond the Lights (song: Grateful )
Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond for Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (song: I'm Not Gonna Miss You )
Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois for Can a Song Save Your Life? (Song: Lost Stars )
2016 Sam Smith
Jimmy Napes
James Bond 007: Specter
(Song: Writing's on the Wall )
Abel Tesfaye , Ahmad Balshe , Jason Quenneville and Stephan Moccio for Fifty Shades of Gray (song: Earned It )
Joshua Ralph and Antony Hegarty for Racing Extinction (song: Manta Ray )
David Lang for Ewige Jugend (song: Simple Song # 3 )
Diane Warren and Lady Gaga for Freiwild - Tatort University (Song: Til It Happens to You )
2017 Justin Hurwitz
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul
La La Land
(song: City of Stars )
Justin Hurwitz , Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for La La Land (song: Audition (The Fools Who Dream) )
Justin Timberlake , Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster for Trolls (song: Can't Stop the Feeling! )
J. Ralph and Sting for Jim: The James Foley Story (song: The Empty Chair )
Lin-Manuel Miranda for Vaiana (song: How Far I'll Go )
2018 Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Robert Lopez
Coco - more alive than life!
(Song: Remember Me )
Mary J. Blige , Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson for Mudbound (song: Mighty River )
Sufjan Stevens for Call Me by Your Name (song: Mystery of Love )
Diane Warren and Common for Marshall (song: Stand Up for Something )
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for Greatest Showman (song: This Is Me )
2019 Lady Gaga
Mark Ronson
Anthony Rossomando
Andrew Wyatt
A Star Is Born
(Song: Shallow )
Mark Spears , Kendrick Lamar , Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe for Black Panther (song: All the Stars )
Diane Warren for RBG - A Life for Justice (song: I'll Fight )
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for Mary Poppins' return ( Song: The Place Where Lost Things Go )
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Song: When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings )
2020 Elton John
Bernie Taupin
Rocketman
(Song: (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again )
Randy Newman for A Toy Story: Everything Hears No Command (song: I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away )
Diane Warren for Breakthrough - Back to Life (song: I'm Standing With You )
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Frozen II (song: Into the Unknown )
Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo for Harriet - The way to freedom (song: Stand Up )

Individual evidence

  1. cf. Rules Approved for 81st Academy Awards at oscars.org, June 19, 2008 (accessed June 21, 2008)