Academy Award for Best Song

Academy Award for Best Song

Table of contents

1 1930s
2 1940s
3 1950s
4 1960s
5 1970s
6 1980s
7 1990s
8 2000s

1930s

1934 Con Conrad (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics) - "The Continental" from The Gay Divorc�e
- Vincent Youmans (music), Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn (lyrics) - "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio
- Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "Love in Bloom" from She Loves Me Not
1935 Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics) ? "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935
- Irving Berlin (music and lyrics) ? "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat
- Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (lyrics) ? "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta
1936 Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields (lyrics) ? "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time
- Louis Alter (music), Sidney Mitchell (lyrics) ? "A Melody from the Sky" from Trail of the Lonesome Pine
- Walter Donaldson (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics) ? "Did I Remember" from Suzy
- Arthur Johnston (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics) ? "Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven
- Cole Porter (music and lyrics) ? "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance
- Richard Whiting (music), Walter Bullock (lyrics) ? "When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby, Sing
1937 Harry Owens (music and lyrics) ? "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding
1938 Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938
1939 Harold Arlen (music), E. Y. Harburg (lyrics) - "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz

1940 Leigh Harline (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio

1950 "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U. S. A.
1951 "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom
1952 "High noon" from High noon
1953 Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane
1954 "Three Coins in a Fountain " from Three Coins in a Fountain
1955 "Love is a Many Splendored Thing " from Love is a Many Splendored Thing
1956 "Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957 "All The Way" from All The Way
1958 "Gigi" from Gigi
1959 "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head

1966 John Barry (music), Don Black (lyrics) ? "Born Free" from Born Free
- Burt Bacharach (music), Hal David (lyrics) ? "Alfie" from Alfie
- Elmer Bernstein (music), Mack David (lyrics) ? "My Wishing Doll" from Hawaii
- Johnny Mandel (music), Paul Webster (lyrics) ? "A Time for Love" from An American Dream
- Tom Springfield (music), Jim Dale (lyrics) ? "Georgy Girl" from Georgy Girl
1967 Leslie Bricusse (music and lyrics) ? "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Doolittle
- Burt Bacharach (music), Hal David (lyrics) ? "The Look of Love" from Casino Royale
- Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen ? "Thoroughly Modern Millie" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Terry Gilkyson (music and lyrics) ? "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book
- Quincy Jones (music), Bob Russell ? "The Eyes of Love" from Banning
1968 Michel Legrand (music), Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (lyrics) ? "Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair
- Quincy Jones (music), Bob Russell ? "For Love of Ivy" from For Love of Ivy
- Robert Sherman, Richard Sherman (music and lyrics) ? "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Jule Styne (music,) Bob Merrill (lyrics) ? "Funny Girl" from From Girl
- James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) ? "Star!" from Star
1969 Burt Bacharach (music), Hal David (lyrics) ? "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970 Fred Karlin (music), James Griffin, Rob Royer (lyrics) ? "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers
1971 Isaac Hayes (music and lyrics) ? "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft
1972 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) ? "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure
1973 Marvin Hamlisch (music), Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (lyrics) ? "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
1974 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) ? "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno
1975 Keith Carradine (music and lyrics) ? "I'm Easy" from Nashville
1976 Barbra Streisand (music), Paul Williams (lyrics) ? "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born
1977 Joseph Brooks (music and lyrics) ? "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life
1978 Paul Jabara (music and lyrics) ? "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday
1979 David Shire (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics) ? "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae

1980 Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) ? Fame
1981 Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross Carole Sager (music and lyrics) ? "Arthur's Theme" from Arthur
- Bill Conti (music), Mick Leeson (lyrics) ? "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
- Randy Newman (music and lyrics) ? "One More Hour" from Ragtime
- Joe Raposo (music and lyrics) ? "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper
- Lionel Ritchie (music and lyrics) ? "Endless Love" from Endless Love
1982 Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Wilbur Jennings (lyrics) ? "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
1983 Giorgio Moroder (music), Irene Cara, Keith Forsey (lyrics) ? "What a Feeling" from Flashdance
1984 Stevie Wonder (music and lyrics) ? "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
1985 Lionel Ritchie (music and lyrics) ? "Say You, Say Me" from White Knights
1986 Giorgio Moroder (music), Tom Whitlock (lyrics) ? "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
1987
1988 Carly Simon (music and lyrics) - "Let the River Run" from Working Girl
1989

1990 Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) - "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy
1991 Alan Menken (music, Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Beauty And The Beast" from Beauty And The Beast
1992 Alan Menken (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
1993 Bruce Springsteen (music and lyrics) - "Streets Of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia
1994 Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from The Lion King
1995 Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) - "Colors Of The Wind" from Pocahontas
1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "You Must Love Me" from Evita
1997 James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)) - "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
1998 Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) - "When You Believe" from The Prince Of Egypt
1999 Phil Collins (music and lyrics) - "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan

2000 Bob Dylan (music and lyrics) - "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys
- Bjork (music), Sj�n Sigurdsson, Lars von Trier ? "I've seen It All" from Dancer in the Dark
- Jorge Callandelli, Tan Dun (music), James Schamus (lyrics) ? "A Love Before Time" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Randy Newman (music and lyrics) ? "A Fool in Love" from Meet the Parents
- Sting (music and lyrics), David Hartley (music) ? "My Funny Friend and Me" from The Emperor's New Groove
2001 Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc
- Enya, Roma Ryan, Nicky Ryan (music and lyrics) - "May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Paul McCartney (music and lyrics) - "Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky
- Sting (music and lyrics) - "Until" from Kate and Leopold
- Diane Warren (music and lyrics) - "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor
2002 Eminem (music/lyrics), Jeff Bass (music), Luis Resto (music) - "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile
- John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics) - "I Move On" from Chicago
- Elliot Goldenthal (music), Julie Taymor (lyrics) - "Burn It Blue" from Frida
- Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr - "The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York
- Paul Simon - "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie