academy award for best song

Academy Award for Best Song

1930s

1934 Con Conrad (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics) - "The Continental" from The Gay Divorce

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

1940s

1940 Leigh Harline (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio
1941 Jerome Kern (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) - "The Last Time That I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good
1942 Irving Berlin (music and lyrics) - "White Christmas" from Holiday Inn
1943 Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics) - "You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello
1944 James Van Heusen (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics) - "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way
1945 Richard Rodgers (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
1946 Harry Warren (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls
1947 Allie Wrubel (music), Ray Gilbert (lyrics) - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South
1948 Jay Livingston, Ray Evans (music and lyrics) - "Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface
1949 Frank Loesser (music and lyrics) - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter

1950s

1950 Ray Evans, Jay Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U. S. A.

Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo" from Cinderella
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath, Johnny Lange (music and lyrics) - "Mule Train" from Singing Guns
Nicholas Brodszky (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Be My Love" from The Toast of New Orleans
Josef Myrow (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics) - "Wilhelmina" from Wabash Avenue

1951 Hoagy Carmichael (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom

Lionel Newman (music), Eliot Daniel (lyrics) - "Never" from Golden Girl
Nicholas Brodszky (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Wonder Why" from Rich, Young and Pretty
Burton Lane (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) - "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding
Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II (music and lyrics) - "A Kiss to Build a Dream on" from The Strip

1952 Dmitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" from High Noon

Nicholas Brodszky (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Because You're Mine" from Because You're Mine
Frank Loesser (music and lyrics) - "Thumbelina" from Hans Christian Andersen
Harry Warren (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "Zing a Little Zong" from Just for You
Jack Brooks (music and lyrics) - "Am I in Love" from Son of Paleface

1953 Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane

Harry Warren (music), Jack Brooks (lyrics) - "That's Amore" from The Caddy
Lester Lee (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" from Miss Sadie Thompson
Herschel Burke Gilbert (music), Sylvia Fine (lyrics) - "The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue
Nicholas Brodszky (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "My Flaming Heart" from Small Town Girl

1954 Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Three Coins in the Fountain " from Three Coins in the Fountain

Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty
Harold Arlen (music), Ira Gershwin (lyrics) - "The Man that Got Away" from A Star is Born
Jack Lawrence (II), Richard Myers - "Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here
Irving Berlin (music and lyrics) - "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" from White Christmas

1955 Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Love is a Many Splendored Thing " from Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Johnny Mercer (music and lyrics) - "Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs
Nicholas Brodszky (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me
James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap
Alex North (music), Hy Zaret (lyrics) - "Unchained Melody" from Unchained

1956 Ray Evans, Jay Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Whatever Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much

Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion
Cole Porter (music and lyrics) - "True Love" from High Society
Leith Stevens (music), Tom Adair (lyrics) - "Julie" from Julie
Victor Young (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind

1957 James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "All the Way" from The Joker is Wild

Harry Warren (music), Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey (lyrics) - "An Affair to Remember" from An Affair to Remember
Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "April Love" from April Love
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor
Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind

1958 Frederick Loewe (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) - "Gigi" from Gigi

Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "A Certain Smile" from A Certain Smile
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans (music and lyrics) - "Almost in Your Arms (Love Song from Houseboat)" from Houseboat
Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "A Very Precious Love" from Marjorie Morningstar
James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "To Love and Be Loved" from Some Came Running

1959 James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head

Alfred Newman (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything
Sylvia Fine (music and lyrics) - "The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies
Jerry Livingston (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree
Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Young Land

1960s

1960 Manos Hadjidakis (music and lyrics) - "Never on Sunday" from Pote tin Kyriaki

Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "The Green Leaves of Summer" from The Alamo
Johnny Mercer (music and lyrics) - "The Facts of Life" from The Facts of Life
James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "The Second Time Around" from High Time
Andr Previn (music), Dory Previn (as Dory Langdon) (lyrics) - "Faraway Part of Town" from Pepe

1961 Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's

Henry Mancini (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise
Mikls Rzsa (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid
Jiames Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles
Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity

1962 Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses

Bronislaw Kaper (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty
Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night
Andr Previn (music), Dory Previn (as Dory Langdon) (lyrics) - "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw
Elmer Bernstein (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side

1963 James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition

Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "So Little Time" from 55 Days at Peking
Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "Charade" from Charade
Ernest Gold (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero (music), Norman Newell (lyrics) -"More" from Mondo cane

1964 Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics) - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins

Henry Mancini (music), Jay Livingston, Ray Evans (lyrics) - "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart
Frank De Vol (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "My Kind of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods
James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone

1965 Johnny Mandel (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper

Jerry Livingston (music), Mack David (lyrics) - "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou
Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race
Michel Legrand (music), Jacques Demy (lyrics) - "I Will Wait for You" from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Burt Bacharach (music), Hal David (lyrics) - "What's New, Pussycat?" from What's New, Pussycat

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 Funny 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

Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending
Rod McKuen (music and lyrics) - "Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Fred Karlin (music), Dory Previn (lyrics) - "Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile Cuckoo
Elmer Bernstein (music), Don Black (lyrics) - "True Grit" from True Grit

1970s

1970 Fred Karlin (music), James Griffin, Rob Royer (lyrics) - "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers

Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "Whistling Away the Dark" from Darling Lili
Riz Ortolani (music), Arthur Hamilton (lyrics) - "Till Love Touches Your Life" from Madron
Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams
Leslie Bricusse (music and lyrics) - "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge

1971 Isaac Hayes (music and lyrics) - "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft

Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics) - "The Age of Not Believing" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Barry De Vorzon, Perry Botkin, Jr. (music and lyrics) - "Bless the Beasts and the Children" from Bless the Beasts & Children
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch
Henry Mancini (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "All His Children" from Sometimes a Great Notion

1972 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) - "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure

Walter Scharf (music), Don Black (lyrics) - "Ben" from Ben
Maurice Jarre (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Fred Karlin (music), Marsha Karlin (lyrics) - "Come Follow, Follow Me" from The Little Ark
Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Stepmother

1973 Marvin Hamlisch (music), Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (lyrics) - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were

John Williams (music), Paul Williams (lyrics) - "Nice to Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney (music and lyrics) - "Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die
George Bruns (music), Floyd Huddleston (lyrics) - "Love" from Robin Hood
George Barrie (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "All That Love Went to Waste" from A Touch of Class

1974 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) - "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno

Euel Box (music), Betty Box (lyrics) - "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" from Benji
John Morris (music), Mel Brooks (lyrics) - "Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles
Elmer Bernstein (music), Don Black (lyrics) - "Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold
Frederick Loewe (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) - "Little Prince" from The Little Prince

1975 Keith Carradine (music and lyrics) - "I'm Easy" from Nashville

Fred Ebb, John Kander (music and lyrics) - "How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady
Michael Masser (music), Gerry Goffin (lyrics) - "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" from Mahogany
Charles Fox (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics) - "Richard's Window" from The Other Side of the Mountain
George Barrie (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Now That We're In Love" from Whiffs

1976 Barbra Streisand (music), Paul Williams (lyrics) - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born

Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "A World that Never Was" from Half a House
Jerry Goldsmith (music and lyrics) - "Ave Satani" from The Omen
Henry Mancini (music), Don Black (lyrics) - "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Bill Conti (music), Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins (lyrics) - "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky

1977 Joseph Brooks (music and lyrics) - "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life

Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn (music and lyrics) - "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon
Sammy Fain (music), Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins (lyrics) - "Someone's Waiting For You" from The Rescuers
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics) - "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)" from The Slipper and the Rose
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) - "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me

1978 Paul Jabara (music and lyrics) - "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday

Charles Fox (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics) - "Ready to Take a Chance Again" from Foul Play
John Farrar (music and lyrics) - "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from Grease
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics) - "When You're Loved" from The Magic of Lassie
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time, Next Year

1979 David Shire (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics) - "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae

Henry Mancini (music), Robert Wells (lyrics) "Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)" from 10
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) - "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)" from Ice Castles
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher (music and lyrics) - "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie
David Shire (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "Theme from The Promise (I'll Never Say 'Goodbye')" from The Promise

1980s

1980 Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) - "Fame" from Fame

Lalo Schifrin (music), Will Jennings (lyrics) - "People Alone" from The Competition
Michael Gore (music), Lesley Gore (lyrics) - "Out Here on My Own" from Fame
Willie Nelson (music and lyrics) - "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose
Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) - "Nine to Five" from Nine to Five

1981 Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" 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 Richie (music and lyrics) - "Endless Love" from Endless Love

1982 Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Will Jennings (lyrics) - "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman

Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends
Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan (music and lyrics) - "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III
Dave Grusin (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "It Might Be You" from Tootsie
John Williams (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio

1983 Giorgio Moroder (music), Irene Cara, Keith Forsey (lyrics) - "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance

Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky (music and lyrics) - "Maniac" from Flashdance
Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart (music and lyrics) - "Over You" from Tender Mercies
Michel Legrand (music) Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl
Michel Legrand (music) Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl

1984 Stevie Wonder (music and lyrics) - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red

Phil Collins (music and lyrics) - "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" from Against All Odds
Kenny Loggins (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) - "Footloose" from Footloose
Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford (music and lyrics) - "Let's Hear It for the Boy" from Footloose
Ray Parker Jr. (music and lyrics) - "Ghostbusters" from Ghost Busters

1985 Lionel Richie (music and lyrics) - "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights

Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla (music), Huey Lewis (lyrics) - "The Power of Love" from Back to the Future
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Ed Kleban (lyrics) - "Surprise, Surprise" from A Chorus Line
Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton (music and lyrics), Lionel Richie (lyrics) - "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" from The Color Purple
Stephen Bishop (music and lyrics) - "Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights)" from White Nights

1986 Giorgio Moroder (music), Tom Whitlock (lyrics) - "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun

James Horner, Barry Mann (music), Cynthia Weil (lyrics) - "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail
David Foster (music), Peter Cetera (music and lyrics), Diane Nini (lyrics) - "Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid, Part II
Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors
Henry Mancini (music), Leslie Bricusse (lyrics) - "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life!

1987 Frankie Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz (music), Frankie Previte (lyrics) - "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing

Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey (music and lyrics), Bob Seger (lyrics) - "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II
George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa (music and lyrics) - "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom
Albert Hammond, Diane Warren (music and lyrics) - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin
Willy De Ville (music and lyrics) - "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride

1988 Carly Simon (music and lyrics) - "Let the River Run" from Working Girl

Lamont Dozier (music), Phil Collins (lyrics) - "Two Hearts" from Buster
Bob Telson (music and lyrics) - "Calling You" from Out of Rosenheim

1989 Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid

Tom Snow (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) - "After All" from Chances Are
Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid
Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "I Love to See You Smile" from Parenthood
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" from Shirley Valentine

1990s

1990 Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) - "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy

Carmine Coppola (music) John Bettis (lyrics) - "Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather: Part III
John Williams (music), Leslie Bricusse (lyrics) - "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone
Shel Silverstein (music and lyrics) - "I'm Checkin' Out" from Postcards from the Edge
Jon Bon Jovi (music and lyrics) - "Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II

1991 Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast

Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast
John Wiliiams (music), Leslie Bricusse (lyrics) - "When You're Alone" from Hook
Michael Kamen (music), Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange (lyrics) - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from

1992 Alan Menken (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "A Whole New World" from Aladdin

Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) - "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
David Foster (music), Linda Thompson (lyrics) - "I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard
Jud Friedman (music), Allan Dennis Rich (lyrics) - "Run to You" from The Bodyguard
Robert Kraft (music), Arne Glimcher (lyrics) - "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings

1993 Bruce Springsteen (music and lyrics) - "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia

Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, Clif Magness (music and lyrics) - "The Day I Fall in Love" from Beethoven's 2nd
Neil Young (music and lyrics) - "Philadelphia" from Philadelphia
Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis (music and lyrics) - "Again" from Poetic Justice
Marc Shaiman (music), Ramsey McLean (lyrics) - "A Wink and a Smile" from Sleepless in Seattle

1994 Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King

Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Patty Smyth (music and lyrics) - "Look What Love Has Done" from Junior
Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "Circle of Life" from The Lion King
Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King
Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "Make Up Your Mind" from The Paper

1995 Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) - "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas

Bruce Springsteen (music and lyrics) - "Dead Man Walking" from Dead Man Walking
Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange (music and lyrics) - "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco
John Williams (music), Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - "Moonlight" from Sabrina
Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "You've Got a Friend" from Toy Story

1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) - "You Must Love Me" from Evita

Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams (music and lyrics), Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange (lyrics) - "I've Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces
James Newton Howard, Jud Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich (music and lyrics) - "For the First Time" from One Fine Day
Adam Schlesinger (music and lyrics) - "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do!
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) - "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close & Personal

1997 James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)) - "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic

Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) - "Journey To The Past" from Anastasia
Diane Warren - "How Do I Live" from Con Air
Elliott Smith - "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting
Alan Menken (music), David Zippel (lyrics) - "Go The Distance" from Hercules

1998 Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) - "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt

Diane Warren (music and lyrics) - "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" from Armageddon
Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "That'll Do" from
Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen (music and lyrics) - "A Soft Place To Fall" from The Horse Whisperer
Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster (music and lyrics), Tony Renis, Alberto Testa (lyrics) - "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot

1999 Phil Collins (music and lyrics) - "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan

Aimee Mann (music and lyrics) - "Save Me" from Magnolia
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) - "Music Of My Heart" from Music of the Heart
Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics) - "Blame Canada" from (performed by Robin Williams at the ceremony)
Randy Newman (music and lyrics) - "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2

2000s

2000 Bob Dylan (music and lyrics) - "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys

Bjrk (music), Sjn Sigurdsson, Lars von Trier (lyrics) - "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. (first Oscar for Newman after 16 nominations)

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 and lyrics), Jeff Bass, Luis Resto (music) - "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile (unusually, wasn't performed at the telecast)

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. (music and lyrics) - "The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York
Paul Simon (music and lyrics) - "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2003 Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox (music and lyrics) - "Into the West" from The Return of the King

Benot Charest (music), Sylvain Chomet (lyrics) - "Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville
Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole (music and lyrics) - "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind
T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello (music and lyrics) - "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain
Sting (music and lyrics) - "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain

2004 Jorge Drexler (music and lyrics) - "Al Otro Lado Del Ro" from The Motorcycle Diaries

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