Academy Award for Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song

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.

YearFilmSong 
2009Slumdog MillionaireJai Ho 
2008OnceFalling Slowly 
2007An Inconvenient TruthI Need to Wake Up 
2006Hustle & FlowIt's Hard Out Here for a Pimp 
2005The Motorcycle DiariesAl Otro Lado Del Rio 
2004The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingInto the West 
20038 MileLose Yourself 
2002Monsters, Inc.If I Didn't Have You 
2001Wonder BoysThings Have Changed 
2000TarzanYou'll Be In My Heart 
1999The Prince of EgyptWhen You Believe 
1998TitanicMy Heart Will Go On 
1997EvitaYou Must Love Me 
1996PocahontasColors of the Wind 
1995The Lion KingCan You Feel the Love Tonight 
1994PhiladelphiaStreets of Philadelphia 
1993AladdinA Whole New World 
1992Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast 
1991Dick TracySooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) 
1990The Little MermaidUnder the Sea 
1989Working GirlLet the River Run 
1988Dirty Dancing(I've Had) The Time of My Life 
1987Top GunTake My Breath Away 
1986White NightsSay You, Say Me 
1985The Woman in RedI Just Called To Say I Love You 
1984FlashdanceFlashdance...What a Feeling 
1983An Officer and a GentlemanUp Where We Belong 
1982ArthurArthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) 
1981FameFame 
1980Norma RaeIt Goes Like It Goes 
1979Thank God It's FridayLast Dance 
1978You Light Up My LifeYou Light Up My Life 
1977A Star Is BornEvergreen (Love Theme) 
1976NashvilleI'm Easy 
1975The Towering InfernoWe May Never Love Like This Again 
1974The Way We WereThe Way We Were 
1973The Poseidon AdventureThe Morning After 
1972ShaftTheme 
1971Lovers and Other StrangersFor All We Know 
1970Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidRaindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head 
1969The Thomas Crown AffairThe Windmills of Your Mind 
1968Doctor DolittleTalk to the Animals 
1967Born FreeBorn Free 
1966The SandpiperThe Shadow of Your Smile 
1965Mary PoppinsChim Chim Cher-ee 
1964Papa's Delicate ConditionCall Me Irresponsible 
1963Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses 
1962Breakfast at Tiffany'sMoon River 
1961Never on SundayNever On Sunday 
1960A Hole in the HeadHigh Hopes 
1959GigiGigi 
1958The Joker Is WildAll The Way 
1957The Man Who Knew Too MuchWhatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 
1956Love is a Many-Splendored ThingLove Is a Many-Spendored Thing 
1955Three Coins in the FountainThree Coins in the Fountain 
1954Calamity JaneSecret Love 
1953High NoonHigh Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') 
1952Here Comes the GroomIn the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 
1951Captain Carey, U.S.A.Mona Lisa 
1950Neptune's DaughterBaby, It's Cold Outside 
1949The PalefaceButtons and Bows 
1948Song of the SouthZip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah 
1947The Harvey GirlsOn the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe 
1946State FairIt Might As Well Be Spring 
1945Going My WaySwinging on a Star 
1944Hello, Frisco, HelloYou'll Never Know 
1943Holiday InnWhite Christmas 
1942Lady Be GoodThe Last Time I Saw Paris 
1941PinocchioWhen You Wish upon a Star 
1940The Wizard of OzOver the Rainbow 
1939The Big Broadcast of 1938Thanks for the Memory 
1938Waikiki WeddingSweet Leilani 
1937Swing TimeThe Way You Look Tonight 
1936Gold Diggers of 1935Lullaby of Broadway 
1935The Gay DivorceeThe Continental 
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