| The first awards were given in 1927, the same year as the first sound film: The Jazz Singer. No musical awards for songs were included until 1934. |
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| Date |
Song |
Film |
Composers |
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| 1934 |
The Continental |
The Gay Divorcee |
Herb Magidson & Con Conrad |
| 1935 |
Lullaby of Broadway |
Gold Diggers of 1935 |
Al Dubin & Harry Warren |
| 1936 |
The Way You Look Tonight |
Swing Time |
Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern |
| 1937 |
Sweet Lellani |
Waikiki Wedding |
Harry Owens |
| 1938 |
Thanks for the Memory |
The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
Leo Robin & Ralph Ranger |
| 1939 |
Over the Rainbow |
The Wizard of Oz |
E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen |
| 1940 |
When You Wish Upon A Star |
Pinocchio |
Ned Washington & Leigh Harline |
| 1941 |
The Last Time I Saw Paris |
Lady Be Good |
Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern |
| 1942 |
White Christmas |
Holiday Inn |
Irving Berlin |
| 1943 |
You'll Never Know |
Hello, Frisco, Hello |
Mack Gordon & Harry Warren |
| 1944 |
Swingin' On A Star |
Going My Way |
Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen |
| 1945 |
It Might As Well Be Spring |
State Fair |
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers |
| 1946 |
On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe |
The Harvey Girls |
Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren |
| 1947 |
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah |
Song of the South |
Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel |
| 1948 |
Buttons and Bows |
Paleface |
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| 1949 |
Baby It's Cold Outside |
Neptune's Daughter |
Frank Loesser |
| 1950 |
Mona Lisa |
Captain Carey, U.S.A. |
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| 1951 |
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening |
Here Comes the Groom |
Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael |
| 1952 |
High noon |
High noon |
Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 1953 |
Secret Love |
Calamity Jane |
Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain |
| 1954 |
Three Coins In a Fountain |
Three Coins in a Fountain |
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne |
| 1955 |
Love is a Many Splendored Thing |
Love is a Many Splendored Thing |
Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain |
| 1956 |
Que Sera, Sera |
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| 1957 |
All The Way |
All The Way |
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen |
| 1958 |
Gigi |
Gigi |
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe |
| 1959 |
High Hopes |
A Hole in the Head |
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen |
| 1960 |
Never on Sunday |
Never on Sunday |
Manos Hadjidakis |
| 1961 |
Moon River |
Breakfast at Tiffany's |
Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini |
| 1962 |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini |
| 1963 |
Call Me Irresponsible |
Papa's Delicate Condition |
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen |
| 1964 |
Chim Chim Cheree |
Mary Poppins |
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman |
| 1965 |
The Shadow of Your Smile |
The Sandpiper |
Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel |
| 1966 |
Born Free |
Born Free |
Don Black & John Barry |
| 1967 |
Talk to the Animals |
Doctor Doolittle |
Leslie Bricusse |
| 1968 |
The Windmills of Your Mind |
The Thomas Crown Affair |
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Michel LeGrand |
| 1969 |
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
Hal David & Burt Bacharach |
| 1970 |
For All We Know |
Lovers and Other Strangers |
Arthur James, Robb Wilson & Fred Karlin |
| 1971 |
The Theme From Shaft |
Shaft |
Isaac Hayes |
| 1972 |
The Morning After |
The Poseidon Adventure |
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn |
| 1973 |
The Way We Were |
The Way We Were |
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlish |
| 1974 |
We May Never Love Like This Again |
The Towering Inferno |
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn |
| 1975 |
I'm Easy |
Nashville |
Keith Carradine |
| 1976 |
Evergreen |
A Star Is Born |
Paul Williams & Barbara Streisand |
| 1977 |
You Light Up My Life |
You Light Up My Life |
Joseph Brooks |
| 1978 |
Last Dance |
Thank God It's Friday |
Paul Jabara |
| 1979 |
It Goes Like It Goes |
Norma Rae |
Normal Gimbel |
| 1980 |
Fame |
Fame |
Dolly Parton |
| 1981 |
Arthur's Theme |
Arthur |
Carol Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen & Burt Bacharach |
| 1982 |
Up Where We Belong |
An Officer and A Gentleman |
Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings & Buffy Sainte Marie |
| 1983 |
What A Feeling |
Flashdance |
Keith Forsey, Irene Cara & |
| 1984 |
I Just Called to Say I Love You |
The Lady In Red |
Stevie Wonder |
| 1985 |
Say You, Say Me |
White Nights |
Lionel Richie |
| 1986 |
Take My Breath Away |
Top Gun |
Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock |
| 1987 |
(I've Had) The Time of My Life |
Dirty Dancing |
Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte |
| 1988 |
Let the River Run |
Working Girl |
Carly Simon |
| 1989 |
Under the Sea |
The Little Mermaid |
Alan Menken & Howard Ashman |
| 1990 |
Sooner Or Later |
Dick Tracy |
Stephen Sondheim |
| 1991 |
Beauty and the Beast |
Beauty and the Beast |
Alan Menken & Howard Ashman |
| 1992 |
A Whole New World |
Aladdin |
Alan Menken & Tim Rice |
| 1993 |
Streets of Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
Bruce Springsteen |
| 1994 |
Can You Feel the Love Tonight |
The Lion King |
Elton John & Tim Rice |
| 1995 |
Colors of the Wind |
Pocahontas |
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz |
| 1996 |
You Must Love Me |
Evita |
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice |
| 1997 |
My Heart Will Go On |
Titanic |
James Horner & Will Jennings |
| 1998 |
When You Believe |
The Prince of Egypt |
Stephen Schwartz |
| 1999 |
You'll Be in My heart |
Tarzan |
Phil Collins |
| 2000 |
Things Have Changed |
Wonder Boys |
Bob Dylan |
| 2001 |
If I Didn't Have You |
Monsters, Inc. |
Randy Newman |
| 2002 |
Lose Yourself |
Eight Mile |
Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto |
| 2003 |
Into the West |
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King |
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox |
| 2004 |
Al Otro Lado Del Rio |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
Jorge Drexler |
| 2005 |
It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp |
Hustle & Flow |
Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard |
| 2006 |
I Need to Wake Up |
An Inconvenient Truth |
Melissa Etheridge |
| 2007 |
Falling Slowly |
Once |
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová |
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MOST NOMINATIONS ([#] indicates number of awards)
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| 26 |
Sammy Cahn [4] |
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| 18 |
Johnny Mercer [4] |
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| 16 |
Paul Francis Webster [3] |
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| 15 |
Alan Bergman [2] |
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| 15 |
Marilyn Bergman [2] |
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| 14 |
James Van Heusen [4] |
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| 13 |
Alan Menken [4] |
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| 11 |
Henry Mancini [2] |
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| 11 |
Harry Warren [3] |
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| 11 |
Ned Washington [2] |
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| 10 |
Sammy Fain [2] |
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| 10 |
Leo Robin [1] |
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| 10 |
Jule Styne [1] |
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MOST AWARDS ([#] indicates number of nominations)
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| 4 |
Sammy Cahn [26] |
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| 4 |
Alan Menken [13] |
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| 4 |
Johnny Mercer [18] |
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| 4 |
James Van Heusen [14] |
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| 3 |
Ray Evans [7] |
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| 3 |
Jay Livingston [7] |
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| 3 |
Tim Rice [5] |
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| 3 |
Harry Warren [11] |
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| 3 |
Paul Francis Webster [16] |
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