Academy Award for Best Song


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Academy Award for Best Song

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1 1930s

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

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
- Mikl�s R�zsa (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 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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 Babe: Pig in the City
- 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 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (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
- Bj�rk (music), Sj�n 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
- Beno�t 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