Academy Award for Best Original Song |
Year |
Name |
Film |
Song |
Status |
Notes |
1935 |
Dorothy Fields (lyrics) |
Roberta |
“Lovely to Look At” |
Nominated |
Shared with Jerome Kern (music) ; Jimmy McHugh (lyrics). |
1936 |
Swing Time |
“The Way You Look Tonight” |
Won |
Shared with Jerome Kern (music). |
1945 |
Ann Ronell (music and lyrics) |
G.I. Joe |
“Linda” |
Nominated |
|
1953 |
Sylvia Fine (lyrics) |
The Moon Is Blue |
“The Moon Is Blue” |
Nominated |
Shared with Herschel Burke Gilbert (music). |
1959 |
Sylvia Fine (music and lyrics) |
The Five Pennies |
“The Five Pennies” |
Nominated |
|
1960 |
Dory Langdon (lyrics) |
Baby |
“Faraway Part of Town” |
Nominated |
Shared with André Previn (music). |
1962 |
Two for the Seesaw |
“Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)” |
Nominated |
1968 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
The Thomas Crown Affair |
“The Windmills of Your Mind” |
Won |
Shared with Michel Legrand (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1969 |
The Happy Ending |
“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” |
Nominated |
Dory Langdon (lyrics) |
The Sterile Cuckoo |
Come Saturday Morning” |
Nominated |
Shared with Fred Karlin (music). |
1970 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Pieces of Dreams |
“Pieces of Dreams” |
Nominated |
Shared with Michel Legrand (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1971 |
Sometimes a Great Notion |
“All His Children” |
Nominated |
Shared with Henry Mancini (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1972 |
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
“Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” |
Nominated |
Shared with Maurice Jarre (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
Marsha Karlin (lyrics) |
The Little Ark |
“Come Follow, Follow Me” |
Nominated |
Shared with Fred Karlin (music). |
1973 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
The Way We Were |
“The Way We Were” |
Won |
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
Linda McCartney (music and lyrics) |
Live and Let Die |
“Live and Let Die” |
Nominated |
Shared with Paul McCartney (music and lyrics). |
1974 |
Betty Box (lyrics) |
Benji |
“I Feel Love” |
Nominated |
Shared with Euel Box (music). |
1976 |
Barbra Streisand (music) |
A Star Is Born |
“Evergreen” |
Won |
Shared with Paul Williams (lyrics). |
Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics) |
Rocky |
“Gonna Fly Now” |
Nominated |
Shared with Bill Conti (music). |
1977 |
The Rescuers |
“Someone’s Waiting for You” |
Nominated |
Shared with Sammy Fain (music). |
Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
“Nobody Does It Better” |
Nominated |
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music). |
1978 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Same Time, Next Year |
“The Last Time I Felt Like This” |
Nominated |
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1979 |
Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) |
Ice Castles |
“Through the Eyes of Love” |
Nominated |
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music). |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
The Promise |
“I’ll Never Say Goodbye” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Shire (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1980 |
Lesley Gore (lyrics) |
Fame |
“Out Here on My Own” |
Nominated |
First openly LGBT woman nominated for Best Original Song. Shared with Michael Gore (music). |
Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) |
Nine to Five |
“9 to 5” |
Nominated |
|
1981 |
Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) |
Arthur |
“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” |
Won |
Shared with Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen (music and lyrics). |
1982 |
Buffy Sainte-Marie (music) |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
“Up Where We Belong” |
Won |
First Indigenous person to win a competitive award. Shared with Jack Nitzche (music) ; Will Jennings (lyrics). |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Best Friends |
“How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” |
Nominated |
Shared with Michel Legrand (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
Tootsie |
“It Might Be You” |
Nominated |
Shared with Dave Grusin (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
Yes, Giorgio |
“If We Were in Love” |
Nominated |
Shared with John Williams (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1983 |
Irene dear (lyrics) |
Flashdance |
“Flashdance… What a Feeling” |
Won |
First black woman to win in a non-acting category. Shared with Giorgio Moroder (music) ; Keith Forsey (lyrics). |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Yentl |
“Papa, Can You Hear Me?” |
Nominated |
Shared with Michel Legrand (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
“The Way He Makes Me Feel” |
Nominated |
1986 |
Cynthia Weil (lyrics) |
An American Tail |
“Somewhere Out There” |
Nominated |
Shared with James Horner & Barry Mann (music). |
Diane what (lyrics) |
The Karate Kid Part II |
“Glory of Love” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Foster (music) ; Peter Cetera (music and lyrics). |
1987 |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Mannequin |
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” |
Nominated |
Shared with Albert Hammond (music and lyrics). |
1988 |
Carly Simon (music and lyrics) |
Working Girl |
“Let the River Run” |
Won |
|
1989 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Shirley Valentine |
“The Girl Who Used to Be Me” |
Nominated |
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1992 |
Linda Thompson (lyrics) |
The Bodyguard |
“I Have Nothing” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Foster (music). |
1993 |
Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) |
Beethoven’s 2nd |
“The Day I Fall in Love” |
Nominated |
Shared with James Ingram and Clif Magness (music and lyrics). |
Janet Jackson (music and lyrics) |
Poetic Justice |
“Again” |
Nominated |
Shared with James Harris III & Terry Lewis (music and lyrics). |
1994 |
Carole Bayer Sager & Patty Smyth (music and lyrics) |
Junior |
“Look What Love Has Done” |
Nominated |
Shared with James Ingram and James Newton Howard (music and lyrics). |
1995 |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) |
Sabrina |
“Moonlight” |
Nominated |
Shared with John Williams (music) ; Alan Bergman (lyrics). |
1996 |
Barbra Streisand (music and lyrics) |
The Mirror Has Two Faces |
“I Finally Found Someone” |
Nominated |
Shared with Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, and Mutt Lange (music and lyrics) |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Up Close and Personal |
“Because You Loved Me” |
Nominated |
|
1997 |
Air |
“How Do I Live?” |
Nominated |
|
Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) |
Anastasia |
“Journey to the Past” |
Nominated |
Shared with Stephen Flaherty (music). |
1998 |
Allison Moorer (music and lyrics) |
The Horse Whisperer |
“A Soft Place to Fall” |
Nominated |
Shared with Gwil Owen (music and lyrics). |
Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) |
Quest for Camelot |
“The Prayer” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Foster (music and lyrics) ; Tony Renis & Alberto Testa (lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Armageddon |
“I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” |
Nominated |
|
1999 |
Music of the Heart |
“Music of My Heart” |
Nominated |
|
Aimee man (music and lyrics) |
Magnolia |
“Save Me” |
Nominated |
|
2000 |
Björk (music) |
Dancer in the Dark |
“I’ve Seen It All” |
Nominated |
Shared with Lars von Trier & Sjón Sigurdsson (lyrics). |
2001 |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Pearl Harbor |
“There You’ll Be” |
Nominated |
|
ENYA & ROMA RYAN (music and lyrics) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
“May It Be” |
Nominated |
Shared with Nicky Ryan (music and lyrics). |
2002 |
Julie Taymor (lyrics) |
Frida |
“Burn It Blue” |
Nominated |
Shared with Elliot Goldenthal (music). |
2003 |
Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh (music and lyrics) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
“Into the West” |
Won |
Shared with Howard Shore (music and lyrics). |
Annette O’Toole (music and lyrics) |
A Mighty Wind |
“A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” |
Nominated |
Shared with Michael McKean (music and lyrics). |
2005 |
Kathleen “Bird” York (music and lyrics) |
Crash |
“In the Deep” |
Nominated |
Shared with Michael Becker (music). |
Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) |
Transamerica |
“Travellin ‘thru” |
Nominated |
|
2006 |
Melissa Etheridge (music and lyrics) |
An Inconvenient Truth |
“I Need to Wake Up |
Won |
First song from a documentary to win. First openly gay woman to win. |
Siedah Garrett (lyrics) |
Dreamgirls |
“Love You I Do” |
Nominated |
Shared with Henry Krieger (music). |
Anne Preven (lyrics) |
“Listen” |
Nominated |
Shared with Scott Cutler & Henry Krieger (music). |
2007 |
Markéta Irglová (music and lyrics) |
Once |
“Falling Slowly” |
Won |
Shared with Glen Hansard (music and lyrics). |
2008 |
M.I.A. (music and lyrics) |
Slumdog Millionaire |
“O … I” |
Nominated |
Shared with A. R. Rahman (music and lyrics). |
2010 |
Hillary Lindsey (music and lyrics) |
Country Strong |
“Coming Home” |
Nominated |
Shared with Troy Verges and Tom Douglas (music and lyrics). |
Dido (lyrics) |
127 Hours |
“If I Rise” |
Nominated |
Shared with A.R. Rahman (music) ; Rollo Armstrong (lyrics). |
2011 |
Siedah Garrett (lyrics) |
Rio |
“Real In Rio” |
Nominated |
Shared with Sergio Mendes & Carlinhos Brown (music). |
2012 |
Adele (music and lyrics) |
Skyfall |
“Skyfall” |
Won |
Shared with Paul Epworth (music and lyrics). |
Bombay jayashri (lyrics) |
Life of Pi |
“Pi’s Lullaby” |
Nominated |
Shared with Mychael Danna (music). |
two thousand and thirteen |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) |
Frozen |
“Let It Go” |
Won |
Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). |
Karen o (music and lyrics) |
Her |
“The Moon Song” |
Nominated |
Shared with Spike Jonze (lyrics). |
2014 |
Danielle Brisebois (music and lyrics) |
Begin Again |
“Lost Stars” |
Nominated |
Shared with Gregg Alexander (music and lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Beyond the Lights |
“Grateful” |
Nominated |
|
2015 |
Anohni (lyrics) |
Racing Extinction |
“From the” |
Nominated |
First transgender woman to nominated for Best Original Song. Second transgender woman to be nominated in any category. Shared with J. Ralph (music). |
Diane Warren & Lady Gaga (music and lyrics) |
The Hunting Ground |
“Till It Happens to You” |
Nominated |
|
2017 |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) |
Coco |
“Remember Me” |
Won |
Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Marshall |
“Stand Up for Something” |
Nominated |
Shared with Lonnie Lynn (lyrics). |
Mary J. Blige & Taura Stinson (music and lyrics) |
Mudbound |
“Mighty River” |
Nominated |
Shared with Raphael Saadiq (music and lyrics). Blige is the first person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. |
2018 |
Lady Gaga (music and lyrics) |
A Star is Born |
“Shallow” |
Won |
Shared with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (music and lyrics). Second person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. |
SZA (lyrics) |
Black Panther |
“All the Stars” |
Nominated |
Shared with Sounwave (music) ; Kendrick Lamar & Anthony Tiffith (music and lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
RBG |
“I’ll Fight” |
Nominated |
|
Gillian Welch (music and lyrics) |
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Rawlings (music and lyrics). |
2019 |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Breakthrough |
“I’m Standing with You” |
Nominated |
|
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) |
Frozen II |
“Into the Unknown” |
Nominated |
Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). |
Cynthia Erivo (music and lyrics) |
Harriet |
“Stand Up” |
Nominated |
Third person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. Shared with Joshuah Brian Campbell (music and lyrics). |
2020 |
H.E.R. (music and lyrics) & Tiara Thomas (lyrics) |
Judas and the Black Messiah |
“Fight for You” |
Won |
Shared with Dernst Emile II (music). |
Celeste Waite (lyrics) |
The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
“Hear My Voice” |
Nominated |
Shared with Daniel Pemberton (music and lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) & Laura Pausini (lyrics) |
The Life Ahead |
“I yes (Seen)” |
Nominated |
|
2021 |
Billie Eilish (music and lyrics) |
No Time to Die |
“No Time to Die” |
Won |
Shared with Finneas O’Connell (music and lyrics). |
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (music and lyrics) |
King Richard |
“Be Alive” |
Nominated |
Shared with DIXSON (music and lyrics). |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) |
Four Good Days |
“Somehow You Do” |
Nominated |
|
2022 |
Tell It Like a Woman |
“Applause” |
Nominated |
|
Lady Gaga (music and lyrics) |
Top Gun: Maverick |
“Hold My Hand” |
Nominated |
Shared with BloodPop (music and lyrics). |
Rihanna (music) & Tems (music and lyrics) |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
“Lift Me Up” |
Nominated |
Shared with Ludwig Göransson (music) & Ryan Coogler (music and lyrics). |
Mythical (music) |
Everything Everywhere All at Once |
“This Is a Life” |
Nominated |
Shared with David Byrne & Ryan Lott (music and lyrics) . |
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