Year[I] |
Nominee(s) |
Song |
Performer(s)[II] |
Work |
1988 [1] |
James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
"Somewhere Out There" |
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram |
An American Tail |
Franke Previte, John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz |
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" |
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes |
Dirty Dancing |
Diane Warren & Albert Hammond |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
Starship |
Mannequin |
Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge |
"Moonlighting" |
Al Jarreau |
Moonlighting |
Patrick Leonard & Madonna |
"Who's That Girl" |
Madonna |
Who's That Girl |
1989 [2] |
Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier |
"Two Hearts" |
Phil Collins |
Buster |
Albert Hammond & John Bettis |
"One Moment in Time" |
Whitney Houston |
1988 Summer Olympics |
Donald Fagen |
"Century's End" |
Donald Fagen |
Bright Lights, Big City |
Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips & Scott McKenzie |
"Kokomo" |
The Beach Boys |
Cocktail |
George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa |
"Cry Freedom" |
George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa |
Cry Freedom |
1990 [3] |
Carly Simon |
"Let the River Run" |
Carly Simon |
Working Girl |
Prince |
"Partyman" |
Prince |
Batman |
Randy Newman |
"I Love to See You Smile" |
Randy Newman |
Parenthood |
Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch |
"The Girl Who Used to Be Me" |
Patti Austin |
Shirley Valentine |
U2 |
"Angel of Harlem" |
U2 |
U2: Rattle and Hum |
1991 [4] |
Alan Menken & Howard Ashman |
"Under the Sea" |
Various artists |
The Little Mermaid |
Stephen Sondheim |
"More" |
Madonna |
Dick Tracy |
"Sooner or Later" |
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken |
"Kiss the Girl" |
Various artists |
The Little Mermaid |
Jon Bon Jovi |
"Blaze of Glory" |
Jon Bon Jovi |
Young Guns II |
1992 [5] |
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams |
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" |
Bryan Adams |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
John Williams & Leslie Bricusse |
"Somewhere in My Memory" |
John Williams |
Home Alone |
Stevie Wonder |
"Gotta Have You" |
Stevie Wonder |
Jungle Fever |
"Jungle Fever" |
1993 [6] |
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken |
"Beauty and the Beast" |
Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson |
Beauty and the Beast |
Carole King |
"Now and Forever" |
Carole King |
A League of Their Own |
Michael Kamen, Sting & Eric Clapton |
"It's Probably Me" |
Sting with Eric Clapton |
Lethal Weapon 3 |
Robert Kraft & Arne Glimcher |
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul" |
Los Lobos |
The Mambo Kings |
Eric Clapton & Will Jennings |
"Tears in Heaven" |
Eric Clapton |
Rush |
1994 [7] |
Alan Menken & Tim Rice |
"A Whole New World" |
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle |
Aladdin |
Alan Menken & Howard Ashman |
"Friend Like Me" |
Robin Williams |
Aladdin |
David Foster & Linda Thompson |
"I Have Nothing" |
Whitney Houston |
The Bodyguard |
Allan Dennis Rich & Jud Friedman |
"Run to You" |
Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie & Billy Lawrie |
"I Don't Wanna Fight" |
Tina Turner |
What's Love Got to Do with It |
1995 [8] |
Bruce Springsteen |
"Streets of Philadelphia" |
Bruce Springsteen |
Philadelphia |
Carole Bayer Sager, Clif Magness & James Ingram |
"The Day I Fall in Love" |
Dolly Parton and James Ingram |
Beethoven's 2nd |
Elton John & Tim Rice |
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" |
Elton John |
The Lion King |
"Circle of Life" |
Madonna, Patrick Leonard & Richard Page |
"I'll Remember" |
Madonna |
With Honors |
1996 [9] |
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz |
"Colors of the Wind" |
Vanessa Williams and Judy Kuhn |
Pocahontas |
Babyface |
"Someone to Love" |
Jon B. and Babyface |
Bad Boys |
Bruce Hornsby & Chaka Khan |
"Love Me Still" |
Chaka Khan |
Clockers |
Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" |
Bryan Adams |
Don Juan DeMarco |
James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
"Whatever You Imagine" |
Wendy Moten |
The Pagemaster |
1997 [10] |
Diane Warren |
"Because You Loved Me" |
Celine Dion |
Up Close & Personal |
John Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman |
"Moonlight" |
Sting |
Sabrina |
Babyface |
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" |
Whitney Houston |
Waiting to Exhale |
"It Hurts Like Hell" |
Aretha Franklin |
Babyface, Michael Houston & Whitney Houston |
"Count On Me" |
Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans |
1998 [11] |
R. Kelly |
"I Believe I Can Fly" |
R. Kelly |
Space Jam |
Diane Warren |
"How Do I Live" |
Trisha Yearwood |
Con Air |
Cédric Gradus Samson |
"Father of Our Nation" |
Jennifer Jones and Hugh Masekela |
Mandela and de Klerk |
Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Dennis Rich |
"For the First Time" |
Kenny Loggins |
One Fine Day |
Babyface |
"A Song for Mama" |
Boyz II Men |
Soul Food |
1999 [12] |
James Horner & Will Jennings |
"My Heart Will Go On" |
Celine Dion |
Titanic |
Diane Warren |
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" |
Aerosmith |
Armageddon |
Alanis Morissette |
"Uninvited" |
Alanis Morissette |
City of Angels |
Matthew Wilder & David Zippel |
"True to Your Heart" |
98 Degrees and Stevie Wonder |
Mulan |
Sheryl Crow & Mitchell Froom |
"Tomorrow Never Dies" |
Sheryl Crow |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
2000 [13] |
Madonna & William Orbit |
"Beautiful Stranger" |
Madonna |
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
Randy Newman |
"The Time of Your Life" |
Randy Newman |
A Bug's Life |
Diane Warren |
"Music of My Heart" |
NSYNC and Gloria Estefan |
Music of the Heart |
Stephen Schwartz & Babyface |
"When You Believe" |
Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston |
The Prince of Egypt |
Phil Collins |
"You'll Be in My Heart" |
Phil Collins |
Tarzan |
2001 [14] |
Randy Newman |
"When She Loved Me" |
Sarah McLachlan |
Toy Story 2 |
Samuel J. Barnes, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Claude Olivier & Cory Rooney |
"Independent Women Part I" |
Destiny's Child |
Charlie's Angels |
Aimee Mann |
"Save Me" |
Aimee Mann |
Magnolia |
Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
"The Great Beyond" |
R.E.M. |
Man on the Moon |
Bob Dylan |
"Things Have Changed" |
Bob Dylan |
Wonder Boys |
2002 [15] |
John Flansburgh & John Linnell |
"Boss of Me" |
They Might Be Giants |
Malcolm in the Middle |
Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun & James Schamus |
"A Love Before Time" |
Coco Lee |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
David Hartley & Sting |
"My Funny Friend And Me" |
Sting |
The Emperor's New Groove |
Brandon Barnes & Brian McKnight |
"Win" |
Brian McKnight |
Men of Honor |
Diane Warren |
"There You'll Be" |
Faith Hill |
Pearl Harbor |
2003 [16] |
Randy Newman |
"If I Didn't Have You" |
Randy Newman |
Monsters, Inc. |
Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Robert C. Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge |
"Love of My Life – An Ode to Hip Hop" |
Erykah Badu and Common |
Brown Sugar |
Enya, Nicky Ryan & Roma Ryan |
"May It Be" |
Enya |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
Chad Kroeger |
"Hero" |
Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott |
Spider-Man |
Paul McCartney |
"Vanilla Sky" |
Paul McCartney |
Vanilla Sky |
2004 [17] |
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean |
"A Mighty Wind" |
The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, and The New Main Street Singers |
A Mighty Wind |
Christopher Bridges & Keith McMasters |
"Act a Fool" |
Ludacris |
2 Fast 2 Furious |
Jeff Bass, Marshall Mathers & Luis Resto |
"Lose Yourself" |
Eminem |
8 Mile |
John Kander & Fred Ebb |
"I Move On" |
Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger |
Chicago |
U2 |
"The Hands That Built America" |
U2 |
Gangs of New York |
2005 [18] |
Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh |
"Into the West" |
Annie Lennox |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
T-Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello |
"The Scarlet Tide" |
Alison Krauss |
Cold Mountain |
Sting |
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" |
David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley & Dan Vickrey |
"Accidentally in Love" |
Counting Crows |
Shrek 2 |
Benoît Charest & Sylvain Chomet |
"Belleville Rendez-Vous" |
-M- |
The Triplets of Belleville |
2006 [19] |
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri |
"Believe" |
Josh Groban |
The Polar Express |
Danny Elfman & John August |
"Wonka's Welcome Song" |
Danny Elfman |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Tom Petty |
"Square One" |
Tom Petty |
Elizabethtown |
Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean & Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis |
"Million Voices" |
Wyclef Jean |
Hotel Rwanda |
Arcade Fire |
"Cold Wind" |
Arcade Fire |
Six Feet Under |
2007 [20] |
Randy Newman |
"Our Town" |
James Taylor |
Cars |
Imogen Heap |
"Can't Take It In" |
Imogen Heap |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
Melissa Etheridge |
"I Need To Wake Up" |
Melissa Etheridge |
An Inconvenient Truth |
Mel Brooks |
"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" |
Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick |
The Producers |
Dolly Parton |
"Travelin' Thru" |
Dolly Parton |
Transamerica |
2008 [21] |
Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger |
"Love You I Do" |
Jennifer Hudson |
Dreamgirls |
David Arnold & Chris Cornell |
"You Know My Name" |
Chris Cornell |
Casino Royale |
Prince |
"Song of the Heart" |
Prince |
Happy Feet |
Eddie Vedder |
"Guaranteed" |
Eddie Vedder |
Into the Wild |
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová |
"Falling Slowly" |
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová |
Once |
2009 [22] |
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman |
"Down to Earth" |
Peter Gabriel |
WALL-E |
John Mayer |
"Say" |
John Mayer |
The Bucket List |
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz |
"Ever Ever After" |
Carrie Underwood |
Enchanted |
"That's How You Know" |
Amy Adams |
Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly |
"Walk Hard" |
John C. Reilly |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story |
2010 [23][lower-alpha 1] |
Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah |
"Jai Ho" |
A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash |
Slumdog Millionaire |
Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street |
"Once in a Lifetime" |
Beyoncé |
Cadillac Records |
Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York |
"Decode" |
Paramore |
Twilight |
Karen O & Nick Zinner |
"All Is Love" |
Karen O and the Kids |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Bruce Springsteen |
"The Wrestler" |
Bruce Springsteen |
The Wrestler |
2011 [25] |
Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett |
"The Weary Kind" |
Ryan Bingham |
Crazy Heart |
James Horner, Simon Franglen & Thaddis Harrell |
"I See You" |
Leona Lewis |
Avatar |
Randy Newman |
"Down in New Orleans" |
Dr. John |
The Princess and the Frog |
Steve Earle |
"This City" |
Steve Earle |
Treme |
Lucinda Williams |
"Kiss Like Your Kiss" |
Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello |
True Blood |
2012 [26] |
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater |
"I See the Light" |
Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi |
Tangled |
Diane Warren |
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" |
Cher |
Burlesque |
Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith |
"Christmastime Is Killing Us" |
Bruce McGill & Seth MacFarlane |
Family Guy |
Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven |
"Where the River Goes" |
Zac Brown |
Footloose |
Diane Warren |
"Born to Be Somebody" |
Justin Bieber |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
Zooey Deschanel |
"So Long" |
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward |
Winnie The Pooh |
2013 [27] |
T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White |
"Safe & Sound" |
Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars |
The Hunger Games |
Mumford & Sons |
"Learn Me Right" |
Birdy and Mumford & Sons |
Brave |
T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Regine Chassagne |
"Abraham's Daughter" |
Arcade Fire |
The Hunger Games |
Bret McKenzie |
"Man or Muppet" |
Jason Segel and Walter |
The Muppets |
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman |
"Let Me Be Your Star" |
Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty |
Smash |
2014 [28] |
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth |
"Skyfall" |
Adele |
Skyfall |
Elizabeth Grant & Rick Nowels |
"Young and Beautiful" |
Lana Del Rey |
The Great Gatsby |
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin |
"Atlas" |
Coldplay |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
Regina Spektor |
"You've Got Time" |
Regina Spektor |
Orange Is the New Black |
Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw |
"We Both Know" |
Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw |
Safe Haven |
Diane Warren |
"Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)" |
Jessie J |
Silver Linings Playbook |
2015 [29] |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez |
"Let It Go" |
Idina Menzel |
Frozen |
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond |
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" |
Glen Campbell |
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me |
Spike Jonze & Karen O |
"The Moon Song" |
Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix |
Her |
Ed Sheeran |
"I See Fire" |
Ed Sheeran |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton & Shawn Patterson |
"Everything Is Awesome" |
Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island |
The Lego Movie |
2016 [30] |
Common, Che Smith & John Legend |
"Glory" |
Common and John Legend |
Selma |
Belly, Deheala, Stephan Moccio & Abel Tesfaye |
"Earned It" |
The Weeknd |
Fifty Shades of Grey |
Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Lo & Ali Payami |
"Love Me like You Do" |
Ellie Goulding |
Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth |
"See You Again" |
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth |
Furious 7 |
Lady Gaga & Diane Warren |
"Til It Happens to You" |
Lady Gaga |
The Hunting Ground |
2017 [31] |
Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake |
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" |
Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar |
Trolls |
Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback |
"Just Like Fire" |
P!nk |
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
Peter Gabriel |
"The Veil" |
Peter Gabriel |
Snowden |
Tyler Joseph |
"Heathens" |
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Suicide Squad |
Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts |
"Purple Lamborghini" |
Skrillex & Rick Ross |
Sia Furler & Stargate |
"Try Everything" |
Shakira |
Zootopia |
2018 [32] |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
"How Far I'll Go" |
Auli'i Cravalho |
Moana |
Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift |
"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" |
ZAYN and Taylor Swift |
Fifty Shades Darker |
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul |
"City of Stars" |
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone |
La La Land |
Greg Kurstin & Sia Furler |
"Never Give Up" |
Sia |
Lion |
Common & Diane Warren |
"Stand Up for Something" |
Andra Day featuring Common |
Marshall |
2019 [33] |
Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt |
"Shallow" |
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper |
A Star Is Born |
Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith |
"All the Stars" |
Kendrick Lamar and SZA |
Black Panther |
Sufjan Stevens |
"Mystery of Love" |
Sufjan Stevens |
Call Me by Your Name |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez |
"Remember Me" |
Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade |
Coco |
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul |
"This Is Me" |
Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble |
The Greatest Showman |
2020 [34] |
Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere |
"I'll Never Love Again" |
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper |
A Star Is Born |
Dolly Parton & Linda Perry |
"Girl in the Movies" |
Dolly Parton |
Dumplin' |
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh |
"Spirit" |
Beyoncé |
The Lion King |
Thom Yorke |
"Suspirium" |
Thom Yorke |
Suspiria |
Randy Newman |
"The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" |
Chris Stapleton |
Toy Story 4 |
2021 [35] |
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell |
"No Time to Die" |
Billie Eilish |
No Time to Die |
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Taylor Swift |
"Beautiful Ghosts" |
Taylor Swift |
Cats |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez |
"Into the Unknown" |
Idina Menzel and AURORA |
Frozen II |
Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo |
"Stand Up" |
Cynthia Erivo |
Harriet |
Brandi Carlile, Phil and Tim Hanseroth |
"Carried Me With You" |
Brandi Carlile |
Onward |
2022 [36] |
Bo Burnham |
"All Eyes on Me" |
Bo Burnham |
Bo Burnham: Inside |
Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson & Tiara Thomas |
"Fight for You" |
H.E.R. |
Judas and the Black Messiah |
Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr. |
"Speak Now" |
Leslie Odom Jr. |
One Night in Miami... |
Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul |
"All I Know So Far" |
P!nk |
P!NK: All I Know So Far |
Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole Klein |
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" |
Jennifer Hudson |
Respect |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez |
"Agatha All Along" |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White |
WandaVision |
2023 [37][38] |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" |
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast |
Encanto |
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott Dixson |
"Be Alive" |
Beyoncé |
King Richard |
Michael Tucker & Stefani Germanotta |
"Hold My Hand" |
Lady Gaga |
Top Gun: Maverick |
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell |
"Nobody Like U" |
4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva |
Turning Red |
Taylor Swift |
"Carolina" |
Taylor Swift |
Where the Crawdads Sing |
Angélique Kidjo, Jeremy Lutito & Jessy Wilson |
"Keep Rising (The Woman King)" |
Jessy Wilson featuring Angélique Kidjo |
The Woman King |
2024 [39] |
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell |
"What Was I Made For?" |
Billie Eilish |
Barbie |
Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj |
"Barbie World" |
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice featuring Aqua |
Barbie |
Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt |
"Dance the Night" |
Dua Lipa |
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt |
"I'm Just Ken" |
Ryan Gosling |
Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty & Temilade Openiyi |
"Lift Me Up" |
Rihanna |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |