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Oscar Winners
Best Music /
Best Original Song
1934 - "The Continental," from The Gay Divorcee; Con Conrad (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics)
1935 - "Lullaby of Broadway," from Gold Diggers of 1935; Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics)
1936 - "The Way You Look Tonight," from Swing Time; Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
1937 - "Sweet Leilani," from Waikiki Wedding; Harry Owens
1938 - "Thanks for the Memory," from The Big Broadcast of 1938; Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics)
1939 - "Over the Rainbow," from The Wizard of Oz; Harold Arlen (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)
1940 - "When You Wish Upon a Star," from Pinocchio; Leigh Harline (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
1941 - "The Last Time I Saw Paris," from Lady Be Good; Jerome Kern (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
1942 - "White Christmas," from Holiday Inn; Irving Berlin
1943 - "You'll Never Know," from Hello Frisco, Hello; Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics)
1944 - "Swinging on a Star," from Going My Way; James Van Heusen (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
1945 - "It Might as Well Be Spring," from State Fair; Richard Rodgers (music), Oscar Hammerstein II
1946 - "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe," from The Harvey Girls; Harry Warren (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
1947 - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," from Song of the South; Allie Wrubel (music), Ray Gilbert (lyrics)
1948 - "Buttons and Bows," from The Paleface; Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
1949 - "Baby, It's Cold Outside," from Neptune's Daughter; Frank Loesser
1950 - "Mona Lisa," from Captain Carey, U.S.A.; Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
1951 - "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," from Here Comes the Groom; Hoagy Carmichael (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
1952 - "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," from High Noon; Dmitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
1953 - "Secret Love," from Calamity Jane; Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
1954 - "Three Coins in the Fountain," from Three Coins in the Fountain; Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1955 - "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing; Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
1956 - "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," from The Man Who Knew Too Much; Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
1957 - "All the Way," from The Joker Is Wild; James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1958 - "Gigi," from Gigi; Frederick Loewe (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
1959 - "High Hopes," from A Hole in the Head; James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1960 - "Never on Sunday," from Pote tin Kyriaki; Manos Hadjidakis
1961 - "Moon River," from Breakfast at Tiffany's; Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
1962 - "Days of Wine and Roses," from Days of Wine and Roses; Henry Mancini (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
1963 - "Call Me Irresponsible," from Papa's Delicate Condition; James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
1964 - "Chim Chim Cher-ee," from Mary Poppins; Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
1965 - "The Shadow of Your Smile," from The Sandpiper; Johnny Mandel (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
1966 - "Born Free," from Born Free; John Barry (music), Don Black (lyrics)
1967 - "Talk to the Animals," from Doctor Dolittle; Leslie Bricusse
1968 - "Windmills of Your Mind," from The Thomas Crown Affair; Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
1969 - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Burt Bacharach (music), Hal David (lyrics)
1970 - "For All We Know," from Lovers and Other Strangers; Fred Karlin (music), Robb Royer (lyrics), James Griffin (lyrics)
1971 - "Theme from Shaft," from Shaft; Isaac Hayes
1972 - "The Morning After," from The Poseidon Adventure; Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
1973 - "The Way We Were," from The Way We Were; Marvin Hamlisch (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
1974 - "We May Never Love Like This Again," from The Towering Inferno; Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
1975 - "I'm Easy," from Nashville; Keith Carradine
1976 - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)," from A Star Is Born; Barbra Streisand (music), Paul Williams (lyrics)
1977 - "You Light Up My Life," from You Light Up My Life; Joseph Brooks
1978 - "Last Dance," from Thank God, It's Friday; Paul Jabara
1979 - "It Goes Like It Goes," from Norma Rae; David Shire (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics)
1980 - "Fame," from Fame; Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
1981 - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," from Arthur; Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen
1982 - "Up Where We Belong," from An Officer and a Gentleman; Jack Nitzsche (music), Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Wilbur Jennings (lyrics)
1983 - "Flashdance...What a Feeling," from Flashdance; Giorgio Moroder (music), Keith Forsey (lyrics), Irene Cara (lyrics)
1984 - "I Just Called to Say I Love You," from The Woman in Red; Stevie Wonder
1985 - "Say You, Say Me," from White Nights; Lionel Richie
1986 - "Take My Breath Away," from Top Gun; Giorgio Moroder (music), Tom Whitlock (lyrics)
1987 - "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," from Dirty Dancing; Franke Previte (music), John DeNicola (music), Donald Markowitz (music), Franke Previte (lyrics)
1988 - "Let the River Run," from Working Girl; Carly Simon
1989 - "Under the Sea," from The Little Mermaid; Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics)
1990 - "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)," from Dick Tracy; Stephen Sondheim
1991 - "Beauty and the Beast ," from Beauty and the Beast; Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics)
1992 - "A Whole New World," from Aladdin; Alan Menken (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1993 - "Streets of Philadelphia," from Philadelphia; Bruce Springsteen
1994 - "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," from The Lion King; Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1995 - "Colors of the Wind," from Pocahontas; Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
1996 - "You Must Love Me," from Evita; Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1997 - "My Heart Will Go On," from Titanic; James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)
1998 - "When You Believe" from Prince Of Egypt; Stephen Schwartz
1999 - "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan; Phil Collins
2000 - "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys; Bob Dylan
2001 - "I Wouldn't Have Nothing" from Monsters Inc.; Randy Newman
2002 - "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile; Eminem A.K.A. Marshall Mathers (Music & Lyrics), Jeff Bass and Luis Resto (Music)
2003 - "Into The West" from Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Frances Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox
2004 - "Al Otro Ladio Del Rio" from The Motorcycle Diaries; Jorge Drexler
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