Celebrating 90 years of Academy Award-winning music.
Every January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world watch the Academy Awards in eager anticipation. Hundreds of millions of movie lovers watch the glamorous celebrities and extravagant ceremony that reveals who will receive the most prestigious honors in filmmaking.
We thought it would be fun to make a mix of songs that won an Oscar, and also deserved it. There can be politics involved. When you look at some of the other nominees, how could they be passed over? But sometimes the Academy can really get it right. The music that does win can leave a lasting impact as there is a confirmation from the highest authority, that these songs are noteworthy. It becomes a mental note that every time we hear that song, it brings us back to the year we would hear it every day, until it faded from every minute to once in a while. The Oscars guarantee the life of the song lives on for generations.
It will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at 5:00 p.m. PST on March 4, 2018. Jimmy Kimmel will host for a second consecutive year, making him the first person to host back-to-back ceremonies since Billy Crystal in 1997 and 1998.
Below you will find a complete list of every Oscar winner for Best Original Song since 1934. For a complete list of nominees for the 90th Oscars, click here. What music made the final cut?
THE MIX | Best Original Songs
by Popdust
02.26.18 | This week, our MUSIC MONDAY features a choice selection of music that were Academy Award Winners for Best Original Song. Some of these songs will give you some fuel to kick this week off with a cinematic theme.
THE BREAKDOWN
“Hard out here for a Pimp” (2005)
Hustle And Flow – Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard
2017 Oscar Nominations for Best Original Song
- “Mighty River” from Mudbound – Music and Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
- “Mystery of Love” from Call Me by Your Name– Music and Lyrics by Sufjan Stevens
- “Remember Me” from Coco– Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- “Stand Up for Something” from Marshall– Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Common and Diane Warren
- “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman – Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
1934 – 2016 Academy Award Winners for Best Original Song
2016 “City of Stars“ – La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
2015 “Writing’s on the Wall” – Spectre – Jimmy Napes & Sam Smith
2014 “Glory“ – Selma – John Legend, Common & Che Smith
2013 “Let It Go“ – Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
2012 “Skyfall“ – Skyfall – Adel Adkins & Paul Epworth
2011 “Man or Muppet“ – The Muppets – Bret McKenzie
2010 “We Belong Together“ – Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman
2009 “The Weary Kind“ – Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett
2008 “Jai Ho” –Slumdog Millionaire – m: A.R.Rahman, l: Gulzar
2007 “Falling Slowly“ – Once – Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
2006 “I Need to Wake Up“ – An Inconvenient Truth – Melissa Etheridge
2005 “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp“ – Hustle & Flow – Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard
2004 “Al otro lado del río“ – The Motorcycle Diaries – Diaries Jorge Drexler
2003 “Into the West“ – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox
2002 “Lose Yourself“ – 8 Mile – Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto
2001 “If I Didn’t Have You“ – Monsters, Inc. – Randy Newman
2000 “Things Have Changed“ – Wonder Boys – Bob Dylan
1999 “You’ll Be in My Heart” – Tarzan – Phil Collins
1998 “When You Believe” – The Prince of Egypt – Stephen Schwartz
1997 “My Heart Will Go On” – Titanic – James Horner & Will Jennings
1996 “You Must Love Me” – Evita – Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
1995 “Colors of the Wind” – Pocahontas – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
1994 “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – The Lion King – Elton John & Tim Rice
1993 “Streets of Philadelphia” – Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
1992 “A Whole New World” – Aladdin – Alan Menken & Tim Rice
1991 “Beauty and the Beast” – Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
1990 “Sooner Or Later” – Dick Tracy – Stephen Sondheim
1989 “Under the Sea” – The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
1988 “Let the River Run” – Working Girl – Carly Simon
1987 “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” – Dirty Dancing – Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte
1986 “Take My Breath Away” – Top Gun – Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock
1985 “Say You, Say Me” – White Nights Lionel Richie
1984 “I Just Called to Say I Love You” – The Lady In Red – Stevie Wonder
1983 “What A Feeling” – Flashdance – Keith Forsey, Irene Cara &
1982 “Up Where We Belong” – An Officer and A Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings & Buffy Sainte Marie
1981 “Arthur’s Theme” – Arthur – Carol Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen & Burt Bacharach
1980 “Fame” – Fame – Dolly Parton
1979 “It Goes Like It Goes Norma Rae Normal Gimbel
1978 “Last Dance” – Thank God It’s Friday – Paul Jabara
1977 “You Light Up My Life” – You Light Up My Life – Joseph Brooks
1976 “Evergreen” – A Star Is Born – Paul Williams & Barbra Streisand
1975 “I’m Easy” – Nashville – Keith Carradine
1974 “We May Never Love Like This Again” – The Towering Inferno – Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn
1973 “The Way We Were The Way We Were Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlish
1972 “The Morning After The Poseidon Adventure Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn
1971 “The Theme From Shaft” – Shaft – Isaac Hayes
1970 “For All We Know” – Lovers and Other Strangers – Arthur James, Robb Wilson & Fred Karlin
1969 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Hal David & Burt Bacharach
1968 “The Windmills of Your Mind” – The Thomas Crown Affair – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Michel LeGrand
1967 “Talk to the Animals” Doctor Doolittle – Leslie Bricusse
1966 “Born Free” – Born Free – Don Black & John Barry
1965 “The Shadow of Your Smile” – The Sandpiper – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel
1964 “Chim Chim Cheree” – Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
1963 “Call Me Irresponsible” – Papa’s Delicate Condition – Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
1962 “Days of Wine and Roses” – Days of Wine and Roses – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
1961 “Moon River” – Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
1960 “Never on Sunday” – Never on Sunday – Manos Hadjidakis
1959 “High Hopes” – A Hole in the Head – Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
1958 “Gigi” – Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
1957 “All The Way” – All The Way – Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
1956 “Que Sera, Sera” – The Man Who Knew Too Much – Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
1955 “Love is a Many Splendored Thing” – Love is a Many Splendored Thing – Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain
1954 “Three Coins In a Fountain” – Three Coins in a Fountain – Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
1953 “Secret Love” – Calamity Jane – Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain
1952 “High Noon” – High Noon – Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin
1951 “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” – Here Comes the Groom – Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
1950 “Mona Lisa” – Captain Carey, U.S.A. – Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
1949 “Baby It’s Cold Outside” – Neptune’s Daughter – Frank Loesser
1948 “Buttons and Bows” – Paleface – Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
1947 “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” – Song of the South – Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel
1946 “On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe” – The Harvey Girls – Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren
1945 “It Might As Well Be Spring” – State Fair Oscar – Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
1944 “Swingin’ On A Star” – Going My Way – Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen
1943 “You’ll Never Know” – Hello, Frisco, Hello – Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
1942 “White Christmas” – Holiday Inn – Irving Berlin
1941 “The Last Time I Saw Paris” – Lady Be Good – Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern
1940 “When You Wish Upon A Star” – Pinocchio – Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
1939 “Over the Rainbow” – The Wizard of Oz – E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen
1938 “Thanks for the Memory” – The Big Broadcast of 1938 – Leo Robin & Ralph Ranger
1937 “Sweet Lellani” – Waikiki Wedding – Harry Owens
1936 “The Way You Look Tonight” – Swing – Time Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern
1935 “Lullaby of Broadway” – Gold Diggers of 1935 – Al Dubin & Harry Warren
1934 “The Continental” – The Gay Divorcee – Herb Magidson & Con Conrad
Watch The Oscars on Sunday, March 4th on ABC Live Stream at 5pm PST.
Dan Victor is editor of Popdust and producer of Popdust Presents. He is also a music producer, bassist for Low Profile (live hip hop) & The Coldpress (indie rap) and front-man for Ductape Halo (indie rock). Follow on Youtube.
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