Oscar for Best Original Song – Sheet Music
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Since 1934, the Best Original Song category has been a real highlight at the Oscars for musicians and laypeople alike. Browse our sheet music and scores for all the best Film Music songs, and click here for a list of all the Oscars Best Original Songs.
All the Oscars for Best Song
1934-1939
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- 1934:
The Continental from
The Gay Divorcee by Herb Magidson & Con Conrad
- 1935:
Lullaby of Broadway from
Gold Diggers of 1935 by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
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Swing Time by Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern
- 1937:
Sweet Lellani from
Waikiki Wedding by Harry Owens
- 1938:
Thanks for the Memory from
The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Leo Robin & Ralph Ranger
- 1939:
Over the Rainbow from
The Wizard of Oz by E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen
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1940-1949
- 1940: When You Wish Upon A Star from Pinocchio by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
- 1941: The Last Time I Saw Paris from Lady Be Good von Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern
- 1942: White Christmas from Holiday Inn by Irving Berlin
- 1943: You’ll Never Know from Hello, Frisco, Hello by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
- 1944: Swingin’ On A Star from Going My Way by Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen
- 1945: It Might As Well Be Spring from State Fair by Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
- 1946: On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe from The Harvey Girls by Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren
- 1947: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song of the South by Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel
- 1948: Buttons and Bows from Paleface by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
- 1949: Baby It’s Cold Outside from Neptune’s Daughter by Frank Loesser
1950-1959
- 1950: Mona Lisa from Captain Carey, U.S.A by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
- 1951: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening from Here Comes the Groom by Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
- 1952: High Noon from High Noon by Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin
- 1953: Secret Love from Calamity Jane by Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain
- 1954: Three Coins In a Fountain from Three Coins in a Fountain by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
- 1955: Love is a Many Splendored Thing from Love is a Many Splendored Thing by Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain
- 1956: Que sera, sera from The Man Who Knew Too Much by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston
- 1957: All The Way from The Joker is Wild by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
- 1958: Gigi from Gigi by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
- 1959: High Hopes from A Hole in the Head by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
1960-1969
- 1960: Never on Sunday from Never on Sunday by Manos Hadjidakis
- 1961: Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
- 1962: Days of Wine and Roses from Days of Wine and Roses by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
- 1963: Call Me Irresponsible from Papa’s Delicate Condition by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
- 1964: Chim Chim Cheree from Mary Poppins by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
- 1965: The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper by Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel
- 1966: Born Free from Born Free by Don Black & John Barry
- 1967: Talk to the Animals from Doctor Doolittle by Leslie Bricusse
- 1968: The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Michel LeGrand
- 1969: Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by Hal David & Burt Bacharach
1970-1979
- 1970: For All We Know from Lovers and Other Strangers by Fred Karlin (music); Jimmy Griffin & Robb Royer (music)
- 1971: The Theme From Shaft from Shaft by Isaac Hayes
- 1972: The Morning After from The Poseidon Adventure by Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn
- 1973: The Way We Were from The Way We Were by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlish
- 1974: We May Never Love Like This Again from The Towering Inferno by Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn
- 1975: I’m Easy from Nashville by Keith Carradine
- 1976: Evergreen from A Star Is Born by Paul Williams & Barbra Streisand
- 1977: You Light Up My Life from You Light Up My Life by Joseph Brooks
- 1978: Last Dance form Thank God It’s Friday by Paul Jabara
- 1979: It Goes Like It Goes from Norma Rae by Normal Gimbel
1980-1989
- 1980: Fame from Fame by Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
- 1981: Best That You Can Do from Arthur by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager
- 1982: Up Where We Belong from An Officer and A Gentleman by Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings & Buffy Sainte Marie
- 1983: What A Feeling from Flashdance by Keith Forsey, Irene Cara & Giorgio Moroder
- 1984: I Just Called to Say I Love You from The Lady In Red by Stevie Wonder
- 1985: Say You, Say Me from White Nights by Lionel Richie
- 1986: Take My Breath Away from Top Gun by Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock
- 1987: The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte
- 1988: Let the River Run from Working Girl by Carly Simon
- 1989: Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
1990-1999
- 1990: Sooner Or Later from Dick Tracy by Stephen Sondheim
- 1991: Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
- 1992: A Whole New World from Aladdin by Alan Menken & Tim Rice
- 1993: Streets of Philadelphia from Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen
- 1994: Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King by Elton John & Tim Rice
- 1995: Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
- 1996: You Must Love Me from Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
- 1997: My Heart Will Go On from Titanic by James Horner & Will Jennings
- 1998: When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt by Stephen Schwartz
- 1999: You’ll be in my heart from Tarzan by Phil Collins
2000-2009
- 2000: Things Have Changed from Wonder Boys by Bob Dylan
- 2001: If I Didn’t Have You from Monsters, Inc. by Randy Newman
- 2002: Lose Yourself from 8 Mile by Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto
- 2003: Into the West from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox
- 2004: Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries by Jorge Drexler
- 2005: It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp from Hustle & Flow by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard
- 2006: I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth by Melissa Etheridge
- 2007: Falling Slowly from Once by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
- 2008: Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R.Rahman & Gulzar
- 2009: The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart by Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett
2010-2019
- 2010: We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman
- 2011: Man or Muppet from The Muppets by Bret McKenzie
- 2012: Skyfall from Skyfall by Adel Adkins & Paul Epworth
- 2013: Let It Go from Frozen by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
- 2014: Glory from Selma by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
- 2015: Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
- 2016: City of Stars from La La Land by Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
- 2017: Remember Me from Coco by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- 2018: Shallow from A Star is Born by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
- 2019: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again from Rocketman by Elton John, Bernie Taupin
2020 Onwards
- 2020: Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah by H.E.R., D’Mile, Tiara Thomas
- 2021: No Time to Die from No Time to Die by Bille Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
- 2022: Naatu Naatu from RRR by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose
- 2023: What Was I Made For? from Barbie by Billie EIlish and Finneas O’Connell
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