| 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][a] |
| 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" | twenty øne piløts | 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 |
