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Academy Award for Best Original Song; Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: 1934: Most recent winner: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell "What Was I Made For?" Website: oscars.org
- “Over the Rainbow," Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from The Wizard of Oz. As timeless as they come. The legendary Judy Garland singing the splendid “Over the Rainbow” in The Wizard of Oz is pretty much the gold standard of movie magic.
- “Lose Yourself," Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto from 8 Mile. Eminem’s amped-up anthem made Oscar history back in 2002, becoming the first-ever hip-hop track to win an Academy Award for best original song.
- “Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová from Once. Basically every song from Once is Oscar-worthy (yep, even “Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy”), but “Falling Slowly” is the one that made everyone fall madly in love with the duo and their little movie (and eventually, Broadway show) that could.
- “Take My Breath Away," Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock from Top Gun. This soaring, synth-y ballad not only took Berlin all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but to the dizzying heights of having performed a song that won an Academy Award (for songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock).
- “White Christmas” from “Holiday Inn” (1942), by Irving Berlin. It always feels strange watching the “Holiday Inn” scene where Bing Crosby, playing a songwriter, teaches this song to Marjorie Reynolds as something that had recently come off the top of his head, because implicit in the scene is the idea that “White Christmas” was written by a human, not God.
- “Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. When you think about it, both of these two top-tier Oscar songs are ditties about the weather.
- “When You Wish Upon a Star” from “Pinocchio” (1940), by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington. The great triumvirate of movie “wish” songs is completed by Jiminy Cricket’s opening and closing anthem about wishing to be real… something we could all aspire to.
- “Theme From ‘Shaft’” from “Shaft” (1971), by Isaac Hayes. And now, a different kind of wish fulfillment: that you could be a “private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks.”
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- Somewhere Over the Rainbow. 1,015 votes. The Wizard of Oz 1939.
- Beauty and the Beast. 732 votes. Beauty and the Beast 1991.
- When You Wish Upon a Star. 709 votes. Pinocchio 1940.
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight. 793 votes. The Lion King 1994.
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- “Over The Rainbow” (The Wizard Of Oz, 1939) Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz (1/8) Movie CLIP (1939) HD. The Wizard Of Oz is so deeply ingrained into American culture that it’s difficult to imagine a world without “Over The Rainbow.”
- “Theme From Shaft” (Shaft, 1971) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (1971) A virtual film in its own right, Issac Hayes created a masterpiece with his “Theme From Shaft.”
- “The Way You Look Tonight” (Swing Time, 1936) Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight. Debuted in Swing Time, where Fred Astaire sang it to Ginger Rogers, “The Way You Look Tonight” belongs in the rarified air of songs that are perhaps better known in their cover versions.
- “Things Have Changed” (Wonder Boys, 2000) Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed (Official HD Video) Written for Curtis Hanson’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys, “Things Have Changed” won Bob Dylan his Oscar with a song that held true to the sound and sensibility of this late-career revival.
Feb 6, 2020 · Oscars best original song winners – ranked! They span nine decades and cover umpteen genres, from power ballads to gangsta rap, and the Top 40 winners are … Alexis Petridis. Thu 6 Feb 2020...
Feb 9, 2020 · From your favorite Disney hits to tracks by Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, and more, these are the best Academy Award-winning songs from the past four decades.
