Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Award awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media. Through the years it's been awarded, since 1988, it has gone through several name changes:

Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Awarded for	quality film/television songs
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1988 ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail)
Currently held by	Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, "I'll Never Love Again (Film Version)" from A Star Is Born (2020)
Website	grammy.com

History

• 1988–1999: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
• 2000–2011: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
• 2012–present: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

The award goes to the composer(s) of the winning song, not to the performing artist(s) (except if the artist is also the composer).

Multiple winners and nominees

Alan Menken has the most wins (five times). After him, Randy Newman has three wins whilst James Horner, Howard Ashman, T Bone Burnett and Lady Gaga have two wins each. Alan Menken and Lady Gaga are the only artists to win this category in consecutive years.

Diane Warren has the most nominations with ten, followed by Alan Menken with nine, Babyface with seven, James Horner and T Bone Burnett with four each, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Michael Kamen and Taylor Swift with three each (all of them won at least one Grammy).

Sting and Beyoncé are the most nominated artists without wins (nominated three times). Stephen Sondheim, Elton John, Elvis Costello and U2 were nominated two times without winning. Babyface was the artist with more nominations in a single year with 3 nominations in 1997 but failed to win the award that year. The 2018 film A Star Is Born is the first to be nominated and win two years in a row.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Songwriter(s)	Film/Television	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1988	James Horner Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	An American Tail	"Somewhere Out There"	Moonlighting – Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge for "Moonlighting" Dirty Dancing – Franke Pevite, John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Mannequin – Diane Warren & Albert Hammond for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Who's That Girl – Patrick Leonard & Madonna for "Who's That Girl"	[1]
1989	Phil Collins Lamont Dozier	Buster	"Two Hearts"	1988 Summer Olympics – Albert Hammond & John Bettis for "One Moment in Time" Bright Lights, Big City – Donald Fagen for "Century's End" Cocktail – Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips & Scott McKenzie for "Kokomo" Cry Freedom – George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa for "Cry Freedom"	[2]
1990	Carly Simon	Working Girl	"Let the River Run"	Batman – Prince for "Partyman" Parenthood – Randy Newman for "I Love to See You Smile" Shirley Valentine – Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch for "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" U2: Rattle and Hum – U2 for "Angel of Harlem"	[3]
1991	Alan Menken Howard Ashman	The Little Mermaid	"Under the Sea"	Dick Tracy – Stephen Sondheim for "More" Dick Tracy – Stephen Sondheim for "Sooner or Later" The Little Mermaid – Howard Ashman & Alan Menken for "Kiss the Girl" Young Guns II – Jon Bon Jovi for "Blaze of Glory"	[4]
1992	Robert John "Mutt" Lange Michael Kamen Bryan Adams	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Home Alone – John Williams & Leslie Bricusse for "Somewhere in My Memory" Jungle Fever – Stevie Wonder for "Gotta Have You" Switch – Lyle Lovett for "You Can't Resist It"	[5]
1993	Howard Ashman Alan Menken	Beauty and the Beast	"Beauty and the Beast"	A League of Their Own – Carole King for "Now and Forever" Lethal Weapon 3 – Michael Kamen, Sting & Eric Clapton for "It's Probably Me" The Mambo Kings – Robert Kraft & Arne Glimcher for "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" Rush – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings for "Tears in Heaven"	[6]
1994	Alan Menken Tim Rice	Aladdin	"A Whole New World"	Aladdin – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman for "Friend Like Me" The Bodyguard – David Foster & Linda Thompson for "I Have Nothing" The Bodyguard – Allan Dennis Rich & Jud Friedman for "Run to You" What's Love Got to Do with It – Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie & Billy Lawrie for "I Don't Wanna Fight"	[7]
1995	Bruce Springsteen	Philadelphia	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Beethoven's 2nd – Carole Bayer Sager, Clif Magness & James Ingram for "The Day I Fall In Love" The Lion King – Elton John & Tim Rice for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" The Lion King – Elton John & Tim Rice for "Circle of Life" With Honors – Madonna, Patrick Leonard & Richard Page for "I'll Remember"	[8]
1996	Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz	Pocahontas	"Colors of the Wind"	Bad Boys – Babyface for "Someone to Love" Clockers – Bruce Hornsby & Chaka Khan for "Love Me Still" Don Juan DeMarco – Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John Lange – For "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The Pagemaster – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil – For "Whatever You Imagine"	[9]
1997	Diane Warren	Up Close & Personal	"Because You Loved Me"	Sabrina – John Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman for "Moonlight" Waiting to Exhale – Babyface for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Waiting to Exhale – Babyface for "It Hurts Like Hell" Waiting to Exhale – Babyface, Michael Houston & Whitney Houston for "Count On Me"	[10]
1998	R. Kelly	Space Jam	"I Believe I Can Fly"	Con Air – Diane Warren for "How Do I Live" Mandela and de Klerk – Cédric Gradus Samson for "Father of Our Nation" One Fine Day – Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Dennis Rich for "For the First Time" Soul Food – Babyface for "A Song for Mama"	[11]
1999	James Horner Will Jennings	Titanic	"My Heart Will Go On"	Armageddon – Diane Warren for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" City of Angels – Alanis Morissette for "Uninvited" Mulan – Matthew Wilder & David Zippel for "True to Your Heart" Tomorrow Never Dies – Sheryl Crow & Mitchell Froom for "Tomorrow Never Dies"	[12]
2000	Madonna William Orbit	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	"Beautiful Stranger"	A Bug's Life – Randy Newman for "The Time Of Your Life" Music of the Heart – Diane Warren for "Music of My Heart" The Prince of Egypt – Stephen Schwartz & Babyface for "When You Believe" Tarzan – Phil Collins for "You'll Be in My Heart"	[13]
2001	Randy Newman	Toy Story 2	"When She Loved Me"	Charlie's Angels – Samuel J. Barnes, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Claude Olivier & Cory Rooney for "Independent Women Part I" Magnolia – Aimee Mann for "Save Me" Man on the Moon – Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe for "The Great Beyond" Wonder Boys – Bob Dylan for "Things Have Changed"	[14]
2002	John Flansburgh John Linnell	Malcolm in the Middle	"Boss of Me"	The Emperor's New Groove – David Hartley & Sting for "My Funny Friend And Me" Men of Honor – Brandon Barnes, Brian McKnight for "Win" Pearl Harbor – Diane Warren for "There You'll Be" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun & James Schamus for "A Love Before Time"	[15]
2003	Randy Newman	Monsters, Inc.	"If I Didn't Have You"	Brown Sugar – Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Robert C. Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge for "Love of My Life – An Ode to Hip Hop" The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Enya, Nicky Ryan & Roma Ryan for "May It Be" Spider-Man – Chad Kroeger for "Hero" Vanilla Sky – Paul McCartney for "Vanilla Sky"	[16]
2004	Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Michael McKean	A Mighty Wind	"A Mighty Wind"	2 Fast 2 Furious – Ludacris & Keith McMasters for "Act a Fool" 8 Mile – Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto for "Lose Yourself" Chicago – Fred Ebb & John Kander for "I Move On" Gangs of New York – U2 for "The Hands That Built America"	[17]
2005	Annie Lennox Howard Shore Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	"Into the West"	Cold Mountain – T-Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello for "The Scarlet Tide" Cold Mountain – Sting for "You Will Be My Ain True Love" Shrek 2 – David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley & Dan Vickrey for "Accidentally in Love" The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) – Benoît Charest & Sylvain Chomet for "Belleville Rendez-Vous"	[18]
2006	Glen Ballard Alan Silvestri	The Polar Express	"Believe"	Six Feet Under – Arcade Fire for "Cold Wind" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – John August & Danny Elfman for "Wonka's Welcome Song" Elizabethtown – Tom Petty for "Square One" Hotel Rwanda – Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean & Wonda for "Million Voices"	[19]
2007	Randy Newman	Cars	"Our Town"	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – Imogen Heap for "Can't Take It In" An Inconvenient Truth – Melissa Etheridge for "I Need To Wake Up" The Producers – Mel Brooks for "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" Transamerica – Dolly Parton for "Travelin' Thru"	[20]
2008	Siedah Garrett Henry Krieger	Dreamgirls	"Love You I Do"	Casino Royale – David Arnold & Chris Cornell for "You Know My Name" Happy Feet – Prince for "Song of the Heart" Into the Wild – Eddie Vedder for "Guaranteed" Once – Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová for "Falling Slowly"	[21]
2009	Peter Gabriel Thomas Newman	WALL-E	"Down to Earth"	The Bucket List – John Mayer for "Say" Enchanted – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz for "Ever Ever After" Enchanted – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz for "That's How You Know" Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly for "Walk Hard"	[22]
2010	Gulzar A. R. Rahman Tanvi Shah	Slumdog Millionaire	"Jai Ho"	Where the Wild Things Are – Karen O & Nick Zinner for "All Is Love" Twilight – Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York for "Decode" Cadillac Records – Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street for "Once in a Lifetime" The Wrestler – Bruce Springsteen for "The Wrestler" Hannah Montana: The Movie – Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe for "The Climb"^[II]	[23]
2011	Ryan Bingham T Bone Burnett	Crazy Heart	"The Weary Kind"	The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman & Dr. John for "Down in New Orleans" Avatar – Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell, James Horner & Leona Lewis for "I See You (Theme from Avatar)" True Blood – Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello for "Kiss Like Your Kiss" Treme – Steve Earle for "This City"	[24]
2012	Alan Menken Glenn Slater	Tangled	"I See the Light"	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – Diane Warren for "Born to Be Somebody" Family Guy – Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith for "Christmastime Is Killing Us" Winnie The Pooh – Zooey Deschanel for "So Long" Footloose – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven for "Where The River Goes" Burlesque – Diane Warren for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"	[25]
2013	T Bone Burnett Taylor Swift The Civil Wars	The Hunger Games	"Safe & Sound"	The Hunger Games – T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Regine Chassagne for "Abraham's Daughter" Brave – Mumford & Sons for "Learn Me Right" Smash – Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for "Let Me Be Your Star" The Muppets – Bret McKenzie for "Man or Muppet"	[26]
2014	Adele Adkins Paul Epworth	Skyfall	"Skyfall"	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin for "Atlas" Silver Linings Playbook – Diane Warren for "Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)" Safe Haven – Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw for "We Both Know" The Great Gatsby – Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels for "Young and Beautiful" Orange Is the New Black – Regina Spektor for "You've Got Time"	[27]
2015	Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez	Frozen	"Let It Go"	The Lego Movie – The Lonely Island, Jo Li, and Shawn Patterson for "Everything Is Awesome" The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Ed Sheeran for "I See Fire" Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond for "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" Her – Spike Jonze & Karen O for "The Moon Song"	[28]
2016	Common Che Smith John Legend	Selma	"Glory"	Fifty Shades of Grey – Belly, Deheala, Stephan Moccio, & The Weeknd for "Earned It" Fifty Shades of Grey – Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Lo, & Ali Payami for "Love Me like You Do" Furious 7 – Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa, & Charlie Puth for "See You Again" The Hunting Ground – Lady Gaga & Diane Warren for "Til It Happens to You"	[29]
2017	Max Martin Shellback Justin Timberlake	Trolls	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Suicide Squad – Tyler Joseph for "Heathens" Alice Through The Looking Glass – Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback for "Just Like Fire" Suicide Squad – Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts for "Purple Lamborghini" Zootopia – Sia Furler & Stargate for "Try Everything" Snowden – Peter Gabriel for "The Veil"	[30]
2018	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Moana	"How Far I'll Go"	La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, Pasek & Paul for "City of Stars" Fifty Shades Darker – Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" Lion – Greg Kurstin & Sia for "Never Give Up" Marshall – Common & Diane Warren for "Stand Up for Something"	[31]
2019	Lady Gaga Mark Ronson Anthony Rossomando Andrew Wyatt	A Star Is Born	"Shallow"	Black Panther – Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith for "All the Stars" Call Me by Your Name – Sufjan Stevens for "Mystery of Love" Coco – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez for "Remember Me" The Greatest Showman – Pasek & Paul for "This Is Me"	[32]
2020	Lady Gaga Natalie Hemby Hillary Lindsey Aaron Raitiere		"I'll Never Love Again"	Dumplin' – Dolly Parton and Linda Perry for "Girl in the Movies" Suspiria – Thom Yorke for "Suspirium" The Lion King – Beyoncé, Labrinth and Ilya Salmanzadeh for "Spirit" Toy Story 4 – Randy Newman for "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"	[33]
2021	TBA	TBA	TBA	Cats – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift for "Beautiful Ghosts" Onward – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth for "Carried Me With You" Frozen II – Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for "Into the Unknown" No Time to Die – Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell for "No Time to Die" Harriet – Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo for "Stand Up"

Notes

• ^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
• ^{^[II]} "The Climb", written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe and featured in Hannah Montana: The Movie, was originally nominated but was withdrawn by Walt Disney Records because it had not been written specifically for a film as the category's eligibility rules require. NARAS released a statement thanking Disney for its honesty and announcing that "The Climb" had been replaced by "All Is Love", with the fifth highest initial votes.[34]

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