GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Song Written For Visual Media
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020)
winner
, No Time To Die [From No Time To Die]
nominees
Beautiful Ghosts [From Cats]
Carried Me With You [From Onward]
Into The Unknown [From Frozen 2]
Stand Up [From Harriet]
62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)
winner
, I'll Never Love Again (Film Version)
nominees
The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy
Girl In The Movies
Spirit
Suspirium
61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)
winner
Shallow
nominees
All The Stars
Mystery Of Love
Remember Me
This Is Me
60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)
nominees
Stand Up For Something
Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day Featuring Common)
City Of Stars
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)
I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (ZAYN & Taylor Swift)
Never Give Up
Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)
59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)
winner
Can't Stop The Feeling!
Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
nominees
Heathens
Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
Just Like Fire
Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk)
Purple Lamborghini
Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
Try Everything
Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira)
The Veil
Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel)
58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)
nominees
Til It Happens To You
Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)
Love Me Like You Do
Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding)
See You Again
Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)
57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)
nominees
Everything Is Awesome!!!
Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone, songwriters (Tegan And Sara Featuring The Lonely Island)
I See Fire
Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
I'm Not Gonna Miss You
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
The Moon Song
Spike Jonze & Karen O, songwriters (Scarlett Johansson & Joaquin Phoenix)
56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)
nominees
You've Got Time
Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)
Atlas
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
Silver Lining
Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)
We Both Know
Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)
Young And Beautiful
Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)
winner
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Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)
T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
nominees
Abraham's Daughter (From The Hunger Games)
T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
Learn Me Right (From Brave)
Mumford & Sons (Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford), songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
Let Me Be Your Star (From Smash)
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
Man Or Muppet (From The Muppets)
Bret McKenzie, songwriter (Jason Segel & Walter)
54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)
winner
I See The Light (From Tangled)
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
nominees
Born To Be Somebody
Diane Warren, songwriter (Justin Bieber)
Christmastime Is Killing Us
Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith, songwriters (Danny Smith, Ron Jones & Seth MacFarlane)
So Long
Zooey Deschanel, songwriter (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Where The River Goes
Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven, songwriters (Zac Brown)
You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me
Diane Warren, songwriter (Cher)
53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)
winner
The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart)
Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)
nominees
Kiss Like Your Kiss (From True Blood)
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello)
This City (From Tremé)
Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle)
Down In New Orleans (From The Princess And The Frog)
Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John)
I See You (From Avatar)
Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis)
52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)
winner
Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
nominees
All Is Love
Karen O & Nick Zinner, songwriters (Karen O & The Kids)
Decode
Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Once In A Lifetime
Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street, songwriters (Beyoncé)
The Wrestler
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)
nominees
Say
John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
That's How You Know
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams)
Walk Hard
Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly)
Ever Ever After
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)
winner
Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
nominees
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
Guaranteed
Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
The Song Of The Heart
Prince, songwriter (Prince)
You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)
David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)
49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)
nominees
I Need To Wake Up (From An Inconvient Truth)
Melissa Etheridge, songwriter (Melissa Etheridge)
There's Nothing Like A Show On Broadway (From The Producers)
Mel Brooks, songwriter (Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
Travelin' Thru (From Transamerica)
Dolly Parton, songwriter (Dolly Parton)
Can't Take It In (From The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe)
Imogen Heap, songwriter (Imogen Heap)
48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)
nominees
Cold Wind (From Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends)
Arcade Fire, songwriters (The Arcade Fire)
Million Voices (From Hotel Rwanda)
Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, Andrea Guerra & Wyclef Jean, songwriters (Wyclef Jean)
Square One (From Elizabethtown)
Tom Petty, songwriter (Tom Petty)
Wonka's Welcome Song (From Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
John August & Danny Elfman, songwriters (Danny Elfman)
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)
winner
Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King)
Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)
nominees
Accidentally In Love (From Shrek 2)
Dave Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immergluck, Matt Malley & Dan Vickrey, songwriters (Counting Crows)
Belleville Rendez-Vous (From The Triplets Of Belleville)
Benoit Charest & Sylvain Chomet, songwriters (-M-)
The Scarlet Tide (From Cold Mountain)
T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello, songwriters (Alison Krauss)
You Will Be My Ain True Love (From Cold Mountain)
Sting, songwriter (Alison Krauss)
46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)
winner
A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind)
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean, songwriters (The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, And The New Main Street Singers)
nominees
Act A Fool (From 2 Fast 2 Furious)
Ludacris (Christopher Bridges) & Keith McMasters, songwriters (Ludacris)
The Hands That Built America (Gangs Of New York)
U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, Edge & Larry Mullen Jr.), songwriters (U2)
I Move On (From Chicago)
Fred Ebb & John Kander, songwriters (Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger)
Lose Yourself (From 8 Mile)
Jeff Bass, Marshall Mathers & L Resto, songwriters (Eminem)
45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)
nominees
Hero (From Spider-Man)
Chad Kroeger, songwriter (Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott)
Love Of My Life - An Ode To Hip Hop (From Brown Sugar)
Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glenn Standridge, songwriters (Erykah Badu Featuring Common)
May It Be (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring)
Enya, Nicky Ryan & Roma Ryan, songwriters (Enya)
Vanilla Sky (From Vanilla Sky)
Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)
44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)
winner
Boss Of Me (From Malcolm In The Middle)
John Flansburgh & John Linnell, songwriters (They Might Be Giants)
nominees
A Love Before Time (From Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Jorge Calandrelli, James Schamus & Tan Dun, songwriters (CoCo Lee)
My Funny Friend And Me (From The Emperor's New Groove)
David Hartley & Sting, songwriters (Sting)
There You'll Be (From Pearl Harbor)
Diane Warren, songwriter (Faith Hill)
Win (From Men Of Honor)
Brandon Barnes & Brian McKnight, songwriters (Brian McKnight)
43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)
nominees
Independent Women Part I (From Charlie's Angels) (Single)
Samuel Barnes, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Claude Olivier & Cory Rooney, songwriters (Destiny's Child)
Save Me (From Magnolia) (Track)
Aimee Mann, songwriter (Aimee Mann)
The Great Beyond (From Man On The Moon) (Track)
Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe, songwriters (R.E.M.)
Things Have Changed (From Wonder Boys) (Track)
Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)
42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)
winner
Beautiful Stranger (From Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me)
Madonna & William Orbit, songwriters (Madonna)
nominees
You'll Be In My Heart (From Tarzan) (Single)
Phil Collins, songwriter (Phil Collins)
Music Of My Heart (From Music Of The Heart) (Track)
Diane Warren, songwriter ('N Sync And Gloria Estefan)
The Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe) (From The Prince Of Egypt) (Track)
Babyface & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Mariah Carey And Whitney Houston)
The Time Of Your Life (From A Bug's Life) (Track)
Randy Newman, songwriter (Randy Newman)
41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)
winner
My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)
James Horner & Will Jennings, songwriters (Celine Dion)
nominees
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (From Armageddon) (Track)
Diane Warren, songwriter (Aerosmith)
Tomorrow Never Dies (From Tomorrow Never Dies) (Track)
Sheryl Crow & Mitchell Froom, songwriters (Sheryl Crow)
True To Your Heart (From Mulan) (Track)
Matthew Wilder & David Zippel, songwriters (98 Degrees And Stevie Wonder)
Uninvited (From City Of Angels) (Track)
Alanis Morissette, songwriter (Alanis Morissette)
40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)
nominees
How Do I Live (From Con Air) (Single)
Diane Warren, songwriter (Trisha Yearwood)
A Song For Mama (From Soul Food) (Track)
Babyface, songwriter (Boyz II Men)
Father Of Our Nation (From Mandela) (Track)
Cedric Gradus Samson, songwriter (Jennifer Jones And Hugh Masekela)
For The First Time (From One Fine Day) (Single)
Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Rich, songwriters (Kenny Loggins)
39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)
nominees
Count On Me (From The Motion Picture "Waiting To Exhale") (Single)
Babyface, Michael Houston & Whitney Houston, songwriters (Whitney Houston And CeCe Winans)
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) ( From The Motion Picture "Waiting To Exhale") (Single)
Babyface, songwriter (Whitney Houston)
It Hurts Like Hell (From The Motion Picture "Waiting To Exhale") (Single)
Babyface, songwriter (Aretha Franklin)
Moonlight (From Sabrina)
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & John Williams, songwriters (Sting)
38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)
winner
Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas)
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Vanessa Williams & Judy Kuhn)
nominees
Someone To Love (From Bad Boys)
Babyface, songwriter (Jon B. Featuring Babyface)
Whatever You Imagine (From The Pagemaster) (Track)
James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, songwriters (Wendy Moten)
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (From Don Juan deMarco)
Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange, songwriters (Bryan Adams)
Love Me Still (From Clockers) (Single)
Bruce Hornsby & Chaka Khan, songwriters (Chaka Khan)
37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)
winner
Streets Of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia)
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
nominees
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (From The Lion King)
Elton John & Tim Rice, songwriters (Elton John)
Circle Of Life (From The Lion King)
Elton John & Tim Rice, songwriters (Elton John)
I'll Remember (Theme From With Honors)
Patrick Leonard, Madonna & Richard Page, songwriters (Madonna)
The Day I Fall In Love (From Beethoven's 2nd) (Single)
James Ingram, Clif Magness & Carole Bayer Sager, songwriters (Dolly Parton And James Ingram)
36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)
winner
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (From Aladdin)
Alan Menken & Tim Rice, songwriters (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle)
nominees
I Don't Wanna Fight (What's Love Got To Do With It)
Steve DuBerry, Billy Lawrie & Lulu, songwriters (Tina Turner)
I Have Nothing (From The Bodyguard)
David Foster & Linda Thompson, songwriters (Whitney Houston)
Run To You (From The Bodyguard)
Jud Friedman & Allan Rich, songwriters (Whitney Houston)
Friend Like Me (From Aladdin)
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken, songwriters (Robin Williams)
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)
winner
Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast)
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken, songwriters (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson)
nominees
Beautiful Maria Of My Soul (From The Mambo Kings)
Arne Glimcher & Robert Kraft, songwriters (Los Lobos)
It's Probably Me (From Lethal Weapon 3) (Track)
Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen & Sting, songwriters (Sting With Eric Clapton)
Now And Forever (From A League Of Their Own)
Carole King, songwriter (Carole King)
Tears In Heaven (From Rush)
Eric Clapton & Will Jennings, songwriters (Eric Clapton)
34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)
winner
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (From Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves)
Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange, songwriters (Bryan Adams)
nominees
Gotta Have You (From Jungle Fever)
Stevie Wonder, songwriter (Stevie Wonder)
Somewhere In My Memory (From Home Alone)
Leslie Bricusse & John Williams, songwriters (John Williams)
Jungle Fever (From Jungle Fever)
Stevie Wonder, songwriter (Stevie Wonder)
33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)
winner
Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid)
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken, songwriters (Various Artists)
nominees
Blaze Of Glory (From Young Guns II)
(Jon Bon Jovi)
Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)
(Various Artists)
More (Written For The Motion Picture Dick Tracy) (Single)
(Madonna)
Sooner Or Later (Written For The Motion Picture Dick Tracy) (Single)
(Madonna)
32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)
nominees
Angel Of Harlem (From The Motion Picture "Rattle And Hum") (Track)
U2, songwriters (U2)
I Love To See You Smile (From Parenthood)
Randy Newman, songwriter (Randy Newman)
Partyman (From The Motion Picture "Batman") (Track)
Prince, songwriter (Prince)
The Girl Who Used To Be Me (From Shirley Valentine)
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch, songwriters (Patti Austin)
31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)
nominees
Century's End (From Bright Lights, Big City)
Donald Fagen, songwriter (Donald Fagen)
Cry Freedom (From Cry Freedom)
George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa, songwriters (George Fenton And Jonas Gwangwa)
Kokomo (From Cocktail)
Mike Love, Scott MacKenzie, Terry Melcher & John Philips, songwriters (The Beach Boys)
One Moment In Time (From 1988 Summer Olympics/One Moment In Time)
John Bettis & Albert Hammond, songwriters (Whitney Houston)
30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)
winner
Somewhere Out There (From An American Tail)
James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, songwriters (Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram)
nominees
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life (From Dirty Dancing)
John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Frankie Previte, songwriters (Bill Medley And Jennifer Warnes)
Moonlighting (Theme from Moonlighting)
Lee Holdridge & Al Jarreau, songwriters (Al Jarreau)
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (From Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Mannequin") (Single)
Albert Hammond & Diane Warren, songwriters (Starship)
Who's That Girl (From Who's That Girl?)
Patrick Leonard & Madonna, songwriters (Madonna)
