Image Credit: ©Paramount / courtesy Everett Collection “Take My Breath Away,' Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock from Top Gun.“Falling Slowly,' Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová from Onceīasically 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. Listen here.While other hip-hop artists have been able to take home Oscars since, none of them have paid homage to both mom’s spaghetti and Mekhi Pfifer. Listen here. “Lose Yourself,' Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto from 8 MileĮminem’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.The legendary Judy Garland singing the splendid “Over the Rainbow” in The Wizard of Oz is pretty much the gold standard of movie magic. Image Credit: Courtesy Everett CollectionĪs timeless as they come. “Over the Rainbow,' Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from The Wizard of Oz.Unless, of course, that song landed on our list of the 15 worst Oscar-winning songs of all time. And if you don’t see your personal favorite listed here, well, no disrespect is intended.

In no particular order, here are the 15 greatest Oscar-winning songs of all-time. Whether it’s Billie Eilish becoming James Bond musical royalty in 2021 with “No Time to Die,” Eminem putting hip-hop on the Oscar map in 2002 with “Lose Yourself,” Bruce Springsteen bringing us all to tears in 1993 with the “Streets of Philadelphia,” Isaac Hayes making Oscar history as the first African-American to win the best original song category in 1971 for “Theme from Shaft” or Irving Berlin creating a perennial holiday classic in 1942 with “White Christmas,” these Academy Award winners have spanned generations - and made for one incredible, albeit wildly eclectic, soundtrack. (And, who knows? Maybe this will be the year that long-time nominee Diane Warren finally gets her flowers.) With musical heavy-hitters like Rihanna, David Byrne, Mitski and previous Oscar-winner Lady Gaga all in the running for best original song in 2023, whoever wins will be in awfully good company. It’s impossible to think of The Wizard of Oz without hearing “Over the Rainbow” Dirty Dancing without singing “(I’ve Had) The Time of my Life” or Pinocchio without humming “When You Wish Upon a Star.”

Since 1934, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has handed out an Oscar for best original song, and many of those now-iconic tunes have more than lived up to that golden title.

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