Top 20 Best Oscar-Winning Movie Songs of All Time
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These are the best Best Original Song winners. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most timeless tunes that took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Our countdown includes "Flashdance," "Once," "Pinocchio," and more! Which Oscar winner would YOU vote for? Let us know in the comments.
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You forgot about Purple Rain 😂
Next, a list of the best movie songs that should have won the Oscar. With 🎶This is Me 🎶 being #1. That song was a rallying cry to the marginalized.
I saw Elsa before you started. That woman had amazing pipes. What was her name, Idina? You can find two women that sang this
@@everlenaoliver6912 How about We don’t talk about Bruno, from Encanto? Can’t believe it wasn’t even nominated
@@JonWillis1 I Blame Disney for that one.
Yes, "My Heart Will Go On" will forever give me chills, it's timeless.
me too, yes it is prefect
@@jaclynsanture6643 My Top Ten All Time Favorite Original Songs from Movies (including Animated, Live Action, and Anime) is.
10. Something There. Beauty and the Beast. (1991). Animated Movie.
9. A Whole New World. Aladdin. (1992). Animated.
8. So This is Love. Cinderella. (1950). Animated.
7. The Mob Song. Beauty and the Beast. (1991). Animated.
6. One. A Chorus Line. (1985). Live Action Movie.
5. Soaring. Kiki's Delivery Service. (1989). Anime.
4. Up Where We Belong. An Officer and a Gentleman. (1982). Live Action.
3. Almost There. The Princess and the Frog. (2009).
2. Love Lead Us Here. Muppet Treasure Island. (1996).
1. Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast. (1991). (R.I.P Angela Lansbury and Howard Ashman).
Here's My Honorable Mentions.
1. The Circle of Life. The Lion King. (1994). Animated.
2. Always With Me. Spirited Away. (2001). Anime.
3. There'll Never Be Goodbye. Metropolis. (2001). Anime.
4. Gonna Fly. Kiki's Delivery Service. (1989). Anime.
5. Why Should I Worry. Oliver & Company. (1988). Animated.
6. All For Love. The Three Musketeers. (1993). Live Action.
7. Take Me I'll Follow You. Mac and Me (1988). Live Action.
8. Double Back. Back to the Future. (1985). Live Action.
9. The Power of Love. Back to the Future Part 2. (1989). Live Action
10. All In the Golden Afternoon. Alice in Wonderland. (1951). Animated.
11. Let It Grow. The Lorax. (2012). CGI Animated Movie.
12. When Can I See You Again. Wreck It Ralph. (2012). CGI Animated.
13. Time of Your Life. A Bug's Life. (1998). CGI Animated.
14. If I Didn't Have You. Monsters Inc. (2001). CGI Animated.
15. You've got a Friend in me. Toy Story. (1995). CGI Animated.
16. I will go sailing no more. Toy Story. (1995). CGI Animated.
17. Be Our Guest. Beauty and the Beast. (1991). Animated.
18. Friend Like Me. Aladdin. (1992). Animated.
19. Almost Unreal. Super Mario Bros. (1993). Live Action.
20. Back In Time. Back to the Future Part 3. (1990). Live Action.
21. Adventure is out there. Up. (2009). CGI Animated Movie.
22. Good News. James and the Giant Peach. (1996). CGI Animated/Live Action.
23. Somewhere Out There. An American Tail. (1986). Animated.
24. Dreams to Dream. An American Tail Fievel Goes West. (1998). Animated.
25. One Jump Ahead. Aladdin. (1992). Animated.
26. Journey to the Past. Anastasia. (1997).
27. You and Me. Jetsons the movie. (1990).
28. The World's Greatest Criminal Mind. The Great Mouse Detective. (1986).
29. Please Wake Up. Once Upon a Forest. (1993).
30. Friends on the other Side. The Princess and the Frog. (2009).
31. Our Time Has Come. Cat's Don't Dance. (1997).
32. I just Can't wait to be King. The Lion King. (1994).
33. Once Upon a Time with Me. Once Upon a Forest. (1993).
34. Let me Be Your Wings. Thumbelina. (1994).
35. Goodbye So Soon. The Great Mouse Detective. (1986).
36. Always Thought I see you again. Jetsons the movie. (1990).
37. Can You Feel The Love Tonight. The Lion King. (1994).
Celine Dion is an amazing singer, it's just atrocious that Rolling Stone did not include her on their best singers list.
Exactly.
Rolling stone is trash
@@vechris2001 I agree.
Agree!
You got that right!
R.I.P. ... Irene Cara,Patrick Swayze, Angela Lansbury, Burt Bacharach, Howard Ashman,Judy Garland & others I' ve missed.
for those who didn't know Celine Dion sang my heart will go on in ONE TAKE,. they did a demo song and took her vocals and built the instrument around it. so the soundtrack we hear is her one take demo at the song
Believe it was just the same story with Angela Lansbury and Beauty and the Beast… and after she voiced worry that she was not a professional enough singer to do it well and recommended they get one who is more so. They asked her to simply try it once… and it was done in one take!
Happy that Into the West was named one.
I’m disappointed “When You Believe” from “The Prince of Egypt” didn’t make it onto the list. It’s an extremely beautiful song that was not only performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey in the end credits, but also by numerous other artists, including Celtic Woman, which was got me into the song, and has also helped me through extremely difficult times throughout my life.
No no, it deserves to be on this list.
Probably because it beat out The Prayer by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, which to me, was a superior song.
Oscar-Winning...Did you miss the title?
Agreed, I always consider When You Believe as the greatest song in history because it makes all us believe in the Lord.
@@yevettebamber4273 “When You Believe” DID win an Oscar!!! If it didn’t, I wouldn’t even be saying anything!!! Look up the winners of the awards for 1996
You know you've struck gold when your Oscar-winning song becomes the anthem of your entire company. "When Yo Wish Upon A Star" and all the Disney songs on this list for that matter, are absolutely brilliant and beautiful. Still, I can't deny that "Over The Rainbow" really deserves the top spot for just how much it contribute's to _The Wizard of Oz's_ narrative.
I know right! Can you imagine that?! My sister and I were thinking the other day about what Disney life would’ve been like before 1940 when that song hadn’t come out…I know there were other movies but I just can’t put my head around Disney without that classic, iconic and beautiful song…
@@rubygracemoseley8144 While I certainly get your point, Disney was fairly new back then and Pinocchio was only the second feature film they made. So, I doubt anyone was thinking 'Hey, these guys really need a theme song that everyone in the freaking world will recognize in less than half a second'! xD
@Sara Mauricio That is true. But I was talking like what if we somehow ended up back in time knowing that that song hadn’t come out yet and knowing that a huge deal it would become but nobody else knowing that since it was the 30s
@@rubygracemoseley8144 Oh, I 100% agree on that one!
I completely agree with you!
"Can you feel the love tonight ?" is such a masterpiece , fits perfectly in The Lion King that is also a masterpiece of a movie
Love will find a way is way more romantic than that
I 💯 Percent Agree!
@@marionneary1128 with who?😅
i love this song
@@selinakurz8754 I agree with Herique
"My Heart will go on" Fits the Titanic Perfectly and it gives me Goosebumps and puts tries in my eyes and Timeless!
My favorite fact about My Heart Will Go On, was that when they pitched the idea of the song to Celine, she was apprehensive about singing it at first. She said it was intimidating to be the only song with lyrics in the entire main soundtrack of such an enormous film. Her husband eventually convinced her, so she recorded the demo. Before she recorded, they showed her the movie, and had her record the song directly after watching it. She said in an interview once, years ago, that she remembers walking into the studio to record, still crying, and recorded it in one take. ICON. (I'm sure it was probably just a portion of it just to get an idea as to the mood and nature of the film - though I suppose it may have been the full film)
Another fun fact… James Horner preferred the song he composed for The Land Before Time “If We Go On Together” sung by Diana Ross more so than “My Heart Will Go On”
It was indeed in one take. A testament to the phenomenal power and control Celina had over her voice. I feel so much for her now and how difficult her condition must be for her. 😢
I’m surprised ‘Because you loved me ‘ wasn’t in there
Maybe she was crying because they hadn't showed her the juvenile lyrics they were shoving off on her until right then.
@@bookemdano7567 He also wanted Sissel to sing the title song, not Celine because of her tremendous range and clarity. Sissel did ALL the rest... all the humming throughout this movie was by Sissel because of her range.
Indian is not a language, and the song Jai Ho, is written in four different languages. Here is what languages Jai Ho, is written in:
The lyrics to "Jai Ho" were written by Gulzar and are a combination of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. Lyrics in Spanish are also included in the song "to go along with his [Rahman] Latin American touch of music". According to the India-EU Film Initiative, this inclusion "really makes the song quite unique and international". Of the three singers credited, Sukhwinder Singh is the principal vocalist. Vijay Prakash sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho", which takes a high pitch at numerous junctures of the song. Mahalakshmi Iyer sang the Hindi words between the "Jai Ho" chants and the portions of the verses not sung by Singh. Tanvi Shah sang and wrote the song's Spanish words.
That movie is dumb anyways.
came to find this! What is Indian language? I expected @msmojo to know better! SMH!
Never forget there is an English version sang by Pussy Cat Dolls 😋🫢
Nitpicking
I cringed when they said that.
I haven't finished watching the video yet, but wanted to say that when my late husband of 34 years died in 2020, Into The West was my comfort song. I played it at least a hundred times while grieving and crying. I have remarried , am happy these days and haven't heard the song in months, but it brought tears to my eyes and goosebumps. It will always remain a special song to me.
I have similar feelings for the song, knowing that my brother was a huge Tolkien/LOTR fan and dearly loved those movies. It helps to have something to remember them by, though Warren Zevon's "Keep Me in Your Heart" is the one I most remember him by as we watched Zevon's last appearance on Letterman days before he died.
I'm pleased to read that you've moved on, as much as one can, and have found happiness and a new love.
Glad you’re happy again Debbie ❤
Your husband is safe in Valinor
‘Beauty and the Beast’ is still one of my 8 most favorite Disney animated classics.
mine too
I love that movie since I was little.
My mom actually had Beauty and the Beast as the theme of my 1st bday party
My Top Ten All Time Favorite Original Songs from Movies (from Animated, Anime, and Live Action Movies) is.
10. Colors of the Wind. Pocahontas. (1995). Disney
9. When Can I See You Again? Wreck-It-Ralph. (2012). Pixar
8. I won't say I'm in Love. Hercules. (1997). Disney
7. We're All in This Together. High School Musical. (2006). Live Action Disney
6. Just Around the Riverbend. Pocahontas. (1995). Disney
5. I Just Can't Wait to be King. The Lion King. (1994). Disney.
4. Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast. (1991) (R.I.P Angela Lansbury). Disney.
3. Adventure is Out There. Up. (2009) Pixar.
2. Whistle While You Work. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (1937). Disney.
1. A Whole New World. Aladdin. (1992). Disney.
Here's my Honorable Mentions.
1. One. a Chorus Line. (1985).
2. Power Of Love. Back to the Future. (1985).
3. The Circle of Life. The Lion King. (1994).
4. If We Hold on Together. The Land Before Time. (1988).
5. Dreams to Dream. An American Tail Fievel Goes West. (1991).
6. Let It Be. The Lord of the Rings the fellowship of the Ring. (2001).
7. Somewhere Out There. An American Tail. (1986).
8. Take Me I'll Follow You. Mac and Me. (1988).
9. Reach For the Light. Balto. (1995).
10. Welcome to my world. A Troll in Central Park. (1994).
11. Let Me Be Your Wings. Thumbelina. (1994).
Etc. Etc.
It's one of my faves too I got to play Gaston for my county theater when I was younger it was awesome
It’s my favorite movie and I LOVE that song
When You Believe from The Prince Of Egypt, should be on this list. As well as Colors of the wind from Pocahontas.
I agree. I love When You Believe.
My favorite Oscar winning songs are “Let it Go,” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “My Heart Will Go On,” and “Over the Rainbow.” Those Oscar winning songs will always have a special place in my heart.
100% those songs are truly a masterpiece and they will pass the time as some of the greatest songs ever made and generations after generations will have the honor to hear this song until the end of times
Can You Feel the Love Tonight is by far my fave song. that and Digga Tunnel lol
I was so confused about what could possibly be no. 1 if it's not my heart will go on... and then the title came on and I just went oh, yeah, that makes sense XD
Same here!
I remember going to see Titanic when it was in theaters the first time and the theater was packed, every seat taken and it was one of the bigger theaters. During the movie and by the end it was such a compelling and amazing told story, weaving romance and tragedy, excitement and sadness, that you could literally hear a pen drop had it done so. Everyone in the theater was enthralled by it. The only tike I've ever been to a movie at a theater and it being packed and no one making a sound. It was beyond amazing to experience this first hand
Colors of the Wind. Intelligent lyrics. Beautiful music.
Celine Dion brought to life a legendary soundtrack. I pray she'll get better soon.
Moon river breaks my heart every time
"When You Believe" from DreamWorks The Prince Of Egypt has always been my most favorite song and it truly deserved The Oscar for BEST ORIGINAL SONG.
Omg yesssss that's one of the greatest songs ever made!!! I LOVE LOVE THAT SONG and it was sang by 2 of the greatest singers in HISTORY
“ i’m genuinely surprised that a song from an animated movie sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey would be successful at the Oscars”
@ahlethescout8404 seeing as how much religion in general is being hated on by Hollywood, it is shocking.
@@Muhammadwasapedo Stupidity is a disease though it is not infectious nor is it a genetic disorder though in most cases, it is incurable.
Prior to getting to your end of this video I was expecting Celine to top this list but after seeing the #1, I don’t mind she placed second. That top spot is one for the history books and during a time in US history, it served as more than a character arc for the character. Well worth it even after over 100 years
The Rainbow Connection should’ve won an Oscar. Imo. I was listening to it on the way home and I was reminded of how beautiful it was!😇 In my opinion, it’s one of the top 100 songs ever written. Paul Williams is a genius. Nuff said.
It’s enshrined in the Library of Congress as we speak, it deserves an honorary Oscar.
Also I will say that Philadelphia is one of my favourite movies of all time & Springsteen deserved the Oscar!
You are so right. Rainbow Connection is a wonderful, wondrous, inspirational and gently calming piece of magic.
I thought of that song, too. It was nominated in 1979, but lost to It Goes Like It Goes from Norma Rae.
(It probably would make my list of 100 favorite songs.)
@poolside123canadian7 Just so you know, lmo is an abbreviation for "Let's make out". This is not just imo. I googled it.
@@lalithdealwis4610 next time I won’t capitalize my I then :)
I can’t believe how many Disney songs were on here!! Disney truly does have magical beautiful music!! ❤️❤️
NO Kidding!!!!
Out of these songs my favorites were My Heart Will Go On, When You Wish Upon A Star, Over The Rainbow and…probably Take My Breath Away
My Heart Will Go On was a moment in and of itself.
My favorite Oscar winning songs are:
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
Into the West (The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King)
Shallow (A Star is Born)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Remember Me (Coco)
We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)
When You Believe (The Prince of Egypt)
From Toy Story 2 "When She Loved Me" made me cry.😢
I love Remember Me.
Would have included You'll be in My heart.
Favorite best Oscar winning movie songs
My heart will go on- Titanic
Beauty & the beast- Beauty & the Beast
Over the rainbow- Wizard of Oz
Let it go- Frozen
A whole new world- Aladdin
When Into The West starts playing in the background of the ending scene in Return Of The King I always tear up and then start crying..It’s such a beautiful song that really is a perfect way to end a beautiful amazing trilogy.
Same here and I always imagine hearing the music 'Into The West' at the ending of Avengers Endgame as it's similar to The Return Of The King.
It's a great song, but Kiss at the end of the Rainbow should have won the Oscar.
@@TristanandIsoltno one even remembers that song
@@driftwood8613 Everyone remembers that song. Nobody gives a shit about into the west.
I love the classic songs. My husband and I had Evergreen played at our wedding. Other faves are Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, and Titanic main songs.
It's quite amazing that Celine Dion won Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 for Switzerland but her powerful vocal range is just absolutely amazing she has done many stuing and wonderful songs throughout her career ❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕💕
I absolutely love skyfall that song is so brilliant 😍🥰
You mention Phil Collins "You'll Be in My Heart", but it's not on the list, which it should have been along with The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. That was one of the best.
I’ve always been amazed by the “love” & connection you can feel between Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing given how much they really felt about each other. It just shows how good they were at acting to be able to portray those feelings when they truly despised each other, or at least that’s what’s been said about how Grey about Swayze. Apparently they didn’t get along ever since their experience working together in the movie Red Dawn.
When I saw that my heart will go on was number 2, I almost lost it asking what could possibly be number 1 if that was number 2…I forgot about the wizard of oz. 🤷🏻♀️great list. 😊
"Over the Rainbow" works because it is a young girl's "daydream" song. Dancers and flashy effects would only have spoiled it. The purity of the setting - a young girl's highly constrained, rural (and therefore dull) environment is the PERFECT place to imaging that girl singing about escaping. When the studio wanted to bump the song, the people who stopped them did film history the biggest favor ever done.
Not necessarily my order of songs, but the #1 can't be argued with. If Judy Garland lived in the modern world, she'd be worth billions. Her voice was absolutely Gorgeous.
You're right. Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland should easily be number1. The only two other Oscar winning songs that I can think of that have become real true classics are When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio and from 1956 the Doris Day classic Que Sera Sera which won for best song.
@@michaelverbakel7632The modern era has so much thrown at them from so many different types of venues that it has missed out on the true greatest voices of early America. Judy Garland and Doris Day are just the tip of what Hollywood and early Disney stars showed.
I remember being 10 and dancing around my living room to "Flashdance". I was obsessed with that song.
There’s not a world where Over the Rainbow was not going to be #1! Add to it that it is sung by one of the greatest singers to ever grace this earth!
The 5 Best Songs:
1)The Way We Were
2)Flashdance.. What A Feeling
3)Love Theme From A Star Is Born
(Evergreen)
4)Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
5)Skyfall
Excuse me: “written in Indian”?! Indian is not a language. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
😂 no wonder she said it's a language barrier
I would say written in "HINDI"
Indians are now triggered. 1.4 billion people will not respond
I did a simple Wikipedia check: it’s written in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. So not only not in imaginary language “Indian”, it’s written in three languages
I couldn’t ignore it either , hopefully they can fix that
I remembered seeing the music video of My Heart Will Go On as a kid on MTV for the very first time and I just cried so hard. I've been a fan of Celine, and watched the film more than 30x
“Lose Yourself.”
“Jai Ho.”
Two of my 292+ most favorite songs. 😊
Oh good I am glad I am not the only one who has 292+ most favorite songs..
When I was a young musician, I got to perform Moon River as a solo violinist with my orchestra. It’s always held a place in my heart as what let me explore my emotional artistry.
I Just Called To Say I Love You, When You Believe, You'll Be In My Heart, No Time To Die and Up Where We Belong should've been on here
“Let It Go” is still a great song and millions of Frozen fans love it for nearly 10 years.
let it go
Celine Dion perfectly could release a complete album only with all Movie songs that she has singing in her entire career!!! She is so impressive!!!
Where is White Christmas from Holiday Inn.
It's inconceivable that they wanted to cut "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
Wow!! I'm an old softie...RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD ❤
My favorite Oscar Winning Song will always be 'In to the West" from Return of the King
My Faves from here are:
My Heart Will Go On
The Way We Were
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Moon River
I've Had The Time Of My Life
Let It Go
They are all so beautiful, thank you musicians, writers and all for giving us these beautiful songs to enjoy.
My all time favorite is Somewhere Over The Rainbow,. I have it in writing to my kids, I want that song as well as My Heart Will Go On played at my funeral.
White Christmas, High Noon, Say You Say Me, Let the River Run, You Must Love Me
I loved the selection but I think you forgot "White Christmas" from "Holiday Inn" because that song among other of this list transcended their original movie and became an staple from the Holiday's Song
I was going to write that. I can't take a list seriously that leaves out that song and, IMO, should have been No. 1 on the list. There isn't a celebrator of Christmas that does not know and sing that song. And to me, that's what makes a song one of the best. Some of the songs on this list will not be remembered or sung 50 years from now but White Christmas will be. They really missed the mark on this one. And 'As Time Goes By' should have been No. 2.
exactly and as such this list and Ms Mojo lacks a lot of credibility ; White Christmas should be 1st
1 song I'm surprised that didn't make this list is Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the movie "Beaches". It's a definite tearjerker. We dedicated that song at my grandmother's funeral back in 1997 & it's brought a lot of people, especially my family, to tears. Such a wonderful song.
“Indian” is not a language. India has 22 semi-official languages.
Edit: looked it up: Jai Ho is written in a combination of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi.
Take my breath away from Top Gun is awesome. Top Gun is a really good movie. Let it go is a great song. I love the song Shallow. Lion King is my all time favorite movie. Dirty dancing is my number one favorite movie it is the best movie ever in my opinion. Beauty and the beast is what true love is cause Bell fell in love with the beast for who he was not how he looked. Man I love the song from titanic.
“Jai Ho”, one of the best songs ever made.
We really, really love it. 😊
Streets of Philadelphia is a beautiful piece of work.
Surely should be much higher here.
Excellent list. I love that Eminem and Annie Lenox are included with the work of all the other amazing artists. Also, my favorite nominated song is Live and Let Die, but that lost out to The Way We Were, which is a pretty amazing song as well.
"Live and Let Die" is my favorite James Bond theme. It took decades for any of the terrific Bond themes to win.
I’m still annoyed ‘Live and Let Die’ didn’t win. It’s my favorite Bond theme even above Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ (and I adore Adele)! Also love ‘A View to a Kill’
The best ones were The Way We Were, Let It Go, Somewhere over the Rainbow, When You Wish Upon a Star, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, Moon River, A Whole New World.
Not only does the narrator mispronounce "Jai Ho" repeatedly, but they actually say the lyrics are written in "Indian"?! WHO WROTE THIS VIDEO?!! Indian isn't a language any more than Canadian or Mexican.
The name in the lyrics sounds the same to me. Could let me know how they mispronounced it?
@@as3957 They say it "Jay Ho" but it's pronounced "Jai Ho," with Jai rhyming with My or Tie
@@ClassicalMusic2002 Thanks for explaining.
im biased cuz its my favorite but my heart will go on should be number 1
How about Bryan Adams singing ( Everything I Do) I'll Do It For You for Robin Hood Prince of Thieves movie! EXCELLENT SONG!
Didn't win
YES!! I agree 100%; one of my top 3 love songs of all time
What A Feeling and Take My Breath Away should’ve been top 10, easily!
Wickedly, talented. Poor John Travolta will never live that down.
Into the West and Streets of Philidelphia are both amazing songs and stop me in my tracks when I hear them. They are both so understated and yet fit their movie purpose perfectly. Also 8 Mile is so iconic.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
My Heart Will Go On
Beauty And The Beast
When You Wish Upon a Star
(I've had) The Time of My Life
Take My Breath Away
What a Feeling
The Way We Were
Let It Go
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love it 😍
The Way We Were. Hands down.
I would include in this list also "Singin' In The Rain" from the classic self-titled film, but...
wait!
It wasn't even nominated at the Oscars 😪
singin' in the rain is a classic
The song was over 20 years old when the movie was made, so it wasn't eligible.
@@HJohnson7567 I didn't know this. I thought it is an original song made specially for Singin' In Th Rain (OST)
While I definitely agree with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as no. 1 my sentimental favourite would be “Moon River”. One of my other favourites would be “Born Free” however, I’m unaware if it won an Academy Award🙏🏼👏💝
I'm pretty sure Born Free did win the Oscar.
it did in 1966.
My number one is definitely Into the West. I still can't get enough of this song.
I think many film historians would include The Way You Look Tonight, Oscar winner from 1936.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow stuns me every time I hear it. It’s so quietly powerful and for Judy Garland to have had that kind of vocal precision, control, and pitch at that age is astonishing.
"It's A Hard Life For A Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow" was a great suprise win. Three 6 Mafia with Taraji P Henson performing at the Oscar's was great.
Was it the winner, when the academy robbed Dolly Parton ("Travelin Thru") again?
A bit of trivia wrt Moon River. When the film was screened for the producers/big wigs, one of them demanded that the song and Hepburn’s performance be removed because (paraphrasing) ‘the song was awful, the performance sucked and and no one would like it.’ Luckily the director disagreed and insisted that the scene and song remain…and the rest is history. 😁
I was 9 y/o in '56---------heading to 10 in September-------when, I believe it was ABC , though don't quote me that------when aBC brought " The Wizard Of Oz" to television. It was, to that moment in time, THE most widely viewed TV moment, ever. And I so remember Mom just sobbing her way through " Over The Rainbow " , as she had just turned 20 y/o, when she 1st saw the film. I loved the film, especially Ray Bolger is The Scarecrow. What a memory. --------MJL, 76 y/o
"Theme From Shaft" should be on this list - anyone agree? It was far ahead of its time.
This! It was honestly a game changer. It had a least as big, if not a bigger impact than 'Lose Yourself'. I remember watching it live. Electric!
I agree. Considering, who put the list together, I'm not surprised it didn't make the list.
Indeed!
Pretty good list. I was getting worried at first that there would be no classics but heartened to see that it was just because most of them were closer to the top of the list, hehe. While I liked Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia song, I thought the superior one was Neil Young's "Philadelphia". But they're both great songs to a great movie so I'm glad one of them won.
As music/movie lovers, good work, MsMojo.
The fact that Adele was 8 months pregnant with her son when she recorded Skyfall, is just mind-blowing.
that is one her best song she has ever done
Great performance but I loved Tina Turner's "Goldeneye" more.
I cannot believe that "I Will Always Love You" did not make it in this video. I mean seriously how can you not include Whitney Houston with her vocals and the passion she put in that song!! Plus look at how many awards the song and Whitney won for this song...not to mention how many weeks it spent on the charts!!
…it didn’t win the Oscar for Best Original Song. It was originally written, performed, and recorded by Dolly Parton in the 70’s.
For a song to qualify for an Oscar, it has to be an original song composed specifically for the film in which it appears. "I Will Always Love You" was written and recorded by Dolly Parton in 1973. Therefore, it did not qualify for the Oscar since Whitney Houston's recording was a cover version. Case in point: None of the songs in "Evita" (1996) qualified for an Oscar because they were all old material from the various stage productions. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice composed a new song for the movie version, "You Must Love Me," so the song would be eligible for a qualifying "Best Song" award. "You Must Love Me" won the Oscar that year for "Best Original Song."
I don't think it was nominated because it was not written originally for that film. I would have to check. Dolly Parton would have won an Oscar for writing it.
I do not like Whitney's version better than Dollys. I got tired of Whitney's "i-ee-i-ee-i will always love you".
@@emeraldisle8406 I totally understand.
I knew that Lion King and Beuty and the Beast Will be on this top, they're two of My favorite movies of My childhood (specially The lion King) happy wednesday Ms Mojo, and God bless You. Take care and see You soon, greetings from Colombia.
Here's my favorite Best Original Song Oscar Winners:
.Man or Muppet- The Muppets (2011)
.Under the Sea- The Little Mermaid (1989)
.Can You Feel the Love Tonight?- The Lion King (1994)
.City of Stars- La La Land (2016)
.Over the Rainbow- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
.I've Had the Time of My Life- Dirty Dancing (1987)
.If I Didn't Have You- Monsters Inc (2001)
.Chim Chim Cheree- Mary Poppins (1964)
.You Must Love- Evita (1996)
.Shallow- A Star is Born (2018)
'Over the Rainbow" won song of the century in 2001. I didn't recognize half of these songs, I'm glad Judy Garland was at the top.
Not that I believe the following song should replace any of those on your list, but I think it should be somehow included. "Up Where We Belong' from An Officer and a Gentleman.
Hands down, Streets of Philadelphia - relevant and apropos concerning an ongoing situation that affects/affected numerous patients, relatives, friends, lovers, children, strangers and healthcare providers on so many levels globally.
I really love all these songs. ❤
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as sung by the young Judy Garland, always makes me catch my breath. I FEEL it deeper than the anthemic "When You Wish Upon A Star."
This is part of my childhood ❤
My favourite is Take My Breath Away by Berlin followed by Streisand and Kristofferson in a Star is Born.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Wizard of Oz
My favorite Oscar Winning movie songs are MY Heart will Go on from Titantic, Let it go from Frozen, Remember me from Coco and We Belong together from Toy Story 3
Streets of Philadelphia is on a league on its own. It’s incredible subtle but yet, It crushes you. And it has a deep connection with reality
Two I strongly think should've been on the list were "I Dreamed A Dream" (i know it's from Broadway but there have been at least 2 movie adaptations of it) and "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca.
This is a list of Oscar winners. If the song didn't win the Oscar it doesn't qualify for the list.
Beautifully done…thank you
‘Skyfall’ became one of the best James Bond movies ever made.
i love skyfall
Agreed
I’m surprised that the sound of music didn’t make it on the list
Great picks!