Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media#Recipients
{{Short description|Film awards for Best Song}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
| awarded_for = Quality film/television songs
| image =
| imagesize = 100px
| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
| caption = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 1988 ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail)
| holder = Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony (2025)
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
}}
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media.
Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominations) in this category with for his work on the Walt Disney animated films: The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Pocahontas (1995), and Tangled (2010).
Randy Newman has won three awards (out of seven nominations) for his work on the Disney-Pixar films Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Cars (2006). Diane Warren has received the most nominations with 11 in this category winning once.
Recipients
File:James-horner-07.jpg was the first recipient of the award alongside Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.]]
File:Phil Collins Duesseldorf.jpg won in 1989 with Lamont Dozier.]]
File:Carly Simon (1989).jpg.]]
File:BryAdamsMargate130624 (39 of 43) (53789411882) Cropped.jpg won alongside Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen in 1992]]
File:Alan Menken 2013 (cropped).jpg was awarded for his work in numerous Disney films and is the first person to win this category for consecutive years, achieving the feat in 1993 and 1994.]]
File:Tim Rice, 1 December 2020.jpg won alongside Alan Menken in 1994.]]
File:SpringsteenCardiff050524 (138 of 166) (53704146372) (cropped).jpg.]]
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File:Madonna Toronto Film Festival.jpg won in 2000 with William Orbit.]]
File:Randy Newman HWOF Aug 2012 (levels adjusted).jpg.]]
File:Christopher Guest 2016.jpg won with Levy and McKean in 2004.]]
File:Eugene Levy 2, 2012.jpg won with Guest and McKean in 2004.]]
File:MichaelMcKeanApr09cropped.jpg won with Guest and Levy in 2004.]]
File:Annie Lennox SING campaign, Vienna 2010 b.jpg won in 2005 alongside Howard Shore and Fran Walsh.]]
File:Peter Gabriel Life Festival 2012.jpg won with Newman in 2009.]]
File:Thomas Newman.jpg won with Gabriel in 2009.]]
File:AR Rahman At The ‘Marvel Anthem’ Launch.jpg won in 2010 alongside Gulzar and Tanvi Shah.]]
File:Tboneburnettcolor.jpg received the award for 2011 and 2013.]]
File:Taylor Swift 3, 2011.jpg won in 2013 alongside The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett.]]
File:Adele - Live 2016, Glasgow SSE Hydro 03.jpg won in 2014 with Paul Epworth.]]
File:Kristen and Bobby Lopez on Dulce Osuna.jpg and Kristen Anderson Lopez won the award in 2015 and were nominated in 2019, 2021 and 2022.]]
File:Common at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn (27813357667) (cropped).jpg won in 2016 with Rhymefest & John Legend.]]
File:John Legend 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped).jpg won with Common in 2016.]]
File:Justin Timberlake Cannes 2016 - 2.jpg won alongside Max Martin and Shellback in 2017.]]
File:Lady Gaga JWT Toronto, 2017-09-06 (cropped2).jpg is the first woman to receive the award in consecutive years and the only person to win this category multiple times for the same media soundtrack, achieving the feat in 2019 and 2020.]]
File:Lin-Manuel Miranda.jpg won in 2018 and 2023.]]
File:ALTer EGO 1 18 2020 (50740816801).jpg won in 2021 and 2024 alongside her brother, Finneas O'Connell, and is the youngest person to win this category.]]
= 1980s =
= 1990s =
= 2000s =
= 2010s =
= 2020s =
- {{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
- {{note|2|[II]}} The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.
Superlatives
The following nominees have earned at least two wins and nominations:
= Nominations =
=Multiple wins =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Wins
! scope="col" align="center" | Songwriter |
|---|
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 5 |
| Alan Menken |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 3 |
| Randy Newman |
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center;" | 2 |
| Howard Ashman |
| T Bone Burnett |
| Billie Eilish |
| Lady Gaga |
| James Horner |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Finneas O'Connell |
Name changes
- 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
Notes
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References
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Category:Awards established in 1988