Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
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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.
Awarded forQuality film/television songs
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award1988 ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail)
| 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 award | 1988 ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail) |
| Currently held by | Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick – "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2026) |
| Website | grammy.com |
Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominations) in this category 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
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1980s
| Year[I] | Song | Nominee(s) | Performer(s)[II] | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 [1] | ||||
| "Somewhere Out There" | James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil | Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | An American Tail | |
| "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Franke Previte, John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz | Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Dirty Dancing | |
| "Moonlighting" | Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge | Al Jarreau | Moonlighting | |
| "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Diane Warren & Albert Hammond | Starship | Mannequin | |
| "Who's That Girl" | Patrick Leonard & Madonna | Madonna | Who's That Girl | |
| 1989 [2] | ||||
| "Two Hearts" | Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier | Phil Collins | Buster | |
| "Century's End" | Donald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Bright Lights, Big City | |
| "Cry Freedom" | George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa | George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | |
| "Kokomo" | Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips & Scott McKenzie | The Beach Boys | Cocktail | |
| "One Moment in Time" | Albert Hammond & John Bettis | Whitney Houston | 1988 Summer Olympics | |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Superlatives
The following nominees have earned at least two wins and nominations:
Nominations
Multiple wins
| Wins | Songwriter |
|---|---|
| 5 | Alan Menken |
| 3 | Randy Newman |
| 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
- "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.[23]