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The World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film is one of the three main prizes given by the
World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks. It has been given out each year since the Awards' debut in 2001.
"†" means that the song won the
Academy Award for Best Original Song .
Winners and nominees
2001:
Moulin Rouge! , for the song "
Come What May " –
David Baerwald
2002:
Monsters, Inc. , for the song "
If I Didn't Have You " –
Randy Newman ,
Billy Crystal &
John Goodman †
2003:
Gangs of New York , for the song "
The Hands That Built America " –
Adam Clayton ,
The Edge ,
Bono &
Larry Mullen, Jr.
8 Mile , for the song "
Lose Yourself " –
Jeff Bass ,
Luis Resto &
Eminem †
Frida , for the song "Burn It Blue" –
Elliot Goldenthal ,
Julie Taymor ,
Caetano Veloso &
Lila Downs
The Jungle Book 2 , for the song "Jungle Rhythm" –
Paul Grabowsky ,
Lorraine Feather ,
Haley Joel Osment ,
Mae Whitman & Connor Funk
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , for the song "
Gollum's Song " –
Howard Shore ,
Fran Walsh , Janet Roddick,
David Donaldson ,
Steve Roche ,
David Long &
Emiliana Torrini
The Quiet American , for the song "Nothing In This World" –
Craig Armstrong &
Hong Nhung [
citation needed ]
2004:
Cold Mountain , for the song "
You Will Be My Ain True Love " –
Sting &
Alison Krauss
Big Fish , for the song "
Man of the Hour " –
Eddie Vedder &
Pearl Jam
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , for the song "
Into the West " –
Annie Lennox ,
Howard Shore &
Fran Walsh †
Shrek 2 , for the song "
Accidentally in Love " –
Adam Duritz ,
Dan Vickrey ,
David Immerglück ,
David Bryson , Matthew Malley &
Counting Crows
Troy , for the song "Remember Me" –
James Horner ,
Cynthia Weil ,
Josh Groban &
Tanja Tzarovska
2005:
Alfie , for the song "
Old Habits Die Hard " –
David A. Stewart &
Mick Jagger
2006:
Cars , for the song "
Our Town " –
Randy Newman &
James Taylor
Brokeback Mountain , for the song "
A Love That Will Never Grow Old " –
Gustavo Santaolalla ,
Bernie Taupin &
Emmylou Harris
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe , for the song "Can't Take It In" –
Harry Gregson-Williams &
Imogen Heap
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , for the song "Magic Works" –
Jarvis Cocker ,
Jonny Greenwood ,
Phil Selway ,
Steve Mackey , Steve Claydon,
Jason Buckle &
Patrick Doyle
Tsotsi , for the song "Mdlwembe" – Kabelo 'Kaybee' Ikaneng &
Zola
2007:
Casino Royale , for the song "
You Know My Name " –
Chris Cornell &
David Arnold
2008:
WALL-E , for the song "
Down to Earth " –
Peter Gabriel &
Thomas Newman
2009:
Slumdog Millionaire , for the song "
Jai Ho " –
A. R. Rahman ,
Gulzar &
Tanvi Shah †
2010:
Crazy Heart , for the song "
The Weary Kind " –
Ryan Bingham &
T-Bone Burnett †
2011:
Toy Story 3 , for the song "
We Belong Together " -
Randy Newman †
Country Strong , for the song "Coming Home" -
Tom Douglas ,
Hillary Lindsey ,
Troy Verges ,
Bob DiPiero and
Gwyneth Paltrow
127 Hours , for the song "If I Rise" -
Rollo Armstrong ,
Dido and
A. R. Rahman
Tangled , for the song "I See the Light" -
Alan Menken ,
Glenn Slater ,
Mandy Moore and
Zachary Levi
Burlesque , for the song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" -
Diane Warren and
Cher
2012:
Albert Nobbs , for the song "
Lay Your Head Down " -
Brian Byrne and
Glenn Close
2013:
Skyfall , for the song "
Skyfall " -
Adele and
Paul Epworth †
2014:
Despicable Me 2 , for the song "
Happy " -
Pharrell Williams
2015:
The Book of Life , for the song "The Apology Song" -
Gustavo Santaolalla and
Paul Williams
2016:
Anomalisa , for the song "None of Them Are You" -
Carter Burwell and
Charlie Kaufman
2017:
La La Land , for the song "
City of Stars " -
Justin Hurwitz ,
Benj Pasek and
Justin Paul †
2018:
Black Panther , for the song "Black Panther" -
Kendrick Duckworth ,
Mark Spears ,
Kevin Gomringer ,
Tim Gomringer and Matt Schaeffer
2019:
A Star is Born , for the song "
Shallow " -
Lady Gaga ,
Andrew Wyatt ,
Anthony Rossomando ,
Mark Ronson ,
Bradley Cooper †
A Private War , for the song "Requiem for a Private War" -
Annie Lennox
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , for the song "
Sunflower " -
Swae Lee (as Khalif Brown),
Louis Bell ,
Post Malone (as Austin Post), Billy Walsh (as William Walsh), Carter Lang, Carl Rosen
Mary Poppins Returns , for the song "The Place Where Lost Things Go" -
Marc Shaiman ,
Scott Wittman ,
Emily Blunt
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , for the song "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" -
David Rawlings ,
Gillian Welch ,
Willie Watson ,
Tim Blake Nelson
2020:
Harriet , for the song "
Stand Up " - Joshuah Brian Campbell,
Cynthia Erivo
2021:
Cruella , for the song "
Call Me Cruella " from Disney's Cruella (by Nicholas Britell, Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers & Taura Stinson)
2022:
No Time to Die , for the song "
No Time to Die " -
Billie Eilish and
Finneas O'Connell †
External links
Merit awards Award ceremonies