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Academy Awards
Most Wins for Original Song
This list features composers/lyricists that have won the most Best Original Song awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | COMPOSER / LYRICIST | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Sammy Cahn | 25 | 4 | Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) The Joker Is Wild (1957) A Hole in the Head (1959) Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963) |
2 | Johnny Mercer | 18 | 4 | The Harvey Girls (1946) Here Comes the Groom (1951) Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Days of Wine and Roses (1962) |
3 | Jimmy Van Heusen | 14 | 4 | Going My Way (1944) The Joker Is Wild (1957) A Hole in the Head (1959) Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963) |
4 | Alan Menken | 14 | 4 | The Little Mermaid (1989) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) Pocahontas (1995) |
5 | Paul Francis Webster | 16 | 3 | Calamity Jane (1953) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) The Sandpiper (1965) |
6 | Harry Warren | 11 | 3 | Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) The Harvey Girls (1945) |
7 | Ray Evans | 7 | 3 | The Paleface (1948) Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) |
8 | Jay Livingston | 7 | 3 | The Paleface (1948) Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) |
9 | Tim Rice | 5 | 3 | Aladdin (1992) The Lion King (1994) Evita (1996) |
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