Recently, I wondered what films have won BOTH the Best Original Score AND Best Original Song at the Oscars. I could think of a few off the top of my head, but I was surprised how often it has happened. 16 of them got the composers double Oscars in one night! It's very easy to spot the trends of the 1960s main title songs and the Disney renaissance era.
Here are those dual winners with some photos to go along.
1939: The Wizard of OzBest Music, Original Score - Herbert Stothart
Best Music, Original Song - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
1940: Pinocchio
Best Music, Original Score - Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
Best Music, Original Song - "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
1952: High Noon
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Dimitri Tiomkin
Best Music, Original Song - "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
1955: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Alfred Newman
Best Original Song - "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" - Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
1958: Gigi
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture - André Previn
Best Music, Original Song - "Gigi" - Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
1961: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Henry Mancini
Best Music, Original Song - "Moon River" - Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
1964: Mary Poppins
Best Music, Substantially Original Score - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Best Music, Original Song - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
1966: Born Free
Best Music, Original Music Score - John Barry
Best Music, Original Song - "Born Free" - John Barry, Don Black
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) - Burt Bacharach
Best Music, Original Song - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" - Burt Bacharach, Hal David
1973: The Way We Were
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - Marvin Hamlisch
Best Music, Original Song - "The Way We Were" - Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
1980: Fame
Best Music, Original Score - Michael Gore
Best Music Original Song - "Fame" - Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
1989: The Little Mermaid
Best Music, Original Score - Alan Menken
Best Music, Original Song - "Under the Sea" - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
1991: Beauty and the Beast
Best Music, Original Score - Alan Menken
Best Music, Original Song - "Beauty and the Beast" - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
1992: Aladdin
Best Music, Original Score - Alan Menken
Best Music, Original Song - "A Whole New World" - Alan Menken, Tim Rice
1994: The Lion King
Best Music, Original Score - Hans Zimmer
Best Music, Original Song - "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" - Elton John, Tim Rice
1995: Pocahontas
Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Best Music, Original Song - "Colors of the Wind" - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
1997: Titanic
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - James Horner
Best Music, Original Song - "My Heart Will Go On" - James Horner, Will Jennings
2003: The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
Best Music, Original Score - Howard Shore
Best Music, Original Song - "Into the West" - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman
Best Original Song - "Jai Ho" - A.R. Rahman, Gulzar
Best Original Score - Justin Hurwitz
Best Original Song - "City of Stars" - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
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