Best Song Written For Visual Media
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI with "Golden [From "KPop Demon Hunters"]"
Nominees 2026
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Golden [From "KPop Demon Hunters"]
EJAE, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Mark Sonnenblick
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As Alive As You Need Me To Be [From "TRON: Ares"]
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I Lied to You [From "Sinners"]
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Never Too Late [From "Elton John: Never Too Late"]
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Pale, Pale Moon [From "Sinners"]
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Sinners [From "Sinners"]
Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
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| 2026 | EJAE, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Mark Sonnenblick | Golden [From "KPop Demon Hunters"] |
| 2025 | Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson | It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] |
| 2024 | Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell | What Was I Made For? [From "Barbie The Album"] |
| 2023 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | We Don't Talk About Bruno [From Encanto] |
| 2022 | Bo Burnham | All Eyes On Me [From Inside] |
| 2021 | Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell | No Time To Die [From No Time To Die] |
| 2020 | Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey, Aaron Raitiere | I'll Never Love Again (Film Version) |
| 2019 | Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt | Shallow |
| 2018 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | How Far I'll Go |
| 2017 | Max Martin, Shellback, Justin Timberlake | Can't Stop The Feeling! |
| 2016 | Common, Che Smith, John Legend | Glory |
| 2015 | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez | Let It Go |
| 2014 | Adele, Paul Epworth | Skyfall |
| 2013 | T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams | Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) |
| 2012 | Alan Menken, Glenn Slater | I See The Light (From Tangled) |
| 2011 | Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett | The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) |
| 2010 | Gulzar, A.R. Rahman, Tanvi Shah | Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) |
| 2009 | Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman | Down To Earth (From Wall-E) |
| 2008 | Siedah Garrett, Henry Krieger | Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls) |
| 2007 | Randy Newman | Our Town (From Cars) |
| 2006 | Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri | Believe (From The Polar Express) |
| 2005 | Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, Fran Walsh | Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King) |
| 2004 | Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean | A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind) |
| 2003 | Randy Newman | If I Didn't Have You (From Monsters, Inc.) |
| 2002 | John Flansburgh, John Linnell | Boss Of Me (From Malcolm In The Middle) |
| 2001 | Randy Newman | When She Loved Me (From Toy Story 2) |
| 2000 | Madonna, William Orbit | Beautiful Stranger (From Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me) |
| 1999 | James Horner, Will Jennings | My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic) |
| 1998 | R. Kelly | I Believe I Can Fly (From Space Jam) |
| 1997 | Diane Warren | Because You Loved Me (Theme From Up Close & Personal) |
| 1996 | Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz | Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas) |
| 1995 | Bruce Springsteen | Streets Of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia) |
| 1994 | Alan Menken, Tim Rice | A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (From Aladdin) |
| 1993 | Howard Ashman, Alan Menken | Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast) |
| 1992 | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (From Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves) |
| 1991 | Howard Ashman, Alan Menken | Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid) |
| 1990 | Carly Simon | Let The River Run (From Working Girl) |
| 1989 | Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier | Two Hearts (From Buster) |
| 1988 | James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | Somewhere Out There (From An American Tail) |