Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

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.

Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominations) in this category with 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.

The following nominees have earned at least two wins and nominations:

Two-time winner James Horner was the first recipient of the award alongside Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil .
Phil Collins won in 1989 with Lamont Dozier .
1990 award-winner Carly Simon .
Bryan Adams won alongside Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen in 1992
Five-time recipient Alan Menken was awarded for his work in numerous Disney films and is the first person to win this category for consecutive years.
Tim Rice won alongside Alan Menken in 1994.
1995 award-winner Bruce Springsteen .
Eleven-time nominee and 1997 winner Diane Warren .
1996 winner and four-time nominee Stephen Schwartz .
Madonna won in 2000 with William Orbit .
Three-time winner and seven-time nominee, Randy Newman .
Christopher Guest won with Levy and McKean in 2004.
Eugene Levy won with Guest and McKean in 2004.
Michael McKean won with Guest and Levy in 2004.
Annie Lennox won in 2005 alongside Howard Shore and Fran Walsh .
Peter Gabriel won with Newman in 2009.
Thomas Newman won with Gabriel in 2009.
A. R. Rahman won in 2010 alongside Gulzar and Tanvi Shah .
T Bone Burnett received the award for 2011 and 2013.
Taylor Swift won in 2013 alongside The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett .
Adele won in 2014 with Paul Epworth .
Husband and wife duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez won the award in 2015 and were nominated in 2019, 2021 and 2022.
Common won in 2016 with Rhymefest & John Legend .
John Legend won with Common in 2016.
Justin Timberlake won alongside Max Martin and Shellback in 2017.
Two-time winner Lady Gaga is the first woman to receive the award in consecutive years and the only person to win this category multiple times for the same media soundtrack.
Lin-Manuel Miranda won in 2018.
Billie Eilish won in 2021 and 2024 alongside her brother, Finneas O'Connell , and is the youngest person to win this category.