The Best Song Written and/or Record for a Film award is annually given by the Guild of Music Supervisors to honor the song records directly created for feature films. It was first given at their sixth annual awards function, and has continued to be ever since.
| Year | Film | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Furious 7 | "See You Again" | DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, and Andrew Cedar | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | Rachel Levy | [1] |
| Fifty Shades of Grey | "Love Me Like You Do" | Dano Sampson | ||||
| Love & Mercy | "One Kind of Love" | Brian Wilson and Scott Bennett | Brian Wilson | |||
| Meru | "The Light That Never Fails" | Andra Day | Tracy McKnight | |||
| The Peanuts Movie | Meghan Trainor | John Houlihan | ||||
| Pitch Perfect 2 | "Flashlight" | Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan | ||||
| 2016 | La La Land | "City of Stars" | Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul | Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling | Steven Gizicki | [2] |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | "Just Like Fire" | Mitchell Leib and Kaylin Frank | ||||
| Sing Street | "Drive It Like You Stole It" | Becky Bentham | ||||
| Suicide Squad | "Heathens" | Season Kent and Gabe Hilfer | ||||
| Trolls | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Julia Michels and Julianna Jordan | ||||
| 2017 | Call Me By Your Name | "Mystery of Love" | Sufjan Stevens | Sufjan Stevens | Robin Urdang | [3] |
| Coco | "Remember Me" | Tom MacDougall | ||||
| Ferdinand | "Home" | Nick Jonas | Julianna Jordan | |||
| The Greatest Showman | "This Is Me" | Benji Paesk and Justin Paul | ||||
| Mudbound | "Mighty River" | Mary J. Blige | Evyen Klean and Jennifer Reeve | |||
| 2018 | A Star Is Born | "Shallow" | Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan | [4] |
| Black Panther | "All the Stars" | Dave Jordan | ||||
| Dumplin' | "Girl in the Movies" | Dolly Parton | Buck Damon | |||
| Mary Poppins Returns | "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt, Tarik Frimpong, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Nathanael Saleh, and Leeries | Michael Higham and Paul Gemignani | |||
| "Sunflower" | Khalif Brown, Louis Bell, Austin Post, William Walsh, Carter Lang, and Carter Rosen | Kier Lehman | ||||
| 2019 | Bombshell | "One Little Soldier" | Regina Spektor | Regina Spektor | Evyen Klean | [5] |
| Charlie's Angels | "Don't Call Me Angel" | Julianna Jordan and Julia Michel | ||||
| Frozen II | "Into the Unknown" | Tom MacDougall | ||||
| The Lion King | "Spirit" | Beyoncé | Mitchell Leib | |||
| Wild Rose | "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" | Karen Elliott |
| Year | Film | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | "Hear My Voice" | Celeste Waite and Daniel Pemberton | Celeste | Peter Afterman and Alison Litton | [6] |
| "Turntables" | George “George 2.0” A. Peters II, Janelle "Django Jane" Monáe, and Nathaniel Irvin III | Andrew Gross | ||||
| The High Note | "Love Myself" | Linda Cohen | ||||
| "Make It Work" | Julia Michels | |||||
| Onward | "Carried Me with You" | Brandi Carlile | Tom MacDougall | |||
| 2021 | Encanto | "Dos Oruguitas" | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Sebastián Yatra | Tom MacDougall | [7] |
| Flag Day | "My Father's Daughter" | Tracy McKnight | ||||
| The Harder They Fall | "Guns Go Bang" | Michelle Silverman | ||||
| King Richard | "Be Alive" | Beyoncé | Susan Jacobs | |||
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | "Fire in the Sky" | Anderson .Paak, Bruno Mars, Son Tzu, Rogét Chahayed, Wesley Singerman, Taylor Dexter, and Alissia Benveniste | Anderson .Paak | Dave Jordan | ||
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | "This Is a Life" | Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski Miyawaki | David Byrne, Mitski, and Son Lux | Lauren Marie Mikus and Bruce Gilbert | [8] |
| "Lift Me Up" | Dave Jordan | |||||
| Catherine Called Birdy | "Honey to the Bee" | James Marr and Wendy Page | Misty Miller | Jen Malone and Nicole Weisberg | ||
| Elvis | "Vegas" | Anton Monsted | ||||
| A Jazzman's Blues | "Paper Airplanes" | Joel C. High | ||||
| "Turn Up the Sunshine" | Mike Knobloch and Rachel Levy | |||||
| The Return of Tanya Tucker | "Ready As I'll Never Be" | Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile | Jill Meyers and Drew Bayers | |||
| "Hold My Hand" | Lady Gaga | Randy Spendlove | ||||
| The Valet | "A Song in My Heart" | Gaby Moreno | Howard Paar | |||
| Where the Crawdads Sing | "Carolina" | Taylor Swift | Spring Aspers | |||
| 2023 | Barbie | "What Was I Made For?" | Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell | Billie Eilish | George Drakoulias | [9] |
| American Symphony | "It Never Went Away" | Jon Batiste | Priya Autrey | |||
| Barbie | "I'm Just Ken" | George Drakoulias | ||||
| "Can't Catch Me Now" | Olivia Rodrigo | Hillary Holmes | ||||
| Joy Ride | "Juicy" | Isak Alvedahl, Kirubel Swedin, and Sandra Wikstrom | Ramengvrl | Toko Nagata | ||
| Past Lives | "Quiet Eyes" | Sharon Van Etten | Meghan Currier | |||
| Rustin | "Road to Freedom" | Lenny Kravitz | Barry Cole | |||
| "Am I Dreaming" | Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Rakim Mayers, Roisee, Leland Wayne, and Landon Wayne | Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky, and Roisee | Kier Lehman | |||
| Theater Camp | "Camp Isn't Home" | Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt, and Mark Sonnenblick | Alexander Bello, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Luke Islam, Madisen Lora, Kyndra Sanchez, Jack Sobolewski, and Quinn Titcomb | Lindsay Wolfington | ||
| Totally Killer | "Little Bit O' Soul" | Toko Nagata |