| Year |
Film |
Song |
Nominees |
| 1970 (28th) |
Darling Lili |
"Whistling Away the Dark" |
Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer |
| Little Fauss and Big Halsy |
"Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey" |
Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins |
| Madron |
"Till Love Touches Your Life" |
Shirley Bassey, Riz Ortolani & Arthur Hamilton |
| Pieces of Dreams |
"Pieces of Dreams" |
Johnny Mathis, Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Scrooge |
"Thank You Very Much" |
James Head and Leslie Bricusse |
| 1971 (29th) |
Kotch |
"Life Is What You Make It" |
Percy Faith, Marvin Hamlisch & Johnny Mercer |
| The African Elephant |
"Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" |
Michael Dees, Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Honky |
"Something More" |
Carlton Dinnall, Quincy Jones & Bradford Craig |
| The Raging Moon |
"Long Ago Tomorrow" |
B. J. Thomas, Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| Shaft |
"Theme from Shaft" |
Isaac Hayes |
| 1972 (30th) |
Ben |
"Ben" |
Walter Scharf & Don Black |
| Butterflies Are Free |
"Carry Me" |
Edward Albert, Bob Alcivar & Randy McNeill |
| Cabaret |
"Mein Herr" |
John Kander & Fred Ebb |
| Cabaret |
"Money, Money" |
Kander & Ebb |
| Deliverance |
"Dueling Banjos" |
Eric Weissberg and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
"Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" |
Andy Williams, Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Molly and Lawless John |
"Take Me Home" |
Renée Armand, Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| The Poseidon Adventure |
"The Morning After" |
Maureen McGovern, Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| 1973 (31st) |
The Way We Were |
"The Way We Were" |
Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Breezy |
"Breezy's Song" |
Shelby Flint, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
"Lonely Looking Sky" |
Neil Diamond |
| Kazablan |
"Rosa Rosa" |
Yehoram Gaon, Aliza Azikri, Dov Seltzer & Haim Hefer |
| Oklahoma Crude |
"Send a Little Love My Way" |
Anne Murray, Henry Mancini & Hal David |
| A Touch of Class |
"All That Love Went to Waste" |
Shirley Bassey, George Barrie & Sammy Cahn |
| 1974 (32nd) |
Benji |
"I Feel Love" |
Claude Rich, Euel Box & Betty Box |
| Claudine |
"On and On" |
Gladys Knight & the Pips and Curtis Mayfield |
| The Dove |
"Sail the Summer Winds" |
Lyn Paul, John Barry & Don Blackstone |
| The Little Prince |
"I Never Met a Rose" |
Richard Kiley, Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner |
| The Towering Inferno |
"We May Never Love Like This Again" |
Maureen McGovern, Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| 1975 (33rd) |
Nashville |
"I'm Easy" |
Keith Carradine |
| Funny Lady |
"How Lucky Can You Get" |
John Kander & Fred Ebb |
| Paper Tiger |
"My Little Friend" |
Roy Budd & Sammy Cahn |
| Whiffs |
"Now That We're in Love" |
George Barrie & Cahn |
| The Other Side of the Mountain |
"Richard's Window" |
Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel |
| 1976 (34th) |
A Star Is Born |
"Evergreen" |
Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams |
| Bugsy Malone |
"Bugsy Malone" |
Williams |
| Car Wash |
"Car Wash" |
Norman Whitfield |
| Freaky Friday |
"I'd Like to Be You for a Day" |
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| From Noon Till Three |
"Hello and Goodbye" |
Elmer Bernstein, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Pipe Dreams |
"So Sad the Song" |
Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin |
| 1977 (35th) |
You Light Up My Life |
"You Light Up My Life" |
Kasey Cisyk & Joseph Brooks |
| The Deep |
"Down Deep Inside" |
John Barry & Donna Summer |
| New York, New York |
"New York, New York" |
Kander and Ebb |
| Saturday Night Fever |
"How Deep Is Your Love" |
The Bee Gees |
| The Spy Who Loved Me |
"Nobody Does It Better" |
Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |
| 1978 (36th) |
Thank God It's Friday |
"Last Dance" |
Paul Jabara |
| Foul Play |
"Ready to Take a Chance Again" |
Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel |
| Grease |
"Grease" |
Barry Gibb |
| Grease |
"You're the One That I Want" |
John Farrar |
| Same Time, Next Year |
"The Last Time I Felt Like This" |
Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| 1979 (37th) |
The Rose |
"The Rose" |
Amanda McBroom |
| Ice Castles |
"Through the Eyes of Love" |
Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |
| The Main Event |
"The Main Event" |
Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts |
| The Muppet Movie |
"Rainbow Connection" |
Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher |
| Starting Over |
"Better Than Ever" |
Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |
