List of Carole Bayer Sager
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: May 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Carole Bayer Sager. Carole Bayer Sager has been nominated for 6 Academy Awards and won 1. Year indicates year of film’s release for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
1998: Quest for Camelot (The Prayer) (best original song), shared with David Foster, Tony Renis, Alberto Testa — lost to The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz) (When You Believe). Other nominees: Babe: Pig in the City (Randy Newman) (That’ll Do), The Horse Whisperer (Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen) (A Soft Place To Fall), Armageddon (Diane Warren) (I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing)
1994: Junior (Look What Love Has Done) (best original song), shared with James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Patty Smyth — lost to The Lion King (Elton John, Tim Rice) (Can You Feel the Love Tonight). Other nominees: The Lion King (Elton John, Tim Rice) (Circle of Life), The Lion King (Elton John, Tim Rice) (Hakuna Matata), The Paper (Randy Newman) (Make Up Your Mind)
1993: Beethoven’s 2nd (The Day I Fall in Love) (best original song), shared with James Ingram, Clif Magness — lost to Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen) (Streets of Philadelphia). Other nominees: Philadelphia (Neil Young) (Philadelphia), Poetic Justice (Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis) (Again), Sleepless in Seattle (Marc Shaiman, Ramsay McLean) (A Wink and a Smile)
WON: 1981: Arthur (Arthur’s Theme ((Best That You Can Do))) (best original song), shared with Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen — Other nominees: Endless Love (Lionel Richie) (Endless Love), For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti, Mick Leeson) (For Your Eyes Only), Ragtime (Randy Newman) (One More Hour), The Great Muppet Caper (Joe Raposo) (The First Time It Happens)
1979: Ice Castles (Theme from Ice Castles ((Through the Eyes of Love))) (best original song), shared with Marvin Hamlisch — lost to Norma Rae (David Shire, Norman Gimbel) (It Goes Like It Goes). Other nominees: 10 (Henry Mancini, Robert Wells) (Song from 10 ((It’s Easy to Say))), The Muppet Movie (Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher) (The Rainbow Connection), The Promise (David Shire, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (Theme from The Promise ((I’ll Never Say ‘Goodbye’)))
1977: The Spy Who Loved Me (Nobody Does It Better) (best original song), shared with Marvin Hamlisch — lost to You Light Up My Life (Joseph Brooks) (You Light Up My Life). Other nominees: The Rescuers (Sammy Fain, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins) (Someone’s Waiting For You), Pete’s Dragon (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn) (Candle on the Water), The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) (The Slipper and the Rose Waltz ((He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)))