World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film

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The World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks. It has been given out each year since the Awards' debut in 2001.

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"†" means that the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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