Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)

1981
Arthur
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Music (Song). What’s New Pussycat? from What’s New Pussycat?, Famous Artists-Famartists Production; United Artists. (France, USA) Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.
Music (Song). Alfie from Alfie, Sheldrake Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK) Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.
Music (Song). The Look of Love from Casino Royale, Famous Artists Productions; Columbia. (UK, USA) Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.
Winner markerMusic (Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical]). Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. Burt Bacharach.
Winner markerMusic (Song [Original for the Picture]). Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.
Music (Original Song). Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me, Eon Productions Ltd.; United Artists. (UK) Music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager.
Music (Original Song). Through the Eyes of Love from Ice Castles, International Cinemedia Centre, Ltd. Production; Columbia. Music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyric by Carole Bayer Sager.
Winner markerMusic (Original Song). Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) from Arthur, Rollins, Joffe, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion. Music and lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen.
Music (Original Song). The Day I Fall in Love from Beethoven’s 2nd, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Music and lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram and Clif Magness.
Music (Original Song). Look What Love Has Done from Junior, Northern Lights Entertainment Production; Universal. Music and lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth.
Music (Original Song). The Prayer from Quest for Camelot, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa.

11 Nominations