Academy Awards
1972 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch
1973 Winner, Best Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
1973 Winner, Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
1973 Winner, Best Original Song - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
In 1973, Hamlisch became the second person to win three Academy Awards in the same evening following Billy Wilder in 1960.
1977 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 Nominee, Best Original Score - The Spy Who Loved Me
1979 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time Next Year
1980 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Through The Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
1983 Nominee, Best Original Score - Sophie's Choice
1986 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Surprise Surprise" from A Chorus Line
1990 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Girl Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
1997 Nominee, Best Original Song - "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces
1972 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch
1973 Winner, Best Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
1973 Winner, Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
1973 Winner, Best Original Song - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
In 1973, Hamlisch became the second person to win three Academy Awards in the same evening following Billy Wilder in 1960.
1977 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 Nominee, Best Original Score - The Spy Who Loved Me
1979 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time Next Year
1980 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Through The Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
1983 Nominee, Best Original Score - Sophie's Choice
1986 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Surprise Surprise" from A Chorus Line
1990 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Girl Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
1997 Nominee, Best Original Song - "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces