Hall of Fame Inductees: Songs
This area is currently under construction. Please find below the current list of inductees as well as the year in which they were inducted into the Hall of Fame by the members of the OFTA. Please note that the most recent additions have been listed like this. We are working on an area to give more details on our selections.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Hall of Fame inductees are selected based on three primary considerations: the historic, aesthetic, and cultural significance of each inductee. Some productions were byproducts of a certain time period and those views are reflective that era. When we look historically at the productions of the past, we must acknowledge the historic relevance of certain films even if the contents of those films have become problematic at best or downright offensive at worst. While we aren’t able to change the selections of the past, our organization pledges to do what it can to promote inclusion and tolerance. Further, we encourage you to seek out knowledge on each film and understand not only its importance to cinema history, but also the nature of its offenses. History will write itself based on the morality of the present, but only through the reflection of the past can we see where we have come from and where we are going to. A film’s controversiality may impact its perception in the framework of history, but we need to make sure that history impacts the perception of the present and learn from whatever mistakes were made. Ignoring those mistakes only enables the worst impulses of history to be forgotten and enables the commission of such atrocities in the future.
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2021: “9 to 5” – 9 to 5 (1980)
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2024: “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” – Against All Odds (1984)
2024: “All That Jazz” – Chicago (2002)
2024: “America” – West Side Story (1961)
2024: “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” – Arthur (1981)
2021: “As Time Goes By” – Casablanca (1942)
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2024: “Back in Time” – Back to the Future (1985)
2021: “Bare Necessities” – The Jungle Book (1967)
2022: “Be Our Guest” – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
2021: “Beauty and the Beast” – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
2023: “Born to Be Wild” – Easy Rider (1969)
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2022: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – The Lion King (1994)
2023: “Cheek to Cheek” – Top Hat (1935)
2021: “Circle of Life” – The Lion King (1994)
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2021: “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – Breakfast Club (1985)
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2021: “Eye of the Tiger” – Rocky III (1982)
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2021: “Falling Slowly” – Once (2007)
2021: “Fight the Power” – Do the Right Thing (1989)
2024: “Flashdance… (What a Feeling)” – Flashdance (1983)
2022: “Footloose” – Footloose (1984)
2024: “Friend Like Me” – Aladdin (1992)
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2021: “Ghostbusters” – Ghostbusters (1984)
2022: “Goldfinger” – Goldfinger (1964)
2024: “Gonna Fly Now” – Rocky (1976)
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2021: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
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2022: “I Will Always Love You” – The Bodyguard (1992)
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2022: “Lose Yourself” – 8 Mile (2002)
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2023: “Make ‘Em Laugh” – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
2021: “Moon River” – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
2022: “Mrs. Robinson” – The Graduate (1967)
2021: “My Heart Will Go On” – Titanic (1997)
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2023: “Nobody Does It Better” – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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2021: “Over the Rainbow” – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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2023: “Purple Rain” – Purple Rain (1984)
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2022: “Rainbow Connection” – The Muppet Movie (1979)
2023: “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
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2021: “Singin’ in the Rain” – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
2024: “The Sound of Music” – The Sound of Music (1965)
2023: “Stayin’ Alive” – Saturday Night Fever (1977)
2023: “Summer Nights” – Grease (1978)
2021: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” – Mary Poppins (1964)
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2023: “Theme from Shaft” – Shaft (1971)
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2021: “Under the Sea” – The Little Mermaid (1989)
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2023: “The Way You Look Tonight” – Swing Time (1936)
2021: “When Doves Cry” – Purple Rain (1984)
2021: “When You Wish Upon a Star” – Pinocchio (1940)
2021: “White Christmas” – Holiday Inn (1942)
2022: “Wind Beneath My Wings” – Beaches (1988)
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2024: “You’re the One That I Want” – Grease (1978)
2022: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” – Toy Story (1995)