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Academy Awards

2011: Winner – Best Original Song – "We Belong Together" – Toy Story 3
2010: Nominee – Best Original Song – "Almost There" – The Princess and the Frog
2010: Nominee – Best Original Song – "Down in New Orleans" – The Princess and the Frog
2007: Nominee – Best Original Song – "Our Town" – Cars
2002: Winner – Best Original Song – "If I Didn't Have You" – Monsters, Inc.
2002: Nominee – Best Original Score – Monsters, Inc.
2001: Nominee – Best Original Song – "A Fool in Love" – Meet The Parents
2000: Nominee – Best Original Song – "When She Loved Me" – Toy Story 2
1999: Nominee – Best Original Dramatic Score – Pleasantville
1999: Nominee – Best Original Musical or Comedy Score – A Bug's Life
1999: Nominee – Best Original Song – "That'll Do" – Babe: Pig in the City
1997: Nominee – Best Musical or Comedy Score – James and the Giant Peach
1996: Nominee – Best Original Song – "You've Got a Friend in Me" – Toy Story
1996: Nominee – Best Original Musical or Comedy Score – Toy Story
1995: Nominee – Best Original Song – "Make Up Your Mind" – The Paper
1991: Nominee – Best Original Score – Avalon
1990: Nominee – Best Original Song – "I Love to See You Smile" – Parenthood
1985: Nominee – Best Original Score – The Natural
1982: Nominee – Best Original Score – Ragtime
1982: Nominee – Best Original Song – "One More Hour" – Ragtime

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Grammys

2018: Winner - Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals - Putin (song)
2011: Winner – Best Score Soundtrack Album – Toy Story 3
2011: Nominee – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "Down in New Orleans" – The Princess and the Frog
2007: Winner – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "Our Town" – Cars
2004: Nominee – Best Score Soundtrack Album – Seabiscuit
2003: Winner – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "If I Didn't Have You" – Monsters, Inc.
2003: Nominee – Best Score Soundtrack Album – Monsters, Inc.
2001: Winner – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "When She Loved Me" – Toy Story 2
2001: Nominee – Best Score Soundtrack Album – Toy Story 2
2000: Winner – Best Instrumental Composition – A Bug's Life
2000: Nominee – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – "The Time of Your Life" – A Bug's Life
1992: Nominee – Best Instrumental Composition – Avalon
1992: Nominee – Best Instrumental Composition – Awakenings
1990: Nominee – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – Parenthood
1985: Winner – Best Instrumental Composition – The Natural (tied with John Williams' Olympic Fanfare)
1983: Nominee – Best Album of Original Score – Ragtime

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