1960 Academy Awards – Music (Original Song) Winner and Nominees

A Hole in the Head

Jimmy Van Heusen

Widower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He’s forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he’ll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible woman.

The Best of Everything

Alfred Newman

The Five Pennies

Sylvia Fine

The Hanging Tree

Jerry Livingston

The Young Land

Dimitri Tiomkin