There was a time around 1997 when no matter where you were — in the car, on the StairMaster, at the dentist’s office — you couldn’t help but hear “My Heart Will Go On,” the soaring Celine Dion ballad from “Titanic.”Resistance was futile. It did go on, and on, and on — an example not just of great marketing, but of the kind of movie theme song that no longer exists.

These extinct songs were big and poignant on their own, but also used skillfully within their films. They became “a souvenir” of the theatrical experience, as six-time Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren puts it.

So, has the movie theme song disappeared? Or has the way movies and music are blended changed?

Anyway, here are a few highlights from the Oscar winners for best original song since the 1970s. I bolded the ones I liked. What are some of your favorite movie songs???

1971 “Theme from Shaft” from “Shaft”

1972 “The Morning After” from “The Poseidon Adventure”

1973 “The Way We Were” from “The Way We Were”

1976 “Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)” from “A Star Is Born”

1977 “You Light Up My Life” from “You Light Up My Life”

1978 “Last Dance” from “Thank God It’s Friday”

1980 “Fame” from “Fame”

1981 “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” from “Arthur”

1982 “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman”

1983 “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from “Flashdance”

1984 “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from “The Woman in Red”

1985 “Say You, Say Me” from “White Knights”

1986 “Take My Breath Away” from “Top Gun”

1987 “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from “Dirty Dancing”

1988 “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl”

1991 “Beauty and the Beast” from “Beauty and the Beast”

1992 “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin”

1993 “Streets of Philadelphia” from “Philadelphia”

1994 “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King”

1997 “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic”

1999 “You’ll Be in My Heart” from “Tarzan”