Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The Hollywood Music In Media Awards is an award organization honoring original music in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special programs. The HMMA was the first to include Outstanding Music Supervision as featured award categories. HMMA nominations and winners have historically been representative of key awards shows announced months later. The annual HMMA main event, typically held the week before Thanksgiving, features live music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons and awards for composers, songwriters and performers. The HMMA also celebrates emerging, independent artists and music influencers from around the globe for creative and innovative contributions. The 2019 winners were announced on November 20.
Selected winners
2014
- Original Score – Feature Film – Antonio Sanchez
- Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film – Howard Shore
- Original Score – Indie Film/Short – Julia Pajot
- Original Score – Animated Film – John Powell
- Original Score – Documentary – Mark Adler
- Song – Feature Film – "Lost Stars" Written by Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois
- Song – Animated Film – "Everything Is Awesome" Written by JoLi, The Lonely Island, & Shawn Patterson
- Song – Documentary – "Coming Home" Written by Joel Martin
- Soundtrack Album – Guardians of the Galaxy
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Television – Michelle Kuznetsky & Bob Thiele Jr.
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Film – Season Kent
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Glen Campbell
2015
- Original Score – Feature Film – Dan Romer
- Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film – Junkie XL
- Original Score – Independent Film – Isaias Garcia
- Original Score – Animated Film – Christophe Beck
- Original Score – Documentary – Miriam Cutler
- Original Score – Short – Josue Vergara
- Song – Feature Film – "See You Again" Written by Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa, & Charlie Puth
- Song – Animated Film – "Dancing in the Dark" Written by Ester Dean, Tor Erik Hermansen, MoZella, & Rihanna
- Song – Documentary – "Til It Happens to You" Written by Lady Gaga & Diane Warren
- Soundtrack Album –
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Television – Jen Ross
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Film – Dana Sano
- Outstanding Career Achievement Award – Earth, Wind & Fire
2016
- Original Score – Feature Film – Nicholas Britell
- Original Score – Sci/Fi Fantasy Film – John Debney
- Original Score – Independent Film – Scott Glasgow
- Original Score – Animated Film – Alexandre Desplat
- Original Score – Documentary – Mark Adler
- Original Score – Short – Mariano Saulino
- Song Feature Film – "City of Stars" Written by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul.
- Song Animated Film – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Written by Max Martin, Shellback, & Justin Timberlake.
- Song Documentary – “A Minute to Breathe” Written by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
- Song Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Film - "Just like Fire" Written by Pink, Max Martin, Shellback & Oscar Holter
- Soundtrack Album – Suicide Squad
- Soundtrack Contemporary Classical / Instrumental -
2017
- Original Score – Feature Film – Oneohtrix Point Never
- Original Score – Sci/Fi Fantasy Film – Alexandre Desplat
- Original Score – Independent Film – Corey Allen Jackson
- Original Score – Animated Film – Michael Giacchino
- Original Score – Documentary – Philip Glass
- Original Score – Short – David Longoria
- Original Score – Video Game – Stephen Cox & Danny McIntyre
- Original Song – Video Game – Thomas Parisch & Dimash Kudaibergen
- Song/Score – Mobile Video Game – Jonathan Geer
- Song Feature Film – "Stand Up for Something" Written by Diane Warren & Lonnie Lynn
- Song Animated Film – "Confident" – Written by Demi Lovato, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin & Savan Kotecha
- Song Documentary – “Jump” Written by Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson, & Laura Karpman
- Song Independent Film – “Speak To Me” Written by Amy Lee
- Song Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Film – "How Does a Moment Last Forever" – Written by Alan Menken & Tim Rice
- Soundtrack Album – Baby Driver
- Outstanding Music Supervision Television – Robin Urdang
- Outstanding Music Supervision Film – Brian Ross
2018
- Original Score – Feature Film – Max Richter
- Original Score – Sci/Fi Fantasy Film – Ludwig Goransson
- Original Score – Animated Film – Alexandre Desplat
- Original Score – Documentary – Cyrille Aufort
- Original Song – Feature Film – "Shallow" Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt. Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
- Original Song – Documentary – "I’ll Fight". Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Jennifer Hudson
- Original Song – Animated Film – "Stronger Than I Ever Was". Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Performed by Mary J. Blige
- Original Song – Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Film – "All the Stars". Written by Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Sounwave, and Al Shux. Performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
- Music Documentary/Special Program – Quincy
- Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series – Nicholas Britell
- Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series – Carlos Rafael Rivera
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Film – Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Television – Jen Ross
- Soundtrack Album – Black Panther
- Original Score – Independent Film – Thomas Ades
- Original Song – Independent Film – "Requiem For a Private War". Written and performed by Annie Lennox
- Original Score – Short Film – Nami Melumad
- Original Score – Video Game – Jeff Broadbent and Tina Guo
- Original Song – Video Game – "Only We Few Remember it Now". Written by Austin Wintory. Featuring Faroese singer Eivør
- Song/Score – Trailer – Pawel Gorniak
- Original Score – Short Film – Jessica Yap
- Original Song/Score – Mobile Video Game – Matthew Carl Earl
- Original Song/Score – Commercial Advertisement – Juliet Roberts
- Original Score – Independent Film – Joan Vilà
- Independent Music Video – Alex Boyé
- Original Song – TV Show/Mini Series – The Innocents. Music and lyrics by Carly Paradis. Performed by EERA
- Live Concert for Visual Media – Landmarks Live in Concert – Foo Fighters, Live from the Acropolis
- Main Title – TV Show – Layal Watfeh
- Original Score – Short Film – Mariano Saulino
2019
- Original Score – Feature Film – Hildur Guðnadóttir, Marco Beltrami | Buck Sanders
- Original Score – Sci/Fi Fantasy Film – Alan Silvestri
- Original Score – Horror Film – Michael Abels
- Original Score – Animated Film – John Powell
- Original Score – Documentary – Jeff Beal
- Original Song – Feature Film – “Stand Up” from HARRIET
- Original Song – Documentary – "Sun, Flood, or Drought" From THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
- Original Song – Animated Film – "Beautiful Life" from ABOMINABLE
- Music Documentary/Special Program – ECHO IN THE CANYON
- Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series – Kris Bowers
- Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series – Steven Price
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Film – Mary Ramos
- Outstanding Music Supervision – TV – Catherine Grieves & David Holmes
- Outstanding Music Supervision – Video Game – Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro and Alex Hackford
- Soundtrack Album – RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 - VA OST
- Original Score – Independent Film – Dara Taylor
- Original Song – Independent Film – Lionel Cohen & Ollie Gabriel - "She's Setting Fire to the Floor" from MOB TOWN
- Original Score – Short Film – J. M. Quintana Cámara – PAPER BOATS
- Original Score – Short Film – Amie Doherty
- Original Score – Video Game – Sarah Schachner
- Original Song – Video Game – "Saudade"
- Song/Score – Trailer – Mark Hannah – ROMA
- Original Score – Short Film – Jesica Yap
- Original Song/Score – Mobile Video Game – Inon Zur
- Original Song/Score – Commercial Advertisement – "Main Attraction"
- Independent Music Video – Ndlovu Youth Choir & Wouter Kellerman
- Adult Contemporary/AAA – Marina V & Dan Navarro
- Alternative – AMbassadors of Morning
- Americana/Folk/Acoustic – Charlie Millikin
- Blues – Bushmaster featuring Gary Brown
- Children's Music – Kendra K
- Christian/Gospel – Kitt Wakeley
- Contemporary Classical – Sandrine Rudaz
- Country – Charly Reynolds
- Dance – Art Tawanghar
- Downbeat/Downtempo – Polar RundFunk
- EDM – NIK:11 & VODZILLA
- Holiday – Rehya Stevens
- Instrumental – AM Dandy
- Jazz – David Longoria & Barbara Morrison
- Latin – Dian Rene
- Latin – Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea
- Lyrics/Lyricist – Alessandra Paonessa|
- Message Song/Social Impact – J.ournal featuring the Rogue Pianist
- New Age/Ambient – Juliet Lyons
- Pop – Olivia Rox
- Producer/Production – Xandy Barry & Fakelife
- R&B/Soul – Shawn Stockman
- Rap/Hip Hop – FKM ft. J.O.K.E.S.
- Reggae – Analea Brown
- Rock – Joshua & The Holy Rollers
- Singer-Songwriter – J Edna Mae
- Vocal – Shelita
- Vocal – Logan Henderson
- World – Angham