‘Black Panther,’ ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ HBO’s ‘Succession’ among Hollywood Music in Media Awards winners
Black Panther topped the Hollywood in Music Media Awards last night with three big wins: Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror for Ludwig Goransson, Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror for “All the Stars” and Soundtrack Album.
Max Richter’s score for Mary Queen of Scots won the top award of the night, Original Score – Feature Film and “Shallow” from A Star Is Born won Original Song – Feature Film. A Star Is Born also won the music supervision award for film.
On the television side, Nicholas Britell’s Succession won Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series while Carlos Rafael Rivera won Main Title Theme for Godless.
The Hollywood Music in Media (HMMA) recognizes and honors the music of visual mediums (film, TV, movie trailers, video games, commercials, etc.), the talented individuals responsible for creating, producing and placing it and the music of artists, both mainstream and independent, from around the globe. HMMA is the first music awards event to recognize and honor excellence in music supervision.
Previous winners in the group’s top film award, Original Score – Feature Film, include Oneohtrix Point Never for Good Time, Nicholas Britell for Moonlight, Dan Romer for Beasts of No Nation and Antonio Sanchez for Birdman.
Here is the full list of winners in film, television, video games and more.
ORIGINAL SCORE – FEATURE FILM
Max Richter – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (Focus Features)
ORIGINAL SCORE – SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR FILM
Ludwig Goransson – BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney)
ORIGINAL SCORE – ANIMATED FILM
Alexandre Desplat – ISLE OF DOGS (Fox Searchlight)
ORIGINAL SCORE – DOCUMENTARY
Cyrille Aufort – MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: THE NEXT STEP (Hulu)
ORIGINAL SONG – FEATURE FILM
“Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN (Warner Bros.) Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt. Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
ORIGINAL SONG – DOCUMENTARY
“I’ll Fight” from RBG (CNN) Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Jennifer Hudson.
ORIGINAL SONG – ANIMATED FILM
“Stronger Than I Ever Was” from SHERLOCK GNOMES (Paramount) Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, performed by Mary J. Blige
ORIGINAL SONG – SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR FILM
“All the Stars” from BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney) Written by Kendrick Lamar, Top Dawg, SZA, Sounwave, and Al Shux. Performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL PROGRAM
QUINCY (Netflix) Written & Directed by Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones
ORIGINAL SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Nicholas Britell – SUCCESSION (HBO)
ORIGINAL SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
“The Innocents” from THE INNOCENTS (Netflix) Music and lyrics by Carly Paradis. Performed by EERA (Anna Lena Bruland)
MAIN TITLE THEME – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Carlos Rafael Rivera – GODLESS (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM
Julianne Jordan & Julia Michaels – A STAR IS BORN (Warner Bros.)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION
Jen Ross – POWER (Starz)
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
BLACK PANTHER (Interscope Records)
ORIGINAL SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM
Thomas Adès – COLETTE (Bleecker Street / 30 West)
ORIGINAL SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM
“Requiem For a Private War” from A PRIVATE WAR (Aviron Pictures) Written and performed by Annie Lennox
ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT
Nami Melumad – PASSAGE
ORIGINAL SCORE – VIDEO GAME
Jeff Broadbent and Tina Guo – EXTINCTION (Maximum Games)
ORIGINAL SONG – VIDEO GAME
“Only We Few Remember it Now” – THE BANNER SEGA 3 (Versus Evil) Written by by Austin Wintory. Featuring Faroese singer Eivør
SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAME
Matthew Carl Earl– ARENA OF VALOR: FLIP THE WORLD (Garena, Tencent Games)
SONG/SCORE – TRAILER
Pawel Gorniak – CROSSFIRE 2 (Official Trailer)
ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Jesica Yap – SIGEK COKELAT – A CHOCOLATE BAR (Indonesia)
ORIGINAL SONG/SCORE – COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Juliet Roberts – NBA FINALS (“Finally Mine”)
ORIGINAL SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Joan Vilà– QUIEN ERES (Spain)
INDEPENDENT MUSIC VIDEO
Alex Boyé – BEND NOT BREAK
LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Landmarks Live in Concert– FOO FIGHTERS, LIVE FROM THE ACROPOLIS
MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Layal Watfeh – TEN SINS (United Arab Emirates)
ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Mariano Saulino – VERY LOVING CATERPILLAR
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