Hollywood Music in Media winners: ‘News of the World,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Euphoria,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and more
Winners for the 11th Hollywood Music in Media (HMMA) awards were announced virtually on Wednesday and the scores for the films News of the World (James Newton Howard), Minari (Emile Mosseri), Soul (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste), Tenet (Ludwig Göransson) and The Invisible Man (Benjamin Wallfisch) were honored.
The HMMA breaks down their score and song categories by genre, allowing for winners in big budget, independent, animated, sci-fi and documentary film. The songs “Io Si (Seen)” from The Life Ahead and “Everybody Cries” from The Outpost were among the film winners.
In television, “All For Us” from Euphoria followed up its Emmy win with a win here and the scores for The Queen’s Gambit, Belushi and Hollywood were recognized.
For the virtual webcast, performers included Lifetime Achievement winner Kenny Loggins, singing “I’m Alright,” Kris Bowers and Andra Day doing Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable” and Starr Parodi performing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
Here is the full list of winners.
OUTSTANDING SCORE – FEATURE FILM
NEWS OF THE WORLD (Universal Pictures / Netflix) – James Newton Howard
OUTSTANDING SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM
MINARI (A24) – Emile Mosseri
OUTSTANDING SCORE – ANIMATED FILM
SOUL (Walt Disney Studios) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
OUTSTANDING SCORE – SCI-FI/FANTASY
TENET (Warner Bros. / HBO Max) – Ludwig Göransson
OUTSTANDING SCORE – HORROR FILM
THE INVISIBLE MAN (Universal Pictures) – Benjamin Wallfisch
OUTSTANDING SCORE – DOCUMENTARY
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET (Netflix) – Steven Price
OUTSTANDING SONG – FEATURE FILM
“Io Si (Seen)” from THE LIFE AHEAD (LA VITA DAVANTI A SE) – Written by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi. Performed by Laura Pausini (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM
“Everybody Cries” from THE OUTPOST – Written by Rod Lurie, Larry Groupé, Rita Wilson. Performed by Rita Wilson (Screen Media Films)
OUTSTANDING SONG – ANIMATED FILM
“Just Sing” from TROLLS WORLD TOUR – Written by Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Ludwig Göransson, Sarah Aarons (Universal Studios)
OUTSTANDING SONG – DOCUMENTARY
“Never Break” from GIVING VOICE – Written by John Legend, Nasri Atweh, Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, Greg Wells, John Stephens. Performed by John Legend. (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
BLIZZARD OF SOULS (DVĒSEĻU PUTENIS) (Access – A / Pandastorm) – Lolita Ritmanis
OUTSTANDING SCORE – TV MOVIE / STREAMED
EVIL EYE (Amazon Prime Video) – Ronit Kirchman
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DOCUMENTARY / SPECIAL PROGRAM
THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART – Produced by Jeanne Elfant Festa, Mark Monroe, Nigel Sinclair. Directed by Frank Marshall (HBO Documentary Films / HBO Max)
OUTSTANDING SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (Netflix) – Carlos Rafael Rivera
OUTSTANDING SCORE – DOCUMENTARY TV SERIES
BELUSHI (Showtime) – Tree Adams
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE THEME – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
HOLLYWOOD (Netflix) – Nathan Barr
OUTSTANDING SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
“All For Us” from EUPHORIA – Written by Timothy Lee McKenzie aka Labrinth. Performed by Zendaya & Labrinth (HBO / HBO Max)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM
Bonnie Greenberg – THE LIFE AHEAD (LA VITA DAVANTI A SE) (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION
Angela Vicari – THE EDDY (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – VIDEO GAME
Square-Enix Sound Division – FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE
OUTSTANDING SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
MIME YOUR MANNERS – Corey Wallace
OUTSTANDING SCORE – SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
IMAGINE SYMPHONY LIVE – Chris Thomas
OUTSTANDING SCORE – VIDEO GAME
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – John Paesano
OUTSTANDING SONG – VIDEO GAME
“The Baddest” from LEAGUE OF LEGENDS – Written by Riot Music Team and Bekuh BOOM; Vocals by SOYEON of (G)I-DLE, MIYEON of (G)I-DLE, Bea Miller, and Wolftyla
OUTSTANDING SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAME
CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE – Wilbert Roget, II; Guillaume Roussel and additional artists
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Capitol Records)
MUSIC VIDEO (INDEPENDENT)
The National Parks – Wildflower
LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert (Netflix)
SONG/SCORE – TRAILER
DUNE trailer – Music Supervisor/Music Director: Stephanie Koury. Music Score by Hans Zimmer. Eclipse written by Roger Waters.
SONG/SCORE – COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
“Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)” Kinder Bueno – TV commercial:
Song written by Rainer Pietsch & Amanda Lear. Produced & composed by Jake Warren. Performed by Alice Ella.
MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
DOFAAT BEIRUT – Amir Hedayah (Lebanon)
ORIGINAL SONG – SHORT FILM
“Brave” from THE GREAT ARTIST – Written by Jon Altham, Pia Toscano, Matthew Postlethwaite. Vocal by Pia Toscano
SPECIAL CITATION
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES – Streaming special benefitting MusiCares
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