‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Succession’ Top 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
The 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) were held last night where the late Robbie Robertson won Score for a Feature Film for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Billie Eilish’s Grammy-nominated Barbie hit “What Was I Made For?” won the award for Song for a Feature Film.
Spread across multiple genres and categories, The Zone of Interest, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, A Haunting in Venice and Society of the Snow were among the film winners for their scores while songs from Trolls Band Together and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes triumphed.
On the television side, Succession won Score for a TV Show/Limited Series while Ted Lasso won Song for a TV Show/Limited Series. The Best Onscreen Performance (TV Show/Limited Series) went to “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Only Murders in the Building.
The full list of winners:
Film
Score – Feature Film: Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Score – Independent Film: Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Score – Animated Film: Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film: Laura Karpman, The Marvels
Score – Horror/Thriller Film: Hildur Guðnadóttir, A Haunting in Venice
Score – Documentary: John Powell, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Score – Independent Film (Foreign Language): Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow
Score – Short Film (Live Action): Juan Carlos Enriquez, Huracán Ramírez vs. La Piñata Enchilada
Score – Short Film (Animated): Adam Burgess, Overwatch 2
Score – Short Film (Documentary): Katy Jarzebowski, Bubjan
Song – Feature Film: “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie – (written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell; performed by Billie Eilish)
Song – Independent Film: “I Got You” from Holiday Twist – (written by Michael Jay and Alan Demoss; performed by Jake Miller)
Song – Animated Film: “Better Place” from Trolls Band Together – (written by Shellback, Justin Timberlake, and Amy Allen; performed by NSYNC)
Song – Documentary Film: “Todo Fue Por Amor” from With This Light – (written by Carla Morrison, Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez, and Mario Demian Jimenez Perez; performed by Carla Morrison)
Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film: “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – (written by Dan Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo; performed by Olivia Rodrigo)
Song – Short Film: “Mushka’s Lullaby” from Mushka – (written by Richard M. Sherman; Vocals by Holly Sedillos; arranged and produced by Fabrizio Mancinelli)
Song – Onscreen Performance (Film): Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Orén Kinlan, and Jack Reynor – “High Life” from Flora and Son
Music Supervision – Film: Angela Leus, Trolls Band Together
Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical: Trolls Band Together
Music Documentary/Special Program: Immediate Family
Soundtrack Album: Barbie
Television
Score – TV Show/Limited Series: Nicholas Britell, Succession
Song – TV Show/Limited Series: “Fought & Lost” from Ted Lasso
– (Written by Jamie Hartman, Sam Ryder, and Tom Howe; Performed by Sam Ryder)
Song – Onscreen Performance (TV Show/Limited Series): “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Only Murders in the Building
– (Written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Performed by Steve Martin)
Main Title – TV Show/Limited Series: Benjamin Gibbard and Tom Howe, Shrinking
Score – TV/Streamed Movie: Mark Isham, Shooting Stars
Score – Documentary Series – TV/Digital: Ian Arber, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All
Score – TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language): Walter Mair, Liaison (French)
Main Title – TV Show (Foreign Language): Ashraf Elziftawi, London Class (Saudi Arabia)
Music Supervision – TV Show/Limited Series: Ian Broucek, The Last of Us (Season 1)
Song – Documentary Series – TV/Limited Series: – “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” from Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit
– [Written by Shvkiel and Chad Cannon (Lyricist unknown / traditional). Performed by Shvkiel]
Song/Score – New Media: Jeff Rona, The Walking Dead – Last Mile
Video Games and other Visual Media
Score – Video Game (Console & PC): Edouard Brenneisen, New World: Rise of the Angry Earth
Song – Video Game (Console & PC): “Swing” from Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
– (Written by Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, Eian Parker, Ian Welch, and Olu Fann; Performed by Benji and EARTHGANG)
Music Supervision – Video Game: Ramin Djawadi, Honor of Kings
Song/Score – Commercial Advertisement: Final Fantasy XVI – (Masayoshi Soken and Yoshitaka Suzuki)
Song/Score – Mobile Video Game: Peacekeeper Elite (Game for Peace)
– (Written by Inon Zur, Jeff Broadbent, C.May Xiao, Kin Lee, Mason Lieberman, Zen Wu, MEMME, Alec Justice, Luki Knoebl, Qiu Liang, G.G.Music, YSY AUDIO, LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS AUDIO)
Live Concert for Visual Media: Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2023 Wanted
– (Composed by Sterling Maffe, Obadiah Brown-Beach, David Lin, Robert Wolf, Steven Grove, Erik Castro, Matthew Carl Earl, and others; Performed by various artists)
Exhibitions, Theme Parks, Special Projects: Justin Schornstein, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi: Antarctica
Music Design – Trailer: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Trailer – (Blake Robinson)
Career Achievement Award: Marc Shaiman
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