Hollywood Music in Media winners: ‘News of the World,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Euphoria,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and more

Erik Anderson January 28, 2021

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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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.