Other winners on the night included John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Ludwig Göransson, Emile Mosseri and Benjamin Wallfisch.
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs) honor composers, songwriters and music supervisors for their work in music for film, television, and video games.
Producer David Foster presented the HMMA career achievement honor to Kenny Loggins, who performed his 1980 hit “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack at the virtual event.
Colin Hay presented outstanding music documentary to another famed Australian act, Bee Gees, for The Bee Gees: How Do You Mend A Broken Heart.
Rita Wilson won outstanding song – independent film for “Everybody Cries” from The Outpost, which she co-wrote with Rod Lurie and Larry Groupé. Wilson performs the song on the soundtrack and also performed it at the virtual event from her studio.
Other live (well, virtually live) performances included Celeste performing “Hear My Voice” from The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Kris Bowers and Andra Day performing Nat King Cole’s 1951 classic “Unforgettable” on Cole’s Steinway at Capitol Records where the song was originally recorded; and Starr Parodi performing “Over the Rainbow” on her studio’s 1928 Steinway which was reputedly used in scoring sessions for the 1939 classic The Wizard Of Oz.
The HMMA points with pride to its role as an Academy Awards bellwether. A press release notes: “Past HMMA winners who went on to Oscar wins in music categories include scores for Joker, Black Panther, Shape of Water and Gravity and songs from A Star Is Born and La La Land. Historically, a high percentage of HMMA score and song nominees went on to be Oscar shortlisted or nominated.”
Here’s a complete 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
