BMI Congratulates its HMMA Visual Media Award Winners
The Hollywood Music In Media Award (HMMA) winners have been announced, with many BMI composers taking top Visual Media honors as well as nominations. The prestigious awards are the first in the year to honor original music (song and score) in all visual media from around the globe, including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries and special programs. The nominees and winners are selected by entertainment professionals and journalists and have historically been representative of the nominees of key awards shows that are announced in later months.
Congratulations to all! Here are the BMI nominees and winners of this year’s HMMA Visual Media Awards:
OUTSTANDING SCORE – FEATURE FILM
NOMINEE: DA 5 BLOODS - Terence Blanchard
NOMINEE: MANK - Atticus Ross
NOMINEE: THE MIDNIGHT SKY - Alexandre Desplat
WINNER - NEWS OF THE WORLD - James Newton Howard
OUTSTANDING SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM
NOMINEE: AMMONITE - Dustin O’Halloran
NOMINEE: SHIRLEY - Tamar-kali
OUTSTANDING SCORE – ANIMATED FILM
NOMINEE: THE CROODS: A NEW AGE - Mark Mothersbaugh
NOMINEE: ONWARD - Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna (SOCAN)
NOMINEE: SHAUN THE SHEEP: FARMAGEDDON - Tom Howe (PRS)
WINNER - SOUL - Atticus Ross
OUTSTANDING SCORE – SCI-FI/FANTASY
NOMINEE: THE OLD GUARD - Dustin O’Halloran
WINNER - TENET - Ludwig Göransson
OUTSTANDING SCORE - HORROR FILM
NOMINEE: THE DARK AND THE WICKED - Tom Schraeder
NOMINEE: THE EMPTY MAN - Christopher Young, Lustmord
OUTSTANDING SCORE – DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEE: ATHLETE A - Jeff Beal
NOMINEE: JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE - Tamar-kali
OUTSTANDING SONG – FEATURE FILM
NOMINEE: “Fight for You” from JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH - H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas
NOMINEE: “Hear My Voice” from THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 - Celeste
NOMINEE: “The Plan” from TENET - Ludwig Göransson.
NOMINEE: “Poverty Porn” from THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION - Radha Blank
NOMINEE: “Speak Now” from ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI - Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth
NOMINEE: “Tigress & Tweed” - Andra Day
OUTSTANDING SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM
NOMINEE: “Staring At A Mountain” from NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS - Sharon van Etten
WINNER - “Everybody Cries” from THE OUTPOST - Rod Lurie, Larry Groupé, Rita Wilson
OUTSTANDING SONG – ANIMATED FILM
NOMINEE: “Carried Me With You” from ONWARD - Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth
NOMINEE: “Rocket to the Moon” from OVER THE MOON Helen Park
WINNER - “Just Sing” from TROLLS WORLD TOUR - Ludwig Göransson, Sarah Aarons (APRA)
OUTSTANDING SONG – DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEE: “Only The Young” from MISS AMERICANA - Taylor Swift, Joel Little (APRA)
NOMINEE: “See What You’ve Done” from BELLY OF THE BEAST - Brittany Coney
WINNER - “Never Break” from GIVING VOICE - John Legend
OUTSTANDING SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
WINNER - BLIZZARD OF SOULS (DVĒSEĻU PUTENIS) - Lolita Ritmanis
OUTSTANDING SCORE – TV MOVIE / STREAMED
NOMINEE: BAD HAIR - Kris Bowers
NOMINEE: CLOUDS - Brian Tyler
WINNER - EVIL EYE - Ronit Kirchman
OUTSTANDING SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
NOMINEE: BRIDGERTON - Kris Bowers
NOMINEE: LOVECRAFT COUNTRY - Laura Karpman
WINNER - THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT - Carlos Rafael Rivera
OUTSTANDING SCORE - DOCUMENTARY TV SERIES
NOMINEE: TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM AND MADNESS - Mark Mothersbaugh, John Enroth, Albert Fox, Robert Mothersbaugh
WINNER - BELUSHI - Tree Adams
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE THEME – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
NOMINEE: HUNTERS - Trevor Gureckis
NOMINEE: P-VALLEY - Terrica Alexander aka Jucee Froot,
NOMINEE: THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT - Carlos Rafael Rivera
NOMINEE: THE WITCHER - Sonya Belousova
WINNER - HOLLYWOOD - Nathan Barr
OUTSTANDING SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
NOMINEE: “The Eddy” from THE EDDY - Randy Kerber
NOMINEE: “One Less Angel” from THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore
NOMINEE: “Out There” from SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET - Christopher Braide
NOMINEE: “Toss A Coin To Your Witcher” from THE WITCHER - Sonya Belousova, Jenny Klein
NOMINEE: “Tulsa, 1921 - Catch the Fire” from LOVECRAFT COUNTRY – Laura Karpman
WINNER - “All For Us” from EUPHORIA - Timothy Lee McKenzie aka Labrinth (PRS)
OUTSTANDING SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEE: AURA - Sturdivant Adams
OUTSTANDING SCORE - SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
NOMINEE: MY PEOPLE, MY COUNTRY - Zhiyi Wang
NOMINEE: THE WATER WALKER - Trevor Gureckis, Adam Weiss
WINNER - IMAGINE SYMPHONY LIVE - Chris Thomas
OUTSTANDING SCORE – VIDEO GAME
NOMINEE: ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA - Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner
NOMINEE: GHOST OF TSUSHIMA - Ilan Eshkeri
NOMINEE: ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS - Gareth Coker
NOMINEE: THE LAST OF US PART II - Mac Quayle
OUTSTANDING SONG – VIDEO GAME
NOMINEE: “Renegade” from ARKNIGHTS OST - Jason Walsh
NOMINEE: “I’m Ready” from MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES - Josiah Bell, Omarr Rambert
NOMINEE: “The Way of the Ghost” from GHOST OF TSUSHIMA - Ilan Eshkeri
WINNER - “The Baddest” from LEAGUE OF LEGENDS - Bekuh BOOM
OUTSTANDING SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAME
NOMINEE: GAME FOR PEACE - Theme by Brian Tyler, Score by Inon Zur, Edwin Wendler, Jason Walsh
NOMINEE: HONOR OF KINGS - Edouard Brenneisen
OUTSTANDING SONG/SCORE – COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
WINNER - “Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)” from Kinder Bueno - Jake Warren
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
WINNER - DOFAAT BEIRUT - Amir Hedayah
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG – SHORT FILM
WINNER - “Brave” from THE GREAT ARTIST - Pia Toscano
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