16th Annual Hollywood Music In Media Awards
The Avalon Theater, Hollywood, California
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

BEST SONG | FEATURE FILM

“I Lied To You” from
Sinners • Warner Bros Pictures

Written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
Performed by Miles Caton

Ryan Coogler | Director
Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler | Producers


“Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash • 20th Century Studios
“Drive” from F1: The Movie • Warner Bros Pictures/Apple Original Films
“Lose My Mind” from F1: The Movie • Warner Bros Pictures/Apple Original Films
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners • Warner Bros Pictures
“No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures
“The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures

BEST SONG | INDEPENDENT FILM

Highest 2 Lowest” from
Highest 2 Lowest • A24 / Apple

Written by Aiyanna-Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson
Performed by Aiyanna-Lee

Spike Lee | Director
Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman | Producers


“Learn to Let Go” from Everything to Me • Concourse Media
“My San Francisco” from Plainclothes • Magnolia Pictures
“Time Is All We Have” from Momo • Rat Pack Filmproduktion
“We Believe In Hope” from Rule Breakers • Angel Studios

BEST SONG | DOCUMENTARY FILM

Dear Me” from
DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
Greenwich Entertainment

Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Kesha and Diane Warren

Bess Kargman | Director
Michele Farinola, Peggy Drexler, Bess Kargman | Producers


“Dying To Live” from Billy Idol Should Be Dead • Fremantle
“Have You Seen My Light” from October 8 • Briarcliff Entertainment
“Milagros” from Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful • Netflix
“Salt then Sour then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light • Apple TV+

BEST SONG | ANIMATED FILM

Golden” from
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun
Performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


“Best Time Ever” from Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical • Apple TV+
“Goodlife” from The Bad Guys 2 • DreamWorks Animation / Universal Pictures
“Kaleidoscope” from Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie • DreamWorks Animation / Universal Pictures
“Open the Door” from The Twits • Netflix
“Zoo” from Zootopia 2 • Walt Disney Pictures

BEST SONG | ONSCREEN PERFORMANCE (FILM)

Miles Caton | “I Lied To You” from
Sinners • Warner Bros Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler | Producers


Aiyanna-Lee | “Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest • A24/Apple Original Films
Bono | “Sunday Bloody Sunday” from Bono: Stories of Surrender • Apple TV+
Ejae, Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna (aka HUNTR/X) | “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters • Netflix
Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan | “Our Love” from The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features

BEST SCORE | FEATURE FILM

Sinners • Warner Bros Pictures

Ludwig Göransson | Composer

Ryan Coogler | Director
Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler | Producers


Bugonia • Focus Features | Composer: Jerskin Fendrix
F1: The Movie • Warner Bros Pictures / Apple Original Films | Composer: Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein • Netflix | Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet • Focus Features | Composer: Max Richter
A House of Dynamite • Netflix | Composer: Volker Bertelmann
Marty Supreme • A24 | Composer: Daniel Lopatin
One Battle After Another • Warner Bros Pictures | Composer: Jonny Greenwood
Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures | Composers: John Powell & Stephen Schwartz

BEST SCORE | ANIMATED FILM

DOG MAN • DreamWorks / Universal

Tom Howe | Composer

Peter Hastings | Director
Karen Foster | Producer


Arco • NEON | Composer: Arnaud Toulon
The Bad Guys 2 • DreamWorks Animation / Universal Pictures | Composer: Daniel Pemberton
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie • DreamWorks / Universal | Composer: Stephanie Economou
Stitch Head • Briarcliff Entertainment | Composer: Nick Urata

BEST SCORE | SCIFI/FANTASY FILM

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • Warner Bros

Simon Franglen | Composer

James Cameron | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer


Captain America: Brave New World • Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures | Composer: Laura Karpman
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force • Well Go USA Entertainment | Composer: Gordy Haab
The Fantastic Four: First Steps • Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures | Composer: Michael Giacchino
Jurassic World Rebirth • Universal Pictures | Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Momo • Rat Pack Filmproduktion | Composer: Fil Eisler
Thunderbolts • Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures | Composer: Son Lux
Tron: Ares • Walt Disney Pictures | Composer: Nine Inch Nails

BEST SCORE | HORROR/THILLER FILM

WOLF MAN • Universal Pictures

Benjamin Wallfisch | Composer

Leigh Whannell | Director
Jason Blum, Ryan Gosling | Producers


Black Phone 2 • Universal Pictures | Composer: Atticus Derrickson
Bring Her Back • A24 | Composer: Cornel Wilczek
Dangerous Animals • IFC Films / Shudder | Composer: Michael Yezerski
Heart Eyes • Screen Gems | Composer: Jay Wadley
The Other • Quiver Distribution | Composer: Holly Amber Church

BEST SCORE | INDEPENDENT FILM

RULE BREAKERS • Angel Studios

Jeff Beal | Composer

Bill Guttentag | Director
Laura Bilodeau Overdeck, Samudrika Arora, Bill Guttentag | Producers


The Ballad of Wallis Island • Focus Features | Composer: Adem Ilhan
Rabbit Trap • Magnet Releasing | Composer: Lucrecia Dalt
Rental Family • Searchlight Pictures | Composers: Jónsi & Alex Somers
Truth & Treason • Angel Studios | Composer: Aaron Zigman
Wet Paper Bag • FilmNorth | Composer: Steve Gernes

BEST SCORE | DOCUMENTARY

PANGOLIN: KULU’S JOURNEY • Netflix

Anne Nikitin | Composer

Pippa Ehrlich | Director
George Chignell, Pippa Ehrlich, Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker | Producers


An American Miracle • Thinking Man Films | Composer: Lolita Ritmanis
Arrest the Midwife • Underdog Films | Composer: Allyson Newman
John Candy: I Like Me • Amazon MGM Studios | Composer: Tyler Strickland
The Last Dive • Rhumbline Productions | Composer: Paul Leonard-Morgan
Why We Dream • Pulse Films | Composer: Christian Lundberg

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BEST MUSIC THEMED FILM OR MUSICAL

Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures

Jon M. Chu | Director
Marc Platt, David Stone | Producers


The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features
Song Sung Blue • Focus Features
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere • 20th Century Studios
Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires • Disney Channel

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY | SPECIAL PROGRAM

DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
Greenwich Entertainment

Bess Kargman | Director
Michele Farinola, Peggy Drexler, Bess Kargman | Producers


Billy Idol Should Be Dead • Fremantle
Bono: Stories Of Surrender • Apple TV+
I Was Born This Way • Jungefilms
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley • Magnolia Pictures
Selena y Los Dinos • Netflix

BEST SONG | TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES

The Dead Dance” from
WEDNESDAY • Netflix

Written by Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt
Performed by Lady Gaga

Alfred Gough, Miles Millar | Creators
Tim Burton, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Kayla Alpert, Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Jonathan Glickman, Gail Berman, Tommy Harper, Kevin Lafferty | Executive Producers


“The Line” from Arcane: League of Legends • Netflix
“Turned to Black” from Black Rabbit • Netflix
“Afterlife” from Devil May Cry • Netflix
“At Dawn I Look For You” from Étoile • Prime Video
“Wolf Song” from Landman • Paramount+
“Give It a Good Try” from Unconventional • Revry
“Rosebud” from Woman of the Dead: Season 2 • Netflix

BEST SCORE | TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES

SEVERANCE • Apple TV+

Theodore Shapiro | Composer

Dan Erickson | Creator
Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Jackie Cohn, Chris Black, Andrew Colville, John Cameron | Executive Producers


Adolescence • Netflix | Composers: Aaron May & David Ridley
Andor • Disney+ | Composers: Brandon Roberts & Nicholas Britell
Chad Powers • Hulu | Composer: Natalie Holt
The Gilded Age: Season 3 • HBO Max | Composers: The Gregson-Williams Brothers
Landman • Paramount+ | Composer: Andrew Lockington
The Last of Us: Season 2 • HBO Max | Composer: David Fleming
The Studio • Apple TV+ | Composer: Antonio Sánchez
Wednesday • Netflix | Composer: Chris Bacon
Your Friends & Neighbors • Apple TV+ | Composer: Dominic Lewis

BEST SONG | ONSCREEN PERFORMANCE (TV)

Kevin Bacon | “Our Highway” from
The Bondsman: Season 1 • Prime Video

Grainger David | Creator
Erik Oleson, Grainger David, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, Kevin Bacon, Paul Shapiro | Executive Producers


“The Lies We Tell Our Hearts” from Electric Bloom • Disney Channel | Performed by Lumi Pollack, Carmen Sanchez & Ruby Marino
“Drugs In My Booty” from Harlem: Season 3 • Prime Video | Performed by Mark Sonnenblick
“Force of Nature” from Vampirina: Teenage Vampire • Disney Channel | Performed by Kenzi Richardson
“The Hills of Tanchico” from The Wheel of Time • Prime Video | Performed by Nikhil Koparkar

BEST MAIN TITLE | TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES

YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS • Apple TV+

Dominic Lewis, Hamilton Leithauser | Composers

Jonathan Tropper | Director/Executive Producers


Chief of War • Apple TV+ | Composers: Hans Zimmer, James Everingham & Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole
Étoile • Prime Video | Composer: Sons of Raphael
Government Cheese • Apple TV+ | Composer: Pharrell Williams
Outlander: Blood of My Blood • Starz | Composer: Bear McCreary

BEST SCORE | SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

EL LAZO DE PETRA

Carl Thiel | Composer

Gigi Saul Guerrero | Director


Everything Must Go | Composer: Forrest Gray
Gesualdo | Composer: Finlay White
How to Drag a Body | Composer: Kyle Simpson
The Lord of All Future Space and Time | Composer: Alexander Bornstein

BEST SCORE | SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

VALORANT

Qing Madi | Composer


All Hail the Duck King | Composer: Sam Rothera
Honor of Kings: Kong Kong’er Champion Cinematic Short | Composers: Obadiah Brown-Beach, Bastien Rousset, Henrik Lindström, 2WEI, Ruben K, Georg Mausolf, Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen & Nicholas Horsten
Love & Gold Soundtrack | Composers: Hayden Thompson & Miranda Tan
Wednesdays with Gramps | Composer: Raashi Kulkarni

BEST SCORE | SHORT FILM (DOCUMENTARY)

A DREAM CALLED KHUSHI (HAPPINESS)

Benjamin Westphalen | Composer

Rishabh Raj Jain | Director


Cindy Tran: From Here to Here | Composer: Oscar Pan
La Mar | Composer: Juan Carlos Enriquez
The Light of Immortality | Composer: Michał Drabczyk
Love, Chinatown | Composer: Katya Richardson
Stone Biter | Composers: Alexander Leeming Froudakis & Manuela Lubrano

BEST SCORE | INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

OUT OF THE NEST

Fabrizio Mancinelli | Composer

Andrew Gordon, Arturo A. Hernandez, Veerapatra Jinanavin | Directors


Catane | Composer: Emiliano Mazzenga
Dreaming of Lions | Composer: Toni M. Mir
Happy Birthday | Composer: Mina Samy
Mārama | Composers: Karl Sölve Steven & Rob Thorne

BEST SCORE | DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/DIGITAL)

CHEF’S TABLE: LEGENDS • Netflix

Duncan Thum & David Bertok | Composers

Brian McGinn, Clay Jeter, David Gelb | Directors
David Gelb, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn, Danny O’Malley | Executive Producers


American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden • Netflix | Composer: Jasha Klebe
The Americas • NBC | Composers: Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve & Anže Rozman
Secrets of the Penguins • National Geographic | Composer: Nainita Desai
Turning Point: The Vietnam War • Netflix | Composer: John Dragonetti

BEST SCORE | TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

TERRA ALTA

Arturo Cardelús | Composer


Al Batal (The Hero) | Composer: Suad Bushnaq
Carême • Apple TV+ | Composer: Guillaume Roussel
On the High Seas | Composer: Sandrine Rudaz
Red Alert • Paramount+ | Composers: Ariel Blumenthal & Gal Lev

BEST SCORE | VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: Welcome to Noxus

Bill Hemstapat, Sebastien Najand, Alex Seaver, J.D. Spears, Alexander Temple, Richard Thomson, Seth Tsui, Gong Ao, Merlin Cen | Composers


Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Composer: Ludvig Forssell
Dune: Awakening | Composer: Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Fallen Aces: Episode 1 | Composer: Josh Barron
Ghost of Yōtei | Composer: Toma Otowa
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Composer: Gordy Haab
Mafia: The Old Country | Composer: Brian Transeau
The Rogue Prince of Persia | Composer: Danny Asadi
Spirit of the North 2 | Composer: Pav Gekko
Sword of the Sea | Composer: Austin Wintory

BEST SONG | VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)

Against the Tide
from WUTHERING WAVES

Written by Obadiah Brown-Beach
Performed by Forts and Obadiah Brown-Beach


“When the Sun Is Low” from Dune: Awakening | Written by Knut Avenstroup Haugen / Performed by Clara Sorace, The Chamber Orchestra of London, Børre Flyen & Knut Avenstroup Haugen
“Coral Crown” from Hades II: Original Soundtrack | Written by Darren Korb / Performed by Scylla and the Sirens
“Footsteps” from Rue Valley | Written and Performed by Ana Krstajić
“Rivals ’Til the End” from Marvel Rivals | Written by Danny Koo, Marbling, NetEase Sound, Masahiro Aoki & H.K.H. / Vocals by Chrissy Costanza
“The Rogue Prince of Persia” from The Rogue Prince of Persia | Written and Performed by ASADI (Daniel Asadi) & XYE

BEST SONG/SCORE | MOBILE VIDEO GAME

AFK JOURNEY

Alec Justice


Delta Force • Delta Force Music Team
Honor of Kings • Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, and others
Identity V-Gambler in the Spotlight • Zhang Guanglei & Wang Jingfei
Valorant • bbno$

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION | TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES

DEXTER: RESURRECTION
Paramount+ with Showtime

Sean Fernald | Music Supervisor

Clyde Phillips, Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Marcos Siega| Executive Producers


Étoile • Prime Video | Music Supervisor: Robin Urdang
Nobody Wants This • Netflix | Music Supervisors: Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe & Jonathan Leahy
Severance • Apple TV+ | Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
The Summer I Turned Pretty • Prime Video | Music Supervisor: Melyssa Hardwick
Wednesday • Netflix | Music Supervisors: Jen Malone & Nicole Weisberg
Yellowjackets: Season 3 • Paramount+ with Showtime | Music Supervisor: Nora Felder

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION | FILM

BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
Peacock / Miramax

Nick Angel | Music Supervisor

Michael Morris | Director
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett | Producers


The Ballad of Wallis Island • Focus Features | Music Supervisor: Gary Welch
Christy • Black Bear | Music Supervisor: Jemma Burns
Ruth & Boaz • Netflix | Music Supervisor: Ashley Neumeister
Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures | Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford
Winter Spring Summer or Fall • Republic Pictures | Music Supervisors: Mike Turner & Jonathan Lane

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION | VIDEO GAME

BATTLEFIELD 6

Steve Schnur | Music Supervisor


Assassin’s Creed Shadows | Music Supervisors: Bénédicte Ouimet & Jérôme Angelot
Honor of Kings | Music Supervisors: Yuanye Huang, Jing Zhang, Shuqin Xiao, Peiyue Lu & Samuel Siu
The Rogue Prince of Persia | Music Supervisor: Manu Bachet
The Sandbox: Seasons 5 & 6 (2025) | Music Supervisor: Benjamin Beladi
Valorant | Music Supervisor: Jonny Altepeter

BEST SONG/SCORE | COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT

APPLE: 6 OUR OF 5 STARS – SILO

Neil Ormandy, Linkoln, Allen Stone


“What the World Needs Now Is Love” from Amazon Midnight Opus | Written/Performed by Haim Mazar
“Butterflies” from Matter and Space | Written and Performed by Alex Yewon
“Yo Ho!” from Sea of Remnants | Written and Performed by Guanglei Zhang & Sibo Huang
The End of the Run Is Just the Beginning | Written and Performed by Alexandra Petkovski (aka FJØRA)
“In My Zone” from Valorant | Written and Performed by bbno$

BEST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

F1: The movie • Atlantic Records

Joseph Kosinski | Director
Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Chad Oman | Producers


Karma: The Dark World • Black Razor Records
KPOP Demon Hunters • Republic Records
Sinners • Sony Masterworks Records
Wicked: For Good • Republic Records
World of Warcraft: Undermine(d) • Blizzard Entertainment

BEST SONG | SHORT FILM

Stars In My Eyes” from SWEETWATER

Written by Sean Douglas
Performed by Kyra Sedgwick

Michael Keaton | Director


“Car Keys” from Everything Must Go | Written by Forrest Gray, Tiffany So & Saba Saghafi / Performed by Forrest Gray
“Down We Go” from Rabbit Rabbit | Written and Performed by Zoë Lustri
“Sean Is Three” from Sean the Baby | Written by Cameron Adams & Amelia Rolland / Performed by Topher Ngo & Zein Khleif
“Somos Fuertes” from Somos Fuertes (Official Music Video) | Written and Performed by J. Frazil

BEST SCORE | TV/STREAMED MOVIE

BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
Peacock / Miramax

Dustin O’Halloran | Composer

Michael Morris | Director
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett | Producers


Exterritorial • Netflix | Sara Barone
Fountain Of Youth • Apple Tv+ | Christopher Benstead
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story • Hallmark | Tommy Fields
The Pickup • Amazon Mgm Studios | Christopher Lennertz
Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires • Disney Channel | Tom Howe

BEST MUSIC DESIGN | TRAILER

NECAXA • FX on Hulu

Juan Carlos Enriquez


Delta Force
Destiny: Rising
Project Spectrum
Sea Of Remnants (Yo Ho!)
Valorant
Wet Paper Bag

BEST MAIN TITLE | TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

ON THE HIGH SEAS

Sandrine Rudaz | Composer


Al Batal (The Hero) | Suad Bushnaq
Carême • Apple TV+ | Guillaume Roussel
Lam Shamseya | Mina Samy
Two Graves • Netflix | Marc Timon

BEST MUSIC VIDEO (Independent)

Afterlife” • Evanescence


“Bite Marks” • TEYA
“Just Human” • Mohammed K Paika
“Refuge” • Gabrielle Aapri
“Symphony” • Alexandra Fresquez
“They Know” • Matt B, Rocky Dawuni, Tony Succar, & Wouter Kellerman

BEST LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIA

THE LION KING AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

The Lion King Cast


Beyond The World
Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert
Infinity Concert
Not Gonna Lie, Live from Ruthmere Museum

BEST EXHIBITIONS, THEME PARKS, SPECIAL PROJECTS

WALT DISNEY WORLD’S EPCOT:
TEST TRACK

Zain Effendi


Dark Castle (XD Dark Ride)
Dreamland Theme Park
One Step Beyond: A Journey To Mars
Scadstory Atlanta
Snapshot
Tapestry Of Happiness

SPECIAL RECOGNITION | NEW MEDIA

The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Focus Features

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

HOLLYWOOD MEDIA IN MUSIC

The Hollywood Music In Media Awards™ (HMMA) is the first award organization 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 HMMA nominations have historically been representative of the nominees of key awards shows that are announced months later. The HMMA main event features live music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons, awards for composers, songwriters and artists. The HMMA also celebrates emerging, independent artists and music influencers from around the globe for creative and innovative contributions.

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