Composing legend Hans Zimmer was the top individual winner at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards ceremony held Wednesday night, with three wins. The film “Emilia Pérez” also picked up three wins, followed by “The Wild Robot” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” with two apiece. The HMMAs gave out honors for songs and scores in 39 categories at the event, held at Hollywood’s Avalon. The list of winners for 2024 was an eclectic one that included such well-known names as Elton John, A.R. Rahman, Kris Bowers, Miley Cyrus, Diane Warren, Alberto Iglesias, Maren Morris, Zoe Saldana, Clément Ducol, Robin Carolan, Pinar Toprak, Lainey Wilson, Brandi Carlile, Ilan Eshkeri, Olivia Rodrigo, Camille and dozens more. (Scroll down for the complete list of winners.)
Bernie Taupin was the most celebrated honoree of the night, being presented the Outstanding Career Achievement Award for a lifetime of work, on top of sharing in the award for best song from a documentary for “Never Too Late,” the closing theme from the new Elton John film of that name.
“Emilia Pérez” won its leading three awards in the categories of score for a feature film, which went to Clément Ducol & Camille; best music-themed film (biopic or musical); and onscreen performance of a song in a film, an honor earned by Zoe Saldana. Zimmer’s leading three awards for an individual were for his work on “Dune: Part Two” (score for a scifi/fantasy film), the documentary TV series “Planet Earth III” (co-composed with Jacob Shea and Sara Barone) and the Barbra Streisand-sung song “Love Will Survive” from “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” (song for a TV show or limited series, shared with co-writers Kara Talve, Walter Afanasieff and Charlie Midnight). The double wins for “The WIld Robot” came in the categories of score for an animated film, for Kris Bowers, and original song for an animated film, awarded to its singer/co-writer Maren Morris as well as Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson and Stefan Johnson. “Deadpool & Wolverine” won for both best soundtrack and best music supervision, the latter going to Dave Jordan. Among the films picking up score honors were “The Room Next Door” (in the independent film division), “Nosferatu” (horror/thriller), “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” (documentary), “The Goat Life” (independent film, foreign language). The score for “Shogun” won in the TV division.=
In addition to those songs already mentioned, others were awarded from the films “The Six Triple Eight” and “The Last Showgirl.” The complete 2024 Hollywood Music in Media winners list: SONG – FEATURE FILM“The Journey” from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT. Written by Diane Warren. Performed by H.E.R. SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM“Beautiful That Way” from THE LAST SHOWGIRL – Written by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt. Performed by Miley Cyrus. SONG – DOCUMENTARY FILM“Never Too Late” from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE. Written by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin, and Andrew Watt. Performed by Elton John & Brandi Carlile. SONG – ANIMATED FILM“Kiss the Sky” from THE WILD ROBOT – Written by Maren Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson, and Stefan Johnson. Performed by Maren Morris. SONG – ONSCREEN PERFORMANCE (FILM)Zoe Saldana – “El Mal” from EMILIA PÉREZ SCORE – ANIMATED FILMTHE WILD ROBOT – Kris Bowers SCORE – FEATURE FILMEMILIA PÉREZ – Clément Ducol & Camille SCORE – SCIFI/FANTASY FILMDUNE: PART TWO – Hans Zimmer SCORE – HORROR/THILLER FILMNOSFERATU – Robin Carolan SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILMTHE ROOM NEXT DOOR – Alberto Iglesias SCORE – DOCUMENTARYSUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY – Ilan Eshkeri MUSIC THEMED FILM, BIOPIC OR MUSICALEMILIA PÉREZ – Directed by Jacques Audiard. Produced by Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello MUSIC DOCUMENTARY – SPECIAL PROGRAMPIECE BY PIECE – Directed by Morgan Neville. Produced by Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdés, Joshua R. Wexler and Pharrell Williams. SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES“Love Will Survive” from THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ. Written by Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Walter Afanasieff, and Charlie Midnight. Performed by Barbra Streisand. SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESSHŌGUN – Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba SONG – ONSCREEN PERFORMANCE (TV)Ashley Park – “Ruins” from EMILY IN PARIS MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESMASTERS OF THE AIR – Blake Neely SCORE – SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)SPACEMAN – Spencer Creaghan & Chris Reineck SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)FLY HARD – Daniel Rojas SCORE – SHORT FILM (DOCUMENTARY)MOTORCYCLE MARY – Katya Richardson SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)THE GOAT LIFE – A. R. Rahman SCORE – DOCUMENTARY SERIES -TV/DIGITALPLANET EARTH III – Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and Sara Barone SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)WOMEN IN BLUE (LAS AZULES) – Lucas Vidal SCORE – VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)DELTA FORCE – Johan Söderqvist and Zio SONG – VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)“The People’s Cry (Main Theme)” from AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA – Written by Pinar Toprak and Paul R Frommer. SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAMEHONOR OF KINGS – Volker Bertelmann, Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, Robbie Say, 2WEI, Zeneth, Henrik Lindström, Martin Landström and Rasmus Faber
MUSIC SUPERVISION – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESFALLOUT – Trygge Toven MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILMDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE – Dave Jordan MUSIC SUPERVISION – VIDEO GAMEHONOR OF KINGS – Jing Zhang, Shuqin Xiao, Corey Huang, Peiyue Lu and Samuel Siu SONG/SCORE – COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTRAM “THE CONVOY” – Emily Bjorke / In The Groove Music SOUNDTRACK ALBUMDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE – Hollywood Records SONG – SHORT FILM“No Wahala” from ALKEBULAN II. Written by Matt B, Buguma Mark, Performed by Matt B and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SCORE – TV/STREAMED MOVIEWINNER: THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT – Kathryn Bostic MUSIC DESIGN – TRAILERAMERICAN HORROR STORY – DELICATE PART 2 – FJØRA X NOCTURN MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)WINNER: HOTEL BEYROUTH – Suad Bushnaq MUSIC VIDEOLainey Wilson – “Out of Oklahoma” LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIAOLIVIA RODRIGO: GUTS WORLD TOUR – Olivia Rodrigo EXHIBITIONS, THEME PARKS, SPECIAL PROJECTSBRAVESHIP: THE LIVE SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR – Matt Cook (Composer, Producer), Dan Merceruio (Producer), Leslie Ann Jones (Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer), Mirusia (Soprano). 200+ contributors on over 20 countries, representing all 7 continents. SPECIAL RECOGNITION – NEW MEDIASPECIAL RECOGNITION: BULLET SYMPHONY – LIVE CODING FOR EVERYONE – Yang Zhang