Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the big winner at the 16th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on Wednesday night, picking up three statuettes including Best Score and Song for a feature film and Best On-Screen Performance. The latter two wins were for “I Lied to You,” which was written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson and performed by Miles Caton. Göransson also picked up the Score trophy.
The documentary Diane Warren: Relentless and Fabrizio Mancinelli for indie feature Out of the Nest were the other multiple winners, snagging two statuettes each during the ceremony at the Avalon in Hollywood. There also were double wins from the Wicked world: Director Jon M. Chu took the inaugural HMMA for Music-Themed Film, Biopic or Musical for Wicked: For Good — which will storm theaters around the world on Friday — and the TV special Wicked: One Wonderful Night won for Music Performance / Special Program.
The juggernaut film KPop Demon Hunters tracked down a Best Song – Animated Film trophy for the No. 1 pop single “Golden,” and the title tune from Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest picked up the Best Song – Independent Film prize. Diane Warren won Best Song – Documentary for “Dear Me.”
Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt also were among the HMMA winners, taking Best Song – TV Show/Limited Series for the Gaga-sung “The Dead Dance” from Tim Burton’s Wednesday.
Here are all the winners at the 2025 Hollywood Music in Media Awards:
SONG – FEATURE FILM“I Lied To You” from Sinners. Written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson. Performed by Miles Caton
SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest. Written By Aiyana-Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson. Performed by Aiyana-Lee
SONG – DOCUMENTARY FILM“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless. Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Kesha and Diane Warren
SONG – ANIMATED FILM“Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters. 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
SONG – ON-SCREEN PERFORMANCE (FILM)Miles Caton – “I Lied to You” from Sinners
SCORE – ANIMATED FILMTom Howe – Dog Man
SCORE – FEATURE FILMLudwig Göransson – Sinners
SCORE – SCI-FI/FANTASY FILMSimon Franglen – Avatar: Fire and Ash
SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESTheodore Shapiro – Severance
SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILMJeff Beal – Rule Breakers
SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)Fabrizio Mancinelli – Out of the Nest
SCORE – HORROR/THRILLER FILMBenjamin Wallfisch – Wolf Man
SCORE – DOCUMENTARYAnne Nikitin – Pangolin – Kulu’s Journey
MUSIC-THEMED FILM, BIOPIC OR MUSICALWicked: For Good – Jon M. Chu (director)
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY – SPECIAL PROGRAMDiane Warren: Relentless – Bess Kargman (director)
SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES“The Dance” from Wednesday. Written by Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt. Performed by Lady Gaga
SONG – ON-SCREEN PERFORMANCE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESKevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles – “Our Highway” (The Bondsman S1) Written by Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles
MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESYour Friends & Neighbors – Dominic Lewis and Hamilton Leithauser
SCORE – SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)Carl Thiel – El Lazo De Petra
SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)Qing Madi – Valorant
SCORE – SHORT FILM (DOCUMENTARY)Benjamin Westphalen – A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)
SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)Fabrizio Mancinelli – Out of the Nest
SCORE – DOCUMENTARY SERIES -TV/DIGITALDuncan Thum and David Bertok – Chef’s Table: Legends
SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)Arturo Cardelús – Terra Alta
SCORE – VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)League Of Legends: Welcome to Noxus – League of Legends (Bill Hemstapat, Sebastien Najand, Alex Seaver, J.D. Spears, Alexander Temple, Richard Thomson, Seth Tsui, Gong Ao, Merlin Cen)
SONG – VIDEO GAME (CONSOLE & PC)“Against the Tide” from Wuthering Waves. Written by Obadiah Brown-Beach. Performed by Forts and Obadiah Brown-Beach.
SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAMEAFK Journey – Alec Justice
MUSIC SUPERVISION – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIESSean Fernald – Dexter: Resurrection
MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILMNick Angel – Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
MUSIC SUPERVISION – VIDEO GAMESteve Schnur – Battlefield 6
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SOUNDTRACK ALBUMF1 – Atlantic Records
SONG – SHORT FILM“Stars In My Eyes” from Sweetwater. Written by Sean Douglas. Performed by Kyra Sedgwick
SCORE – TV/STREAMED MOVIEBridget Jones: Mad About The Boy – Dustin O’Halloran
MUSIC DESIGN – TRAILERNecaxa (FX – Hulu) – Juan Carlos Enriquez
MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)On the High Seas – Sandrine Rudaz
MUSIC VIDEO (INDEPENDENT)Evanescence – “Afterlife”
LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIAThe Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl – The Lion King Cast
EXHIBITIONS, THEME PARKS, SPECIAL PROJECTS“Opening” Walt Disney World’s Epcot: Test Track – Zain Effendi
SONG/SCORE – NEW MEDIALa Pandora’s Box Written by Victoria Dawson, Nadeem Majdalany, Camille J. Thomas, Carmen A. Thomas, Shannon K., Luke Shrestha, Simon Jay. Performed by memyself&vi
MUSIC PERFORMANCE / SPECIAL PROGRAMWicked: One Wonderful Night
SONG – DOCUMENTARY SERIES – TV/LIMITED SERIES“Go Steady” from Parenthood. Written by Tom Howe and Sam Ryder
