Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Documentary
The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Documentary is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for a documentary film or series. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.
Winners and nominees[]
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Song | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2014) 5th [1] | |||
| Stopping for Death: The Nurses of Wells House Hospice | "Coming Home" | Joel Martin | |
| Hair | "Superman" | Dalal Bruchmann & Nate Jolley | |
| Virunga | "We Will Not Go" | J. Ralph | |
| (2015) 6th [2] | |||
| The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" | Lady Gaga & Diane Warren | |
| Juan Mariné, The History of Making Cinema | "Hechicero" | Pedro Contreras and Ruth Lorenzo | |
| Meru | "The Light that Never Fails" | Lauren Christy, Andra Day & Adrian Gurvitz | |
| Sueños de Sal | "Sueños de Sal" | Oscar Navarro | |
| Tig | "Words" | Sharon Van Etten | |
| (2016) 7th [3] | |||
| Before the Flood | "A Minute to Breathe" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | |
| 13th | "Letter to the Free" | Common | |
| Audrie & Daisy | "Flicker" | Tori Amos | |
| Jim: The James Foley Story | "The Empty Chair" | J. Ralph & Sting | |
| MARS | "Mars" | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | |
| (2017) 8th [4] | |||
| Step | "Jump" | Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson | |
| The American Epic Sessions | "2 Fingers Of Whiskey" | Elton John & Bernie Taupin, and T Bone Burnett, Jack White | |
| An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | "Truth to Power" | Ryan Tedder & T Bone Burnett | |
| Chasing Coral | "Tell Me How Long" | Teddy Geiger & Dan Romer | |
| Cries from Syria | "Prayers for This World" | Diane Warren | |
| Served Like a Girl | "Dancing Through the Wreckage" | Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo & Linda Perry | |
| (2018) 9th [5] | |||
| RBG | "I'll Fight" | Diane Warren | |
| Free Solo | "Gravity" | Tim McGraw and Lori McKenna | |
| Pope Francis: A Man of His Word | "These Are the Words" | Tony Shanahan and Patti Smith | |
| Quincy | "Keep Reachin'" | Quincy Jones, Mark Ronson and Yebba Smith | |
| Yo Galgo | "Song for the Untitled" | Arturo Cardelús and Rickie Lee Kroell | |
| (2019) 10th [6][7] | |||
| The Biggest Little Farm | "Sun, Flood, or Drought" | Scott Avett, Seth Avett (writers/performers) | |
| The Arctic & Antarctica | "Frozen Song" | Milana Zilnik (writer/performer) | |
| Bathtubs Over Broadway | "It'll Change Your Life" | Anthony DiLorenzo, Steve Young (writers); Bathtubs Over Broadway Orchestra & Session Singers (performers) | |
| The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Pharrell Williams (writer/performer), Chad Hugo (writer) | |
| The Bronx, USA | "Da Bronx" | Paul Williams, Charles Fox (writers); Robert Klein, Donald Webber Jr. (performers) | |
| Our Planet | "In This Together" | Steven Price (writer); Ellie Goulding (performer) |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Song | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2020) 11th [8][9] | |||
| Giving Voice | "Never Break" | John Legend (writer/performer); Nasri Atweh, Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, Greg Wells (writers) | |
| All In: The Fight for Democracy | "Turntables" | Janelle Monáe (writer/performer) | |
| Belly of the Beast | "See What You've Done" | Mary J. Blige (writer/performer); Nova Wav, DJ Camper (writers) | |
| Miss Americana | "Only the Young" | Taylor Swift (writer/performer); Joel Little (writer) | |
| Nasrin | "How Can I Tell You?" | Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty (writers); Angélique Kidjo (performer) | |
| The Way I See It | "The Future" | Aloe Blacc (writer/performer) | |
| (2021) 12th [10][11] | |||
| Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road | "Right Where I Belong" | Brian Wilson (writer/performer), Jim James (writer) | |
| Cured | "The Other Side of the Rainbow" | Ian Honeyman and Tucker Murray Caploe (writers/performers) | |
| The First Wave | "Breathe" | Jon Batiste (writer/performer); Autumn Rowe and H. Scott Salinas (writers) | |
| The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses | "(Never Gonna) Tame You" | Diane Warren (writer); Blanco Brown (performer) | |
| Rebel Hearts | "Secret Sister" | Rufus Wainwright (writer/performer) | |
| World Woman Hour | "Looking Up" | Elizabeth Russo & Ryan Shore (writers); Angelica Hale (performer) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Scott Feinberg (November 5, 2014). "Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Gregg Alexander Performs, Glen Campbell Feted". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ HMMA (2015). "2015 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINEES". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ HMMA (2016). "2016 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINEES". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ HMMA (October 24, 2018). "Hollywood Music in Media Awards Announces Nominees in Film, TV, & Video Game Music". Shoot Online. DCA Business Media. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ Linda Xu (October 17, 2018). "'A Star Is Born,' 'Black Panther' Lead Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ HMMA (2019). "2019 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ HMMA (November 19, 2019). "2019 HMMA Winners". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ HMMA (2020). "2020 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- ^ Chris Willman (January 15, 2021). "Hollywood Music in Media Awards Announces 2021 Nominees; Kenny Loggins Set for Lifetime Honor (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ HMMA (2021). "2021 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ Jazz Tangcay (November 4, 2021). "Beyonce, Van Morrison, Hans Zimmer Receive Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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- Hollywood Music in Media Awards
- Film awards for Best Song
- Awards established in 2014