New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Hollywood
Music in Media Awards (HMMAs) announced the winners at their 5th annual awards show last night at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. The night's top honors went to Antonio Sanchez, who won Best Score - Feature Film for Birdman, and John Powell, who won Best Score - Animated Film for How To
Train Your Dragon 2.
"It's about time drummers get some love. Now we have
Birdman and Whiplash. This is shaping up to be our year," joked Sanchez, who opened the show with a drum performance of his score to scenes from the film. "I owe this award to the innovative genius behind the film, Alejandro González Iñárritu. Thank you."
Powell is the first ever recipient of the Best Score - Animated Feature award, a new category to be incorporated into the HMMAs this year. Powell was joined at the HMMAs by How To
Train Your Dragon 2 writer/director Dean Deblois and producer Bonnie Arnold. "People ask me why I work in animation - it's very simple: they are the sweetest people, animation people, all of them, especially this bunch. Bonnie and Dean are wonderful," Powell said while accepting the award and showing love to his Dreamworks family.
Howard Shore was also on hand to accept his award for Best Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug and added that he was honored to be a part of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings franchise.
The Lego Movie's "Everything is Awesome" won the award for Best Song - Animated Film, while "
Lost Stars" from Begin Again won Best Song - Feature Film. Gregg Alexander, the former
New Radicals singer/songwriter, was on hand to accept the award will fellow songwriter
Danielle Brisebois.
Alexander performed for the first time in 15 years, with Brisebois, joining him on stage for "Lost Stars."
Producer, Trevor Albert, of Glen Campbell's documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me was in attendance to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of
Glen Campbell and his family. Albert describes Campbell's documentary as one of love, resilience, and the power of song. He also adds that Glen Campbell's journey is "one of the most heroic musical adventures anyone has ever heard about."
Other performances included composers Gwendolyn Sanford,
Brandon Jay, and Scott Doherty of
Orange is the New
Black with their band who are best known for Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang along with several other independent artists.
Winners were voted upon by music-media industry professionals comprised of select members of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), The Television Academy, the AMPAS
Music Branch, NARAS, performing rights organizations, film music journalists, and music executives.
The full list of winners include:
Visual Media
ORIGINAL SCORE - FEATURE FILM
Antonio Sanchez - Birdman
ORIGINAL SCORE - SCI-FI/FANTASY FILM
Howard Shore - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
ORIGINAL SCORE - ANIMATED FILM
John Powell - How To
Train Your Dragon 2
ORIGINAL SCORE - DOCUMENTARY
Mark Adler - Merchants of Doubt
ORIGINAL SCORE - INDIE FILM/SHORT
Julia Pajot - Impulsion
ORIGINAL SCORE - TV SHOW/DIGITAL SERIES
Alan Silvestri - Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
ORIGINAL SCORE - VIDEO GAME
Russell Brower, Neal Acree, Clint Bajakian, Sam Cardon,
Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Edo Guidotti and Eimear Noone - World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
SONG - FILM
"
Lost Stars" (Begin Again) Written by Gregg
Alexander &
Danielle Brisebois. Performed by
Adam Levine and
Keira Knightley
SONG - ANIMATED FILM
"Everything is Awesome" (The Lego Movie) Written By Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Joshua Bartholomew and Lisa Harriton. Performed by Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island
SONG - DOCUMENTARY
"Stopping For Death" (Coming Home) Written and performed by Joel Martin
SONG - VIDEO GAME
"LittleBigPlanet Fugue in G major" (LittleBigPlanet 3) Written & Performed by Maestro Sackboy
SONG/SCORE - COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Garrett Dutton, Chad Howlett and Earl Bryant Jr. - "Milk & Cereal" (Kellogg's Cereal)
SONG/SCORE - MOBILE VIDEO GAME
Isaias Garcia -
Dream Revenant
SONG/SCORE - SPECIAL FEATURE
Dylan Berry, Stefan Litrownik,
Craig Cleek (Encore Network)
SONG/SCORE - TRAILER
Jeff Broadbent - Gunslayer Legend (Gunslayer Legend)
MAIN TITLE - TV SHOW/DIGITAL STREAMING SERIES
Max Richter (The Leftovers)
SONG - TV PROMO
David Collado - "Paisaje Herrado"
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - TELEVISION
Michelle Silverman & Bob Thiele Jr. (Sons of Anarchy)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - FILM
Season Kent (The Fault in Our Stars)
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
Guardians of the Galaxy
MUSIC VIDEO
Jon Mullane - Any Other Way
MUSIC GENRE
Adult Contemporary/AAA
Viktoria Tocca
Alternative
Ryan Aderréy
Americana/Folk/Acoustic
Phil Celia
Blues
Jimmy Z and the ZTribe
Contemporary Christian/Gospel
David Dayo
Contemporary Classical/Instrumental
Vicente Ortiz Gimeno
Country
MacLear & Waters
Dance
Waleska
EDM (Electronic Dance Music)
Stash
Jazz
Ricks/Fabian/Marsalis
New Age/Ambient
Romu Agullo
Pop
Kanisha K
R&B/Soul
Khela
Rap/Hip Hop
Block Scholars
Reggae
AbyaYala
Rock
Moxy and The Influence
Vocal (Female)
Tarra Layne
Vocal (Male)
Kyle Vincent
World
Tony Chen
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