16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards

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The 16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards recognized the best in music in film, TV, video games, commercials, and trailers of 2025. The ceremony was held on November 19, 2025, at The Avalon in Hollywood, and was live-streamed globally for the first time, on the Laurel Canyon Live app.[1][2][3][4][5]

DateNovember 19, 2025
Most winsSinners (3)
Most nominationsWicked: For Good (6)
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16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards
DateNovember 19, 2025
LocationThe Avalon, Hollywood
Most winsSinners (3)
Most nominationsWicked: For Good (6)
Websitewww.hmmawards.com
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The nominations were announced on November 5, 2025.[6] The musical Wicked: For Good led the nominations with six, followed by the film Sinners and the video game Valorant, with five each.[1]

The ceremony featured performances from Jeff Beal, Kesha, Aiyana-Lee, A. R. Rahman, Aryana Sayeed, and Diane Warren.[1]

Winners and nominees

Score

More information Original Score – Feature Film, Original Score – Independent Film ...
Original Score – Feature Film Original Score – Independent Film
Original Score – Animated Film Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Original Score – Horror/Thriller Film Original Score – Documentary
Original Score – Independent Film (Foreign Language) Original Score – TV/Streamed Movie
  • Out of the Nest – Fabrizio Mancinelli
    • Catane – Emiliano Mazzenga
    • Dreaming of Lions – Toni M. Mir
    • Mārama – Karl Sölve Steven and Rob Thorne
    • Mina Samy – Mina Samy
Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language)
Original Score – Short Film (Live Action) Original Score – Short Film (Animated)
  • El Lazo de Petra – Carl Thiel
    • Everything Must Go – Forrest Gray
    • Gesualdo – Finlay White
    • How to Drag a Boy – Kyle Simpson
    • The Lord of All Future Space and Time – Alexander Bornstein
  • Valorant – Qing Madi
    • All Hail the Duck King – Sam Rothera
    • Honor of Kings: "Kong Kong'er Chamption Cinematic Short" – Obadiah Brown-Beach, Bastien Rousset, Henrik Lindström, 2WEI, Ruben K, Georg Mausolf, Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen, and Nicholas Horsten
    • Love & Gold – Hayden Thompson and Miranda Tan
    • Wednesdays with Gramps – Raashi Kulkarni
Original Score – Short Film (Documentary) Original Score – Documentary Series – TV/Digital
  • A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness) – Benjamin Westphalen
    • Cindy Tran: From Here to Here – Oscar Pan
    • La Mar – Juan Carlos Enriquez
    • The Light of Immortality – Michał Drabczyk
    • Love, Chinatown – Katya Richardson
    • Stone Biter – Alexander Leeming Froudakis and Manuela Lubrano
Original Score – Video Game (Console & PC) Original Song/Score – Mobile Video Game
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Song

More information Original Song – Feature Film, Original Song – Independent Film ...
Original Song – Feature Film Original Song – Independent Film
Original Song – Animated Film Original Song – Documentary
Original Song – TV Show/Limited Series Original Song – Video Game (Console & PC)
  • "Against the Tide" from Wuthering Waves – Written by Obadiah Brown-Beach; Performed by Forts and Obadiah Brown-Beach
    • "Coral Crown" from Hades II – 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, and H.K.H; Vocals by Chrissy Costanza
    • "The Rogue Prince of Persia" from The Rogue Prince of Persia – Written and performed by Daniel Asadi and XYE
    • "When the Sun is Low" from Dune: Awakening – Written by Knut Avenstroup Haugen; Performed by Clara Sorace, the Chamber Orchestra of London, Børre Flyen, and Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Song – Onscreen Performance (Film) Song – Onscreen Performance (TV Show/Limited Series)
Song – Short Film Original Song/Score – Commercial Advertisement
  • "Stars in My Eyes" from Sweetwater – Written by Sean Douglas; Performed by Kyra Sedgwick
    • "Car Keys" from Everything Must Go – Written by Forrest Gray, Tiffany So, and 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; Performed by Amelia Rolland
    • "Somos Fuertes" from Somos Fuertes – Written and performed by J. Frazil
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Main Title Theme

More information Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series, Main Title Theme – TV Show (Foreign Language) ...
Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series Main Title Theme – TV Show (Foreign Language)
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Music Supervision

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Music Supervision – Film Music Supervision – Television
Music Supervision – Video Game
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Other

More information Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical, Music Documentary – Special Program ...
Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical Music Documentary – Special Program
Soundtrack Album Music Design – Trailer
  • Necaxa – Juan Carlos Enriquez
    • Delta Force – Peter Tomlinson
    • Destiny: Rising – Weicheng Xia and Guanglei Zhang
    • Project Spectrum – Ludvig Forssell
    • Sea of Remnants (Yo Ho!) – Guanglei Zhang and Sibo Huang
    • Valorant – Qing Madi
    • Wet Paper Bag – Steve Gernes
Music Video (Independent) Live Concert for Visual Media
Exhibitions, Theme Parks, Special Projects
  • Walt Disney World's Epcot: Test Track – Zain Effendi
    • Dark Castle (XD Dark Ride) – Benjamin Botkin, Carl Vaudrin, and Benjamin Beladi
    • Dreamland Theme Park – Chris Thomas
    • One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars – Rhian Sheehan
    • Scadstory Atlanta – Erik Desiderio
    • Snapshot – Eduardo Andrade
    • Tapestry of Happiness – Haim Mazar
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Special Recognition

More information Music Performance / Special Program, Song – Documentary Series – TV/Limited Series ...
Music Performance / Special Program Song – Documentary Series – TV/Limited Series
Song/Score – New Media
  • "La Pandora's Box" – Written by Victoria Dawson, Nadeem Majdalany, Camille J. Thomas, Carmen A. Thomas, Shannon K, Luke Shrestha, and Simon Jay; Performed by memyself&vi
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