16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards

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.

The nominations were announced on November 5, 2025. The musical Wicked: For Good led the nominations with six, followed by the film Sinners and the video game Valorant, with five each.

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

Winners and nominees

Score Original Score – Feature Film Original Score – Independent Film Sinners – Ludwig Göransson Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix F1 – Hans Zimmer Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat Hamnet – Max Richter A House of Dynamite – Volker Bertelmann Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood Wicked: For Good – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz Rule Breakers – Jeff Beal The Ballad of Wallis Island – Adem Ilhan Rabbit Trap – Lucrecia Dalt Rental Family – Jónsi and Alex Somers Truth & Treason – Aaron Zigman Wet Paper Bag – Steve Gernes Original Score – Animated Film Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Dog Man – Tom Howe Arco – Arnaud Toulon The Bad Guys 2 – Daniel Pemberton Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie – Stephanie Economou Stitch Head – Nick Urata Avatar: Fire and Ash – Simon Franglen Captain America: Brave New World – Laura Karpman Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force – Gordy Haab The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Michael Giacchino Jurassic World Rebirth – Alexandre Desplat Momo – Fil Eisler Thunderbolts* – Son Lux Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails Original Score – Horror/Thriller Film Original Score – Documentary Wolf Man – Benjamin Wallfisch Black Phone 2 – Atticus Derrickson Bring Her Back – Cornel Wilczek Dangerous Animals – Michael Yezerski Heart Eyes – Jay Wadley The Other – Holly Amber Church Pangolin: Kulu's Journey – Anne Nikitin An American Miracle – Lolita Ritmanis Arrest the Midwife – Allyson Newman John Candy: I Like Me – Tyler Strickland The Last Dive – Paul Leonard-Morgan Why We Dream – Christian Lundberg 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 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – Dustin O'Halloran Exterritorial – Sara Barone Fountain of Youth – Christopher Benstead Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story – Tommy Fields The Pickup – Christopher Lennertz Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires – Tom Howe Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language) Severance – Theodore Shapiro Adolescence – Aaron May and David Ridley Andor – Brandon Roberts and Nicholas Britell Chad Powers – Natalie Holt The Gilded Age – Harry Gregson-Williams and Rupert Gregson-Williams Landman – Andrew Lockington The Last of Us – Gustavo Santaolalla and David Fleming The Studio – Antonio Sánchez Wednesday – Chris Bacon Your Friends & Neighbors – Dominic Lewis Terra Alta – Arturo Cardelús Al Batal – Suad Bushnaq Carême – Guillaume Roussel On the High Seas – Sandrine Rudaz Red Alert – Ariel Blumenthal and Gal Lev 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 Champion 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 Chef's Table: Legends – Duncan Thum and David Bertok American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden – Jasha Klebe The Americas – Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, and Anže Rozman Secrets of the Penguins – Nainita Desai Turning Point: The Vietnam War – John Dragonetti Original Score – Video Game (Console & PC) Original Song/Score – Mobile Video Game League of Legends: Welcome to Noxus – Bill Hemstapat, Sebastien Najand, Alex Seaver, J.D. Spears, Alexander Temple, Richard Thomson, Seth Tsui, Gong Ao, and Merlin Cen Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Ludvig Forssell Dune: Awakening – Knut Avenstroup Haugen Fallen Aces: Episode 1 – Josh Barron Ghost of Yōtei – Toma Otowa Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Gordy Haab Mafia: The Old Country – BT The Rogue Prince of Persia – Danny Asadi Spirit of the North 2 – Pav Gekko Sword of the Sea – Austin Wintory AFK Journey – Alec Justice Delta Force – Delta Force Music Team Honor of Kings – Matthew Carl Earl and Laurent Courbier Identity V: Gambler in the Spotlight – Zhang Guanglei and Wang Jingfei Valorant – bbno$

Song Original Song – Feature Film Original Song – Independent Film "I Lied to You" from Sinners – Written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson; Performed by Miles Caton "Dream as One" from Avatar: Fire and Ash – Written by Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen; Performed by Miley Cyrus "Drive" from F1 – Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, and John Mayer; Performed by Ed Sheeran "The Girl in the Bubble" from Wicked: For Good – Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Ariana Grande "Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" from Sinners – Written by Alice Smith, Miles Caton, and Ludwig Göransson; Performed by Miles Caton and Alice Smith "Lose My Mind" from F1 – Written by Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder, and Grant Boutin; Performed by Don Toliver featuring Doja Cat "No Place Like Home" from Wicked: For Good – Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Cynthia Erivo "Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest – Written by Aiyana-Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson; Performed by Aiyana-Lee "Learn to Let Go" from Everything to Me – Written by Stephanie Economou, Maggie McClure, Chloé Caroline Fellows, and Jon Monroe; Performed by Maggie McClure, Chloé Caroline, and Stephanie Economou "My San Francisco" from Plainclothes – Written and performed by Emily Wells "Time Is All We Have" from Momo – Written by Fil Eisler and Sam Ryder; Performed by Sam Ryder "We Believe in Hope" from Rule Breakers – Written by Jeff Beal, Joan Beal, and Aryana Sayeed; Performed by Aryana Sayeed and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Original Song – Animated Film Original Song – Documentary "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters – Written by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, and Park Hong Jun; Performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami "Best Time Ever" from Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical – Written by Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and Jeff Morrow; Performed by cast "Goodlife" from The Bad Guys 2 – Written by Daniel Pemberton, Gary Go, and Sanele David Sydow; Performed by Rag'n'Bone Man and WizTheMc "Kaleidoscope" from Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie – Written by Joseph Chase Atkins; Performed by Tehillah Alphonso and cast "Open the Door" from The Twits – Written and performed by David Byrne and Hayley Williams "Zoo" from Zootopia 2 – Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, and Shakira; Performed by Shakira "Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless – Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Kesha and Diane Warren "Dying to Live" from Billy Idol Should Be Dead – Written by Billy Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English, and Joe Janiak; Performed by Billy Idol and J. Ralph "Have You Seen My Light" from October 8 – Written and performed by Autumn Rowe and Kizzo "Milagros" from Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful – Written by Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Edgar Barrera, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz, and Lenin Yorney Palacios; Performed by Karol G "Salt then Sour then Sweet" from Come See Me in the Good Light – Written by Sara Bareilles, Andrea Gibson, and Brandi Carlile; Performed by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile Original Song – TV Show/Limited Series Original Song – Video Game (Console & PC) "The Dead Dance" from Wednesday – Written by Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt; Performed by Lady Gaga "Afterlife" from Devil May Cry – Written by Amy Lee and Alex Seaver; Performed by Evanescence "At Dawn I Look For You" from Étoile – Written by Loral Raphael and Ronnel Raphael; Performed by Sons of Raphael "Give It a Good Try" from Unconventional – Written by Craig Richey; Performed by Craig Richey featuring Aubrey Shea "The Line" from Arcane – Written by Tyler Joseph; Performed by Twenty One Pilots "Rosebud" from Woman of the Dead – Written by Vera Marie Weber and Caleb Veazey; Performed by Vera Weber "Turned to Black" from Black Rabbit – Written by Albert Hammond Jr. and Sarah Holt; Performed by the Black Rabbits (Albert Hammond Jr. and Jude Law) "Wolf Song" from Landman – Written and performed by Andrew Lockington "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) "I Lied to You" from Sinners – Performed by Miles Caton "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters – Performed by Ejae, Rei Ami, and Audrey Nuna (Huntrix) "Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest – Performed by Aiyana-Lee "Our Love" from The Ballad of Wallis Island – Performed by Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from Bono: Stories of Surrender – Performed by Bono "Our Highway" from The Bondsman – Performed by Kevin Bacon "Drugs in My Booty" from Harlem – Performed by Mark Sonnenblick "Force of Nature" from Vampirina: Teenage Vampire – Performed by Kenzi Richardson "The Hills of Tanchico" from The Wheel of Time – Performed by Nikhil Koparkar "The Lies We Tell Our Hearts" from Electric Bloom – Performed by Lumi Pollack, Carmen Sanchez, and Ruby Marino 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 Apple: "6 Our of 5 Stars – Silo: Music" – Neil Ormandy, Linkoln, and Allen Stone Amazon Midnight Opus: "What the World Needs Now is Love" – Haim Mazar The End of the Run is Just the Beginning – Alexandra Petkovski Matter and Space: "Butterflies" – Alex Yewon Sea of Remnants: "Yo Ho!" – Guanglei Zhang and Sibo Huang Valorant: "In My Zone" – bbno$

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