“Wicked: For Good” topped the Hollywood Music in Media Awards with six nominations.
“Sinners” received five nominations, followed by “F1” and “The Ballad of Wallis Island” with four nominations each.
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards honors music and compositions from film, television and video games, and recognizes the composers, songwriters and music supervisors of this year’s theatrical releases.The awards ceremony will be held on November 19th at The Avalon in Hollywood, California.
Song nominees include Ludwig Goransson, Miles Caton, Alice Smith, Rafael Saadiyk, Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Diane Warren, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Shakira, Hunter/X, Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin, Aiyana Lee, Billy Idol, J. Ralph, Sam Ryder, Karol G. John Mayer, and others.
On-screen performance nominees for the award include EJAE, Ley Ami and Audrey Nouna for “Kpop Demon Hunters,” Aiyana Lee for “Highest 2 Lowest,” Bono for “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” Myles Caton for “Sinners,” and Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan for “The Ballad of Wallis Island.”
Read the complete list of 2025 nominees below.
Song – Feature film
“Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash – Written by Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Simon Frangren, Andrew Wyatt, Performed by Miley Cyrus
“Drive” from “F1” – Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, and John Mayer, performed by Sheeran.
“Lose My Mind” from “F1” – Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin, performed by Don Toliver and Doja Cat
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from “Sinners” – Written by Alice Smith, Miles Caton, and Ludwig Göransson. Performed by Miles Caton and Alice Smith
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners’” – written by Rafael Saadik and Ludwig Göransson, performed by Myles Caton
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” – Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Performer: Cynthia Erivo
“The Girl in the Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” – Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Performed by Ariana Grande
Song – Animated Movie
“The Best Time Ever” from “Snoopy Presents: The Summer Musical” – written by Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner and Jeff Morrow, performed by the cast
“Golden” from “Kpop Demon Hunters” – Lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joon Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hon, Performance by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
“Goodlife” from “The Bad Guys 2” – Lyrics by Daniel Pemberton, Gary Go and Sanele David Sydow, performed by Rag’n’Bone Man & With the Mac.
“Kaleidoscope” from “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” – written by Joseph Chase Atkins, starring Tehila Alfonso, cast
“Open the Door” from “The Twits” – Lyrics and music by David Byrne and Hayley Williams
“Zoo” from “Zootopia 2” – Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Shakira, performed by Shakira
Song – documentary film
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” – performed by Kesha and Diane Warren
“Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead” – Lyrics by Billy Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English, Joe Janiak, performed by Billy Idol and J. Ralph.
“Have You Seen My Light” from “October 8” – Written and produced by Autumn Lowe and Kidzo.
“Milagros” from “Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful” – Lyrics by Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Edgar Barrera, Kevin Mauricio Cruz, Lenin Yony 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.
Song – independent film
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest” – Lyrics by Ayanna Lee Anderson and Nicole Dasiana Anderson, Performance by Ayanna Lee
“Learn to Let Go” from “Everything To Me” – written by Stephanie Economou, Maggie McClure, Chloe Caroline Fellows, and John Monroe, performed by Maggie McClure, Chloe Caroline, and Stephanie Economou
“My San Francisco” from “Plainclothes” – written and performed by Emily Wells
“Time Is All We Have” from “Momo” – Lyrics by Phil Eisler and Sam Ryder, Performance by Sam Ryder
“We Believe In Hope” from “Rule Breakers” – written by Jeff Beall, Joan Beal, and Ariana Syed, performed by Ariana Syed and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Song – Screen Performance (Movie)
Ayanna Lee – “The Highest 2 Worst” from “The Highest 2 Worst”
Bono – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” from “Bono: Stories of Surrender”
EJAE, Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna (aka HUNTR/X) – “Golden” from “Kpop Demon Hunters”
Miles Caton – “I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan – “Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie
Alexandre Desplat – “Jurassic World: Rebirth”
Phil Eisler – “Momo”
Gordie Herb – Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
Laura Karpman – “Captain America: Brave New World”
Michael Giacchino – “Fantastic Four: First Steps”
Nine Inch Nails – “Tron Ares”
Simon Frangren – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Son Lux – “Thunderbolts*”
Score – Horror/Thriller Movie
Atticus Derrickson – “Black Phone 2”
Benjamin Walfisch – “The Wolfman”
Cornel Wilczek – “Bring Her Back”
Holy Amber Church – “The Other”
Jay Wadley – “Heart Eyes”
Michael Ezerski – “Dangerous Animals”
Score – Feature Film
Alexandre Desplat – “Frankenstein”
Daniel Lopatin – “Marty Supreme”
Hans Zimmer – “F1”
Jerskin Fendrix – “Bugonia”
John Powell – “Wicked: For Good”
Jonny Greenwood – “One Battle After Another”
Ludwig Göransson – “Sinners”
Max Richter – “Hamnet”
Pancho Burgos-Goizueta – “Unbreakable Boy”
Volker Bertelmann – “The House of Dynamite”
Score – Animated Movie
Arnaud Toulon – “Arco”
Daniel Pemberton – “The Bad Guys 2”
Nick Urata “Stitch Head”
Stephanie Economou – “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie”
Tom Howe – “Dogman”
Score – Documentary
Alison Newman – “Arrest the Midwife”
Anne Nikitin – “Pangolin – Kuru’s Journey”
Christian Lundberg – “Why do we dream?”
Lolita Litmanis – “The American Miracle”
Paul Leonard-Morgan – “The Last Dive”
Tyler Strickland – “John Candy: I Like Me”
Score – Independent Film
Aaron Zigman – “Truth and Rebel”
Adem Ilhan – “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Jeff Beale – “Rule Breakers”
Jónsi and Alex Summers – “Rental Family”
Lucrecia Dalt “The Rabbit Trap”
Steve Garnes – “Wet Paper Bag”
Score – Independent Film (Foreign Language)
Emiliano Mazzenga – “Catane”
Fabrizio Mancinelli – “Out of the nest”
Karl Solve Stephen and Rob Thorne – “Marama”
Mina Sammy – “Happy Birthday”
Toni M. Mill – “I Dream of a Lion”
Music-themed movies, biopics or musicals
“Songson Bleu” – Craig Brewer (Director)
“Springsteen: Deliver It From Anywhere” – Scott Cooper (Director)
“The Ballad of Wallis Island” – James Griffiths (Director)
Wicked: For Good – Jon M. Chu (Director)
“Zombies 4: Rise of the Vampire” – Paul Hoen (Director)
Music Documentary – Special Program
“Billy Idol Should Be Dead” – Jonas Åkerlund (Director)
“Bono: A Story of Surrender” – Andrew Dominick (Director)
“Diane Warren: Relentless” – Beth Kargman (Director)
“I Was Born This Way” – Daniel Junge, Sam Pollard (Directors)
“It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” – Amy Berg (Director)
“Selena and Los Dinos” – Isabel Castro (Director)
Music supervision – film
Ashley Neumeister – “Ruth and Boaz”
Dominic Amendham – “Wicked: For Good”
Gary Welch “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Gemma Barnes – “Christy”
Mike Turner & Jonathan Lane “Winter Spring Summer or Fall”
Nick Angel – “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
