Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary

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Hollywood Music in Media for Best Original Score in a Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented by Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded2014
Currently held by John Powell
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Website hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture and television industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).

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History

It is presented to the composers who have composed the best "original" score, written specifically for a documentary, either film or television. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmNominees
(2014)
5th
[1]
Merchants of Doubt Mark Adler
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Vivek Maddala
Born to Fly Adam Crystal
H.O.P.E. Was HereEmilio D. Miler
Red Army Christophe Beck & Leo Birenberg
(2015)
6th
[2]
The Hunting Ground Miriam Cutler
Donne Nel Mito Sophia Loren Racconta La LorenMax Di Carlo
Frame by Frame Patrick Jonsson
Teresa de JesúsFrancisco-José Cuenca
Rafael CorpaWild Iberia
(2016)
7th
[3]
Command and Control Mark Adler
Asperger's Are Us Crystal Grooms Mangano
Before the Flood Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla and Mogwai
The Little Prince Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Tig Ryan Miller
(2017)
8th
[4] [5]
Jane Philip Glass
Boston Jeff Beal
Chasing Coral Dan Romer & Saul Simon MacWilliams
Chef's Table Duncan Thum, Sebastian Örnemark and Steve Gernes
The Keepers: "The Conclusion" Blake Neely
LA 92 Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
(2018)
9th
[6]
March of the Penguins: The Next Step Cyrille Aufort
Free Solo Marco Beltrami
One Strange Rock Daniel Pemberton, Simon Ashdown and Will Slater
On Her Shoulders Patrick Jonsson
RBG Miriam Cutler
Science FairJeff Morrow
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Jonathan Kirkscey
(2019)
10th
[7]
The Biggest Little Farm Jeff Beal
Apollo 11 Matt Morton
The Elephant Queen Alex Heffes
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Kathryn Bostic
Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein Dan Levy
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Marcelo Zarvos

2020s

YearFilmNominees
(2020)
11th
[8] [9]
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Steven Price
Athlete A Jeff Beal
Crip Camp Bear McCreary
John Lewis: Good Trouble Tamar-kali
Rising Phoenix Daniel Pemberton
(2021)
12th
[10] [11]
Julia Rachel Portman
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible Nainita Desai
Becoming Cousteau Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
The Rescue Daniel Pemberton
Strip Down, Rise Up Lili Haydn
(2022)
13th
[12]
The Tinder Swindler Jessica Jones
Black Ice Simon Poole
Descendant Ray Angry, Rhiannon Giddens, and Dirk Powell
Gratitude Revealed Lisbeth Scott
Landis: Just Watch MeEmilie and Peter Bernstein
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb Clare Manchon and Olivier Manchon
(2023)
14th
[13]
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie John Powell
Kangaroo Valley H. Scott Salinas and Logan Stahley
Split at the Root Lili Haydn
The Deepest Breath Nainita Desai
The Pigeon Tunnel Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan

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