Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Independent Film

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Hollywood Music in Media for Best Original Score in an Animated Film
Country United States
Presented by Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded2015
Currently held by Mica Levi
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Website www.hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Independent Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture 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 an independent film. The award was first given in 2015, during the sixth annual awards. It was first awarded to independent short film, but gradually shifted to full-length features.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmNominees
(2015)
6th
[1] [2]
The Moment I Was AloneIsaias Garcia
Flying SouthMark Cyprian Smythe
LabyrinthRamesh Kumar Kannan
L´Altra FronteraLuc Suarez
Land Of LeopoldAlexis Grapsas
Le Constructeur de MalheurRaphael Fimm
(2016)
7th
[3] [4]
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty Scott Glasgow
The CarerAtti Pacsay
Mr. Church Mark Isham
QuarriesIsaias Garcia
The Roots of MenNicolas Techer
(2017)
8th
[5] [6] [7]
Chuck Corey Allen Jackson
The Mad Whale Layla Minoui
Purgatory Road Glen Gabriel
This Beautiful Fantastic Anne Nikitin
This Day Forward Nami Melumad
UnfallenMark Smythe
(2018)
9th
[8] [9]
Colette Thomas Adès
Breath Harry Gregson-Williams
The Death of Stalin Christopher Willis
The Last Movie Star Austin Wintory
Mandy Jóhann Jóhannsson
Miss Arizona Nami Melumad
(2019)
10th
[10]
Colewell Dara Taylor
Encounter Penka Kouneva
EpiphanyNuno Malo
In This Grey Place Miro Kepinski
Indigo Valley Dalal Bruchmann & Maesa Pullman

2020s

YearFilmNominees
(2020)
11th
[11] [12]
Minari Emile Mosseri
The 24th Alex Heffes
Ammonite Dustin O'Halloran & Volker Bertelmann
The Glorias Elliot Goldenthal
Shirley Tamar-kali
Wild Mountain Thyme Amelia Warner
(2021)
12th
[13] [14]
C'mon C'mon Bryce & Aaron Dessner
The Card Counter Robert Levon Been & Giancarlo Vulcano
CODA Marius de Vries
The Green Knight Daniel Hart
Nine Days Antônio Pinto
(2022)
13th
Living Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Dead for a Dollar Xander Rodzinski
Don't Make Me Go Jessica Weiss
Everything Everywhere All at Once Son Lux
The Outfit Alexandre Desplat
The Whale Rob Simonsen
(2023)
14th
The Zone of Interest Mica Levi
Dalíland Edmund Butt
Dream Scenario Owen Pallett
Jules Volker Bertelmann
Miranda's Victim Holly Amber Church
She Came to Me Bryce Dessner

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