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

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented by Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded2014
Currently held by Carla Morrison, Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez, Mario Demian Jimenez Perez
"Todo Fue Por Amor" (2023)
Website www.hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Documentary is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for a documentary film or series. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmSongNominees
(2014)
5th
[1]
Stopping for Death: The Nurses of Wells House Hospice"Coming Home"Joel Martin
Hair"Superman" Dalal Bruchmann & Nate Jolley
Virunga "We Will Not Go" J. Ralph
(2015)
6th
[2]
The Hunting Ground "Til It Happens to You" Lady Gaga & Diane Warren
Juan Mariné, The History of Making Cinema"Hechicero"Pedro Contreras and Ruth Lorenzo
Meru "The Light that Never Fails" Lauren Christy, Andra Day & Adrian Gurvitz
Sueños de Sal"Sueños de Sal"Oscar Navarro
Tig "Words" Sharon Van Etten
(2016)
7th
[3]
Before the Flood "A Minute to Breathe" Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
13th "Letter to the Free" Common
Audrie & Daisy "Flicker" Tori Amos
Jim: The James Foley Story "The Empty Chair" J. Ralph & Sting
MARS "Mars" Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
(2017)
8th
[4]
Step "Jump" Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson
The American Epic Sessions "2 Fingers Of Whiskey" Elton John & Bernie Taupin, and T Bone Burnett, Jack White
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power "Truth to Power" Ryan Tedder & T Bone Burnett
Chasing Coral "Tell Me How Long" Teddy Geiger & Dan Romer
Cries from Syria "Prayers for This World" Diane Warren
Served Like a Girl "Dancing Through the Wreckage" Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo & Linda Perry
(2018)
9th
[5]
RBG "I'll Fight" Diane Warren
Free Solo "Gravity" Tim McGraw and Lori McKenna
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word "These Are the Words" Tony Shanahan and Patti Smith
Quincy "Keep Reachin'" Quincy Jones, Mark Ronson and Yebba Smith
Yo Galgo"Song for the Untitled" Arturo Cardelús and Rickie Lee Kroell
(2019)
10th
[6] [7]
The Biggest Little Farm "Sun, Flood, or Drought" Scott Avett, Seth Avett (writers/performers)
The Arctic & Antarctica"Frozen Song"Milana Zilnik (writer/performer)
Bathtubs Over Broadway "It'll Change Your Life"Anthony DiLorenzo, Steve Young (writers); Bathtubs Over Broadway Orchestra & Session Singers (performers)
The Black Godfather "Letter to My Godfather" Pharrell Williams (writer/performer), Chad Hugo (writer)
The Bronx, USA"Da Bronx" Paul Williams, Charles Fox (writers); Robert Klein, Donald Webber Jr. (performers)
Our Planet "In This Together" Steven Price (writer); Ellie Goulding (performer)

2020s

YearFilmSongNominees
(2020)
11th
[8] [9]
Giving Voice "Never Break" John Legend (writer/performer); Nasri Atweh, Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, Greg Wells (writers)
All In: The Fight for Democracy "Turntables" Janelle Monáe (writer/performer)
Belly of the Beast "See What You've Done" Mary J. Blige (writer/performer); Nova Wav, DJ Camper (writers)
Miss Americana "Only the Young" Taylor Swift (writer/performer); Joel Little (writer)
Nasrin "How Can I Tell You?" Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty (writers); Angélique Kidjo (performer)
The Way I See It "The Future" Aloe Blacc (writer/performer)
(2021)
12th
[10] [11]
Rebel Hearts "Secret Sister" Rufus Wainwright (writer/performer)
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road "Right Where I Belong" Brian Wilson (writer/performer), Jim James (writer)
Cured "The Other Side of the Rainbow" Ian Honeyman and Tucker Murray Caploe (writers/performers)
The First Wave "Breathe" Jon Batiste (writer/performer); Autumn Rowe and H. Scott Salinas (writers)
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses"(Never Gonna) Tame You" Diane Warren (writer); Blanco Brown (performer)
World Woman Hour"Looking Up"Elizabeth Russo & Ryan Shore (writers); Angelica Hale (performer)
(2022)
13th
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile "Ready As I'll Never Be" Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker (writers); Tanya Tucker (performer)
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me "My Mind and Me" Selena Gomez, Amy Allen, Jonathan Bellion, Michael Pollack, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K Johnson (writers); Selena Gomez (performer)
The Automat "At The Automat" Mel Brooks (writer/performer)
Killing Me Softly with His Songs"Sing A Brand New Song" Charles Fox and Lonnie "Common" Rashid Lynn (writers); Donald Webber, Jr. (performer)
The Voice of Dust and Ash"Dust and Ash" J Ralph (writer); Norah Jones (performer)
We Are Art Through the Eyes of Annalaura"We Are Art" Annalaura di Luggo and Paky Di Maio (writers); Annalaura di Luggo (performer)
Wildcat"A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen" Robin Pecknold (writer); Fleet Foxes (performer)
(2023)
14th
[12]
With This Light"Todo Fue Por Amor" Carla Morrison, Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez, and Mario Demian Jimenez Perez (writers); Carla Morrison (performer)
Bobi Wine: The People's President "Everything Is Gonna Be Alright" Bobi Wine (writer/performer)
Bobo & the Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman"Forty Foot Man" Bono and the Edge (writers/performers)
Louder Than Rock"Speechless" Israel Houghton and Adam Ranney (writers); Caleb Quaye and Judith Hill (performers)
The Jewel Thief"Dream Your Little Dream" Dan Braun and Josh Braun (writers); The Braun Brothers (performers)

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