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

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Hollywood Music in Media for Best Original Song in an Independent Film
CountryUnited States
Presented by Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded2017
Currently held by Michael Jay and Alan Demoss; Jake Miller
Holiday Twist (2023)
Website hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song 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). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for an independent film. The award was first given in 2017, during the eighth annual awards.

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmSongNominees
(2017)
8th
[1]
Voice from the Stone "Speak to Me" Amy Lee & Michael Wandmacher
Los encantados"My Tiredness Hasn't Limit"Angela Boj, Ricardo Davila and Ivan Ruiz Serrano
One Percent More Humid "Calling to Me"Nathan Halpern
Patti Cake$ "PBNJ"Jason Binnick & Geremy Jasper
(2018)
9th
[2]
A Private War "Requiem for a Private War" Annie Lennox
Hearts Beat Loud "Hearts Beat Loud" Keegan DeWitt
The Last Movie Star "To Get Here" Diane Warren
Little Pink House "Home Free" David Crosby
Song of Sway Lake"Sway Lake"Ethan Gold

2020s

YearFilmSongNominees
(2020)
11th
[3] [4]
The Outpost "Everybody Cries" Rita Wilson (writer/performer); Rod Lurie, Larry Groupé (writers)
Minari "Rain Song" Emile Mosseri, Stefanie Hong (writers); Yeri Han (performer)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always "Staring at a Mountain" Sharon Van Etten (writer/performer)
Wild Mountain Thyme "I’ll Be Singing" Amelia Warner, John Patrick Shanley (writers); Sinéad O'Connor (performer)
(2021)
12th
[5] [6]
CODA "Beyond the Shore"Nick Baxter, Matt Dahan, Siân Heder and Marius de Vries (writers); Emilia Jones (performer)
After We Fell "After Our Dawn"Taylor Conrod (writer/performer); Nicolas Farmakalidis, George Kallis, Castille Landon, George Solonos and Ryan Steffes (writer)
Belfast "Down to Joy" Van Morrison (writer/performer)
Four Good Days "Somehow You Do" Diane Warren (writer); Reba McEntire (performer)
Love Is Love Is Love "Because Love" Rita Wilson (writer/performer); Laura Karpman (writer)
(2022)
13th
Tell It Like a Woman "Applause" Diane Warren (writer); Sofia Carson (performer)
A Man Called Otto "Til You're Home" David Hodges and Rita Wilson (writers); Rita Wilson and Sebastián Yatra (performers)
Everything Everywhere All at Once "This Is A Life" Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski (writers); Son Lux with Mitski and David Byrne (performers)
The Silent Twins "We Two Made One"Marcin Macuk, Zuzanna Wrońska, June Gibbons, Jennifer Gibbons (writers); Tamara Lawrance (performers)
Tomorrow's Game"Stand the Test of Time"Lionel Cohen and Stefni Valencia (writers/performers)
(2023)
14th
[7]
Holiday Twist "I Got You" Michael Jay and Alan Demoss (writers); Jake Miller (performer)
A Good Person "Stardust" Cary Brothers and Scott Effman (writers); Cary Brothers (performer)
Master Gardener "Space and Time" S.G. Goodman (writer); Mereba (performer)
Past Lives "Quiet Eyes" Sharon Van Etten and Zach Dawes (writers); Sharon Van Etten (performer)
Radical "El Saber" Gaby Moreno (writer/performer)
Sons 2 the Grave"Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone"Sean Jones, Michael Shand, and Miku Graham (writers); Sean Jones (performer)

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