Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated 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 awarded2014
Currently held by Daniel Pemberton
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Website www.hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated 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 composers who have composed the best "original" score, written specifically for an animated motion picture.

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History

The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards. The How to Train Your Dragon film series have the most wins with two.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmNominees
(2014)
5th
[1] [2]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 John Powell
The Book of Life Gustavo Santaolalla
The Boxtrolls Dario Marianelli
The Lego Movie Mark Mothersbaugh
Mr. Peabody & Sherman Danny Elfman
Rocks in My Pockets Kristian Sensini
(2015)
6th
[3] [4]
The Peanuts Movie Christophe Beck
The Good Dinosaur Jeff & Mychael Danna
Home Lorne Balfe
Hotel Transylvania 2 Mark Mothersbaugh
Inside Out Michael Giacchino
Minions Heitor Pereira
(2016)
7th
[5] [6]
The Secret Life of Pets Alexandre Desplat
The Angry Birds Movie Heitor Pereira
Finding Dory Thomas Newman
The Little Prince Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey
Moana Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Zootopia Michael Giacchino
(2017)
8th
[7] [8]
Coco Michael Giacchino
The Boss Baby Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro
The Breadwinner Jeff & Mychael Danna
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Theodore Shapiro
The Lego Batman Movie Lorne Balfe
Loving Vincent Clint Mansell
(2018)
9th
[9]
Isle of Dogs Alexandre Desplat
Incredibles 2 Michael Giacchino
Ralph Breaks the Internet Henry Jackman
Sherlock Gnomes Chris Bacon
Smallfoot Heitor Pereira
White Fang Alan Silvestri
(2019)
10th
[10]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World John Powell
Abominable Rupert Gregson-Williams
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Arturo Cardelús
Frozen II Christophe Beck
I Lost My Body Dan Levy

2020s

YearFilmNominees
(2020)
11th
[11] [12]
Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
The Croods: A New Age Mark Mothersbaugh
Onward Jeff & Mychael Danna
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Tom Howe
Wolfwalkers Bruno Coulais
(2021)
12th
[13] [14]
The Addams Family 2 Mychael & Jeff Danna
The Loud House Movie Philip White
Luca Dan Romer
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mark Mothersbaugh
Spirit Untamed Amie Doherty
Vivo Alex Lacamoire
(2022)
13th
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Alexandre Desplat
DC League of Super-Pets Steve Jablonsky
Luck John Debney
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Heitor Pereira
The Bad Guys Daniel Pemberton
Turning Red FINNEAS and Ludwig Göransson
(2023)
14th
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Daniel Pemberton
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Harry Gregson-Williams
Elemental Thomas Newman
Migration John Powell
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Stephanie Economou
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Brian Tyler

Multiple winners

2 wins

Multiple nominations

4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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