Sinners and KPop Demon Hunters Take Home 2025 Hollywood Music Awards

The Hollywood Music in Media Awards, an event that celebrates the role of music in various forms of media, recently announced its winners. These results might offer a glimpse into how the 2026 Oscars' musical categories could unfold.

Major Winners and Notable Performances

One of the standout winners of the night was "Sinners," which secured three awards, including Best Song in a Feature Film for "I Lied to You" and Best Score, awarded to composer Ludwig Göransson.

Another significant winner was "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters, which won Best Song in an Animated Feature. This could potentially lead to a musical showdown at the Academy Awards.

Best Song in a Feature Film

• "Dream as One" from Avatar: Fire and Ash. Written by Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen. Performed by Miley Cyrus.
• "Drive" from F1. Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin and John Mayer. Performed by Ed Sheeran.
• "Lose My Mind" from F1. Written by Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder and Grant Boutin. Performed by Don Toliver, Doja Cat.
• "Last Time (I Seen The Sun)" from Sinners. Written by Alice Smith, Miles Canton and Ludwig Göransson. Performed by Miles Canton and Alice Smith.
• [winner] "I Lied to You" from Sinners. Written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson. Performed by Miles Caton.
• "No Place Like Home" from Wicked: For Good. Written by Stephen Schwartz. Performed by Cynthia Erivo
• "The Girl in the Bubble" from Wicked: For Good. Written by Stephen Schwartz. Performed by Ariana Grande

Best Song in an Independent Film

• [winner] "Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest. Written by Aiyanna-Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson. Performed by Aiyanna-Lee
• "Learn to Let Go" from Everything to Me. Written by Stephanie Economou, Maggie Mcclure, Chloé Caroline Fellows, and Jon Monroe. Performed by Maggie Mcclure, Chloé Caroline, Stephanie Economou.
• "My San Francisco" from Plainclothes. Written and Performed by Emily Wells
• "Time Is All We Have" from Momo. Written by Fil Eisler and Sam Ryder. Performed by Sam Ryder.
• "We Believe in Hope" from Rule Breakers. Written by Jeff Beal, Joan Beal and Aryana Sayeed. Performed by Aryana Sayeed & The Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Best Song in a Documentary Film

• [winner] "Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless. Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Kesha and Diane Warren.
• "Dying to Live" from Billy Idol Should Be Dead. Written by Billy Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English, Joe Janiak. Performed by Billy Idol and J. Ralph.
• "Have You Seen My Light" from October 8. Written and produced by Autumn Rowe and Kizzo
• "Milagros" from Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful. Written by Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Edgar Barrera, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz, Lenin Yorney Palacios. Performed by Karol G.
• "Salt Then Sour Then Sweet" from Come See Me in the Good Light. Written by Sara Bareilles, Andrea Gibson and Brandi Carlile. Performed by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile

Best Song in an Animated Film

• "Best Time Ever" from Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. Written by Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner and Jeff Morrow. Performed by cast.
• [winner] "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters. Written by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun. Performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami.
• "Gooflife" from The Bad Guys 2. Written by Daniel Pemberton, Gary Go and Sanele David Sydow. Performed by Rag'n'bone Man & Wizthemc.
• "Kaleidoscope" from Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie. Written by Joseph Chase Atkins. Performed by Tehillah Alphonso and cast.
• "Open the Door" from The Twits. Written and performed by David Byrne & Hayley Williams.
• "Zoo" from Zootopia 2. Written by Ed Sheeran & Blake Slatkin and Shakira. Performed by Shakira.

Best Onscreen Performance (Film)

• Aiyanna-Lee - "Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest
• Bono - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from Bono: Stories of Surrender
• Ejae, Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna (Aka Huntr/X) - "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters
• [winner] Miles Caton - "I Lied to You" from Sinners
• Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan - "Our Love" from The Ballad of Wallis Island

Best Score in an Animated Film

• Arnaud Toulon - Arco
• Daniel Pemberton - The Bad Guys 2
• Nick Urata - Stitch Head
• Stephanie Economou - Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
• [winner] Tom Howe - Dog Man

Best Score in a Feature Film

• Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein
• Daniel Lopatin - Marty Supreme
• Hans Zimmer - F1
• Jerskin Fendrix - Bugonia
• John Powell and Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good
• Johnny Greenwood - One Battle After Another
• [winner] Ludwig Göransson - Sinners
• Max Richter - Hamnet
• Volker Bertelmann - A House of Dynamite

Best Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

• Alexandre Desplat - Jurassic World Rebirth
• Fil Eisler - Momo
• Gordy Haab - Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
• Laura Karpman - Captain America: Brave New World
• Michael Giacchino - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Nine Inch Nails - Tron: Ares
• [winner] Simon Franglen - Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Son Lux - Thunderbolts

Best Score in a Horror/Thiller Film

• Atticus Derrickson - Black Phone 2
• [winner] Benjamin Wallfisch - Wolf Man
• Cornel Wilczek - Bring Her Back
• Holly Amber Church - The Other
• Jay Wadley - Heart Eyes
• Michael Yezerski - Dangerous Animals

Best Score in an Independent Film

• Aaron Zigman - Truth & Treason
• Adem Ilhan - The Ballad of Wallis Island
• [winner] Jeff Beal - Rule Breakers
• Jónsi and Alex Somers - Rental Family
• Lucrecia Dalt - Rabbit Trap
• Steve Gernes - Wet Paper Bag

Best Score in a Documentary

• Allyson Newman - Arrest the Midwife
• [winner] Anne Nikitin - Pangolin - Kulu's Journey
• Christian Lundberg - Why We Dream
• Lolita Ritmanis - An American Miracle
• Paul Leonard-Morgan - The Last Dive
• Tyler Strickland - John Candy: I Like Me

Best Music Themed Film or Musical

• Song Sung Blue - Craig Brewer (Director)
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - Scott Cooper (Director)
• The Ballad of Wallis Island - James Griffiths (Director)
• [winner] Wicked: For Good - Jon M. Chu (Director)
• Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires - Paul Hoen (Director)

Best Music Documentary, Special Program

• Billy Idol Should Be Dead - Jonas Åkerlund (Director)
• Bono: Stories of Surrender - Andrew Dominik (Director)
• [winner] Diane Warren: Relentless - Bess Kargman (Director)
• I Was Born This Way - Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard (Directors)
• It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley - Amy Berg (Director)
• Selena Y Los Dinos - Isabel Castro (Director)

Best Song in a TV Show/Limited Series

• "Afterlife" from Devil May Cry. Written by Amy Lee and Alex Seaver. Performed by Evanescence.
• "At Dawn I Look For You" from Étoile. Written by Loral Raphael and Ronnel Raphael. Performed by Sons of Raphael
• "Give It A Good Try" from Unconventional. Written by Craig Richey. Performed by Craig Richey Feat. Aubrey Shea.
• "Rosebud" from Woman of The Dead (Season 2). Written by Vera Marie Weber & Caleb Veazey. Performed by Vera Weber,
• [winner] "The Dead Dance" from Wednesday. Written by Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt. Performed by Lady Gaga.
• "The Line" from Arcane. Written by Tyler Joseph. Performed by Twenty One Pilots.
• "Turned to Black" from Black Rabbit. Written by Albert Hammond Jr. & Sarah Holt. Performed by The Black Rabbits (Albert Hammond Jr & Jude Law)
• "Wolf Song" from Landman. Written and performed by Andrew Lockington

Best Score in a TV Show/Limited Series

• Aaron May & David Ridley - Adolescence
• Antonio Sánchez - The Studio
• Brandon Roberts & Nicholas Britell - Andor
• Chris Bacon - Wednesday
• David Fleming - The Last of Us (S2)
• Dominic Lewis - Your Friends & Neighbors
• Andrew Lockington - Landman
• Natalie Holt - Chad Powers
• The Gregson-Williams Brothers - The Gilded Age (S3)
• [winner] Theodore Shapiro - Severance

Best Song in an Onscreen Performance, TV Show/Limited Series

• Kenzi Richardson - "Force of Nature" (Vampirina: Teenage Vampire)
• Nikhil Koparkar - "The Hills of Tanchico" (The Wheel of Time)
• Lumi Pollack, Carmen Sanchez, Ruby Marino - "The Lies We Tell Our Hearts" (Electric Bloom)
• Mark Sonnenblick - "Drugs in My Booty" (Harlem S3)
• [winner] Kevin Bacon - "Our Highway" (The Bondsman S1)

Best Main Title, TV Show/Limited Series

• Chief of War - Hans Zimmer, James Everingham and Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole
• Étoile - Sons of Raphael
• Government Cheese - Pharrell Williams
• Outlander: Blood of My Blood - Bear Mccreary
• [winner] Your Friends & Neighbors - Dominic Lewis and Hamilton Leithauser

Best Score in a Short Film (Live Action)

• Alexander Bornstein - "The Lord of All Future Space and Time"
• [winner] Carl Thiel - "El Lazo De Petra"
• Finlay White - "Gesualdo"
• Forrest Gray - "Everything Must Go"
• Kyle Simpson - "How to Drag a Body"

Best Score in a Short Film (Animated)

• Hayden Thompson and Miranda Tan - "Love & Gold Soundtrack"
• Obadiah Brown-Beach, Bastien Rousset, Henrik Lindström, 2wei, Ruben K, Georg Mausolf, Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen and Nicholas Horsten - "Honor of Kings - Kong Kong'er Champion"
• [winner] Qing Madi - "Valorant"
• Raashi Kulkarni - "Wednesdays With Gramps"
• Sam Rothera - "All Hail the Duck King"

Best Score in a Short Film (Documentary)

• Alexander Leeming Froudakis & Manuela Lubrano - "Stone Biter"
• [winner] Benjamin Westphalen - "A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)"
• Juan Carlos Enriquez - "La Mar"
• Katya Richardson - "Love, Chinatown"
• Michał Drabczyk - "The Light of Immortality"
• Oscar Pan - "Cindy Tran: from Here to Here"

Best Score in an Independent Film (Foreign Language)

• Emiliano Mazzenga - Catane
• [winner] Fabrizio Mancinelli - Out of the Nest
• Karl Sölve Steven & Rob Thorne - Mārama
• Mina Samy - Happy Birthday
• Toni M. Mir - Dreaming of Lions

Best Score in a Documentary Series, TV/Digital

• [winner] Duncan Thum & David Bertok - Chef's Table: Legends
• Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve and Anže Rozman - The Americas
• Jasha Klebe - American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden
• John Dragonetti - Turning Point: The Vietnam War
• Nainita Desai - Secrets of the Penguins

Best Score in a TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language)

• Ariel Blumenthal, Gal Lev - Red Alert
• [winner] Arturo Cardelús - Terra Alta
• Guillaume Roussel - Carême
• Sandrine Rudaz - On the High Seas
• Suad Bushnaq - Al Batal (The Hero)

Best Score in a Video Game (Console & PC)

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - Ludvig Forssell
• Dune: Awakening - Knut Avenstroup Haugen
• Fallen Aces: Episode 1 - Josh Barron
• Ghost of Yōtei - Toma Otowa
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Gordy Haab
• [winner] League of Legends: Welcome to Noxus - League of Legends (Bill Hemstapat, Sebastien Najand, Alex Seaver, J.D. Spears, Alexander Temple, Richard Thomson, Seth Tsui, Gong Ao, Merlin Cen)
• Mafia: The Old Country - Bt (Brian Transeau)
• Spirit of the North 2 - Pav Gekko
• Sword of the Sea - Austin Wintory
• The Rogue Prince of Persia - Asadi (Danny Asadi)

Best Song in a Video Game (Console & PC)

• [winner] "Against the Tide" from Wuthering Waves. Written by Obadiah Brown-Beach. Performed by Forts and Obadiah Brown-Beach
• "Coral Crown" from Hades Ii: Original Soundtrack. Written by Darren Korb. Performed by Scylla and The Sirens.
• "Footsteps" from Rue Valley. Written and Performed by Ana Krstajić
• "Rivals 'Til The End" from Marvel Rivals. Written by Danny Koo, Marbling, Netease Sound, Masahiro Aoki, H.K.H. Vocals by Chrissy Costanza.
• "The Rogue Prince of Persia" from The Rogue Prince of Persia. Written and performed by Asadi (Daniel Asadi) and Xye.
• "When the Sun Is Low" from Dune: Awakening. Written by Knut Avenstroup Haugen. Performed by Clara Sorace, The Chamber Orchestra of London, Børre Flyen and Knut Avenstroup Haugen.

Best Song/Score in a Mobile Video Game

• [winner] Afk Journey - Alec Justice
• Delta Force - Delta Force Music Team
• Honor of Kings - Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, and Others
• Identity V - Gambler in the Spotlight - Zhang Guanglei & Wang Jingfei
• Valorant - Bbno$

Best Music Supervision, TV Show/Limited Series

• George Drakoulias - Severance
• Jen Malone & Nicole Weisberg - Wednesday
• Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy - Nobody Wants This
• Melyssa Hardwick - The Summer I Turned Pretty
• Nora Felder - Yellowjackets (S3)
• Robin Urdang - Étoile
• [winner] Sean Fernald - Dexter: Resurrection

Best Music Supervision, Film

• Ashley Neumeister - Ruth & Boaz
• Maggie Rodford - Wicked: For Good
• Gary Welch - The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Jemma Burns - Christy
• Mike Turner & Jonathan Lane - Winter Spring Summer or Fall
• [winner] Nick Angel - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Music Supervision, Video Game

• Bénédicte Ouimet & Jérôme Angelot - Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Benjamin Beladi - The Sandbox – 2025 Seasons (5 & 6)
• Jonny Altepeter - Valorant
• Manu Bachet - The Rogue Prince of Persia
• [winner] Steve Schnur - Battlefield 6
• Yuanye Huang, Jing Zhang, Shuqin Xiao, Peiyue Lu, Samuel Siu - Honor of Kings

Best Song/Score in a Commercial Advertisement

• "Amazon Midnight Opus" ("What The World Needs Now Is Love") - Haim Mazar
• [winner] "Apple: 6 Out of 5 Stars" - Silo: Music - Neil Ormandy, Linkoln, Allen Stone
• "Matter and Space" ("Butterflies") - Alex Yewon
• "Sea of Remnants" ("Yo Ho!") - Guanglei Zhang / Sibo Huang "Yo Ho!"
• "The End of the Run Is Just the Beginning" - Alexandra Petkovski (Aka Fjøra)
• "Valorant" ("In My Zone") - Bbno$

Best Soundtrack Album

• [winner] F1 - Atlantic Records
• Karma: The Dark World - Black Razor Records
• KPop Demon Hunters - Republic Records
• Sinners - Sony Masterworks Records
• Wicked: For Good - Republic Records
• World of Warcraft: Undermine(D) - Blizzard Entertainment

Best Song - Short Film

• "Sean Is Three" from Sean the Baby. Written by Cameron Adams. Performed by Amelia Rolland.
• "Somos Fuertes" from Somos Fuertes Official Music Video. Written and performed by J.Frazil.
• "Car Keys" from Everything Must Go. Written by Forrest Gray, Tiffany So & Saba Saghafi. Performed by Forrest Gray.
• [winner] "Stars in My Eyes" from Sweetwater. Written and performed by Sean Douglas.
• "Down We Go" from Rabbit Rabbit. Written and performed by Zoë Lustri

Best Score in a TV/Streamed Movie

• [winner] Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - Dustin O'halloran
• Exterritorial - Sara Barone
• Fountain of Youth - Christopher Benstead
• Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story - Tommy Fields
• The Pickup - Christopher Lennertz
• Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires - Tom Howe

Best Music Design, Trailer

• Delta Force - Peter Tomlinson
• Destiny: Rising - Weicheng Xia & Guanglei Zhang
• [winner] Necaxa (FX-Hulu) - Juan Carlos Enriquez
• Project Spectrum - Ludvig Forssell
• Sea of Remnants (Yo Ho!) - Guanglei Zhang & Sibo Huang
• Valorant - Qing Madi
• Wet Paper Bag - Steve Gernes

Best Main Title, TV Show (Foreign Language)

• Al Batal (The Hero) - Suad Bushnaq
• Carême - Guillaume Roussel
• Lam Shamseya - Mina Samy
• [winner] On the High Seas - Sandrine Rudaz
• Two Graves - Marc Timon

Best Music Video (Independent)

• [winner] Evanescence - "Afterlife"
• Teya - "Bite Marks"
• Mohammed K Paika - "Just Human"
• Gabrielle Aapri - "Refuge"
• Alexandra Fresquez - "Symphony"
• Matt B, Rocky Dawuni, Tony Succar, & Wouter Kellerman - "They Know"

Live Concert for Visual Media

• The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl - The Lion King Cast
• Infinity Concert - Jason Huang
• Beyond the World - Yufan Xu/Xihao Wang/China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra
• Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert - Musical performers: The Shins, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, Cary Brothers, Laufey, Thievery Corporation, Colin Hay, Madison Cunningham, Remy Zero, The Milk Carton Kids, Sophie Barker, and Bonnie Somerville
• Not Gonna Lie, Live From Ruthmere Museum - Abbie Thomas
• [winner] Wicked: One Wonderful Night

Exhibitions, Theme Parks, Special Projects

• Dark Castle (Xd Dark Ride) - Benjamin Botkin, Carl Vaudrin, Benjamin Beladi
• Dreamland Theme Park - Chris Thomas
• One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars - Rhian Sheehan
• Scadstory Atlanta - Erik Desiderio
• Snapshot - Eduardo Andrade
• Tapestry of Happiness - Haim Mazar
• [winner] Walt Disney World's Epcot: Test Track - Zain Effendi